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  casual and formal

B  elitist and pluralist

C  productive and unproductive

D  conventional and unconventional

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

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

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

C  most Americans know very little about politics

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

A  different question wording can result in big difference responses

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

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

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

A  only if the officer plans to arrest that person

B  only if that person gives consent

C  without getting a warrant

D  only if there are witnesses

A  Americans were in need of a complete social transformation

B  because it was spearheaded by Pat Buchanan

C  it only involved wealthy, property owning elites

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

A  freedom to vote

B  inclusion

C  universal citizenship

D  one person, one vote

A  national defense issues

B  tariff issues

C  social issues

D  interstate commerce issues

A  radio

B  television

C  magazines

D  newspapers

A  only Congress could ban slavery

B  black men were citizens but women were not

C  the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional

D  slavery was immoral but necessary

A  peer groups

B  schools

C  neighbors

D  the democratic and republican parties

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 an independent

B  she’s a libertarian

C  she’s a democrat

D  she’s a republican

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

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

C  polling allows leaders to avoid compromise

D  polling discourages bold leadership

A  volunteering at a campaign

B  giving money to candidates

C  voting

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 run services would likely be privatized

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

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

D  government workers would likely unionize

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

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

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

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

D  sample sizes have been getting smaller not larger

A  due process clause

B  restoration of rights clause

C  free exercise clause

D  none of the above

A  Women

B  African Americans

C  Jews

D  Born again Christians

A  First Amendment

B  First Amendment

C  Third Amendment

D  Sixth Amendment

A  voting

B  prayers in school

C  affirmative action

D  maintaining peace through strength

A  Equal Protection Clause

B  Full Faith and Credit Clause

C  Principles of extradition

D  Privileges and Immunities Clause

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  Twenty Eight

B  Eleventh

C  Seventh

D  Twenty First

A  protection of African Americans

B  protection of social welfare policies

C  protection of agricultural subsidies

D  protection of criminal defendant’s rights

A  the national government

B  the President

C  the Congress

D  the states

A  to tax

B  to ratify amendments to the constitution

C  to declare war

D  to regulate commerce between states

A  watching CNN’s coverage of the Republican National Convention

B  voting in Congressional elections

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

D  demonstrating against President Trump’s immigration policies

A  Whites

B  African Americans

C  Asian Americans

D  Hispanics

A  elites

B  lawmakers

C  students

D  interest groups

A  comparable attitudes

B  the phantom leap

C  gender gap

D  sexual profiling

A  random digital dialing telephone interviews

B  email

C  questionnaires sent through the mail

D  list of registered voters

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  confederation

B  republic

C  federation

D  union

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  younger citizens participate more than older citizens

B  more educated citizens participate more than less educated citizens

C  minorities participate more than whites

D  citizens of lower socioeconomic status participate more

A  the unconstitutional actions rule

B  the inclusionary rule

C  the exclusionary rule

D  the golden rule

A  Prayer belongs in school

B  Taxes and spending should be kept low

C  Government should regulate the economy in the public interest

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

A  the melting pot

B  the American stew

C  potluck culture

D  the mixing kettle

A  cutting taxes

B  eliminating after school programs to save money

C  declaring school segregation unconstitutional

D  raising the drinking age

A  The poll excluded owners of automobiles

B  The poll oversampled groups heavily Democratic in orientation

C  The poll undersampled middle-class voters who owned telephones

D  The poll oversampled those with higher income

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  sampling error

B  statistical anomaly

C  happenstance result

D  unhappy public

A  Fourteenth

B  Fourth

C  First

D  Fifth

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

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

C  the elimination of discriminatory voter registration tests

A  president to veto judicial decisions

B  president to unilaterally pass laws during a time of crisis

C  president to veto congressional acts

D  Congress to select justices of the Supreme Court

A  liberalism

B  libertarianism

C  conservatism

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 declared unconstitutional

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

C  both a and b

D  quotas were determined to be constitutional

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

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  African Americans are not persons for purposes of the Constitution

A  donating money to a charity for the homeless

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

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  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 first

D  the sixth

A  the protection of individual liberties from the states

B  equal rights for white women

C  the protection of individual liberties from the national government

D  equal protection for Native Americans

A  whether or not there should be anymore new states

B  national supremacy versus the rights of the separate states

C  extradition

D  voting rights for ethnic minorities

A  the white primary

B  the grandfather clause

C  the poll tax

D  all of the above

A  license occupations

B  make treaties with other nations

C  license marriages

D  regulate the sale of liquor

A  allowed black males the opportunity to vote

B  allowed women the right to vote

C  forced states to abolish poll tax requirements

D  forced states to allow residents the right to vote

A  the elastic clause

B  Article II, section 2 of the Constitution

C  state constitutions

D  the precedent established in the Articles of Confederation

A  refers to the first ten amendments to the constitution

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

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

A  from the central government to the state or local governments

B  from the local and state governments to the central government

C  directly to the people bypassing the government

D  from the bottom to the top

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  forbade discrimination on the basis of race

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  both a and b

D  was whether the national government could create a bank

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

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  a 24 hour waiting period

A  regulate commerce within its borders

B  tax branches of the federal government

C  conduct foreign policy in matters of trade

D  prevent their citizens from traveling to other states

A  established the precedent for eminent domain

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

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

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

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

B  “fighting words” can be excluded from constitutional protections

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

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

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  the powers found in Article IV of the Constitution

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

C  the powers expressly delegated to the government

D  the powers reserved for local government

A  the executive branch

B  the bureaucracy

C  Congress

D  the states

A  implied powers

B  enumeration

C  checks and balances

D  federalism

A  Roe v. Wade

B  Griswold v. Connecticut

C  Webster v. Reproductive Health Services

D  U.S. v. Lopez

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

B  allow you to confront your accuser

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

D  provide you with legal counsel in all criminal felony cases

A  reserved to the central government

B  the sole authority of Congress

C  reserved to the states respectively or to the people

D  the sole authority of the executive branch

A  its acknowledgement of Christian principles

B  its flexibility

C  the ease with which it can be amended

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  protect and individual’s freedom or religious expression

B  established the Supremacy Doctrine

C  codified the right to privacy

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

A  the necessary and proper clause

B  the appropriations clause

C  the commerce clause

D  the supremacy clause

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

B  guarantee and actively protect the rights of minorities

C  limit political participation to individuals who are properly educated

D  all of the above

A  divide and conquer

B  nonviolent civil disobedience

C  equality for all, through strong force when necessary

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

A  unfair competition

B  restraints of trade

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

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

A  national law over state law

B  non-slave states over slave states

C  women over men

D  the large states over small states

A  presumptive organization

B  public opinion knowledge

C  political socialization

D  gradual acquiescence

A  the ability of the Courts to declare laws unconstitutional

B  a method by which the President can check the judiciary

C  the power of Congress to remove the President from office

D  the process of confirmation of federal judges by Congress

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

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

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

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

A  in person interviews

B  indexing

C  random sampling

D  font selection

A  had little impact on state governments and slavery

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

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

D  prohibited slavery and involuntary servitude

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

B  supreme political authority remains with the states

C  supreme political authority remains with the national government

D  supreme executive power derives from a mandate by the masses

A  in the Declaration of Independence

B  in the Constitution

C  in the Articles of Confederation

D  in the Magna Carta

A  malapportionment

B  the census

C  the literary digest

D  public opinion polls