AP GOV MC
The enforcement of the Clean Air Act and other antipollution legislation is administered by what regulatory body?
Environmental Protection Agency
The public assistance program designed to provide health care for poor Americans is
Medicaid
_________ is part of the Social Security system and covers 40 million American seniors with hospitalization insurance and other optional health insurance
Medicare
The _______ was formed in 1947 to coordinate American foreign and military policies and advise the president
National Security Council
Prior to the twentieth century, family welfare was considered
a private concern
When the economy experiences two consecutive quarters of negative growth, it is said to be in
a recession
The Federal Reserve System is governed by
a seven member board of governors appointed by the president and confirmed by the senate
The Climate Stewardship Act
all of the above
Which of the following is TRUE of policymaking for technological issues
all of the above
The National Labor Relations Act was passed in order to
assume workers the right to join and form unions
Why isn't unemployment among younger workers an important campaign issue?
because younger people do not participate as regularly in elections as older people
Being on the endangered species list requires that
both federal and state governments enact policies to protect the habitat of the species
The Social Security Act of 1935
brought government into the equation of the obligations of one generation to another
An example of Keynesian economic policy is
creating government jobs to cease unemployment
Supplementary Security Income (SSI) is a means tested program for
elderly, blind, or disabled people whose income is below a certain amount
The issue most stressed by democrats is
employment
Antitrust legislation is designed to
ensure competition and prevent monopolies
Taxing, spending, and borrowing decisions made by Congress and the president are known collectively as
fiscal policy
About _______ of all money for social programs goes to universally available benefit programs, including social security and welfare
five-sixths
Compared to the U.S., European countries provide their citizens with more _______ generous benefits
health care, child care, parental leave, benefits to the elderly
Food stamps and low-interest college loans are examples of
in-kind benefits and transfer payments
The rise in price for consumer goods is known as
inflation
The most common reason for losing health insurance is
losing or changing job
The Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty was the first accord
mandating the elimination of many long-range nuclear weapons
Medicaid provides
medical and hospital aid to the poor on the basis of need through federally assisted state programs
Which of the following countries does NOT provide universal health care to its citizens
none of the above
To count the poor, the United States Bureau of the Census established the _______ which takes into account what a family would need to spend to maintain an "austere" standard of living
poverty line
Which aspect of health care costs has increased the fastest
prescription drugs
Federal taxes are
progressive
A tax in which the government takes 20 percent of the income of both the rich and poor families in taxes is a(n) ______ tax
proportional tax
The National Institutes of Health
provide funds for medical research in the United States
An example of the use of monetary policy is
requiring banks to keep more money on reserves
Legislation that forbids labor contracts from requiring workers to join unions in order to ho their jobs is known as
right-to-work laws
_______ refers to the "shares" of the national income earned by various groups
taxable income
The Superfund is paid for by
taxes on chemical products
The overthrow of governments in Iran in 1953 and Guatemala in 1954 was partially orchestrated by
the Central Intelligence Agency
Almost immediately following World War II, the United States entered into ______ with the Soviet Union
the Cold War
One of the first results of the doctrine of containment put into practice was
the Korean War
Which agency within the American intelligence community was responsible for electronic eavesdropping
the National Security Agency
To counter the NATO alliance, the Soviet Union spearheaded a regional alliance known as
the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
the Iran-Contra Affair involved
the covert sale of missiles to Iran in an effort to secure the release of American hostages held by Iranian backed terrorists, and the covert funneling of money to anticommunist rebels in Nicaragua, B AND C ONLY
The percentage of Americans seeking work, but who are unable to find it is known as
the unemployment rate
Foreign policy involves
the way the U.S. government makes choices about relations with the rest of the world
Economic tools of foreign policy include
trade regulations, tariff policies, monetary policies, all of the above
Benefits given by the government directly to the individuals are known as
transfer payments