Final Exam

A  The United States and China

B  Canada and Mexico

C  Cuba and the United States

D  Canada, Mexico, and the United States

A  Chief legislator

B  Chief executive

C  Chief diplomat

D  Commander in chief

A  Reduce Americans’ dependence on private health insurance

B  Extend health insurance coverage to uninsured Americans

C  Provide political gains for legislators supporting its passage

D  Move responsibility for providing health care from employers to the government

A  China

B  Germany

C  USA

D  Russia

A  Department of Interior

B  Department of Energy

C  Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

D  Environment Protection Agency (EPA)

A  If the court’s decision is based on the meaning of a statute

B  If the court reaches a plurality judgment as opposed to a majority opinion

C  If the court declares a practice unconstitutional

D  If Congress implements a referendum

A  appeal document

B  veto sheet

C  blue slip

D  restraint order

A  Precedent

B  appeals

C  conviction

D  bench

A  Article I

B  Article II

C  Article IV

D  Article III

A  voir dire

B  grand jury

C  hung jury

D  writ of certiorari

A  adversary process

B  common laws

C  federal chains

D  judicial review

A  If the court declares a practice unconstitutional

B  If Congress implements a referendum

C  If the court’s decision is based on the meaning of a statute

D  If the court reaches a plurality judgment as opposed to a majority opinion

A  Public hearings are held.

B  The Senate votes on it.

C  The House votes on it.

D  The president can veto it.

A  convictions

B  appeals

C  probation

D  plea bargains

A  The vast majority of judges are restrained toward laws that they agree with ideologically but are willing to overturn laws that they are distant from ideologically.

B  The vast majority of judges are willing to overturn laws regardless of their ideology.

C  Few judges are restrained toward laws that they agree with ideologically, but most are willing to overturn laws that they are distant from ideologically.

D  The vast majority of judges are restrained toward laws they agree with ideologically and those they do not agree with ideologically.

A  Criminal Case

B  Common Law

C  Civil Suit

D  Appeal

A  General Services Administration

B  Government in the Sunshine Act

C  Pendleton Act

D  Office of Personal Management

A  Interstate Commerce Commission

B  Office of Personnel Management

C  Environmental Protection Agency

D  Internal Revenue Service

A  Foreign Service

B  Civil Service Commission

C  Schedule C Appointees

D  Senior Executive Service

A  To handle the design and remodeling of the White House

B  To regulate the sale of federal lands and the management of Indian affairs

C  To negotiate agreements among different independent agencies

D  To oversee border disputes with Canada and Mexico

A  Veteran Affairs

B  Homeland Security

C  Interior

D  Defense

A  State, Justice, Treasury

B  State, Agriculture, Education

C  State, Treasury, War

D  State, Agriculture, Interior

A  expertise

B  decision-making process

C  culture

D  mission

A  senate

B  pentagon

C  supreme court

D  cabinet

A  Department of Agricuture

B  National Transportation Safety Board

C  National Park Service

D  Environmental Protection Agency

A  executive orders

B  pocket vetoes

C  signing statements

D  executive privileges

A  Tenth

B  Fifth

C  Twelfth

D  Second

A  vetoes

B  entitlement programmes

C  presidential directives

D  executive privileges

A  chief of state

B  chief diplomat

C  chief of staff

D  commander-in-chief

A  Franklin Roosevelt

B  Brack Obama

C  Herbert Hoover

D  Harry Truman

A  New Deal

B  Great Society

C  Contract with America

D  Cold War

A  Watergate

B  Whitewater

C  Iran-Contra

D  Cold War

A  pardon

B  excoriate

C  expunge

D  commute

A  gerrymandering

B  pork-barreling

C  franking

D  bulk mailing

A  Wickard v. Filburn

B  Bush v. Gore

C  Marbury v. Madison

D  McCulloch v. Maryland

A  Joint

B  Select

C  special

D  Standing

A  25; 30

B  30; 35

C  18; 21

D  21; 25

A  To allow each chamber to check each other’s power

B  To limit members of Congress to only two terms

C  To increase efficiency and the speed by which Congress could operate

D  To increase the power of Congress relative to the other branches

A  Senate

B  Supreme Court

C  Executive Branch

D  House of Representatives

A  advice and consent.

B  impeachment

C  pocket veto

D  judicial review

A  Six; Two

B  Eight; Four

C  Two; Four

D  Four; Six

A  the strategic politician hypothesis.

B  the permanent campaign

C  vanishing marginals

D  retrospective voting

A  four

B  one

C  six

D  two

A  wedge issues.

B  position issues.

C  valence issues.

D  retrospective voting strategies.

A  Super PACs

B  501(c)(3) organizations

C  Interest groups

D  PACs

A  the permanent primary

B  open primaries.

C  the invisible primary.

D  the beauty contest primary

A  Oklahoma and Texas.

B  Florida and Georgia.

C  Nebraska and Maine.

D  Alabama and Arkansas

A  The Iowa caucus.

B  The national convention.

C  The first primary.

D  The invisible primary.

A  vanishing marginals.

B  presidential coattails.

C  safe seats.

D  term limits.

A  invisible primary

B  patronage game

C  permanent campaign.

D  vanishing margin