Federal budget surpluses ended after 2001 because of

a. increased spending for homeland security.
b. tax cuts, which reduced government revenues.
c. the War on Terror in Afghanistan and Iraq.
d. increases in entitlement spending – primarily Medicare and Social Security.

B

Political Science

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a. capitalism b. a market economy c. communism d. a command economy

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The United Nations’ collective security operation against Iraq in response to Iraq’s 1990 invasion of Kuwait was carried out under Chapter ________ of the U.N. Charter.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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