Members of Congress often secure federal funds through a process of amending pending legislation. Their goal is to support specific projects for their states and districts that will yield jobs, benefits, or other opportunities for a particular region. This procedure is often referred to as

a. patronage.
b. casework.
c. lobbying.
d. congressional oversight.
e. pork-barrel legislation.

ANS: E

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a. worries that too much democracy is as bad as a corrupt monarch b. defends checks and balances within the new government structure c. believes that if people are given total freedom, life can be safe and prosperous d. argues for increased individual state powers to protect civil liberties e. none of the above is correct

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Foreign policy goals in the global system have shifted from traditionally _____ methods of exercising dominance to ____ ones

a. military; economic b. economic; military c. capitalist; communist d. ideological; religious

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