Chapter 16 Post Test

A  public investment, government investment, and financial stability

B  public investment, innovation, and a productive workforce

C  domestic investment, foreign investment, and government regulation

D  foreign investment, productive workforce, and economic regulation

A  Progressive

B  Redistributive

C  Regressive

D  Distributive

A  decreased between 1960 and 1990 but has increased dramatically since 1990.

B  has grown dramatically since 1960.

C  has remained constant since 1960.

D  increased between 1960 and 1990 but has decreased dramatically since 1990.

A  The more income people make, the higher a tax rate they have to pay on that income.

B  The income tax charges a flat tax rate regardless of income, which is more equitable.

C  The more income people make, the lower a tax rate they have to pay on that income.

D  The revenue that is raised from it tends to be spent on progressive goals.

A  Keynesianism

B  laissez-faire capitalism

C  supply-side economics

D  fiscalism

A  A majority of Americans regularly say they would prefer a larger government with more services, and polls also reveal strong support for increasing spending on nearly every government program.

B  A majority of Americans regularly say they would prefer a larger government with more services, but polls also reveal very little support for increasing spending on any specific government program.

C  A majority of Americans regularly say they would prefer a smaller government with fewer services, but polls also reveal very little support for cutting any specific government programs.

D  A majority of Americans regularly say they would prefer a smaller government with fewer services, and polls also reveal strong support for cutting nearly every government program.

A  laissez-faire capitalism.

B  supply-side economics.

C  socialism.

D  Keynesianism.

A  Clinton in 1998

B  George W. Bush in 2009

C  Obama in 2015

D  Trump in 2017

A  forbid employment discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity, and gender.

B  limit the amount of payroll taxes that can be taken out of the checks of full-time employees to a certain percentage of their income.

C  guarantee that a worker does not have to belong to a union or pay union dues as a condition of employment.

D  provide subsidies to companies who hire previously unemployed workers.

A  to everything on which the government spends money outside of defense and mandatory programs such as Social Security and Medicare.

B  only to what the government spends on Medicare.

C  only to what the government spends on Social Security.

D  to everything on which the government spends money outside of defense.

A  government can rectify a falling economy by regulating the money supply.

B  the economy of size shows that monopolies are the most efficient way to distribute goods throughout a national marketplace.

C  government can pull an economy out of a recession by stimulating demand and creating a cycle of increased production and jobs.

D  government regulations during economic depressions must be lifted because they destroy the already-slim profit margin.

A  labor unions.

B  business organizations.

C  foreign nations.

D  environmental groups.

A  laissez-faire economics.

B  Keynesianism.

C  monetarism.

D  social democracy.

A  Ronald Reagan

B  Richard Nixon

C  John Kennedy

D  Lyndon Johnson

A  antitrust policy.

B  contracting.

C  regressive taxation.

D  free trade.

A  The trend since the 1980s has been toward the federal government deregulating many different areas of the economy.

B  Democrats favor deregulation more than Republican do.

C  Deregulation tends to occur during times of economic recession and depression.

D  The country has long been opposed to government regulation, with very few new regulations being put in place since the Civil War.

A  Net interest on the debt, then discretionary programs, then mandatory programs.

B  Discretionary programs, then mandatory programs, then net interest on the debt.

C  Mandatory programs, then discretionary programs, then net interest on the debt.

D  Net interest on the debt, then mandatory programs, then discretionary programs.

A  Income tax rates have generally been stable throughout the country’s history, only changing by a percentage point here or there.

B  First introduced in the early 1900s, it became a tax that most households paid during World War II. It has become less progressive in the last 40 years than it was during the early years of its use.

C  Introduced as part of the Bill of Rights, the income tax has long been the foundation of the American federal government’s revenues, though it is less used today than it once was.

D  The income tax was introduced during the Civil War and entered widespread use shortly thereafter. It used to be much more regressive, though recent tax law changes have made it more progressive in its effects.

A  They became less progressive until the 2017 tax cuts, at which point the trend began to reverse.

B  They have become less progressive over time.

C  They have become more progressive over time.

D  They became more progressive until the 2017 tax cuts, at which point the trend began to reverse.

A  earned income tax credit.

B  subsidy.

C  tax expenditure.

D  earmark.

A  control discretionary spending.

B  control mandatory spending.

C  regulate monopolies.

D  close tax loopholes.

A  progressive

B  capital gains

C  regressive

D  transgressive

A  capital gains

B  transgressive

C  progressive

D    

E  regressive

A  tariff.

B  capital gains tax.

C  value-added tax.

D  tax expenditure.

A  5%

B  60%

C  30%

D  99%

A  congressionally determined limit on the amount of national debt that can be issued by the U.S. Treasury.

B  payment rate on the national debt.

C  percentage of federal spending that is made up of “uncontrollables,” budget items that cannot be controlled through the regular budget process.

D  interest rate on loans between banks.

A  Article I, Section 8.

B  Article II, Section 4.

C  the Tenth Amendment.

D  Article I, Section 4.

A  Much of America’s growth in the 1800s was driven by its abundant natural resources, but today it is driven much more by America’s success in the technology fields.

B  American has consistently driven its economic growth from the agricultural sector, which remains the largest factor in the country’s economy.

C  America has long been a hub of tech-driven productivity, though that has shifted since the 1980s into more of a manufacturing-driven economy.

D  In the nation’s beginning it was a service-driven economy, though in the twentieth century and especially in the twenty-first, it has relied more on industry to drive growth.

A  promoting international balance of trade

B  promoting economic interdependence

C  promoting stable markets

D  ensuring full employment

A  redistributive actions

B  public goods

C  supply-side economics

D  public policies

A  dependent on labor unions for stability.

B  among the most violent in the world.

C  defined by peaceful negotiations.

D  stable.

A  encouraging investment in businesses abroad

B  reducing imports from foreign economies

C  promoting economic self-reliance

D  stimulating economic growth

A  prohibit workers from forming unions.

B  establish a national minimum hourly wage.

C  oversee union elections and collective bargaining between labor and industry.

D  limit the amount of money labor unions and corporations could donate to political parties.

A  opportunity costs.

B  indexing.

C  deflation.

D  inflation.

A  inflation index.

B  consumer price index.

C  monetary fund.

D  gross domestic product.

A  Unions are more powerful today than they had been in the past.

B  While unions represent a lower share of the labor force, they have more power and influence than they used to.

C  Unions represent a smaller share of the labor force and have less power and influence than they used to.

D  While unions represent a higher share of the labor force, they have less power and influence than they used to.

A  1950s.

B  1990s.

C  1970s.

D  1980s.

A  the federal government’s strategy of taking power away from state governments by imposing an increasingly large number of regulations on their behavior.

B  Congress’s strategy of slowly reducing budget appropriations for unpopular programs over the course of many years rather than ending them immediately.

C  the Democratic Party’s strategy of raising taxes on wealthy individuals in order to pay for social programs that benefit those at the lower end of the income distribution.

D  the Republican Party’s strategy of reducing taxes and increasing deficits in order to win support for federal spending cuts.

A  supply-side economic

B  Keynesian

C  neo-Malthusian

D  laissez-faire

A  reducing the marginal rate of taxation will promote higher levels of work and investment.

B  the government’s role in the economy should be limited to regulating the money supply.

C  the best method of producing high levels of economic growth is to engage in high levels of government spending.

D  the government should impose heavy tariffs on imported goods in order to protect domestic suppliers.

A    

B  trickle-down economics

C  rational expectations

D  the invisible hand

E  the Prisoner’s Dilemma

A  It has long been championed by the Democratic Party, but the Republican Party has always opposed it.

B  It benefits only those who export goods, while punishing those who import them.

C  While it reduces the prices of goods for consumers, it imposes costs on workers in the form of lost jobs or reduced wages.

D    

E  Because the government loses revenue from conducting free trade, it must make that revenue up through the imposition of higher income taxes.

A  progressive policy.

B  antitrust policy.

C  deregulation.

D  monetary policy.

A  during good economic periods, when inflation is a concern.

B  during economic downturns and recessions.

C  during election years.

D  during times of war.

E    

A  redistributes; regulates

B  spends; brings in in revenue

C  brings in in revenue; spends

D  regulates; redistributes

A  monetary policy; fiscal policy

B  regulatory policy; redistributive policy

C  fiscal policy; monetary policy

D  redistributive policy; regulatory policy

A  manages the federal government’s antiterrorism strategy, provides border security, and oversees immigration and customs enforcement.

B  provides independent analyses of budgetary and economic issues to support the congressional budget process.

C  facilitates exchanges of credit and uses monetary policies to fight inflation and deflation.

D  requires companies to inform buyers of investment risks and protects investors against fraud.

A  both farm price supports and Medicare

B  defense spending

C  farm price supports

D  Medicare

A  progressive; regressive

B  regressive; regressive

C  progressive; progressive

D  regressive; progressive

A  Antitrust; monopolies

B  Fiscal; loopholes

C  Monetary; interest groups

D  Redistributive; tariffs

A  aggressively raising interest rates.

B  aggressively lowering interest rates.

C  passing a budget with larger individual and corporate tax cuts.

D  keeping interest rates at the same level.

A  Federal Reserve Board

B  Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

C  U.S. Department of Treasury

D  Office of Management and Budget

A  Immigration has no measurable impact on productivity and growth.

B  America’s immigration policy has ensured a supply of high-skill workers to help drive productivity and growth.

C  America has long had an open doors policy allowing any who are interested to immigrate; this has resulted in economic growth primarily in those areas along the Canadian and Mexican borders.

D  Immigrant labor takes jobs that would otherwise go to Americans, thereby slowing down productivity and growth.

A  The Republican party lowered the minimum wage when it controlled the federal government in 2017.

B  Individuals must work at least 40 hours a week to qualify for the federal minimum wage.

C  There is no longer any federal minimum wage.

D  It is not indexed to inflation and has not been increased since 2009.

A  They help promote stable markets by reassuring investors of the rule of law.

B  They help promote full employment through government workplace grants.

C  They help promote economic growth through fostering innovation.

D  They help promote low inflation through management of the money supply.

A  violent suppression of labor unions by big business.

B  control of politicians by corporate interests who run the political machines.

C  widespread use of child labor in coal mines and factories throughout the United States.

D  unsanitary practices at meatpacking plants.

A  the minimum wage is not indexed to inflation.

B  federal income taxes inevitably become more progressive over time.

C  federal income taxes inevitably become more regressive over time.

D  the minimum wage is indexed to inflation.

A  neither the federal government nor the state governments sought to promote full employment.

B  only the federal government sought to promote full employment.

C  only state governments sought to promote full employment.

D  both the federal government and the state governments sought to promote full employment.

A  high; but declined by the mid-1980s and has remained low

B  low; and has remained low

C  high; and has remained high

D  low; but increased by the mid-1980s and has remained high

A  the interstate highway system

B  toll roads

C  an iPhone

D  a computer