State legislatures typically pass __________ percent of the bills introduced.
a. 8
b. 40
c. 20 to 25
d. 50 to 60
Q. 2The Weimar Republic failed due to all of the following EXCEPT
a. resentment over the punitive conditions of the Treaty of Versailles.
b. its policies of discrimination against Jews.
c. its inability to control inflation.
d. its lack of support from a broad cross-section of society.
e. unstable governments with shaky minority governments.
Q. 3Why did Hitler create new government positions to control media and the arts?
a. He had been an artist himself and had an interest in the development of the arts.
b. He saw media as a potential revenue stream for his government.
c. He wanted to take these businesses away from the Jews who owned them.
d. He wanted to silence all possible critics and criticisms of his government.
e. He saw the media and the arts as vehicles for education.
Q. 4Committee action on pending legislation is
a. crucial because the committee schedules the bill to be heard by the full chamber.
b. not crucial because failure in one house may be overridden by favorable action in the second chamber.
c. crucial; it must be favorably reported out of committee to have a chance of passage by the full chamber.
d. not crucial because the speaker may overrule the committee in all states.
Q. 5In his kulturkampf, Bismarck sought to
a. remove Germany's education and cultural institutions from the Catholic Church and place them under the state.
b. transform Germany into a democracy.
c. extend Germany's colonial empire.
d. strengthen Germany's defenses.
e. minimize state interference in the country's economy.
Q. 6What was Stalin's gulag archipelago used for?
a. A means to double the country's industrial output during the period of the first FiveYear Plan
b. A way to annihilate the kulaks
c. A device to create a new industrial utopia for Russia
d. A dumping ground for the secret police's social and political undesirables
e. A military training camp for youthful recruits
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