Final Exam

A  Cuba and the United States

B  Canada, Mexico, and the United States

C  The United States and China

D  Canada and Mexico

A  Commander in chief

B  Chief legislator

C  Chief executive

D  Chief diplomat

A  Extend health insurance coverage to uninsured Americans

B  Reduce Americans’ dependence on private health insurance

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

D  Provide political gains for legislators supporting its passage

A  China

B  USA

C  Germany

D  Russia

A  Department of Interior

B  Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

C  Department of Energy

D  Environment Protection Agency (EPA)

A  If the court declares a practice unconstitutional

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

C  If Congress implements a referendum

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

A  blue slip

B  veto sheet

C  restraint order

D  appeal document

A  bench

B  Precedent

C  appeals

D  conviction

A  Article III

B  Article II

C  Article I

D  Article IV

A  hung jury

B  grand jury

C  writ of certiorari

D  voir dire

A  federal chains

B  judicial review

C  adversary process

D  common laws

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

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

C  If Congress implements a referendum

D  If the court declares a practice unconstitutional

A  The Senate votes on it.

B  Public hearings are held.

C  The president can veto it.

D  The House votes on it.

A  plea bargains

B  appeals

C  probation

D  convictions

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

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

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 that they agree with ideologically but are willing to overturn laws that they are distant from ideologically.

A  Common Law

B  Appeal

C  Criminal Case

D  Civil Suit

A  Pendleton Act

B  General Services Administration

C  Government in the Sunshine Act

D  Office of Personal Management

A  Internal Revenue Service

B  Office of Personnel Management

C  Interstate Commerce Commission

D  Environmental Protection Agency

A  Civil Service Commission

B  Foreign Service

C  Senior Executive Service

D  Schedule C Appointees

A  To oversee border disputes with Canada and Mexico

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 negotiate agreements among different independent agencies

A  Interior

B  Veteran Affairs

C  Defense

D  Homeland Security

A  State, Justice, Treasury

B  State, Agriculture, Interior

C  State, Treasury, War

D  State, Agriculture, Education

A  expertise

B  mission

C  culture

D  decision-making process

A  supreme court

B  pentagon

C  cabinet

D  senate

A  National Park Service

B  Environmental Protection Agency

C  Department of Agricuture

D  National Transportation Safety Board

A  executive privileges

B  pocket vetoes

C  executive orders

D  signing statements

A  Twelfth

B  Tenth

C  Second

D  Fifth

A  executive privileges

B  presidential directives

C  entitlement programmes

D  vetoes

A  chief diplomat

B  chief of staff

C  commander-in-chief

D  chief of state

A  Franklin Roosevelt

B  Brack Obama

C  Herbert Hoover

D  Harry Truman

A  New Deal

B  Great Society

C  Contract with America

D  Cold War

A  Whitewater

B  Cold War

C  Watergate

D  Iran-Contra

A  expunge

B  excoriate

C  pardon

D  commute

A  gerrymandering

B  pork-barreling

C  bulk mailing

D  franking

A  Wickard v. Filburn

B  McCulloch v. Maryland

C  Bush v. Gore

D  Marbury v. Madison

A  Standing

B  Select

C  Joint

D  special

A  25; 30

B  18; 21

C  30; 35

D  21; 25

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

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

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

D  To limit members of Congress to only two terms

A  House of Representatives

B  Senate

C  Supreme Court

D  Executive Branch

A  impeachment

B  judicial review

C  pocket veto

D  advice and consent.

A  Two; Four

B  Four; Six

C  Six; Two

D  Eight; Four

A  the strategic politician hypothesis.

B  vanishing marginals

C  the permanent campaign

D  retrospective voting

A  one

B  four

C  two

D  six

A  wedge issues.

B  retrospective voting strategies.

C  position issues.

D  valence issues.

A  PACs

B  Super PACs

C  501(c)(3) organizations

D  Interest groups

A  the invisible primary.

B  the permanent primary

C  open primaries.

D  the beauty contest primary

A  Nebraska and Maine.

B  Florida and Georgia.

C  Oklahoma and Texas.

D  Alabama and Arkansas

A  The national convention.

B  The Iowa caucus.

C  The first primary.

D  The invisible primary.

A  term limits.

B  vanishing marginals.

C  presidential coattails.

D  safe seats.

A  vanishing margin

B  invisible primary

C  patronage game

D  permanent campaign.