The _____ established the Interstate Commerce Commission, which granted this independent agency with limited authority to regulate railroads engaged in commerce among the states.
a. Sherman Antitrust Act
b. National Industrial Recovery Act
c. Wagner Act
d. Interstate Commerce Act
Question -2-Pluralism treats business elites as
a. leaders of just another interest group.
b. central actors in the economy.
c. more powerful than government elites.
d. talented and resourceful individuals.
Question -3-The ________________ refers to the democratic movements that have spread across the Middle East in 2011.
a. Orange Revolution
b. Arab Spring
c. Purple Revolution
d. Democratic peace
e. Perpetual peace
Question -4-In Gibbons v. Ogden (1824), the Supreme Court recognized a broad sphere of Congressional action under the _____ and, at the same time, placed restrictions on state grants of commercial monopoly.
a. Commerce Clause
b. Necessary and Proper Clause
c. Full Faith and Credit Clause
d. General Welfare Clause
Question -5-The largest non-financial corporation in America is
a. General Motors c. Wal-Mart.
b. Apple, Inc. d. Exxon-Mobil.
Question -6-In 2011, the grassroots revolt against Middle Eastern autocrats, known as the Arab Spring, was inspired by
a. the killing of Osama bin Laden.
b. the election of President Barack Obama.
c. a 26-year-old Tunisian named Mohammed Bouazizi who set himself on fire to protest political corruption.
d. the toppling of monarchs in Europe.
e. the U.S. Constitution.
Question -7-In _____, the Court upheld a conviction for contempt of Congress, holding that the public interest in exposing Communist infiltration outweighed a witness's First Amendment rights in refusing to answer questions.
a. Watkins v. United States (1957)
b. Wilkinson v. United States (1961)
c. Barenblatt v. United States (1959)
d. Kilbourn v. Thompson (1880)