One of the key groups social welfare policies are designed to help is:

President Reagan’s desire to limit government regulation led to the __________

a. appointments of officials ideologically opposed to the Carter administration policies b. appointments of officials ideologically supportive of the Carter administration policies c. firings of officials from the Roosevelt administration d. firings of officials from the Nixon administration

Although newspapers were very partisan in the early 1800s, by about 1850 they began to distance themselves from particular partisan positions. What was the result of this decision?

a. Readership suffered considerably. b. Political parties removed all financial support from newspapers, which had a negative effect on growth for nearly thirty years. c. Readership declined because the news was considered boring without the heated twist of partisanship. d. Readership increased. e. Advertisers withdrew support and profitability declined.