Mergers of separate local governments in an effort to reduce bureaucratic redundancy and service inefficiencies are known as ______.

Imperial overstretch is best defined as

a. when a country becomes geographically too big to rule. b. when a country strikes a balance between being isolationist and highly interventionist. c. an approach that relies on self-help and independent strategies in foreign policy. d. the historic tendency for superpowers to overspend militarily and weaken their economies leaving themvulnerable to rivals.

Franklin Roosevelt made use of radio network broadcasts for political communication by

a. addressing the American public on a weekly basis. b. addressing the radio audience as if they were at a rally that helped to unite them behind his cause. c. adopting a conversational tone that allowed millions of Americans to feel connected to him. d. buying air time on radios to promote the more controversial plans of his administration. e. funding broadcasters through his New Deal program.