Us Government

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This organization is the central banking system of the US

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The Fed

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The biggest entitlement program is

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Social Security

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The process of negotiation labor contracts is called

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Collective bargaining

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The yearly sum goods and products produced in a country is called the

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Gross national product

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The chief way of the federal government raises revenue is from

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Individual income taxes

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The federal government supplies all the following to businesses except

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Freedom from regulations

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Beginning in the 1930s the US had an unbalanced budget or

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Deficit

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This office is responsible for preparing the national budget

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OMB

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This is a hands-off approach to the economy

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Laissez-faire

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The power to raise revenue and pass approach is the power of

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Congress

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Expenditures required by law or those from previous budgeting commitments are

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Uncontrollables

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This agency performance market research for farmers

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Agricultural Marketing service

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This law was created to force presidents and Congress to work together to reduce federal budget deficits

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Gramm Rudman Hollings Act

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The IRS checks some tax returns more carefully than others during

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Audits

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Employers subtract blank from their employees wages to pay their anticipated taxes

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Withholding

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Social insurance taxes are examples of blank taxes which require a larger portion of the lower-income than of higher-income

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Regressive

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Blank operations by the federal such as buying bonds and securities help to expand the economy

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Open market

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This is a health insurance program for low-income families

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Medicaid

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This exists when a few firms dominate a particular industry

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Oligopoly

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The blank GNP is the sum of goods and services produced in the nation in a year

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Gross national product

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A 12-month accounting period is called a

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Fiscal year

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This is a court order that prevents in action from taking place

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Injunction

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The Interstate Commerce Act of 1887 established the FED government's first blank agency

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Regulatory

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An individual's total income minus certain deductions and personal exemptions is called the blank

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Taxable income

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This expenditures are benefits Congress has provided 2 individuals

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Entitlements

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This regionals secunty pact was developed by the US and Western Europe

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NATO

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The Constitution reserved for the states the right to control this area

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Public education

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Supervisor of the Diplomatic activities of the US is the

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Secretary of State

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This way the federal government's first entry into transportation

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National Road

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The FED housing Administration Insurance blend in the cell as low and middle-income families to buy their own homes

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Mortgages

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To Halt the spread of Communism the US created this policy

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Containment

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The service and the Department of Agriculture has restored millions of acres of land for use in outdoor recreation timbering and Wildlife

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The forest service

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Visitors to the US must obtain

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Visa

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The Head of the State Department is the

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Secretary of State

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During the Civil War the u.s. first used

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Conscription

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The FDA must protect the public from dangerous substances and approves new medicines for distribution

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Food and Drug Administration

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Foreign policy is decided by

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The president

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The blank plan pays a major share of the total hospital bills for millions of senior citizens

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Medicare

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Nations that become allies under these agreements agreed to support each other in case of attack

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Mutual defense alliances

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Subways commuter railroads and bus lines are part of the

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U.s. mass transit system

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All 18 year old males in this country must

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Register for the draft

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This eliminates competition among business

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Monopoly

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This term means protecting us borders and territories against invasion

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Nation security

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In times of moral crisis the president's foreign policies have received blank or two party support from Congress

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Bipartisan

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This is an agreement between the US and Latin America

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Rio Pact

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The 1973 1974 energy crisis made US citizens more aware of

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Ecology

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This program helps rebuild cities

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Urban renewal

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Officials who are assigned to serve aboard and foreign countries belong to the branch of State Department called the

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Foreign policy

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To be involved in world affairs is to have this philosophy

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Internationalism