GOVT 2305 Test 4 Review

which program was designed to give the most people access to affordable healthcare coverage?

obamacare

in which decade did we see a huge shift in the federal government taking a role in domestic policy?

1930s

Which programs were part of FDR's New Deal?

social security and aid to dependent children

T/F Is Social Security means-tested (how much you get is based on how much money you have)?

No

one way the federal goverment gets involved at the state level in education is...?

providing funds for charter schools

To control unemployment, what would John Maynard Keynes tell you to do?

cut taxes and have the government spend money

controlling inflation and limiting unemployment is under the purview of?

the federal reserve

which policy option allows the government to stimulate or slow down economic growth to try to maintain stability?

fiscal

Increasing the discount rate (the interest rate it charges to commercial banks) allows the Federal Reserve to do what?

slow the rate of economic growth

To free up money for more loans and lower interest rates, what can the Fed do?

reduce reserve requirements

Which pair was the government's fiscal policy reponse to the Financial Crisis of 2008?

tax cuts and spending increases

No Child Left Behind was supposed to....?

set standard and goals for improving education in every state

Which president started the war in Iraq in 2003?

W Bush

Which president ended the war in Iraq in 2011?

Obama

who has the job of being the main advisor to the president about foreign and defence policies?

the national security advisor

Which IO was formed to provide peacetime collective security for the US, Canada, and W. Europe?

NATO

How did W Bush and his administration trick us into supporting a war in Iraq?

He said they has WMDs and were a threat to our security

which countries are we worried about because they have grown so much and are more influential?

Russia and China

if you are worried that defense industries have 2 much influence, they are worried about what?

The military-industrial complex

which one is the term for when a country doesn't want to get involved in wars in other countries?

isolationism

What major influence does Congress have over foreign policy?

they control the purse, aka appropriations

which is the kind of trade policy where a government supports its strongest or key industries?

strategic trade policy

What has Russia done to try to reassert its great power status through economic means?

tried to form a Eurasian Economic Community

This cabinet department deals with military policy and would be where the president would turn if we have an issue so the a country who has or is attempting to procure nuclear weapons or materials

defense

Health insurance for grandma and grandpa, from the federal government

medicare

Taft-Katsura Agreement (1905)

Japan promised that it had no interest in the Philippines and hawaii, and the United States agreed to approve of Japanese domination of Korea.

congress has the power to _____ treaties with other nations

ratify

The number of these went from 2008-2020, which means the government paid out more in Medicare over this time than ever before

older people

some countries like poland and hungary are dealing with _____, or facist-adjacent, parties in power

nationalist

An international organization created after WWII, based on collective security.

united nations

These levels of government spend the largest portion of their budgets on K-12 education.

state and local government

In this war, the US was trying to prevent the spread of communism

vietnam

Programs that come from the federal government and provide benefits to those who contributed during their working years.

entitlements

Terrorists target ordinary ______, not the military

citizens

A fancy French word that has become synonymous with the government being "hands off" when it comes to managing the economy.

laissezfaire

The proper name for these in-kind benefits is the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program. This program helps more Americans than any other.

food stamps (SNAPS)

A foreign policy to try to prevent the spread of communism.

containment

President Washington chose this policy response when dealing with conflicts between two other foreign counties.

neutrality

The director of _____ _____ is the

head of the entire US intelligence community.

national intelligence

This is the abbreviation for the total market value of all goods and services produced in a country during a year.

GPD-gross domestic product

The UN ______ has five permanent members; the US, the UK, Russia, France, and China

security council

A monetary policy tool the Federal Reserve has, which affects interest rates on any money borrowed by anyone in the US.

discount rate

When the federal government spends more money than it takes in in taxpayer dollars, it is in a budget ______

deficit

the opposite of free trade, or trading with no tariffs, is _____

protectionism

The __ __ council is where the president would go for advice on a response during a crisis like 9/11

national security

Bernie Sanders wanted to do this to fix lack of access to affordable healthcare in this country.

medicare for all

Money you can get from the government if you lose your job. It's non-means-tested because it's not based on how much money you have.

unemployment

Schools that get taxpayer dollars cannot discriminate or unequally fund any programs for boys and girls.

title ix

The president responsible for the creation of welfare state programs like social security.

FDR

This cabinet department primarily deals with diplomatic affairs and negotiations

state