During the Standing Rock protests, the local, state, and national governments acted on behalf of ______.
a. the protestors, i.e., they protected the Standing Rock nation from violence from the pipeline’s owners
b. the pipeline’s owners, i.e., they effectively acted to undermine the protests so the pipeline could be completed quickly
c. themselves, i.e., they charted an independent course between the protestors and the pipeline’s owners
d. nobody, i.e., they stayed out of the controversy altogether
b. the pipeline’s owners, i.e., they effectively acted to undermine the protests so the pipeline could be completed quickly
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Which of the following arguments best describes the level of control that the governor has over the budgetary process?
A. Governors control the overall process completely. B. The process is completely controlled by the state legislature. C. Governors can only affect expenditures at the edges of the overall budget. D. The budgetary process is entirely controlled by the President. E. The state executive-level agencies control most of the process.
The Civil War settled the supremacy issue in favor of the ______; the actual ______ at both levels remained uncertain.
A. states; scope of government B. national government; scope of government C. states; legality of the outcome D. national government; legality of the outcome