When was each cabinet position created? Order of Establishment of the Executive Departments Rank* Year Executive Departments 1 1789 Department of State 2 1789 Department of the Treasury 3 1789 1947 Department of War Department of Defense (merger of War and Navy departments) 4 1789 1870 Attorney General Department of Justice Who held 4 cabinet […]
Where are most plateaus located?
Where are most plateaus located? Where Can a Plateau Be Found? Plateaus can be found in some desert areas. The largest plateaus are found near mountainous regions. Where is Western Plateau located? Australia What major Plateau is located in the west? The Colorado Plateau, in the western United States, has been rising about . 03 […]
How was Labor Day started?
How was Labor Day started? The first Labor Day holiday was celebrated in New York City on Tuesday, September 5, 1882. Following the deaths of 13 workers during the Pullman Strike in June of 1894, President Grover Cleveland made reconciliation with the labor movement a top political priority, and Labor Day become a federal holiday […]
What regulation sets the standard for quality of care?
What regulation sets the standard for quality of care? Medicare regulations set standards for quality of care and make it illegal to bill for services that are not necessary. What regulation sets the standards for quality of care and makes it illegal to bill for services that are not necessary? Medicare regulations set standards for […]
Which of the following countries is an example of a representative democracy with a parliamentary system?
Which of the following countries is an example of a representative democracy with a parliamentary system? Countries with parliamentary democracies may be constitutional monarchies, where a monarch is the head of state while the head of government is almost always a member of parliament (such as Denmark, Norway, Japan, Malaysia, Sweden and the United Kingdom), […]
How did the 23rd Amendment expand voting rights?
How did the 23rd Amendment expand voting rights? The amendment grants the district electors in the Electoral College as though it were a state, though the district can never have more electors than the least-populous state. The ratification of the amendment made the district the only entity other than the states to have any representation […]
Where is your locus of control?
Where is your locus of control? A person’s “locus” (plural “loci”, Latin for “place” or “location”) is conceptualized as internal (a belief that one can control one’s own life) or external (a belief that life is controlled by outside factors which the person cannot influence, or that chance or fate controls their lives). What is […]
When a person designates a specific person to act as his or her representative in making healthcare decisions that designee is called a?
When a person designates a specific person to act as his or her representative in making healthcare decisions that designee is called a? When a person designates a specific person to act as his or her representative in making healthcare decisions, that designee is called a health care proxy. It also known as a health […]
How did the boll weevil affect the Great Depression?
How did the boll weevil affect the Great Depression? The destruction of cotton fields by the boll weevil spread from Texas across the South and Southwest so that by the Great Depression, cotton farmers had already suffered from many years of devastatingly poor harvests. Eventually it found its way to California cotton fields as well. […]
How does a nuclear reactor work?
How does a nuclear reactor work? In nuclear power plants, neutrons collide with uranium atoms, splitting them. In the core of nuclear reactors, the fission of uranium atoms releases energy that heats water to about 520 degrees Farenheit. This hot water is then used to spin turbines that are connected to generators, producing electricity. Is […]