Article Six contains what item that makes the U.S. Constitution the "supreme law of the land."

Prior to about 1900, political parties would recruit campaign workers based on the promise of a good federal job with an electoral victory. Such a system of employee management is referred to as

a. civil service. b. patronage. c. employment security. d. employee deregulation. e. managed labor.

President George Washington sought to meet the problem of delegation in part by doing which of the following?

a. by regularly replacing officials regardless of the performance of the civil servant b. by appointing men of superior reputation, education, and means c. by abdicating responsibility for the appointment process to Congress d. by holding public referenda on high-profile appointments