AP Gov. Unit 6 Public Policy MC

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Tax based on wages. Those with higher wages pay more taxes

progressive tax

Flat tax that is harder on low wage earners Ex. sales tax

regressive tax

Business people vote...?

republican because of inflationary concerns

When countries send and receive diplomats

right of legation

act eliminating poll tax

24th amendment

Made it illegal to discriminate based on race in public places

Civil Rights Act 1964

CPI

Consumer Price Index, A measure of inflation determined by the increase in the price of products compared to those of a base year

When there's high inflation, which party is less concerned?

Democrats

The Clean Air Act of 1970 empowered which agency to limit automobile emissions?

Department of Transportation

Who controls the NEPA, Clean Air Act, etc

EPA

Recent US humanitarian Aid

Haiti, Philippines, Japan, Indonesia

Co-op of organizations to stabilize currency

International Monetary funds

Who started the war on poverty

Lyndon Johnson

Which type of assistance receives most funding

Medicare

agreement signed to eliminate tariffs between US, canada, mexico

NAFTA

Act in 1935 that brought government into taking care of retirees and was part of the New Deal

Social Security

trade surpluses

an imbalance in international trade in which the value of exports exceeds the value of imports

trade deficits

an imbalance in international trade in which the value of imports exceeds the value of exports

ratio between countries of cost of imports to earnings of exports

balance of trade

What do republicans/conservatives hate?

big government

Annual shortfall between revenue and expenditures

budget deficit

When corporations/individuals own principle means of production

capitalism

US policy to stop communism from spreading

containment

Union members, minorities, and poor vote...?

democratic because of unemployment concerns

Policy in which tension between the US and Russia relaxed

detente

Agreement among certain nations to act together against any nations who threaten world peace

elective security

What is the largest part of the budget

entitlement spending

Amendment proposal not adopted because it would hurt businesses by requiring equal gender pay

equal rights amendment

Specific tax on luxury goods or services

excise tax

High incidence of poverty among single mothers with children

feminization poverty

Medicare

for the elderly

Medicaid

for the poor run by state gov.

What do citizens care least about?

foreign policy

What do most countries/international economic policies support

free trade

Federal Reserve Board

governed by 7 member board of governors

today's international economy

interdependence

What is required for programs like welfare?

means testing

Laissez faire economics

little government intervention in economy

Entitlement programs

medicare and social security

What is the majority of US foreign aid

military assistance

Government total outstanding indebtedness, including loans and interests

public debt

Tax increases prices on imported goods

tariffs

Which country spends a very small percentage on foreign economic development compared to GDP

the US

which country is least dependent on foreign oil

the US

Which country gives the most foreign aid

the US mostly comes from the public

What do people most consider when voting for a candidate?

their own financial conditions

What does the gov. do when citizens have feelings about foreign policy

they adjust policy

What does congress usually do when the president asks for foreign aid

they deny him

Helped bring voting rights equality in south

voting rights act 1965


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