National security has been used as the basis by both the Bush & Obama administration to justify the collecting of telephone records of all Americans

In a ______ system, the mayor has a largely ceremonial position.

a. weak-mayor b. strong-mayor c. mayor–council d. mayor–executive

According to historians, German power peaked in 1905, yet it did not launch a war until 1914. What may explain this delay?

a. Germany did not secure alliances to help in the war effort before 1914. b. Germany did not complete its naval program until 1914, which was needed to deter Great Britain. c. Germany was in intense diplomatic relations with the United States, which urged it not to go to war. d. Germany did not believe that Russia was a great enough threat until its production of military equipment ramped up in the early 1910s.