Based on public opinion polls, _______ of Americans disapproved of the expansion of government power to deal with the economic crisis of 2008-2009.
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Question -2-John Locke believed in the concept of tabula rasa. What does tabula rasa mean?
a. People are born with a belief in God.
b. People are born with a blank slate and can only know what they learn from their experiences.
c. People are born with a desire to exploit others.
d. People are born to pursue pleasure and avoid pain.
e. None of the above.
Question -3-In Schechter Poultry Corporation v. United States (1935), the Supreme Court struck down provisions of the
a. Agricultural Adjustment Act.
b. National Industrial Recovery Act.
c. National Labor Relations Act.
d. Pure Food and Drug Act.
Question -4-Since the 1960s, there has been a __________________ in mass trust of the government.
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Question -5-This political theorist authored The Two Treatises of Government and had a major influence on Thomas Jefferson when he wrote the Declaration of Independence.
a. Niccolo Machiavelli
b. Thomas Hobbes
c. Karl Marx
d. John Locke
e. Edmund Burke
Question -6-In Wayman v. Southard (1825), the Supreme Court upheld a congressional grant of power of the Court to
a. determine the Court's own rules of procedure.
b. determine the Court's own docket.
c. determine the Court's structure.
d. None of the above is true.
Question -7-As globalization makes the value of and the pay for unskilled labor decline, this results in __________________ in the gap in earnings differentials and income inequality.
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