The Freedom of Information Act is designed to

A) lead to quicker filing of habeas corpus petitions.
B) make more national security documents available to the public.
C) prevent inefficiency and waste in government management.
D) expand the freedom of speech granted to government employees.

The framers designed the Senate to be a check against excessive democracy by doing which of the following?

A) Senators were originally appointed by state legislatures.
B) Senators have shorter terms than members of the House of Representatives.
C) Senators are directly elected by the people.
D) Senators are the only officials immune from impeachment.

"Marble cake federalism" is associated with the

A) increasing political power of local governments over the last two decades.
B) pattern of intergovernmental cooperation that has blurred the lines between the states and the national governments.
C) practice of federal officials bribing their state counterparts with various gifts in order to convince them to follow national standards.
D) confusion that emerged during the 1960s about which layer of government is actually responsible for regulating the national economy.

________ described politics as "who gets what,when,and how."

A) James Madison
B) Abraham Lincoln
C) Harold Lasswell
D) John Locke