Government 2025 Final Review Flashcards

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What government actions can be taken to protect domestic business and industry from inexpensive foreign goods?

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Impose tariffs on imports

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The U.S. policy of restricting American business in Cuba is an example of —

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efforts to use economic strength to pressure a nation to change policies

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One way the United States uses economic resources to shape U.S. foreign policy is by —

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imposing sanctions on irresponsible nations

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Identify one way the U.S. government limits the activities of private enterprise for public good?

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Restrict the development of monopolies

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What type economic system strongly encourages entrepreneurship?

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Free enterprise

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How does a free enterprise economic system differ from a communist economic system?

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A free enterprise system allows only little government control while a communist system allows government to control all means of production.

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Open market operations, the discount rate, and reserve requirements are used by the Federal

Reserve to most directly affect the —

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supply of money in the economy

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What issue most concerned critics of Franklin D. Roosevelt's election to four terms as president?

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He weakened the checks and balances system by expanding executive authority during his extended administration.

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How did President Jefferson encourage the westward expansion of the United States?

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By purchasing the Louisiana Territory from France

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By adopting the Bill of Rights, the Founding Fathers demonstrated a belief in the importance of —

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individual rights