As part of their _________ function, state legislatures may request that agency heads provide testimony about spending in hearings, or they may investigate particular bureaucratic agencies to ensure that funds are being disbursed as desired.

The New Deal programs instituted during the Great Depression of the 1930s created

a. the welfare state. b. millions of new jobs in the private sector. c. renewed tensions between the United States and Great Britain. d. a total distrust of government among most Americans. e. a hatred of big government.

The upper legislative chamber of either a proprietary or royal colony, appointed by British officials upon the recommendation of the governor, was called the

A) colonial council. B) federalists. C) senate council. D) colonial assembly. E) senate assembly.