Midterm

A  Americans prefer conservative congressional candidates but vote for liberal presidential candidates

B  Americans oppose the idea of big government, but favor big government in practice

C  Americans complain about tv shows like Jerry Springer, but continue to watch them anyway

D  Americans prefer spending time with their families than learning about politics

A  productive and unproductive

B  casual and formal

C  conventional and unconventional

D  elitist and pluralist

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  most Americans know who the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court is

B  more Americans knew about George Bush’s tax policies than knew what his leasts favorite vegetable was.

C  most Americans know very little about politics

D  almost all Americans know who represents them in the House and the Senate

A  words like “prefer”, “favorable”, and “approve” carry negative connotations that make Americans less satisfied with government

B  polllsters charge by the word, making longer questions more costly

C  different question wording can result in big difference responses

D  the public dislikes short questions and is unlikely to answer them

A  only if the officer plans to arrest that person

B  only if that person gives consent

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  it only involved wealthy, property owning elites

C  Americans were in need of a complete social transformation

D  because it was spearheaded by Pat Buchanan

A  one person, one vote

B  inclusion

C  universal citizenship

D  freedom to vote

A  social issues

B  interstate commerce issues

C  national defense issues

D  tariff issues

A  television

B  magazines

C  newspapers

D  radio

A  slavery was immoral but necessary

B  only Congress could ban slavery

C  the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional

D  black men were citizens but women were not

A  neighbors

B  schools

C  peer groups

D  the democratic and republican parties

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

B  they were skeptical that ordinary Americans could make informed decisions

C  they believed that the working class would make better decisions than the elite class

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

A  she’s a democrat

B  she’s a libertarian

C  she’s an independent

D  she’s a republican

A  polling discourages bold leadership

B  polling allows leaders to avoid compromise

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

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

A  giving money to candidates

B  volunteering at a campaign

C  writing letters to government officials

D  voting

A  political participation and strength of party attachment

B  candidate loyalty and authoritarianism

C  liberalism and political tolerance

D  political participation and suspicion of out-groups

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

B  government run services would likely be privatized

C  government workers would likely unionize

D  government programs to alleviate economic inequality would likely be higher on the political agenda

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  use of telephone books and motor vehicle records will bias a sample toward higher income groups

B  sample sizes have been getting smaller not larger

C  random samples must include millions of people to accurately reflect public opinion

D  accurate representation of the population is the most important feature of a public opinion survey

A  free exercise clause

B  due process clause

C  restoration of rights clause

D  none of the above

A  African Americans

B  Born again Christians

C  Jews

D  Women

A  First Amendment

B  Third Amendment

C  First Amendment

D  Sixth Amendment

A  maintaining peace through strength

B  voting

C  prayers in school

D  affirmative action

A  Full Faith and Credit Clause

B  Privileges and Immunities Clause

C  Equal Protection Clause

D  Principles of extradition

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  Twenty First

B  Twenty Eight

C  Seventh

D  Eleventh

A  protection of social welfare policies

B  protection of African Americans

C  protection of criminal defendant’s rights

D  protection of agricultural subsidies

A  the President

B  the national government

C  the Congress

D  the states

A  to declare war

B  to ratify amendments to the constitution

C  to tax

D  to regulate commerce between states

A  demonstrating against President Trump’s immigration policies

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

C  voting in Congressional elections

D  watching CNN’s coverage of the Republican National Convention

A  African Americans

B  Hispanics

C  Asian Americans

D  Whites

A  students

B  lawmakers

C  elites

D  interest groups

A  gender gap

B  the phantom leap

C  comparable attitudes

D  sexual profiling

A  random digital dialing telephone interviews

B  questionnaires sent through the mail

C  list of registered voters

D  email

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  republic

B  confederation

C  federation

D  union

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  more educated citizens participate more than less educated citizens

B  minorities participate more than whites

C  younger citizens participate more than older citizens

D  citizens of lower socioeconomic status participate more

A  the golden rule

B  the exclusionary rule

C  the inclusionary rule

D  the unconstitutional actions rule

A  Prayer belongs in school

B  Government should regulate the economy in the public interest

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

D  Taxes and spending should be kept low

A  the mixing kettle

B  potluck culture

C  the American stew

D  the melting pot

A  eliminating after school programs to save money

B  cutting taxes

C  raising the drinking age

D  declaring school segregation unconstitutional

A  The poll undersampled middle-class voters who owned telephones

B  The poll oversampled groups heavily Democratic in orientation

C  The poll oversampled those with higher income

D  The poll excluded owners of automobiles

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  sampling error

B  happenstance result

C  statistical anomaly

D  unhappy public

A  Fourteenth

B  Fifth

C  Fourth

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 congressional acts

B  Congress to select justices of the Supreme Court

C  president to veto judicial decisions

D  president to unilaterally pass laws during a time of crisis

A  libertarianism

B  conservatism

C  liberalism

D  republicanism

A  only a handful of wealthy individuals are allowed to vote

B  all citizens personally participate in the policymaking process

C  the people elect representatives who make laws

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

A  race can be considered but can’t be the sole/determinate factor in admission decisions

B  quotas were declared unconstitutional

C  both a and b

D  quotas were determined to be constitutional

A  schools may not practice any type of racial segregation

B  African Americans are not persons for purposes of the Constitution

C  separation of the races is not a violation of the Constitution, thereby establishing the “separate but equal” doctrine

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

A  working as a caseworker for a social service agency

B  calling your representative to express your opinions about upcoming legislation

C  donating money to a charity for the homeless

D  compiling a statistical analysis on the demographic factors of students enrolled at a local community college

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

B  each nation has the power to exercise political control within its borders

C  Both Democrats and Republicans alternating in political power

D  power sharply divided between the states and the national government

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

B  the national government does not have the power to force any type of action on local school boards

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

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

A  the fourth

B  the sixth

C  the first

D  the ninth

A  equal rights for white women

B  the protection of individual liberties from the states

C  the protection of individual liberties from the national government

D  equal protection for Native Americans

A  whether or not there should be anymore new states

B  national supremacy versus the rights of the separate states

C  voting rights for ethnic minorities

D  extradition

A  the grandfather clause

B  the white primary

C  the poll tax

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 allow residents the right to vote

B  allowed women the right to vote

C  allowed black males the opportunity to vote

D  forced states to abolish poll tax requirements

A  the precedent established in the Articles of Confederation

B  Article II, section 2 of the Constitution

C  state constitutions

D  the elastic clause

A  refers to the first ten amendments to the constitution

B  refers to the rights of all Americans to the equal treatment under the law

C  are limitations placed on the national government to protect citizens

D  are limitations placed on state governments to protect citizens

A  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

B  established the doctrine of implied powers

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

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

A  from the central government to the state or local governments

B  directly to the people bypassing the government

C  from the bottom to the top

D  from the local and state governments to the central government

A  the rigidness of the national government in accepting change

B  that state and local interests can block progress and impede national plans

C  the creation of a strong party system

D  all of the above

A  was relatively symbolic

B  forbade discrimination on the basis of race

C  was rarely enforced

D  easily passed the senate

A  was wether a state could tax a national bank

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

C  was whether the national government could create a bank

D  both a and b

A  judicial or parental permission for females under 18 seeking an abortion

B  spousal notification with written consent, as it placed an “undue burden” on the woman

C  all women seeking abortions to receiving counseling prior to the abortion

D  a 24 hour waiting period

A  prevent their citizens from traveling to other states

B  regulate commerce within its borders

C  tax branches of the federal government

D  conduct foreign policy in matters of trade

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

B  states that the 14th Amendment protects the Bill of Rights against state government abuses

C  states that the Federal government has the power to impose unfunded mandates

D  established the precedent for eminent domain

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

B  “fighting words” can be excluded from constitutional protections

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

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

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  the powers expressly delegated to the government

B  powers denied to the state and the national government by the Constitution

C  the powers reserved for local government

D  the powers found in Article IV of the Constitution

A  Congress

B  the executive branch

C  the states

D  the bureaucracy

A  enumeration

B  checks and balances

C  federalism

D  implied powers

A  Griswold v. Connecticut

B  Webster v. Reproductive Health Services

C  Roe v. Wade

D  U.S. v. Lopez

A  allow you to be tried by a jury of your peers

B  provide you with legal counsel in all criminal felony cases

C  allow you to confront your accuser

D  inform you of your constitutional rights before placing you under arrest

A  the sole authority of Congress

B  the sole authority of the executive branch

C  reserved to the central government

D  reserved to the states respectively or to the people

A  its flexibility

B  the ease with which it can be amended

C  its acknowledgement of Christian principles

D  none of the above

A  rights of criminals found in Article I of the Constitution

B  basic rights set forth by God that no government can deny

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

D  specific limitations on the government outlined in the Bill of Rights

A  protect and individual’s freedom or religious expression

B  codified the right to privacy

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

D  established the Supremacy Doctrine

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 of practice that did not have to exclude racial segregation

B  divide and conquer

C  nonviolent civil disobedience

D  equality for all, through strong force when necessary

A  restraints of trade

B  unequal access

C  unfair competition

D  reverse discrimination

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

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

C  a limitation on the power of the government

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

A  women over men

B  non-slave states over slave states

C  national law over state law

D  the large states over small states

A  public opinion knowledge

B  gradual acquiescence

C  political socialization

D  presumptive organization

A  a method by which the President can check the judiciary

B  the power of Congress to remove the President from office

C  the process of confirmation of federal judges by Congress

D  the ability of the Courts to declare laws unconstitutional

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

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

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

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

A  random sampling

B  font selection

C  indexing

D  in person interviews

A  had little impact on state governments and slavery

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

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

D  prohibited slavery and involuntary servitude

A  supreme political authority remains with the national government

B  supreme executive power derives from a mandate by the masses

C  two or more levels governments share power and authority over the same people and territory

D  supreme political authority remains with the states

A  in the Constitution

B  in the Declaration of Independence

C  in the Articles of Confederation

D  in the Magna Carta

A  public opinion polls

B  malapportionment

C  the census

D  the literary digest