Midterm

A  Americans prefer spending time with their families than learning about politics

B  Americans oppose the idea of big government, but favor big government in practice

C  Americans prefer conservative congressional candidates but vote for liberal presidential candidates

D  Americans complain about tv shows like Jerry Springer, but continue to watch them anyway

A  productive and unproductive

B  elitist and pluralist

C  conventional and unconventional

D  casual and formal

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  most Americans know very little about politics

B  most Americans know who the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court is

C  almost all Americans know who represents them in the House and the Senate

D  more Americans knew about George Bush’s tax policies than knew what his leasts favorite vegetable was.

A  different question wording can result in big difference responses

B  the public dislikes short questions and is unlikely to answer them

C  polllsters charge by the word, making longer questions more costly

D  words like “prefer”, “favorable”, and “approve” carry negative connotations that make Americans less satisfied with government

A  only if there are witnesses

B  only if the officer plans to arrest that person

C  without getting a warrant

D  only if that person gives consent

A  Americans were in need of a complete social transformation

B  because it was spearheaded by Pat Buchanan

C  Americans did not feel the need for great, social, economic, or political upheaval

D  it only involved wealthy, property owning elites

A  one person, one vote

B  freedom to vote

C  universal citizenship

D  inclusion

A  social issues

B  interstate commerce issues

C  tariff issues

D  national defense issues

A  television

B  newspapers

C  radio

D  magazines

A  the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional

B  black men were citizens but women were not

C  slavery was immoral but necessary

D  only Congress could ban slavery

A  peer groups

B  the democratic and republican parties

C  schools

D  neighbors

A  they believed that the working class would make better decisions than the elite class

B  they believed that democracy was only a temporary form of government

C  they were skeptical that ordinary Americans could make informed decisions

D  they had complete confidence in ordinary Americans to make sound decisions

A  she’s a democrat

B  she’s a republican

C  she’s an independent

D  she’s a libertarian

A  polls can be worded so that politicians get whatever responses they want

B  polling allows leaders to avoid compromise

C  polling discourages bold leadership

D  polling allows policymakers to keep in touch with changing opinion on the issues

A  volunteering at a campaign

B  voting

C  giving money to candidates

D  writing letters to government officials

A  liberalism and political tolerance

B  candidate loyalty and authoritarianism

C  political participation and suspicion of out-groups

D  political participation and strength of party attachment

A  government programs to help individuals invest their Social Security income would likely be higher on the political agenda

B  government workers would likely unionize

C  government programs to alleviate economic inequality would likely be higher on the political agenda

D  government run services would likely be privatized

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  sample sizes have been getting smaller not larger

B  random samples must include millions of people to accurately reflect public opinion

C  accurate representation of the population is the most important feature of a public opinion survey

D  use of telephone books and motor vehicle records will bias a sample toward higher income groups

A  free exercise clause

B  due process clause

C  restoration of rights clause

D  none of the above

A  Born again Christians

B  Women

C  Jews

D  African Americans

A  First Amendment

B  Sixth Amendment

C  Third Amendment

D  First Amendment

A  voting

B  maintaining peace through strength

C  affirmative action

D  prayers in school

A  Principles of extradition

B  Full Faith and Credit Clause

C  Equal Protection Clause

D  Privileges and Immunities Clause

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  Twenty Eight

B  Seventh

C  Twenty First

D  Eleventh

A  protection of African Americans

B  protection of social welfare policies

C  protection of criminal defendant’s rights

D  protection of agricultural subsidies

A  the Congress

B  the national government

C  the President

D  the states

A  to declare war

B  to regulate commerce between states

C  to ratify amendments to the constitution

D  to tax

A  filing a lawsuit opposing the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools

B  voting in Congressional elections

C  watching CNN’s coverage of the Republican National Convention

D  demonstrating against President Trump’s immigration policies

A  Hispanics

B  Asian Americans

C  African Americans

D  Whites

A  students

B  elites

C  interest groups

D  lawmakers

A  gender gap

B  sexual profiling

C  comparable attitudes

D  the phantom leap

A  list of registered voters

B  email

C  questionnaires sent through the mail

D  random digital dialing telephone interviews

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  republic

B  federation

C  union

D  confederation

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  younger citizens participate more than older citizens

B  more educated citizens participate more than less educated citizens

C  citizens of lower socioeconomic status participate more

D  minorities participate more than whites

A  the exclusionary rule

B  the unconstitutional actions rule

C  the inclusionary rule

D  the golden rule

A  Taxes and spending should be kept low

B  The United States should stop letting criminals hide behind the law

C  Prayer belongs in school

D  Government should regulate the economy in the public interest

A  potluck culture

B  the American stew

C  the melting pot

D  the mixing kettle

A  raising the drinking age

B  cutting taxes

C  eliminating after school programs to save money

D  declaring school segregation unconstitutional

A  The poll undersampled middle-class voters who owned telephones

B  The poll oversampled groups heavily Democratic in orientation

C  The poll excluded owners of automobiles

D  The poll oversampled those with higher income

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  unhappy public

B  happenstance result

C  sampling error

D  statistical anomaly

A  Fifth

B  Fourteenth

C  First

D  Fourth

A  the elimination of discriminatory voter registration tests

B  to allow members of all races the opportunity to vote starting in 1972

C  aimed at ending the preponderance of male candidates holding public office

A  president to veto congressional acts

B  president to unilaterally pass laws during a time of crisis

C  Congress to select justices of the Supreme Court

D  president to veto judicial decisions

A  libertarianism

B  conservatism

C  liberalism

D  republicanism

A  the people elect representatives who make laws

B  all citizens personally participate in the policymaking process

C  only a handful of American born males are permitted to hold public office

D  only a handful of wealthy individuals are allowed to vote

A  both a and b

B  quotas were declared unconstitutional

C  quotas were determined to be constitutional

D  race can be considered but can’t be the sole/determinate factor in admission decisions

A  African Americans are not persons for purposes of the Constitution

B  the national government has the power to to force all people to treat each other as equals

C  schools may not practice any type of racial segregation

D  separation of the races is not a violation of the Constitution, thereby establishing the “separate but equal” doctrine

A  compiling a statistical analysis on the demographic factors of students enrolled at a local community college

B  donating money to a charity for the homeless

C  working as a caseworker for a social service agency

D  calling your representative to express your opinions about upcoming legislation

A  each nation has the power to exercise political control within its borders

B  law making, law enforcing, and law interpreting powers are shared by separate and independent institutions

C  Both Democrats and Republicans alternating in political power

D  power sharply divided between the states and the national government

A  ethnic minorities have no rights to equal treatment by the government

B  the national government does not have the power to force any type of action on local school boards

C  separation of the races for a reason like education is not a violation of the Constitution

D  public school segregation violates the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment

A  the ninth

B  the fourth

C  the sixth

D  the first

A  the protection of individual liberties from the national government

B  the protection of individual liberties from the states

C  equal protection for Native Americans

D  equal rights for white women

A  extradition

B  voting rights for ethnic minorities

C  whether or not there should be anymore new states

D  national supremacy versus the rights of the separate states

A  the grandfather clause

B  the white primary

C  the poll tax

D  all of the above

A  license occupations

B  regulate the sale of liquor

C  license marriages

D  make treaties with other nations

A  forced states to abolish poll tax requirements

B  forced states to allow residents the right to vote

C  allowed women the right to vote

D  allowed black males the opportunity to vote

A  the elastic clause

B  the precedent established in the Articles of Confederation

C  Article II, section 2 of the Constitution

D  state constitutions

A  refers to the rights of all Americans to the equal treatment under the law

B  refers to the first ten amendments to the constitution

C  are limitations placed on state governments to protect citizens

D  are limitations placed on the national government to protect citizens

A  established the doctrine of implied powers

B  ruled that McCulloch had violated a state law and must pay the tax with interest

C  ruled that Maryland could only taxt the value of the money at a rate that could not exceed 10 percent of the total assets of the Bank of the United States

D  determined that the issue was not a federal question and should be decided by state courts

A  from the bottom to the top

B  from the central government to the state or local governments

C  directly to the people bypassing the government

D  from the local and state governments to the central government

A  the rigidness of the national government in accepting change

B  that state and local interests can block progress and impede national plans

C  the creation of a strong party system

D  all of the above

A  was rarely enforced

B  forbade discrimination on the basis of race

C  easily passed the senate

D  was relatively symbolic

A  was whether Congress could incur a debt on behalf of the state

B  was wether a state could tax a national bank

C  was whether the national government could create a bank

D  both a and b

A  a 24 hour waiting period

B  judicial or parental permission for females under 18 seeking an abortion

C  all women seeking abortions to receiving counseling prior to the abortion

D  spousal notification with written consent, as it placed an “undue burden” on the woman

A  regulate commerce within its borders

B  conduct foreign policy in matters of trade

C  prevent their citizens from traveling to other states

D  tax branches of the federal government

A  states that the Federal government has the power to impose unfunded mandates

B  established the precedent for eminent domain

C  states that the 14th Amendment protects the Bill of Rights against state government abuses

D  bans the establishment of an official language in the United States

A  a court can order or constraint an action by an individual

B  evidence obtained from an illegal search and seizure can not be used in a trial

C  people that are biased against a defendant may be excluded from serving on a jury

D  “fighting words” can be excluded from constitutional protections

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  powers denied to the state and the national government by the Constitution

B  the powers expressly delegated to the government

C  the powers reserved for local government

D  the powers found in Article IV of the Constitution

A  the executive branch

B  Congress

C  the states

D  the bureaucracy

A  federalism

B  checks and balances

C  enumeration

D  implied powers

A  Roe v. Wade

B  Webster v. Reproductive Health Services

C  Griswold v. Connecticut

D  U.S. v. Lopez

A  allow you to confront your accuser

B  inform you of your constitutional rights before placing you under arrest

C  provide you with legal counsel in all criminal felony cases

D  allow you to be tried by a jury of your peers

A  reserved to the central government

B  reserved to the states respectively or to the people

C  the sole authority of the executive branch

D  the sole authority of Congress

A  its acknowledgement of Christian principles

B  its flexibility

C  the ease with which it can be amended

D  none of the above

A  rights of criminals found in Article I of the Constitution

B  rights of ethnic minorities to go to court and fight injustice

C  basic rights set forth by God that no government can deny

D  specific limitations on the government outlined in the Bill of Rights

A  protect and individual’s freedom or religious expression

B  codified the right to privacy

C  applied the national Bill of Rights as a limitation on the states

D  established the Supremacy Doctrine

A  the supremacy clause

B  the necessary and proper clause

C  the appropriations clause

D  the commerce clause

A  guarantee and actively protect the rights of minorities

B  limit political participation to individuals who are properly educated

C  require two-thirds support of legislation before it can become an enforceable law

D  all of the above

A  equality of practice that did not have to exclude racial segregation

B  equality for all, through strong force when necessary

C  divide and conquer

D  nonviolent civil disobedience

A  restraints of trade

B  unfair competition

C  reverse discrimination

D  unequal access

A  a limitation on the power of the government

B  non-expansion, with the current geographic size of the government as large or small as it can be

C  a predetermined period of time for state governments to vote for or against a new amendment to the constitution

D  allowing only a set of number of new immigrants into the country

A  the large states over small states

B  non-slave states over slave states

C  women over men

D  national law over state law

A  political socialization

B  public opinion knowledge

C  presumptive organization

D  gradual acquiescence

A  the ability of the Courts to declare laws unconstitutional

B  the process of confirmation of federal judges by Congress

C  the power of Congress to remove the President from office

D  a method by which the President can check the judiciary

A  means that neither the federal government nor the state governments can set up an official church

B  means that states can appropriate more than 15% of its total budget for religious education and religious purposes

C  means that only the Supreme Court can create an official religion

D  means that a state’s citizens can adopt an official state prayer

A  in person interviews

B  random sampling

C  indexing

D  font selection

A  had little impact on state governments and slavery

B  prohibited slavery and involuntary servitude

C  forced states to alter their constitutions to end slavery by making the children of slaves free while allowing slavery for existing slaves

D  mandated that all persons “will be treated as total equals from this date forward”

A  supreme executive power derives from a mandate by the masses

B  supreme political authority remains with the states

C  two or more levels governments share power and authority over the same people and territory

D  supreme political authority remains with the national government

A  in the Declaration of Independence

B  in the Magna Carta

C  in the Constitution

D  in the Articles of Confederation

A  malapportionment

B  public opinion polls

C  the literary digest

D  the census