chapter 1
Which of the following is NOT a political problem that state governments must address? racial tensions poverty drugs foreign policy
Foreign policy
Which is an example of a commonwealth? Puerto Rico the District of Columbia Mexico Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Which of the following is NOT required for nationalization? - residence in the United States for over five years - freedom from felony convictions - ability to read and speak English - a high school degree
a high school degree
When seeking admission to the Union, new states must approve a constitution and obtain residential approval congressional approval the approval of the Supreme Court popular approval from the public
congressional approval
Personal income and education level are - distributed uniformly across the states - distributed unevenly throughout the states - not related to each other - unimportant in explaining policy differences
distributed unevenly throughout the states
All of the following accurately describe Washington, D.C., EXCEPT that it is heavily Democratic it is ideologically conservative its residents support larger social welfare programs it has a high population of African Americans
it is ideologically conservative
A state's tendency to expand welfare benefits, regulate business, adopt progressive state income taxes, and generally use the resources of government to achieve social change is descriptive of policy conservatism liberalism socialism libertarianism
liberalism
Immigration policy is primarily the responsibility of state governments local governments the national government the border states
national government
State governments have the responsibility to administer all of the following programs EXCEP medicaid food stamps Social Security unemployment compensation
social security
Economic development includes all of the following variables EXCEPT A. population growth B. welfare C. income D. education
welfare