The shift from budget deficits to budget surpluses in 1998 was due to several factors. Which of the following was NOT a factor?
A. A strengthened economy and low inflation rate reduced the rate of increase in entitlement programs
B. The private sector experienced significant economic growth
C. Defense spending on the Persian Gulf War
D. The booming stock market in the 1990s meant higher state and federal revenues from capital gains
C
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Which of the following is true of corporatism?
A. Interest groups in the corporatist pattern mobilize and organize societal interests freely, in a decentralized fashion. B. In the corporatist pattern, interest groups form from within civil society. C. The state resembles a free market of interest groups under a corporatist approach. D. In a corporatist pattern, the state plays an active role in organizing groups and mediating between them. E. Corporatism implies greater competition between groups for political access and influence.
Which of the following was a goal of the Grange at the Texas Constitutional convention of 1875?
a) to strengthen the powers of the governor b) to control the excesses of big business c) to create a more active state government d) to give more power to the federal government e) to expand education opportunities for the state's Latino residents