The United States currently has approximately ________ active-duty military troops.

Which of the following best describes the proposed reform of decentralization?

a. More privatization would be used to save the federal government money. b. States or regional and local offices, which are more closely connected to local issues and client populations, would be given greater independence and authority. c. Large agencies would be broken down into many smaller agencies, because organizations with fewer people tend to operate more efficiently. d. Decentralizing the bureaucracy would provide a check on congressional and judicial power, because more of the government's responsibilities would fall into the private sector.

The party realignment that changed the Democratic Party during the 1930s involved __________

a. a split in the Republican Party over the repeal of Prohibition b. poor people, new immigrants, black Americans, and blue-collar workers c. Teddy Roosevelt’s defection to the Democratic Party d. Southern "Dixiecrats" voting Republican