Midterm

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

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

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  conventional and unconventional

B  casual and formal

C  productive and unproductive

D  elitist and pluralist

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  most Americans know very little about politics

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

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

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  polllsters charge by the word, making longer questions more costly

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

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

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  it only involved wealthy, property owning elites

B  Americans were in need of a complete social transformation

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

D  because it was spearheaded by Pat Buchanan

A  freedom to vote

B  universal citizenship

C  one person, one vote

D  inclusion

A  social issues

B  tariff issues

C  interstate commerce issues

D  national defense issues

A  television

B  magazines

C  radio

D  newspapers

A  slavery was immoral but necessary

B  only Congress could ban slavery

C  the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional

D  black men were citizens but women were not

A  neighbors

B  the democratic and republican parties

C  peer groups

D  schools

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 an independent

C  she’s a libertarian

D  she’s a republican

A  polling discourages bold leadership

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

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

D  polling allows leaders to avoid compromise

A  voting

B  volunteering at a campaign

C  writing letters to government officials

D  giving money to candidates

A  political participation and suspicion of out-groups

B  liberalism and political tolerance

C  candidate loyalty and authoritarianism

D  political participation and strength of party attachment

A  government workers would likely unionize

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

C  government run services would likely be privatized

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

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  restoration of rights clause

B  due process clause

C  free exercise clause

D  none of the above

A  Women

B  Born again Christians

C  Jews

D  African Americans

A  Sixth Amendment

B  Third Amendment

C  First Amendment

D  First Amendment

A  voting

B  prayers in school

C  affirmative action

D  maintaining peace through strength

A  Privileges and Immunities Clause

B  Full Faith and Credit Clause

C  Principles of extradition

D  Equal Protection Clause

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  Twenty Eight

B  Seventh

C  Twenty First

D  Eleventh

A  protection of social welfare policies

B  protection of criminal defendant’s rights

C  protection of agricultural subsidies

D  protection of African Americans

A  the President

B  the Congress

C  the states

D  the national government

A  to regulate commerce between states

B  to declare war

C  to tax

D  to ratify amendments to the constitution

A  watching CNN’s coverage of the Republican National Convention

B  demonstrating against President Trump’s immigration policies

C  voting in Congressional elections

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

A  Hispanics

B  Asian Americans

C  Whites

D  African Americans

A  elites

B  interest groups

C  students

D  lawmakers

A  comparable attitudes

B  the phantom leap

C  sexual profiling

D  gender gap

A  email

B  questionnaires sent through the mail

C  random digital dialing telephone interviews

D  list of registered voters

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  federation

B  confederation

C  union

D  republic

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  minorities participate more than whites

B  more educated citizens participate more than less educated citizens

C  younger citizens participate more than older citizens

D  citizens of lower socioeconomic status participate more

A  the golden rule

B  the exclusionary rule

C  the inclusionary rule

D  the unconstitutional actions rule

A  Taxes and spending should be kept low

B  Government should regulate the economy in the public interest

C  Prayer belongs in school

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

A  the melting pot

B  potluck culture

C  the American stew

D  the mixing kettle

A  declaring school segregation unconstitutional

B  cutting taxes

C  raising the drinking age

D  eliminating after school programs to save money

A  The poll oversampled groups heavily Democratic in orientation

B  The poll undersampled middle-class voters who owned telephones

C  The poll excluded owners of automobiles

D  The poll oversampled those with higher income

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  sampling error

B  happenstance result

C  statistical anomaly

D  unhappy public

A  Fourth

B  Fourteenth

C  Fifth

D  First

A  the elimination of discriminatory voter registration tests

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

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

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  conservatism

B  libertarianism

C  liberalism

D  republicanism

A  the people elect representatives who make laws

B  only a handful of wealthy individuals are allowed to vote

C  all citizens personally participate in the policymaking process

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

A  quotas were determined to be constitutional

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

C  quotas were declared unconstitutional

D  both a and b

A  African Americans are not persons for purposes of the Constitution

B  schools may not practice any type of racial segregation

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

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

A  donating money to a charity for the homeless

B  calling your representative to express your opinions about upcoming legislation

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

D  working as a caseworker for a social service agency

A  power sharply divided between the states and the national government

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

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

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

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 fourth

B  the ninth

C  the sixth

D  the first

A  the protection of individual liberties from the states

B  equal protection for Native Americans

C  equal rights for white women

D  the protection of individual liberties from the national government

A  extradition

B  whether or not there should be anymore new states

C  voting rights for ethnic minorities

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 marriages

B  license occupations

C  make treaties with other nations

D  regulate the sale of liquor

A  forced states to allow residents the right to vote

B  allowed women the right to vote

C  forced states to abolish poll tax requirements

D  allowed black males the opportunity to vote

A  the precedent established in the Articles of Confederation

B  Article II, section 2 of the Constitution

C  the elastic clause

D  state constitutions

A  refers to the first ten amendments to the constitution

B  are limitations placed on the national government to protect citizens

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

D  are limitations placed on state governments to protect citizens

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

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

D  established the doctrine of implied powers

A  directly to the people bypassing the government

B  from the bottom to the top

C  from the local and state governments to the central government

D  from the central government to the state or local governments

A  the creation of a strong party system

B  the rigidness of the national government in accepting change

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

D  all of the above

A  easily passed the senate

B  was rarely enforced

C  was relatively symbolic

D  forbade discrimination on the basis of race

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  conduct foreign policy in matters of trade

B  regulate commerce within its borders

C  prevent their citizens from traveling to other states

D  tax branches of the federal government

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

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

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

D  established the precedent for eminent domain

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

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

C  “fighting words” can be excluded from constitutional protections

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

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  the powers reserved for local government

B  the powers expressly delegated to the government

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

D  the powers found in Article IV of the Constitution

A  the bureaucracy

B  the executive branch

C  the states

D  Congress

A  checks and balances

B  implied powers

C  federalism

D  enumeration

A  U.S. v. Lopez

B  Webster v. Reproductive Health Services

C  Roe v. Wade

D  Griswold v. Connecticut

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

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

C  provide you with legal counsel in all criminal felony cases

D  allow you to confront your accuser

A  reserved to the central government

B  the sole authority of the executive branch

C  the sole authority of Congress

D  reserved to the states respectively or to the people

A  its acknowledgement of Christian principles

B  the ease with which it can be amended

C  its flexibility

D  none of the above

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

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

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

D  rights of criminals found in Article I of the Constitution

A  codified the right to privacy

B  established the Supremacy Doctrine

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

D  protect and individual’s freedom or religious expression

A  the appropriations clause

B  the commerce clause

C  the supremacy clause

D  the necessary and proper clause

A  limit political participation to individuals who are properly educated

B  guarantee and actively protect the rights of minorities

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

D  all of the above

A  nonviolent civil disobedience

B  equality for all, through strong force when necessary

C  divide and conquer

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

A  unequal access

B  unfair competition

C  restraints of trade

D  reverse discrimination

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

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

C  a limitation on the power of the government

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

A  women over men

B  national law over state law

C  non-slave states over slave states

D  the large states over small states

A  public opinion knowledge

B  gradual acquiescence

C  political socialization

D  presumptive organization

A  the process of confirmation of federal judges by Congress

B  the ability of the Courts to declare laws unconstitutional

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

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

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

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

A  random sampling

B  indexing

C  font selection

D  in person interviews

A  prohibited slavery and involuntary servitude

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

C  had little impact on state governments and slavery

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

A  supreme political authority remains with the national government

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 executive power derives from a mandate by the masses

A  in the Declaration of Independence

B  in the Articles of Confederation

C  in the Magna Carta

D  in the Constitution

A  the census

B  malapportionment

C  the literary digest

D  public opinion polls