Midterm

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

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

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

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

A  conventional and unconventional

B  productive and unproductive

C  elitist and pluralist

D  casual and formal

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

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

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

C  most Americans know very little about politics

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

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

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

C  different question wording can result in big difference responses

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

A  only if that person gives consent

B  without getting a warrant

C  only if there are witnesses

D  only if the officer plans to arrest that person

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

B  because it was spearheaded by Pat Buchanan

C  Americans were in need of a complete social transformation

D  it only involved wealthy, property owning elites

A  one person, one vote

B  inclusion

C  universal citizenship

D  freedom to vote

A  tariff issues

B  interstate commerce issues

C  national defense issues

D  social issues

A  radio

B  magazines

C  television

D  newspapers

A  slavery was immoral but necessary

B  the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional

C  black men were citizens but women were not

D  only Congress could ban slavery

A  neighbors

B  the democratic and republican parties

C  peer groups

D  schools

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

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

C  they were skeptical that ordinary Americans could make informed decisions

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

A  she’s a republican

B  she’s a libertarian

C  she’s a democrat

D  she’s an independent

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

B  polling discourages bold leadership

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

D  polling allows leaders to avoid compromise

A  writing letters to government officials

B  giving money to candidates

C  voting

D  volunteering at a campaign

A  candidate loyalty and authoritarianism

B  political participation and suspicion of out-groups

C  liberalism and political tolerance

D  political participation and strength of party attachment

A  government run services would likely be privatized

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

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

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

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

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

D  sample sizes have been getting smaller not larger

A  free exercise clause

B  due process clause

C  restoration of rights clause

D  none of the above

A  Born again Christians

B  African Americans

C  Women

D  Jews

A  Third Amendment

B  First Amendment

C  First Amendment

D  Sixth Amendment

A  voting

B  prayers in school

C  affirmative action

D  maintaining peace through strength

A  Full Faith and Credit Clause

B  Privileges and Immunities Clause

C  Equal Protection Clause

D  Principles of extradition

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  Twenty First

B  Twenty Eight

C  Eleventh

D  Seventh

A  protection of African Americans

B  protection of criminal defendant’s rights

C  protection of agricultural subsidies

D  protection of social welfare policies

A  the states

B  the President

C  the national government

D  the Congress

A  to ratify amendments to the constitution

B  to declare war

C  to regulate commerce between states

D  to tax

A  voting in Congressional elections

B  watching CNN’s coverage of the Republican National Convention

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

D  demonstrating against President Trump’s immigration policies

A  Asian Americans

B  African Americans

C  Hispanics

D  Whites

A  students

B  lawmakers

C  elites

D  interest groups

A  sexual profiling

B  the phantom leap

C  comparable attitudes

D  gender gap

A  list of registered voters

B  random digital dialing telephone interviews

C  questionnaires sent through the mail

D  email

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  republic

B  federation

C  union

D  confederation

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  minorities participate more than whites

B  citizens of lower socioeconomic status participate more

C  more educated citizens participate more than less educated citizens

D  younger citizens participate more than older citizens

A  the inclusionary rule

B  the exclusionary rule

C  the unconstitutional actions 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  the American stew

B  the melting pot

C  potluck culture

D  the mixing kettle

A  raising the drinking age

B  declaring school segregation unconstitutional

C  eliminating after school programs to save money

D  cutting taxes

A  The poll oversampled those with higher income

B  The poll undersampled middle-class voters who owned telephones

C  The poll oversampled groups heavily Democratic in orientation

D  The poll excluded owners of automobiles

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  unhappy public

B  happenstance result

C  statistical anomaly

D  sampling error

A  Fourteenth

B  First

C  Fourth

D  Fifth

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  Congress to select justices of the Supreme Court

C  president to unilaterally pass laws during a time of crisis

D  president to veto judicial decisions

A  libertarianism

B  conservatism

C  liberalism

D  republicanism

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

B  all citizens personally participate in the policymaking process

C  the people elect representatives who make laws

D  only a handful of wealthy individuals are allowed to vote

A  quotas were determined to be constitutional

B  both a and b

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

D  quotas were declared unconstitutional

A  African Americans are not persons for purposes of the Constitution

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

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

D  schools may not practice any type of racial segregation

A  calling your representative to express your opinions about upcoming legislation

B  donating money to a charity for the homeless

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

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

D  Both Democrats and Republicans alternating in political power

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

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

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

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

A  the sixth

B  the ninth

C  the first

D  the fourth

A  the protection of individual liberties from the states

B  equal rights for white women

C  equal protection for Native Americans

D  the protection of individual liberties from the national government

A  whether or not there should be anymore new states

B  voting rights for ethnic minorities

C  national supremacy versus the rights of the separate states

D  extradition

A  the poll tax

B  the white primary

C  the grandfather clause

D  all of the above

A  license marriages

B  regulate the sale of liquor

C  make treaties with other nations

D  license occupations

A  allowed women the right to vote

B  allowed black males the opportunity to vote

C  forced states to abolish poll tax requirements

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  are limitations placed on state governments to protect citizens

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  refers to the first ten amendments to the constitution

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

B  established the doctrine of implied powers

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

D  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

A  from the local and state governments to the central government

B  from the bottom to the top

C  from the central government to the state or local governments

D  directly to the people bypassing the government

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

B  the rigidness of the national government in accepting change

C  the creation of a strong party system

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

B  a 24 hour waiting period

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

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

A  conduct foreign policy in matters of trade

B  regulate commerce within its borders

C  tax branches of the federal government

D  prevent their citizens from traveling to other states

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

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

C  established the precedent for eminent domain

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

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

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

C  “fighting words” can be excluded from constitutional protections

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

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  the powers reserved for local government

B  the powers found in Article IV of the Constitution

C  the powers expressly delegated to the government

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

A  the states

B  the bureaucracy

C  the executive branch

D  Congress

A  federalism

B  implied powers

C  checks and balances

D  enumeration

A  Griswold v. Connecticut

B  U.S. v. Lopez

C  Webster v. Reproductive Health Services

D  Roe v. Wade

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

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

C  allow you to confront your accuser

D  provide you with legal counsel in all criminal felony cases

A  reserved to the central government

B  the sole authority of Congress

C  the sole authority of the executive branch

D  reserved to the states respectively or to the people

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  rights of criminals found in Article I of the Constitution

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

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

A  established the Supremacy Doctrine

B  codified the right to privacy

C  protect and individual’s freedom or religious expression

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

A  the commerce clause

B  the necessary and proper clause

C  the appropriations clause

D  the supremacy 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  reverse discrimination

B  unequal access

C  unfair competition

D  restraints of trade

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

B  a limitation on the power of the government

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

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

A  national law over state law

B  the large states over small states

C  non-slave states over slave states

D  women over men

A  public opinion knowledge

B  gradual acquiescence

C  presumptive organization

D  political socialization

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 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 a state’s citizens can adopt an official state prayer

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

A  random sampling

B  font selection

C  in person interviews

D  indexing

A  had little impact on state governments and slavery

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

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 executive power derives from a mandate by the masses

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 Magna Carta

B  in the Articles of Confederation

C  in the Declaration of Independence

D  in the Constitution

A  malapportionment

B  the literary digest

C  public opinion polls

D  the census