President Truman famously employed an executive order to ______.
a. initiate affirmative action programs at the federal level
b. prohibit federal money from being used to pay for abortions
c. detain Americans of Japanese ancestry in resettlement camps
d. desegregate the American military
e. overturn Jim Crow laws in the southern states
d. desegregate the American military
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In a system of federalism, in which sovereign government does the individual hold citizenship?
a. The individual is only considered a citizen of the national government and simply a resident of the state. b. The state holds the individual’s citizenship. c. Some states allow dual citizenship while others do not. d. The individual is a citizen of both the state and the national governments. e. The individual must choose his/her citizenship.
One frequent challenge with a unitary system of government is hypercentralism, which means that
a. an unhealthy and unusually excessive level of control exists in the central government. b. multiple layers of government exist at the central level. c. a multi-chambered parliament is unable to respond to needs of the constituency. d. there is complete reliance on the central government and the extinguishing of individual state differences, which hampers local officials from appropriately responding to needs. e. the elected officials who serve the central government exert abusive authority over the citizens.