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