All of the following are theories that have been offered to explain how public policy is made EXCEPT

Question 1          All of the following are theories that have been offered to explain how public policy is made EXCEPT

 

bureaucratic theory.

 

interest group theory.

 

pluralist theory.

 

libertarian theory.

 

elite theory.

 

Question 2          Medicaid was designed to provide health care

 

for the aged and ill.

 

for the poor.

 

for the working class.

 

for children.

 

for everyone.

 

Question 3          The National Defense and Education Act was a policy designed to

 

teach military strategy.

 

emphasize math and science in schools in an ultimate effort to fight communism.

 

add funding to military schools.

 

introduce military history in high schools.

 

promote English-only education.

 

Question 4          The U.S. economic system is a

 

pure capitalist system.

 

mixed free-enterprise system.

 

pure laissez-faire system.

 

mixed Marxist and socialist system.

 

pure centralized economic system.

 

Question 5          Which president signed legislation that deregulated commercial airlines, railroads, motor carriers, and financial institutions?

 

Richard M. Nixon

 

Gerald R. Ford

 

Jimmy Carter

 

Ronald Reagan

 

Bill Clinton

 

Question 6          Social Security was created in the

 

1790s.

 

1860s.

 

1930s.

 

1960s.

 

1970s.

 

Question 7The Great Depression began in

 

1887.

 

1909.

 

1917.

 

1929.

 

1943.

 

Question 8          The Environmental Protection Agency was created by President

 

John F. Kennedy.

 

Lyndon B. Johnson

 

Richard M. Nixon.

 

Gerald R. Ford.

 

Jimmy Carter.

 

Question 9          Which of the following countries owns the greatest percentage of American debt?

 

Russia

 

Great Britain

 

Canada

 

China

 

Japan

 

Question 10        Social Security was created in the

 

1790s.

 

1860s.

 

1930s.

 

1960s.

 

1970s.