PSC 201 - Ch. 14 & 15

Which of the following are features of the 2010 Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare?

Comprehensive health care coverage Incentives to computerize medical records

In which of the following ways can Congress influence foreign policy?

Congress controls the budget The Senate ratifies treaties and appointments Congress can declare war on other countries

Match each foreign policy duty to the department responsible for carrying it out.

Department of Homeland Security - secure America's borders against terrorist attacks Department of Defense - carry out military operations overseas Department of State - operate embassies overseas. Diplomacy with foreign nations

The worst condition that the economy can experience is known as a(n)

Economic Depression

Choose all of the following statements that are supported by the graphic.

Economic recessions help drive enrollment in SNAP Welfare reduced the number of individuals receiving welfare in America Enrollment in most, but not all, means-tested programs has grown since 1972

The states are important players in which of the following policy areas?

Education Welfare Health Care

Which of the following statements about balanced budgets are correct?

Expenditures are equal to revenue The federal government has rarely achieved a balanced budget in the twenty-first century

In general, the Democratic Party tends to be more concerned with inflation, whereas the Republican Party is more concerned with unemployment.

False

How many permanent members are there on the United Nations Security Council?

Five (5)

Match each foreign policy tool to the correct example of its use.

Foreign Aid - Australia gives Indonesia money to help the Indonesian government provide basic services to its citizens. Military Force - The United States sends a carrier battle group to conduct flight operations during a crisis with Iran over access to the Strait of Hormuz. Economic Policies - Canada grants most-favored-nation status to China. Alliances - The United States and Canada have an agreement that if either should be attacked, the other will come to its assistance.

Which of the following statements would a Keynesian agree with?

Governments should run deficits during recessions. The government can soften the effects of a recession. Tax cuts and increased spending during recessions are good ideas.

Which of the following can we conclude from the charts?

Increased significantly after September 11

Match each theory of international relations with the example that best demonstrates it.

Internationalism - Many countries are active on the world stage, whether militarily or through organizations such as the United Nations. Isolationism - The United States in the 1920s and 1930s turned away from international affairs and focused instead on internal issues. Realism - One reason the Japanese went to war with the United States in the 1940s was to secure access to needed oil reserves. Idealism - One country sends military support to help an ally's democratic regime stay in place during a military coup.

In the long term, how do the budgetary concerns of Medicare and Medicaid compare to those of Social Security?

Medicare and Medicaid's concerns are significantly larger than Social Security's

Which of the following are correct about most-favored-nation status?

Most-favored-nation status refers to tariff rates charged on imported goods from a country The United States has granted it many times to other countries It is an important component of trade policy

The ___________, located in the ___________, is responsible for synthesizing the messages coming out of the foreign policy establishment to help the president make his or her own foreign policy.

National Security Council Executive Office of the President

Match each group, organization, or committee with the part of the United States government that it belongs to.

National Security Council - Executive Office of the President Foreign Relations Committee - Senate American Israel Public Affairs Committee - interest group Committee on Foreign Affairs - House of Representatives

Watch the animation, and then match each branch of government to the war powers it has.

President: - deploy troops - Congress: - formally declare war -control funding for the armed services

The three biggest recessions in recent American history occurred in the early 1990s, the early 2000s, and, especially, from 2008 to 2010. Note the 2020 recession occurred after the data in this figure came out. How do recessions influence international trade?

Recessions decrease demand for international trade

In about 2034 the Social Security system will only be able to pay about 76 percent of its obligations. Which of the following factors explain why the program is stressed?

Social Security is a pay-as-you-go system rather than a trust The baby-boom generation is larger than previous generations of retirees relative to the number of working-age Americans

Programs such as welfare (TANF) and Medicaid are primarily administered by the __________ level of government.

State

__________ economic theory believes that _________ tax rates will stimulate the economy, even during good economic times, by encouraging people to save, invest, and produce more goods and services.

Supply-side lower

Imagine that the nation has just entered an unexpected recession. Place the following items in the order in which we would expect them to occur according to a textbook approach to monetary policy.

The Federal Reserve lowers the target for the federal funds rate Consumer interest rates decrease The number of businesses and individuals taking out loans increases Economic growth recovers The federal Reserve raises the target for the federal funds rate.

Put these steps in the "textbook" version of the budget process in order, from the one that's supposed to happen earliest to the one that's supposed to happen latest in the process.

The president submits a budget request to Congress The CBO issues its outlook for the coming fiscal year The House votes on its budget resolution The Senate votes on its budget resolution A conference committee reconciles any differences between chambers.

According to the charts, which of the following statements best describes the changes in federal taxes in the past fifty years?

They have become more regressive

Which of the following are true about nation building?

Those engaging in nation building want the nation being built to be a democratic It is very compatible with idealist approaches to foreign policy It requires a country to expend resources to help another country

The principle of civilian control means that civilians formulate policy and the military implements it.

True

According to the graphic, which of the following countries spend over 0.50 percent of their gross national income (GNI) on foreign aid? Correct Answer(s)

United Kingdom Germany

If you were the president of a developing country and wanted to obtain a low-interest loan to build some roads as a way of promoting trade, you might go to the _____________________ If, a few years later, you were facing a massive budget deficit, and it looked as if your nation might become insolvent, you might, before you were elected out of office, go to the __________________ for an emergency loan.

World Bank International Monetary Fund

Which of the following organizations or agreements that are primarily oriented around free trade

World Trade Organization

What kinds of foreign policy issues might interest groups become involved in?

attempting to get the United States to oppose human rights abuses by foreign governments Jewish Americans lobbying against a foreign deal that they believe hurts Israel lobbying to exclude Chinese companies from U.S. markets

Inflation generally rewards ________ and generally punishes _________

debtors savers

Suppose that the nation of Atlantis was trying to develop the ability to manufacture nuclear weapons and the United States did not want them to do so. Order the following possible responses the United States could use, from the one that is likely to be tried first to the one that is likely to be used only as a last resort.

diplomacy sanctions military force

Richard Nixon engaged in the policy of ___________ with the Soviet Union, as part of his ___________ War strategy.

détente Cold

The group in America that has been hurt the most by globalization are

factory workers

In order to address a serious issue threatening the people of Haiti, the United States and Canada worked together to stabilize the situation for the purpose of providing aid to the people of Haiti. Which of the following foreign policy approaches is the United States following?

idealism internationalismmultilateralism

From 1641 to 1853, Japan maintained a policy of (almost) never involving itself in the affairs of its neighboring countries, whether those were military conflicts or general power struggles. Skipping forward to the twentieth century, Japan began almost constantly intervening in the affairs of other states, whenever it felt that it could become more powerful and secure by doing so. Thus, Japanese foreign policy started as ____________ before transitioning to a(n) __________ approach.

isolationist realist

The best trading status that can be bestowed on another country is __________ status, which means they are receiving the _________ possible tariff rates.

most-favored-nation lowest

The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement is an example of a __________ __________ agreement

multilateral trade

Which of the following were elements of the Great Society?

the creation of Medicare the Voting Rights Act of 1965

Which player is most dominant in establishing American foreign policy?

the president