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 diplomat

C  Chief legislator

D  Chief executive

A  Reduce Americans’ dependence on private health insurance

B  Extend health insurance coverage to uninsured Americans

C  Provide political gains for legislators supporting its passage

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

A  Russia

B  Germany

C  USA

D  China

A  Department of Energy

B  Environment Protection Agency (EPA)

C  Department of Interior

D  Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

A  If the court declares a practice unconstitutional

B  If Congress implements a referendum

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

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

A  restraint order

B  blue slip

C  appeal document

D  veto sheet

A  conviction

B  appeals

C  bench

D  Precedent

A  Article I

B  Article II

C  Article III

D  Article IV

A  writ of certiorari

B  grand jury

C  hung jury

D  voir dire

A  federal chains

B  judicial review

C  common laws

D  adversary process

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

B  If Congress implements a referendum

C  If the court declares a practice unconstitutional

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

A  Public hearings are held.

B  The Senate votes on it.

C  The House votes on it.

D  The president can veto it.

A  plea bargains

B  convictions

C  probation

D  appeals

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

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

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  Common Law

C  Civil Suit

D  Criminal Case

A  Pendleton Act

B  Office of Personal Management

C  General Services Administration

D  Government in the Sunshine Act

A  Environmental Protection Agency

B  Interstate Commerce Commission

C  Internal Revenue Service

D  Office of Personnel Management

A  Schedule C Appointees

B  Senior Executive Service

C  Foreign Service

D  Civil Service Commission

A  To negotiate agreements among different independent agencies

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

C  To handle the design and remodeling of the White House

D  To oversee border disputes with Canada and Mexico

A  Homeland Security

B  Interior

C  Veteran Affairs

D  Defense

A  State, Agriculture, Education

B  State, Agriculture, Interior

C  State, Treasury, War

D  State, Justice, Treasury

A  expertise

B  mission

C  decision-making process

D  culture

A  cabinet

B  senate

C  supreme court

D  pentagon

A  Department of Agricuture

B  National Transportation Safety Board

C  National Park Service

D  Environmental Protection Agency

A  executive privileges

B  signing statements

C  pocket vetoes

D  executive orders

A  Fifth

B  Tenth

C  Second

D  Twelfth

A  entitlement programmes

B  vetoes

C  presidential directives

D  executive privileges

A  chief diplomat

B  commander-in-chief

C  chief of staff

D  chief of state

A  Franklin Roosevelt

B  Harry Truman

C  Brack Obama

D  Herbert Hoover

A  Cold War

B  New Deal

C  Contract with America

D  Great Society

A  Cold War

B  Watergate

C  Whitewater

D  Iran-Contra

A  excoriate

B  pardon

C  expunge

D  commute

A  bulk mailing

B  gerrymandering

C  pork-barreling

D  franking

A  McCulloch v. Maryland

B  Bush v. Gore

C  Marbury v. Madison

D  Wickard v. Filburn

A  special

B  Select

C  Joint

D  Standing

A  18; 21

B  25; 30

C  30; 35

D  21; 25

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

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

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

D  To limit members of Congress to only two terms

A  House of Representatives

B  Senate

C  Executive Branch

D  Supreme Court

A  judicial review

B  pocket veto

C  impeachment

D  advice and consent.

A  Six; Two

B  Eight; Four

C  Four; Six

D  Two; Four

A  vanishing marginals

B  the permanent campaign

C  retrospective voting

D  the strategic politician hypothesis.

A  two

B  six

C  one

D  four

A  wedge issues.

B  position issues.

C  valence issues.

D  retrospective voting strategies.

A  Super PACs

B  Interest groups

C  PACs

D  501(c)(3) organizations

A  the beauty contest primary

B  the permanent primary

C  the invisible primary.

D  open primaries.

A  Nebraska and Maine.

B  Alabama and Arkansas

C  Florida and Georgia.

D  Oklahoma and Texas.

A  The national convention.

B  The Iowa caucus.

C  The first primary.

D  The invisible primary.

A  term limits.

B  presidential coattails.

C  safe seats.

D  vanishing marginals.

A  vanishing margin

B  patronage game

C  invisible primary

D  permanent campaign.