United States Government: Democracy in Action

Chapter 21: Social and Domestic Policy

Self-Check Quizzes

1
Which of these is a federal subsidy to business?
A)tariffs
B)quotas
C)tax incentives
D)regulations
2
Which was the first federal regulatory agency?
A)Department of Commerce
B)Small Business Administration
C)Federal Trade Commission
D)Interstate Commerce Commission
3
Today, any person who tries to monopolize trade among the states is committing a _____.
A)felony
B)misdemeanor
C)petty crime
D)corporate civil offense
4
Enforcing antitrust laws is the responsibility of the _____.
A)Department of Justice
B)Department of Commerce
C)Department of Trade
D)Department of Labor
5
What did Congress pass in response to the publication of Upton Sinclair's The Jungle?
A)the Consumer Product Safety Act
B)the Sherman Antitrust Act
C)the New Deal
D)the Pure Food and Drug Act
6
The fraudulent accounting of _____ led to the passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
A)Freddie Mac
B)Enron
C)savings and loans
D)Standard Oil
7
What does the Taft-Hartley Act allow the president to do?
A)postpone a strike for 80 days
B)sue unions for damages inflicted during a strike
C)strike down right-to-work laws
D)fire union workers
8
What did Rachel Carson's book The Silent Spring alert the public to?
A)the income gap
B)water pollution
C)DDT
D)air pollution
9
Which is a criticism of Medicare and Medicaid?
A)They support senior citizens.
B)They contribute to rising medical costs.
C)Struggling local governments must support the programs.
D)They support only people with low incomes.
10
Which law provided land-grant colleges?
A)the G.I. Bill
B)Smith-Hughes Act
C)Morrill Act
D)U.S. Constitution
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