Final Exam

A  Cuba and the United States

B  Canada and Mexico

C  The United States and China

D  Canada, Mexico, and the United States

A  Commander in chief

B  Chief executive

C  Chief diplomat

D  Chief legislator

A  Provide political gains for legislators supporting its passage

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

C  Extend health insurance coverage to uninsured Americans

D  Reduce Americans’ dependence on private health insurance

A  China

B  Russia

C  USA

D  Germany

A  Environment Protection Agency (EPA)

B  Department of Energy

C  Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

D  Department of Interior

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  restraint order

B  appeal document

C  veto sheet

D  blue slip

A  Precedent

B  conviction

C  appeals

D  bench

A  Article I

B  Article II

C  Article III

D  Article IV

A  writ of certiorari

B  voir dire

C  grand jury

D  hung jury

A  judicial review

B  common laws

C  federal chains

D  adversary process

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

B  If the court declares a practice unconstitutional

C  If Congress implements a referendum

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  probation

B  convictions

C  appeals

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

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

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

A  Common Law

B  Civil Suit

C  Appeal

D  Criminal Case

A  Office of Personal Management

B  General Services Administration

C  Pendleton Act

D  Government in the Sunshine Act

A  Internal Revenue Service

B  Interstate Commerce Commission

C  Environmental Protection Agency

D  Office of Personnel Management

A  Schedule C Appointees

B  Foreign Service

C  Senior Executive Service

D  Civil Service Commission

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

B  To oversee border disputes with Canada and Mexico

C  To negotiate agreements among different independent agencies

D  To handle the design and remodeling of the White House

A  Veteran Affairs

B  Homeland Security

C  Defense

D  Interior

A  State, Agriculture, Interior

B  State, Justice, Treasury

C  State, Treasury, War

D  State, Agriculture, Education

A  expertise

B  culture

C  decision-making process

D  mission

A  pentagon

B  senate

C  cabinet

D  supreme court

A  Environmental Protection Agency

B  National Transportation Safety Board

C  Department of Agricuture

D  National Park Service

A  executive orders

B  signing statements

C  pocket vetoes

D  executive privileges

A  Twelfth

B  Tenth

C  Second

D  Fifth

A  presidential directives

B  executive privileges

C  vetoes

D  entitlement programmes

A  chief of staff

B  chief diplomat

C  commander-in-chief

D  chief of state

A  Harry Truman

B  Brack Obama

C  Herbert Hoover

D  Franklin Roosevelt

A  New Deal

B  Contract with America

C  Cold War

D  Great Society

A  Watergate

B  Iran-Contra

C  Whitewater

D  Cold War

A  commute

B  pardon

C  excoriate

D  expunge

A  gerrymandering

B  pork-barreling

C  franking

D  bulk mailing

A  Bush v. Gore

B  McCulloch v. Maryland

C  Marbury v. Madison

D  Wickard v. Filburn

A  Joint

B  Select

C  Standing

D  special

A  18; 21

B  25; 30

C  30; 35

D  21; 25

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

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

C  To limit members of Congress to only two terms

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

A  Supreme Court

B  House of Representatives

C  Senate

D  Executive Branch

A  judicial review

B  impeachment

C  advice and consent.

D  pocket veto

A  Six; Two

B  Two; Four

C  Eight; Four

D  Four; Six

A  the strategic politician hypothesis.

B  retrospective voting

C  vanishing marginals

D  the permanent campaign

A  four

B  one

C  two

D  six

A  valence issues.

B  position issues.

C  retrospective voting strategies.

D  wedge issues.

A  PACs

B  501(c)(3) organizations

C  Super PACs

D  Interest groups

A  open primaries.

B  the invisible primary.

C  the beauty contest primary

D  the permanent primary

A  Nebraska and Maine.

B  Alabama and Arkansas

C  Florida and Georgia.

D  Oklahoma and Texas.

A  The Iowa caucus.

B  The first primary.

C  The national convention.

D  The invisible primary.

A  vanishing marginals.

B  term limits.

C  safe seats.

D  presidential coattails.

A  vanishing margin

B  invisible primary

C  permanent campaign.

D  patronage game