Midterm

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

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

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

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

A  casual and formal

B  elitist and pluralist

C  productive and unproductive

D  conventional and unconventional

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

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

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  most Americans know very little about politics

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

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

C  different question wording can result in big difference responses

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

A  only if the officer plans to arrest that person

B  without getting a warrant

C  only if there are witnesses

D  only if that person gives consent

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

B  because it was spearheaded by Pat Buchanan

C  it only involved wealthy, property owning elites

D  Americans were in need of a complete social transformation

A  freedom to vote

B  inclusion

C  universal citizenship

D  one person, one vote

A  tariff issues

B  interstate commerce issues

C  social issues

D  national defense issues

A  radio

B  newspapers

C  television

D  magazines

A  the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional

B  only Congress could ban slavery

C  black men were citizens but women were not

D  slavery was immoral but necessary

A  schools

B  the democratic and republican parties

C  peer groups

D  neighbors

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

B  they were skeptical that ordinary Americans could make informed decisions

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

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

A  she’s a republican

B  she’s a democrat

C  she’s a libertarian

D  she’s an independent

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

B  polling discourages bold leadership

C  polling allows leaders to avoid compromise

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

A  voting

B  giving money to candidates

C  volunteering at a campaign

D  writing letters to government officials

A  candidate loyalty and authoritarianism

B  liberalism and political tolerance

C  political participation and strength of party attachment

D  political participation and suspicion of out-groups

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

B  government workers would likely unionize

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

D  government run services would likely be privatized

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

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

B  sample sizes have been getting smaller not larger

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

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  Jews

C  African Americans

D  Women

A  First Amendment

B  Third Amendment

C  Sixth Amendment

D  First Amendment

A  affirmative action

B  prayers in school

C  maintaining peace through strength

D  voting

A  Privileges and Immunities Clause

B  Full Faith and Credit Clause

C  Equal Protection Clause

D  Principles of extradition

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  Twenty First

B  Twenty Eight

C  Eleventh

D  Seventh

A  protection of African Americans

B  protection of agricultural subsidies

C  protection of social welfare policies

D  protection of criminal defendant’s rights

A  the states

B  the Congress

C  the national government

D  the President

A  to regulate commerce between states

B  to ratify amendments to the constitution

C  to tax

D  to declare war

A  voting in Congressional elections

B  demonstrating against President Trump’s immigration policies

C  watching CNN’s coverage of the Republican National Convention

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

A  Asian Americans

B  Whites

C  African Americans

D  Hispanics

A  interest groups

B  lawmakers

C  elites

D  students

A  gender gap

B  comparable attitudes

C  the phantom leap

D  sexual profiling

A  questionnaires sent through the mail

B  random digital dialing telephone interviews

C  email

D  list of registered voters

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  confederation

B  republic

C  union

D  federation

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  minorities participate more than whites

B  younger citizens participate more than older citizens

C  more educated citizens participate more than less educated citizens

D  citizens of lower socioeconomic status participate more

A  the exclusionary rule

B  the unconstitutional actions rule

C  the golden rule

D  the inclusionary rule

A  Government should regulate the economy in the public interest

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

C  Taxes and spending should be kept low

D  Prayer belongs in school

A  potluck culture

B  the melting pot

C  the American stew

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 oversampled those with higher income

D  The poll excluded owners of automobiles

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  statistical anomaly

B  happenstance result

C  unhappy public

D  sampling error

A  Fourteenth

B  Fourth

C  First

D  Fifth

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

B  the elimination of discriminatory voter registration tests

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

A  president to veto congressional acts

B  Congress to select justices of the Supreme Court

C  president to veto judicial decisions

D  president to unilaterally pass laws during a time of crisis

A  republicanism

B  conservatism

C  liberalism

D  libertarianism

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

B  only a handful of wealthy individuals are allowed to vote

C  the people elect representatives who make laws

D  all citizens personally participate in the policymaking process

A  both a and b

B  quotas were declared unconstitutional

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

D  quotas were determined to be constitutional

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  calling your representative to express your opinions about upcoming legislation

C  donating money to a charity for the homeless

D  working as a caseworker for a social service agency

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

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

C  power sharply divided between the states and the national government

D  Both Democrats and Republicans alternating in political power

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

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

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

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

A  the first

B  the sixth

C  the ninth

D  the fourth

A  the protection of individual liberties from the states

B  the protection of individual liberties from the national government

C  equal protection for Native Americans

D  equal rights for white women

A  national supremacy versus the rights of the separate states

B  extradition

C  whether or not there should be anymore new states

D  voting rights for ethnic minorities

A  the poll tax

B  the white primary

C  the grandfather clause

D  all of the above

A  license occupations

B  make treaties with other nations

C  license marriages

D  regulate the sale of liquor

A  forced states to abolish poll tax requirements

B  allowed women the right to vote

C  allowed black males the opportunity to vote

D  forced states to allow residents the right to vote

A  state constitutions

B  Article II, section 2 of the Constitution

C  the precedent established in the Articles of Confederation

D  the elastic clause

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 the national government to protect citizens

D  are limitations placed on state governments to protect citizens

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

B  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

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

D  established the doctrine of implied powers

A  directly to the people bypassing the government

B  from the central government to the state or local governments

C  from the bottom to the top

D  from the local and state governments to the central government

A  the creation of a strong party system

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

C  the rigidness of the national government in accepting change

D  all of the above

A  was rarely enforced

B  easily passed the senate

C  was relatively symbolic

D  forbade discrimination on the basis of race

A  both a and b

B  was whether the national government could create a bank

C  was wether a state could tax a national bank

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

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  prevent their citizens from traveling to other states

B  conduct foreign policy in matters of trade

C  regulate commerce within its borders

D  tax branches of the federal government

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

B  established the precedent for eminent domain

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

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

A  “fighting words” can be excluded from constitutional protections

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

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

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

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  the powers expressly delegated to the government

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

C  the powers found in Article IV of the Constitution

D  the powers reserved for local government

A  the states

B  Congress

C  the bureaucracy

D  the executive branch

A  enumeration

B  federalism

C  implied powers

D  checks and balances

A  U.S. v. Lopez

B  Griswold v. Connecticut

C  Webster v. Reproductive Health Services

D  Roe v. Wade

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

B  allow you to confront your accuser

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

D  provide you with legal counsel in all criminal felony cases

A  the sole authority of the executive branch

B  reserved to the central government

C  the sole authority of Congress

D  reserved to the states respectively or to the people

A  the ease with which it can be amended

B  its acknowledgement of Christian principles

C  its flexibility

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  specific limitations on the government outlined in the Bill of Rights

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

A  codified the right to privacy

B  protect and individual’s freedom or religious expression

C  established the Supremacy Doctrine

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

A  the supremacy clause

B  the appropriations clause

C  the necessary and proper 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 for all, through strong force when necessary

B  divide and conquer

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

D  nonviolent civil disobedience

A  unequal access

B  reverse discrimination

C  unfair competition

D  restraints of trade

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

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

C  a limitation on the power of the government

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

A  non-slave states over slave states

B  women over men

C  national law over state law

D  the large states over small states

A  presumptive organization

B  public opinion knowledge

C  political socialization

D  gradual acquiescence

A  the power of Congress to remove the President from office

B  a method by which the President can check the judiciary

C  the process of confirmation of federal judges by Congress

D  the ability of the Courts to declare laws unconstitutional

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

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

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

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

A  font selection

B  in person interviews

C  indexing

D  random sampling

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

B  had little impact on state governments and slavery

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

D  prohibited slavery and involuntary servitude

A  supreme political authority remains with the states

B  supreme political authority remains with the national government

C  supreme executive power derives from a mandate by the masses

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

A  in the Magna Carta

B  in the Declaration of Independence

C  in the Constitution

D  in the Articles of Confederation

A  public opinion polls

B  the literary digest

C  the census

D  malapportionment