Final Exam

A  The United States and China

B  Canada, Mexico, and the United States

C  Canada and Mexico

D  Cuba and the United States

A  Commander in chief

B  Chief legislator

C  Chief executive

D  Chief diplomat

A  Extend health insurance coverage to uninsured Americans

B  Provide political gains for legislators supporting its passage

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

D  Reduce Americans’ dependence on private health insurance

A  USA

B  Germany

C  Russia

D  China

A  Department of Interior

B  Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

C  Environment Protection Agency (EPA)

D  Department of Energy

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

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

C  If the court declares a practice unconstitutional

D  If Congress implements a referendum

A  restraint order

B  blue slip

C  appeal document

D  veto sheet

A  Precedent

B  bench

C  appeals

D  conviction

A  Article IV

B  Article II

C  Article III

D  Article I

A  writ of certiorari

B  hung jury

C  grand jury

D  voir dire

A  federal chains

B  common laws

C  judicial review

D  adversary process

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  The House votes on it.

B  The president can veto it.

C  The Senate votes on it.

D  Public hearings are held.

A  plea bargains

B  probation

C  convictions

D  appeals

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 willing to overturn laws regardless of their ideology.

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

A  Common Law

B  Civil Suit

C  Criminal Case

D  Appeal

A  Pendleton Act

B  Government in the Sunshine Act

C  General Services Administration

D  Office of Personal Management

A  Interstate Commerce Commission

B  Office of Personnel Management

C  Internal Revenue Service

D  Environmental Protection Agency

A  Senior Executive Service

B  Schedule C Appointees

C  Civil Service Commission

D  Foreign Service

A  To handle the design and remodeling of the White House

B  To oversee border disputes with Canada and Mexico

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

D  To negotiate agreements among different independent agencies

A  Interior

B  Homeland Security

C  Veteran Affairs

D  Defense

A  State, Treasury, War

B  State, Agriculture, Interior

C  State, Agriculture, Education

D  State, Justice, Treasury

A  culture

B  expertise

C  decision-making process

D  mission

A  pentagon

B  supreme court

C  cabinet

D  senate

A  Environmental Protection Agency

B  Department of Agricuture

C  National Transportation Safety Board

D  National Park Service

A  executive orders

B  pocket vetoes

C  executive privileges

D  signing statements

A  Second

B  Fifth

C  Twelfth

D  Tenth

A  executive privileges

B  presidential directives

C  vetoes

D  entitlement programmes

A  chief of staff

B  chief of state

C  commander-in-chief

D  chief diplomat

A  Harry Truman

B  Brack Obama

C  Franklin Roosevelt

D  Herbert Hoover

A  Cold War

B  Great Society

C  Contract with America

D  New Deal

A  Iran-Contra

B  Watergate

C  Cold War

D  Whitewater

A  commute

B  expunge

C  pardon

D  excoriate

A  pork-barreling

B  bulk mailing

C  gerrymandering

D  franking

A  McCulloch v. Maryland

B  Bush v. Gore

C  Marbury v. Madison

D  Wickard v. Filburn

A  special

B  Select

C  Standing

D  Joint

A  18; 21

B  25; 30

C  30; 35

D  21; 25

A  To limit members of Congress to only two terms

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

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

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

A  House of Representatives

B  Executive Branch

C  Senate

D  Supreme Court

A  judicial review

B  advice and consent.

C  pocket veto

D  impeachment

A  Six; Two

B  Four; Six

C  Two; Four

D  Eight; Four

A  the permanent campaign

B  the strategic politician hypothesis.

C  retrospective voting

D  vanishing marginals

A  one

B  four

C  two

D  six

A  retrospective voting strategies.

B  position issues.

C  wedge issues.

D  valence issues.

A  501(c)(3) organizations

B  Interest groups

C  Super PACs

D  PACs

A  the invisible primary.

B  the permanent primary

C  the beauty contest primary

D  open primaries.

A  Florida and Georgia.

B  Oklahoma and Texas.

C  Nebraska and Maine.

D  Alabama and Arkansas

A  The national convention.

B  The first primary.

C  The Iowa caucus.

D  The invisible primary.

A  safe seats.

B  term limits.

C  vanishing marginals.

D  presidential coattails.

A  vanishing margin

B  invisible primary

C  permanent campaign.

D  patronage game