Final Exam

A  The United States and China

B  Cuba and the United States

C  Canada, Mexico, and the United States

D  Canada and Mexico

A  Chief diplomat

B  Chief legislator

C  Commander in chief

D  Chief executive

A  Extend health insurance coverage to uninsured Americans

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

C  Reduce Americans’ dependence on private health insurance

D  Provide political gains for legislators supporting its passage

A  Russia

B  Germany

C  China

D  USA

A  Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

B  Department of Interior

C  Department of Energy

D  Environment Protection Agency (EPA)

A  If Congress implements a referendum

B  If the court declares a practice unconstitutional

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

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

A  appeal document

B  restraint order

C  veto sheet

D  blue slip

A  bench

B  conviction

C  Precedent

D  appeals

A  Article IV

B  Article III

C  Article II

D  Article I

A  writ of certiorari

B  hung jury

C  voir dire

D  grand jury

A  common laws

B  federal chains

C  adversary process

D  judicial review

A  If Congress implements a referendum

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

C  If the court declares a practice unconstitutional

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

A  Public hearings are held.

B  The president can veto it.

C  The House votes on it.

D  The Senate votes on it.

A  convictions

B  appeals

C  plea bargains

D  probation

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

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

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

D  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.

A  Civil Suit

B  Appeal

C  Common Law

D  Criminal Case

A  Office of Personal Management

B  General Services Administration

C  Government in the Sunshine Act

D  Pendleton Act

A  Interstate Commerce Commission

B  Internal Revenue Service

C  Office of Personnel Management

D  Environmental Protection Agency

A  Senior Executive Service

B  Civil Service Commission

C  Foreign Service

D  Schedule C Appointees

A  To negotiate agreements among different independent agencies

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

C  To handle the design and remodeling of the White House

D  To oversee border disputes with Canada and Mexico

A  Veteran Affairs

B  Interior

C  Homeland Security

D  Defense

A  State, Agriculture, Education

B  State, Treasury, War

C  State, Justice, Treasury

D  State, Agriculture, Interior

A  decision-making process

B  expertise

C  mission

D  culture

A  pentagon

B  senate

C  supreme court

D  cabinet

A  Department of Agricuture

B  National Park Service

C  Environmental Protection Agency

D  National Transportation Safety Board

A  pocket vetoes

B  executive privileges

C  signing statements

D  executive orders

A  Second

B  Tenth

C  Fifth

D  Twelfth

A  executive privileges

B  entitlement programmes

C  presidential directives

D  vetoes

A  chief of staff

B  commander-in-chief

C  chief diplomat

D  chief of state

A  Franklin Roosevelt

B  Harry Truman

C  Brack Obama

D  Herbert Hoover

A  New Deal

B  Contract with America

C  Great Society

D  Cold War

A  Iran-Contra

B  Cold War

C  Watergate

D  Whitewater

A  commute

B  expunge

C  excoriate

D  pardon

A  gerrymandering

B  bulk mailing

C  pork-barreling

D  franking

A  Wickard v. Filburn

B  Marbury v. Madison

C  Bush v. Gore

D  McCulloch v. Maryland

A  Select

B  Joint

C  Standing

D  special

A  25; 30

B  18; 21

C  21; 25

D  30; 35

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

B  To limit members of Congress to only two terms

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

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

A  House of Representatives

B  Supreme Court

C  Executive Branch

D  Senate

A  pocket veto

B  advice and consent.

C  judicial review

D  impeachment

A  Six; Two

B  Two; Four

C  Four; Six

D  Eight; Four

A  the strategic politician hypothesis.

B  retrospective voting

C  the permanent campaign

D  vanishing marginals

A  one

B  two

C  four

D  six

A  retrospective voting strategies.

B  valence issues.

C  position issues.

D  wedge issues.

A  501(c)(3) organizations

B  Interest groups

C  Super PACs

D  PACs

A  open primaries.

B  the permanent primary

C  the beauty contest primary

D  the invisible primary.

A  Oklahoma and Texas.

B  Florida and Georgia.

C  Alabama and Arkansas

D  Nebraska and Maine.

A  The invisible primary.

B  The national convention.

C  The first primary.

D  The Iowa caucus.

A  term limits.

B  safe seats.

C  vanishing marginals.

D  presidential coattails.

A  vanishing margin

B  patronage game

C  invisible primary

D  permanent campaign.