Final Exam

A  Cuba and the United States

B  Canada and Mexico

C  Canada, Mexico, and the United States

D  The United States and China

A  Chief diplomat

B  Chief executive

C  Commander in chief

D  Chief legislator

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  China

B  Germany

C  Russia

D  USA

A  Environment Protection Agency (EPA)

B  Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

C  Department of Interior

D  Department of Energy

A  If Congress implements a referendum

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

C  If the court declares a practice unconstitutional

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

A  veto sheet

B  blue slip

C  restraint order

D  appeal document

A  conviction

B  appeals

C  bench

D  Precedent

A  Article II

B  Article I

C  Article III

D  Article IV

A  writ of certiorari

B  grand jury

C  voir dire

D  hung jury

A  adversary process

B  federal chains

C  common laws

D  judicial review

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

B  If the court declares a practice unconstitutional

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

D  If Congress implements a referendum

A  The president can veto it.

B  The House votes on it.

C  Public hearings are held.

D  The Senate votes on it.

A  appeals

B  convictions

C  plea bargains

D  probation

A  The vast majority of judges are restrained toward laws they agree with ideologically and those they do not agree with 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 that they agree with ideologically but are willing to overturn laws that they are distant from ideologically.

A  Common Law

B  Criminal Case

C  Civil Suit

D  Appeal

A  Pendleton Act

B  Office of Personal Management

C  Government in the Sunshine Act

D  General Services Administration

A  Interstate Commerce Commission

B  Office of Personnel Management

C  Environmental Protection Agency

D  Internal Revenue Service

A  Senior Executive Service

B  Civil Service Commission

C  Schedule C Appointees

D  Foreign Service

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

B  To oversee border disputes with Canada and Mexico

C  To negotiate agreements among different independent agencies

D  To handle the design and remodeling of the White House

A  Interior

B  Homeland Security

C  Veteran Affairs

D  Defense

A  State, Agriculture, Education

B  State, Agriculture, Interior

C  State, Treasury, War

D  State, Justice, Treasury

A  expertise

B  decision-making process

C  mission

D  culture

A  cabinet

B  pentagon

C  senate

D  supreme court

A  Department of Agricuture

B  Environmental Protection Agency

C  National Park Service

D  National Transportation Safety Board

A  signing statements

B  pocket vetoes

C  executive orders

D  executive privileges

A  Fifth

B  Tenth

C  Twelfth

D  Second

A  entitlement programmes

B  vetoes

C  executive privileges

D  presidential directives

A  chief of state

B  chief diplomat

C  commander-in-chief

D  chief of staff

A  Harry Truman

B  Brack Obama

C  Herbert Hoover

D  Franklin Roosevelt

A  New Deal

B  Contract with America

C  Great Society

D  Cold War

A  Watergate

B  Cold War

C  Iran-Contra

D  Whitewater

A  pardon

B  excoriate

C  expunge

D  commute

A  franking

B  gerrymandering

C  bulk mailing

D  pork-barreling

A  McCulloch v. Maryland

B  Marbury v. Madison

C  Wickard v. Filburn

D  Bush v. Gore

A  Joint

B  Standing

C  special

D  Select

A  21; 25

B  30; 35

C  25; 30

D  18; 21

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

B  To limit members of Congress to only two terms

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

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

A  Executive Branch

B  Supreme Court

C  House of Representatives

D  Senate

A  advice and consent.

B  judicial review

C  impeachment

D  pocket veto

A  Two; Four

B  Six; Two

C  Four; Six

D  Eight; Four

A  the permanent campaign

B  the strategic politician hypothesis.

C  vanishing marginals

D  retrospective voting

A  six

B  two

C  one

D  four

A  valence issues.

B  retrospective voting strategies.

C  wedge issues.

D  position issues.

A  Super PACs

B  Interest groups

C  PACs

D  501(c)(3) organizations

A  the invisible primary.

B  the beauty contest primary

C  open primaries.

D  the permanent primary

A  Alabama and Arkansas

B  Nebraska and Maine.

C  Oklahoma and Texas.

D  Florida and Georgia.

A  The national convention.

B  The Iowa caucus.

C  The invisible primary.

D  The first primary.

A  safe seats.

B  vanishing marginals.

C  presidential coattails.

D  term limits.

A  permanent campaign.

B  invisible primary

C  patronage game

D  vanishing margin