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 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  casual and formal

B  elitist and pluralist

C  conventional and unconventional

D  productive and unproductive

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

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  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 that person gives consent

B  only if the officer plans to arrest that person

C  without getting a warrant

D  only if there are witnesses

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

B  Americans were in need of a complete social transformation

C  it only involved wealthy, property owning elites

D  because it was spearheaded by Pat Buchanan

A  inclusion

B  one person, one vote

C  universal citizenship

D  freedom to vote

A  tariff issues

B  national defense issues

C  interstate commerce issues

D  social issues

A  newspapers

B  radio

C  television

D  magazines

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  schools

B  the democratic and republican parties

C  neighbors

D  peer groups

A  they were skeptical that ordinary Americans could make informed decisions

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

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

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 republican

D  she’s a democrat

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

B  polling allows leaders to avoid compromise

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

D  polling discourages bold leadership

A  giving money to candidates

B  volunteering at a campaign

C  voting

D  writing letters to government officials

A  liberalism and political tolerance

B  political participation and strength of party attachment

C  candidate loyalty and authoritarianism

D  political participation and suspicion of out-groups

A  government run services would likely be privatized

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

C  government programs to alleviate economic inequality 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  Jews

C  African Americans

D  Born again Christians

A  Third Amendment

B  Sixth Amendment

C  First Amendment

D  First Amendment

A  voting

B  maintaining peace through strength

C  affirmative action

D  prayers in school

A  Principles of extradition

B  Full Faith and Credit Clause

C  Privileges and Immunities Clause

D  Equal Protection Clause

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  Twenty Eight

B  Eleventh

C  Twenty First

D  Seventh

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 national government

B  the states

C  the Congress

D  the President

A  to regulate commerce between states

B  to tax

C  to declare war

D  to ratify amendments to the constitution

A  demonstrating against President Trump’s immigration policies

B  watching CNN’s coverage of the Republican National Convention

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

D  voting in Congressional elections

A  Whites

B  African Americans

C  Asian Americans

D  Hispanics

A  interest groups

B  students

C  elites

D  lawmakers

A  the phantom leap

B  sexual profiling

C  comparable attitudes

D  gender gap

A  questionnaires sent through the mail

B  list of registered voters

C  email

D  random digital dialing telephone interviews

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  confederation

B  republic

C  union

D  federation

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  minorities participate more than whites

B  more educated citizens participate more than less educated citizens

C  citizens of lower socioeconomic status participate more

D  younger citizens participate more than older citizens

A  the unconstitutional actions rule

B  the exclusionary rule

C  the golden rule

D  the inclusionary rule

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

B  Taxes and spending should be kept low

C  Prayer belongs in school

D  Government should regulate the economy in the public interest

A  the melting pot

B  the American stew

C  potluck culture

D  the mixing kettle

A  declaring school segregation unconstitutional

B  cutting taxes

C  eliminating after school programs to save money

D  raising the drinking age

A  The poll oversampled those with higher income

B  The poll excluded owners of automobiles

C  The poll undersampled middle-class voters who owned telephones

D  The poll oversampled groups heavily Democratic in orientation

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  unhappy public

B  statistical anomaly

C  happenstance result

D  sampling error

A  Fifth

B  Fourth

C  Fourteenth

D  First

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

B  the elimination of discriminatory voter registration tests

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

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  republicanism

B  conservatism

C  liberalism

D  libertarianism

A  all citizens personally participate in the policymaking process

B  the people elect representatives who make laws

C  only a handful of wealthy individuals are allowed to vote

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

A  both a and b

B  quotas were determined to be constitutional

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  schools may not practice any type of racial segregation

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

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  Both Democrats and Republicans alternating in political power

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

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

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

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

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 rights for white women

D  equal protection for Native Americans

A  voting rights for ethnic minorities

B  national supremacy versus the rights of the separate states

C  extradition

D  whether or not there should be anymore new states

A  the grandfather clause

B  the poll tax

C  the white primary

D  all of the above

A  regulate the sale of liquor

B  license occupations

C  make treaties with other nations

D  license marriages

A  forced states to abolish poll tax requirements

B  forced states to allow residents the right to vote

C  allowed black males the opportunity to vote

D  allowed women 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 the national government to protect citizens

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  refers to the first ten amendments to the constitution

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

B  established the doctrine of implied powers

C  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

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

A  from the bottom to the top

B  directly to the people bypassing the government

C  from the central government to the state or local governments

D  from the local and state governments to the central government

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  forbade discrimination on the basis of race

C  was rarely enforced

D  was relatively symbolic

A  was whether the national government could create a bank

B  both a and b

C  was wether a state could tax a national bank

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

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  prevent their citizens from traveling to other states

B  tax branches of the federal government

C  regulate commerce within its borders

D  conduct foreign policy in matters of trade

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

B  established the precedent for eminent domain

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

B  “fighting words” can be excluded from constitutional protections

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

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

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  the powers expressly delegated to the government

B  the powers reserved for local 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 executive branch

B  the bureaucracy

C  Congress

D  the states

A  checks and balances

B  implied powers

C  federalism

D  enumeration

A  Roe v. Wade

B  Griswold v. Connecticut

C  U.S. v. Lopez

D  Webster v. Reproductive Health Services

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  provide you with legal counsel in all criminal felony cases

D  allow you to confront your accuser

A  the sole authority of Congress

B  the sole authority of the executive branch

C  reserved to the states respectively or to the people

D  reserved to the central government

A  its flexibility

B  the ease with which it can be amended

C  its acknowledgement of Christian principles

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 criminals found in Article I of the Constitution

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

A  protect and individual’s freedom or religious expression

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

C  established the Supremacy Doctrine

D  codified the right to privacy

A  the supremacy clause

B  the appropriations clause

C  the necessary and proper clause

D  the commerce 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  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  reverse discrimination

B  unfair competition

C  restraints of trade

D  unequal access

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

B  a limitation on the power of the government

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

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

A  non-slave states over slave states

B  the large states over small states

C  women over men

D  national law over state law

A  political socialization

B  gradual acquiescence

C  public opinion knowledge

D  presumptive organization

A  the ability of the Courts to declare laws unconstitutional

B  a method by which the President can check the judiciary

C  the process of confirmation of federal judges by Congress

D  the power of Congress to remove the President from office

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

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

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

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

A  font selection

B  random sampling

C  in person interviews

D  indexing

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

B  prohibited slavery and involuntary servitude

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

D  had little impact on state governments and slavery

A  supreme political authority remains with the states

B  supreme executive power derives from a mandate by the masses

C  supreme political authority remains with the national government

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 census

C  the literary digest

D  malapportionment