Why were Americans skeptical of the bailouts of the banking and automobile industries during the Great Recession?
a. Americans did not want to help industries they perceived to be powerful and privileged.
b. Americans discovered that the bailout was a quid pro quo for those industries' support of Barack Obama in the 2008 election.
c. Americans tend to be trusting of government but to distrust specific government policies.
d. Americans viewed these industries as being superfluous to the American economy.
a
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Which of the following is true of Nigeria's relatively autonomous judiciary?
A. The constitution does not allow for judicial review of legislative decisions and executive actions. B. It empowers state legislatures to pass laws on any subject that is not exclusively reserved for the federal government. C. The Nigerian constitution excludes provisions for the protection of civil rights. D. It includes a simple judicial system with only the Nigerian statute law. E. The Sharia law is excluded from the Nigerian judicial system because it cannot be applied to Christian citizens.
The cabinet of a government typically consists of
a. the head of the legislature and the leaders of the major committees in the legislature. b. the leaders of both parties in the legislature, and the leaders and ranking opposition members of the major committees. c. the chief executive and most important ministers. d. the head of the legislature, the leaders of the major committees in the legislature, and the chief executive and most important ministers. e. the leaders of both parties in the legislature, and the leaders and ranking opposition members of the major committees as well as the chief executive and most important ministers.