Which of the following presidents is usually associated with the spoils system?
A) Andrew Jackson
B) Franklin Delano Roosevelt
C) Abraham Lincoln
D) Ronald Reagan
E) Warren Harding
Question -2-Which of the following presidents began what is referred to as the spoils system?
A) Andrew Jackson
B) Thomas Jefferson
C) Franklin Delano Roosevelt
D) Ronald Reagan
E) Theodore Roosevelt
Question -3-Most government jobs are filled
A) by a competitive civil service system.
B) by political appointment.
C) by the spoils system.
D) by congressional patronage.
E) by seniority.
Question -4-What is the best formal definition of the term the president and his administration?
A) the president and heads of the fifteen cabinet departments
B) the president and about 425 sub-cabinet officials and agency heads
C) the president, 183 ambassadors, and 2,800 aides, assistants, and confidential secretaries
D) A, B, and C are correct
E) only A and C are correct
Question -5-The Republican Congress in 1995 sought a wide range of changes in environmental regulations. Its goal was to
A) protect the environment at all costs.
B) strengthen the Clean Water Act.
C) reduce or remove altogether a broad range of regulations designed to protect the environment.
D) revise the Endangered Species Act.
E) improve the study of the environment in colleges and universities.
Question -6-In which of the following has government increased rather than decreased its regulations?
A) the transportation industry
B) social areas
C) the financial industry
D) the communications industry
E) religious activities
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