Midterm

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

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

A  elitist and pluralist

B  productive and unproductive

C  conventional and unconventional

D  casual and formal

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

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

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

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

D  different question wording can result in big difference responses

A  only if that person gives consent

B  only if the officer plans to arrest that person

C  only if there are witnesses

D  without getting a warrant

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  universal citizenship

B  one person, one vote

C  freedom to vote

D  inclusion

A  national defense issues

B  interstate commerce issues

C  tariff issues

D  social issues

A  newspapers

B  magazines

C  television

D  radio

A  only Congress could ban slavery

B  the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional

C  black men were citizens but women were not

D  slavery was immoral but necessary

A  schools

B  neighbors

C  the democratic and republican parties

D  peer groups

A  they were skeptical that ordinary Americans could make informed decisions

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

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

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

A  she’s an independent

B  she’s a libertarian

C  she’s a democrat

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  polling allows leaders to avoid compromise

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

A  writing letters to government officials

B  giving money to candidates

C  voting

D  volunteering at a campaign

A  liberalism and political tolerance

B  political participation and suspicion of out-groups

C  political participation and strength of party attachment

D  candidate loyalty and authoritarianism

A  government workers would likely unionize

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

C  government run services would likely be privatized

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

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  sample sizes have been getting smaller not larger

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

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  Women

B  African Americans

C  Born again Christians

D  Jews

A  First Amendment

B  Sixth Amendment

C  Third Amendment

D  First Amendment

A  affirmative action

B  prayers in school

C  maintaining peace through strength

D  voting

A  Full Faith and Credit Clause

B  Privileges and Immunities Clause

C  Principles of extradition

D  Equal Protection Clause

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  Twenty Eight

B  Eleventh

C  Twenty First

D  Seventh

A  protection of agricultural subsidies

B  protection of African Americans

C  protection of social welfare policies

D  protection of criminal defendant’s rights

A  the President

B  the Congress

C  the national government

D  the states

A  to ratify amendments to the constitution

B  to tax

C  to regulate commerce between states

D  to declare war

A  demonstrating against President Trump’s immigration policies

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

C  watching CNN’s coverage of the Republican National Convention

D  voting in Congressional elections

A  Hispanics

B  African Americans

C  Whites

D  Asian Americans

A  interest groups

B  students

C  elites

D  lawmakers

A  sexual profiling

B  comparable attitudes

C  gender gap

D  the phantom leap

A  random digital dialing telephone interviews

B  list of registered voters

C  questionnaires sent through the mail

D  email

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  federation

B  union

C  confederation

D  republic

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  more educated citizens participate more than less educated citizens

B  younger citizens participate more than older citizens

C  minorities participate more than whites

D  citizens of lower socioeconomic status participate more

A  the exclusionary rule

B  the inclusionary rule

C  the unconstitutional actions rule

D  the golden rule

A  Government should regulate the economy in the public interest

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

C  Prayer belongs in school

D  Taxes and spending should be kept low

A  potluck culture

B  the American stew

C  the melting pot

D  the mixing kettle

A  declaring school segregation unconstitutional

B  eliminating after school programs to save money

C  raising the drinking age

D  cutting taxes

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  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  statistical anomaly

B  happenstance result

C  unhappy public

D  sampling error

A  Fourth

B  Fifth

C  Fourteenth

D  First

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 veto congressional acts

C  president to unilaterally pass laws during a time of crisis

D  Congress to select justices of the Supreme Court

A  conservatism

B  liberalism

C  libertarianism

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  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  schools may not practice any type of racial segregation

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  African Americans are not persons for purposes of the Constitution

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

B  working as a caseworker for a social service agency

C  donating money to a charity for the homeless

D  calling your representative to express your opinions about upcoming legislation

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  Both Democrats and Republicans alternating in political power

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

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

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  ethnic minorities have no rights to equal treatment by the government

A  the ninth

B  the first

C  the fourth

D  the sixth

A  equal rights for white women

B  the protection of individual liberties from the states

C  the protection of individual liberties from the national government

D  equal protection for Native Americans

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 white primary

B  the poll tax

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 allow residents the right to vote

B  forced states to abolish poll tax requirements

C  allowed women the right to vote

D  allowed black males the opportunity to vote

A  the precedent established in the Articles of Confederation

B  state constitutions

C  Article II, section 2 of the Constitution

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  established the doctrine of implied powers

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

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  directly to the people bypassing the government

B  from the local and state governments to the central government

C  from the bottom to the top

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  was rarely enforced

B  was relatively symbolic

C  forbade discrimination on the basis of race

D  easily passed the senate

A  was whether the national government could create a bank

B  both a and b

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

D  was wether a state could tax a national bank

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

B  a 24 hour waiting period

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

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

A  tax branches of the federal government

B  regulate commerce within its borders

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

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

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

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

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

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

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 reserved for local government

D  the powers expressly delegated to the government

A  the states

B  Congress

C  the bureaucracy

D  the executive branch

A  checks and balances

B  enumeration

C  federalism

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  allow you to be tried by a jury of your peers

D  provide you with legal counsel in all criminal felony cases

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  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 ethnic minorities to go to court and fight injustice

B  rights of criminals found in Article I of the Constitution

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

B  protect and individual’s freedom or religious expression

C  codified the right to privacy

D  established the Supremacy Doctrine

A  the commerce clause

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

B  a limitation on the power of the government

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

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  women over men

C  non-slave states over slave states

D  the large states over small states

A  public opinion knowledge

B  gradual acquiescence

C  presumptive organization

D  political socialization

A  the power of Congress to remove the President from office

B  a method by which the President can check the judiciary

C  the ability of the Courts to declare laws unconstitutional

D  the process of confirmation of federal judges by Congress

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  in person interviews

B  indexing

C  random sampling

D  font selection

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

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  prohibited slavery and involuntary servitude

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

B  supreme executive power derives from a mandate by the masses

C  supreme political authority remains with the national government

D  supreme political authority remains with the states

A  in the Declaration of Independence

B  in the Articles of Confederation

C  in the Constitution

D  in the Magna Carta

A  malapportionment

B  public opinion polls

C  the census

D  the literary digest