Praxis II Social Sciences Content Knowledge Exam Prep - Question List

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6. Independent bureaucratic agencies and Cabinet departments are created by:
  1. The President of the United States
  2. Congress
  3. The Constitution
  4. The Supreme Court
  5. Our imaginations
7. Why is the bureaucracy system so critical to our government now?
  1. The Supreme Court has ruled that the system must exist to help Congress
  2. It is very difficult to remove once created
  3. Problems are too vast and complex for Congress to control
  4. It has no effective controls on its powers
8. President Grande vetoed a bill passed by Congress banning anyone from putting posters of President Grande up in their bedrooms. President Grande’s veto was an example of:
  1. Separation of powers
  2. Checks and balances
  3. Republicanism
  4. Federalism
  5. Naiveté
9. In what year was the Declaration of Independence signed?
  1. 1772
  2. 1774
  3. 1776
  4. 1787
  5. 1788
10. Which of the following does not accurately describe changes in the US economy in the late 80s and the 90s?
  1. The importance of manufacturing declined.
  2. The US enjoyed its lowest poverty rate in 100 years.
  3. The number of multiple-income families increased.
  4. The degree of wealth inequality increased.

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