Potencia mundial, país más poblado del mundo en el 2007, primer exportador.

1. the responsibilities of the u.s. federal reserve system include overseeing the banking system and regulating the quantity of money in the economy setting the level of real interest rates working with congress to devise a financial plan for the country and execute the president's orders calculating and reporting the unemployment rate 2. to increase the supply of money when the economy is weak, the fed closes banks reduces inflation sells bonds buys bonds 3. the federal funds rate is the short-term interest rate that banks charge their best customers when borrowing banks earn on savings accounts with the fed banks charge each other when borrowing or lending to each other the fed charges banks when borrowing 4. when the fed increases the money supply and consequently lowers interest rates, the value of the dollar will rise by more in the market for foreign exchange, all else equal will fall, all else equal is not impacted by fed policy will rise, all else equal

Q1-which of the following strategies did spain use in an attempt to thwart french claims to the texas territory after 1689? a. establishing a blockade on the texas coastline b. bringing spanish settlers up from mexico into spanish territory c. developing relationships with native american indian nations that would fight the french. d. paying off the french for the claim to texas with silver mined in its southern colonies q2-for which of the following reasons was texas's first petition for statehood in the united states denied? a. the issue of slavery prevented the united states from accepting texas as a state. b. the united states would not admit texas until the new republic was able to pay off its massive war debts. c. the united states knew that most texans did not think of themselves as americans and did not believe it was fitting to admit them. d. the united states did not want to damage relations with a weakened but still powerful mexico. q3-  which of the following brought about the final settlement of the official boundary lines of the state of texas? a. the compromise of 1850 b. the reincorporation of texas at the end of the civil war c. the peace treaty of the mexican-american war d. the 1845 act signed by the president that made texas a state q4-  which of the following was implemented by the texas state “carpetbagger’s constitution” of 1869? a. a repudiation of the state’s war debt b. disfranchisement of african americans who had previously gained the right to vote c. the abolition of slavery d. disfranchisement of whites who had participated in the civil war q5-  according to daniel j. elazar’s political culture classification system for the united states, to what  dominant  political subculture does texas belong? a. traditionalistic b. individualistic c. conservative d. moralistic q6-  school districts are governed by which of the following? a. an appointed board of trustees b. a city-council appointed manager c. an elected superintendent d. an elected board of trustees   q7- which of the following is the primary reason that special purpose districts are created? a. to provide services when no other unit of government exists to provide that service b. to give local residents more control over their affairs c. to take power away from city governments and place it with the county government d. to provide services at a more competitive rate than county or city services can q8-to pass an ordinance, a county government must do which of the following? a. pass it through the commissioner’s court with a majority vote b. get legislative approval c. get approval from the municipal government d. pass it through the commissioner’s court with a unanimous vote q9-which of the following is the primary function of county constables? a. ensuring the smooth running of the commissioner’s court b. serving as prison administrators c. enforcing the law through police actions within county jurisdiction d. serving as court officers for justice of the peace courts q10-which of the following is not true of the county judge’s powers or responsibilities? a. the county judge does not have to be a licensed attorney. b. the county judge is elected to four-year terms. c. the county judge presides over the commissioner’s court but has no vote in its proceedings. d. the constitution assigns judicial duties to the office of the county judge.

The citizenship clause of the fourteenth amendment says a naturalized personis not a citizen and cannot become a citizen of the united states.is a citizen, just like someone who was born in the united states.must have been born in the united states, not in another country.must have been born in a country other than the united states