Final Exam

A  Cuba and the United States

B  Canada, Mexico, and the United States

C  The United States and China

D  Canada and Mexico

A  Chief diplomat

B  Commander in chief

C  Chief executive

D  Chief legislator

A  Provide political gains for legislators supporting its passage

B  Reduce Americans’ dependence on private health insurance

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

D  Extend health insurance coverage to uninsured Americans

A  USA

B  China

C  Germany

D  Russia

A  Environment Protection Agency (EPA)

B  Department of Interior

C  Department of Energy

D  Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

A  If the court declares a practice unconstitutional

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

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

D  If Congress implements a referendum

A  restraint order

B  veto sheet

C  blue slip

D  appeal document

A  bench

B  conviction

C  Precedent

D  appeals

A  Article IV

B  Article II

C  Article I

D  Article III

A  voir dire

B  hung jury

C  writ of certiorari

D  grand jury

A  judicial review

B  federal chains

C  common laws

D  adversary process

A  If Congress implements a referendum

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

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

D  If the court declares a practice unconstitutional

A  The president can veto it.

B  Public hearings are held.

C  The House votes on it.

D  The Senate votes on it.

A  probation

B  appeals

C  plea bargains

D  convictions

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

B  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.

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

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

A  Appeal

B  Common Law

C  Civil Suit

D  Criminal Case

A  General Services Administration

B  Pendleton Act

C  Office of Personal Management

D  Government in the Sunshine Act

A  Internal Revenue Service

B  Environmental Protection Agency

C  Office of Personnel Management

D  Interstate Commerce Commission

A  Senior Executive Service

B  Foreign Service

C  Schedule C Appointees

D  Civil Service Commission

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

B  To handle the design and remodeling of the White House

C  To negotiate agreements among different independent agencies

D  To oversee border disputes with Canada and Mexico

A  Veteran Affairs

B  Defense

C  Interior

D  Homeland Security

A  State, Agriculture, Interior

B  State, Agriculture, Education

C  State, Treasury, War

D  State, Justice, Treasury

A  mission

B  culture

C  expertise

D  decision-making process

A  cabinet

B  supreme court

C  senate

D  pentagon

A  National Park Service

B  Environmental Protection Agency

C  National Transportation Safety Board

D  Department of Agricuture

A  executive orders

B  pocket vetoes

C  signing statements

D  executive privileges

A  Tenth

B  Fifth

C  Second

D  Twelfth

A  entitlement programmes

B  vetoes

C  presidential directives

D  executive privileges

A  chief of state

B  commander-in-chief

C  chief diplomat

D  chief of staff

A  Harry Truman

B  Franklin Roosevelt

C  Brack Obama

D  Herbert Hoover

A  Cold War

B  New Deal

C  Great Society

D  Contract with America

A  Cold War

B  Watergate

C  Iran-Contra

D  Whitewater

A  excoriate

B  pardon

C  expunge

D  commute

A  bulk mailing

B  gerrymandering

C  franking

D  pork-barreling

A  Marbury v. Madison

B  Wickard v. Filburn

C  McCulloch v. Maryland

D  Bush v. Gore

A  special

B  Standing

C  Joint

D  Select

A  30; 35

B  18; 21

C  25; 30

D  21; 25

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

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

C  To limit members of Congress to only two terms

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

A  Senate

B  Executive Branch

C  House of Representatives

D  Supreme Court

A  impeachment

B  pocket veto

C  advice and consent.

D  judicial review

A  Two; Four

B  Eight; Four

C  Four; Six

D  Six; Two

A  retrospective voting

B  the strategic politician hypothesis.

C  the permanent campaign

D  vanishing marginals

A  six

B  one

C  two

D  four

A  valence issues.

B  wedge issues.

C  position issues.

D  retrospective voting strategies.

A  PACs

B  Super PACs

C  501(c)(3) organizations

D  Interest groups

A  the permanent primary

B  the invisible primary.

C  open primaries.

D  the beauty contest primary

A  Alabama and Arkansas

B  Oklahoma and Texas.

C  Florida and Georgia.

D  Nebraska and Maine.

A  The invisible primary.

B  The national convention.

C  The first primary.

D  The Iowa caucus.

A  presidential coattails.

B  vanishing marginals.

C  term limits.

D  safe seats.

A  permanent campaign.

B  invisible primary

C  patronage game

D  vanishing margin