Final Exam

A  The United States and China

B  Canada and Mexico

C  Cuba and the United States

D  Canada, Mexico, and the United States

A  Commander in chief

B  Chief executive

C  Chief legislator

D  Chief diplomat

A  Move responsibility for providing health care from employers to the government

B  Extend health insurance coverage to uninsured Americans

C  Reduce Americans’ dependence on private health insurance

D  Provide political gains for legislators supporting its passage

A  Germany

B  USA

C  Russia

D  China

A  Department of Energy

B  Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

C  Environment Protection Agency (EPA)

D  Department of Interior

A  If the court reaches a plurality judgment as opposed to a majority opinion

B  If Congress implements a referendum

C  If the court’s decision is based on the meaning of a statute

D  If the court declares a practice unconstitutional

A  veto sheet

B  blue slip

C  appeal document

D  restraint order

A  bench

B  Precedent

C  conviction

D  appeals

A  Article I

B  Article III

C  Article II

D  Article IV

A  grand jury

B  hung jury

C  writ of certiorari

D  voir dire

A  common laws

B  judicial review

C  adversary process

D  federal chains

A  If the court declares a practice unconstitutional

B  If Congress implements a referendum

C  If the court reaches a plurality judgment as opposed to a majority opinion

D  If the court’s decision is based on the meaning of a statute

A  The House votes on it.

B  The president can veto it.

C  The Senate votes on it.

D  Public hearings are held.

A  plea bargains

B  appeals

C  convictions

D  probation

A  The vast majority of judges are restrained toward laws that they agree with ideologically but are willing to overturn laws that they are distant from ideologically.

B  Few judges are restrained toward laws that they agree with ideologically, but most are willing to overturn laws that they are distant from ideologically.

C  The vast majority of judges are willing to overturn laws regardless of their ideology.

D  The vast majority of judges are restrained toward laws they agree with ideologically and those they do not agree with ideologically.

A  Appeal

B  Criminal Case

C  Common Law

D  Civil Suit

A  Office of Personal Management

B  General Services Administration

C  Government in the Sunshine Act

D  Pendleton Act

A  Office of Personnel Management

B  Internal Revenue Service

C  Environmental Protection Agency

D  Interstate Commerce Commission

A  Civil Service Commission

B  Schedule C Appointees

C  Foreign Service

D  Senior Executive Service

A  To negotiate agreements among different independent agencies

B  To handle the design and remodeling of the White House

C  To oversee border disputes with Canada and Mexico

D  To regulate the sale of federal lands and the management of Indian affairs

A  Defense

B  Veteran Affairs

C  Interior

D  Homeland Security

A  State, Justice, Treasury

B  State, Agriculture, Interior

C  State, Agriculture, Education

D  State, Treasury, War

A  expertise

B  mission

C  decision-making process

D  culture

A  pentagon

B  supreme court

C  cabinet

D  senate

A  National Park Service

B  Department of Agricuture

C  Environmental Protection Agency

D  National Transportation Safety Board

A  signing statements

B  executive privileges

C  pocket vetoes

D  executive orders

A  Twelfth

B  Fifth

C  Second

D  Tenth

A  executive privileges

B  entitlement programmes

C  presidential directives

D  vetoes

A  chief diplomat

B  chief of state

C  commander-in-chief

D  chief of staff

A  Franklin Roosevelt

B  Harry Truman

C  Brack Obama

D  Herbert Hoover

A  Great Society

B  Contract with America

C  New Deal

D  Cold War

A  Whitewater

B  Iran-Contra

C  Watergate

D  Cold War

A  commute

B  pardon

C  expunge

D  excoriate

A  pork-barreling

B  gerrymandering

C  franking

D  bulk mailing

A  Marbury v. Madison

B  Bush v. Gore

C  McCulloch v. Maryland

D  Wickard v. Filburn

A  Joint

B  Standing

C  special

D  Select

A  25; 30

B  30; 35

C  18; 21

D  21; 25

A  To allow each chamber to check each other’s power

B  To increase efficiency and the speed by which Congress could operate

C  To limit members of Congress to only two terms

D  To increase the power of Congress relative to the other branches

A  Senate

B  Supreme Court

C  House of Representatives

D  Executive Branch

A  impeachment

B  judicial review

C  advice and consent.

D  pocket veto

A  Eight; Four

B  Four; Six

C  Six; Two

D  Two; Four

A  retrospective voting

B  the permanent campaign

C  the strategic politician hypothesis.

D  vanishing marginals

A  two

B  six

C  four

D  one

A  valence issues.

B  retrospective voting strategies.

C  position issues.

D  wedge issues.

A  PACs

B  501(c)(3) organizations

C  Super PACs

D  Interest groups

A  the invisible primary.

B  the permanent primary

C  the beauty contest primary

D  open primaries.

A  Nebraska and Maine.

B  Florida and Georgia.

C  Alabama and Arkansas

D  Oklahoma and Texas.

A  The invisible primary.

B  The national convention.

C  The first primary.

D  The Iowa caucus.

A  vanishing marginals.

B  term limits.

C  presidential coattails.

D  safe seats.

A  invisible primary

B  permanent campaign.

C  patronage game

D  vanishing margin