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| The standard by which governmental conduct is measured. The judge of the value of political figures. The measurement of the virtue of political figures. |
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| Fundamental Political Values |
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| Values that unify Americans in a common set of goals for government. |
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| The differences in voting behavior between men and women. |
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| Why are groups and associations so critical to the formation of political opinions? |
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| Individuals often consciously or unconsciously adopt the views of groups with which they identify. |
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| Key difference between those who go to college and those who don't? |
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| There is a higher level of political participation of those who attend college. |
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| A liberal would most likely support? |
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| An expansion in government social services. |
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| Opposition to legalized abortion is a position most likely held by which political party? |
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| What is the core political value held by most conservatives? |
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| What is one political effect on peoples underlying beliefs and values? |
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| They color the peoples perception so that they often make automatic judgments on particular issues. |
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| What is the ability of citizens to influence government through a knowledge and interest in politics? |
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| What is the Marketplace of Ideas? |
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| The competition between competing opinions and ideas that is aired in the public forum. |
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| What has not been the focus of the Bush administrations war on terror? |
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| Donations to academic institutions. |
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| What is the small group selected by pollsters to represent the entire population? |
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| The typical margin for error in a sample survey of 1,500 respondents is what? |
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| Errors in polling, such as question format, affect the polls' what? |
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| What did James Madison identify as the greatest source of political conflict for the United States? |
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| The differences between the rich and poor. |
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| When a politician who uses polling data believes an issue is more important to people than it actually is, he or she is falling for the what? |
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| If I decide to support a candidate because I see that he or she is the front runner in a poll, I become the victim of the what? |
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| An important reason that public policy and public opinion may not coincide in the United States is why? |
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| The American system of government includes arrangements such as an appointed judiciary that can produce policy decisions that may run contrary to prevailing popular sentiment. |
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| The main goal of the group Rock the Vote is what? |
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| Draw young voters into political participation. |
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| The main problem with voting as a form of political participation is what? |
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| The citizens cannot communicate very much information by only casting a ballot. |
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| Gives ordinary Americans more equal chance to participate in politics. |
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| During the 19th and early 20th centuries, the criteria for determining eligibility to vote were determined by what? |
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| Throughout American history, which of the what was not a common restriction government placed on voting rights? |
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| Occupational requirements. |
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| In what year was the Constitution amended to allow women the right to vote? |
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| What has been the central challenge for establishing democracy in Iraq? |
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| Securing Sunni participation in politics. |
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| What an important difference between Hispanic Democratic voters and non-Hispanic Democratic voters? |
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| Hispanic Democrats tend to be more socially conservative than non-Hispanic Democrats. |
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| The phenomenon known as a gender gap refers to the fact that what? |
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| More women vote for Democrats than men. |
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| Approximately what percent of senators and representatives in Congress are women? |
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| Has religion played an important role in political participation? |
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| Have Churches and religious groups influenced health care reforms? |
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| Which Supreme Court case determined that prayer is unconstitutional in public schools? |
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| The power of the Christian Coalition in the 1990's was due to what? |
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| It's success in mobilizing a large grassroots base. |
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| Has the proportion of young people voting decreased since 1971? |
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| What percentage of political advertising is aimed at people between 18-24? |
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| What is the most common form of participation taken by young people in the U.S.? |
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| Community service volunteerism. |
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| A decline in organizational membership has led to a decline in what? |
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| What are the white primaries? |
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| Primaries that were held in the South that excluded African American members. |
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| What was the original purpose of voter registration? |
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| To reduce corruption by making it more difficult to vote. |
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| Is it legal in some states to refuse the right to vote based on felonies? |
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| What have political parties been doing in recent years to promote elections? |
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| One of the most important reasons for a decline in civil participation is what? |
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| The rising use of television and other electronic media. |
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| Are campaign contributions a form of free speech? |
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| One problem with wealthy Americans no longer participating in public institutions, such as schools, is that what? |
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| Important groups of Americans no longer have stake in the public sector. |
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| What is required, if your eighteen or older, to vote in the U.S.? |
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| You must register with the government. |
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| When are national elections held in the U.S.? |
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| The first Tuesday of November every four years? |
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| During midterm elections, voters are electing what? |
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| Members of Congress. (haha) |
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| Which party introduced primary elections to weaken the power of part leaders? |
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| Which political officer has the ability to recall an election? |
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| Which politician was recalled from office in 2003? |
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| California Governor Gray Davis. |
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| Before the 1890's who was responsible for printing election ballots? |
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| What unusual act did the Texas legislature do in 2002? |
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| It redistricted without waiting for a new census. |
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| The result that is produced when voters cast a ballot for the president and then automatically vote for the remainder of that party's candidates is called the what? |
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| What is the last example of indirect voting in national elections? |
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| If Bush won the plurality of votes in Texas during the 2000 election, and Texas had thirty representatives to Congress, how many electoral votes from Texas did Bush win? |
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| The effort by political candidates and their staff to win backing and support by voters in the quest for political office is known as a what? |
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| Which president succeeded in winning the plurality of the popular vote in 1952? |
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| Private groups that raise and distribute funds for election campaigns are called what? |
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| Political action committees. |
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| If a citizen votes on a candidate because he or she approves of the candidate's past record, it is called what? |
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| The right for candidates to spend their own money on campaigns in supported by what? |
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| What are some common ways for interest groups, corporations, political parties to aid a candidate while avoiding campaign finance laws? |
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| Fund money through unregulated PAC's. Engage in issue advocacy. Use spot advertisement. |
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| What was not a major contribution to Bush's 2000 presidential campaign? |
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| Before the Civil Service Act of 1883, how were government appointments handled? |
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| What is the merit system? |
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| A system that establishes competitive exams for jobs and gives bureaucrats job protection. |
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| The largest sub-unites of the federal executive branch are called what? |
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| Is the FBI an independent agency? |
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| Is state and local oversight a type of federal agency? |
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| The National Park Service is located in what department? |
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| The Department of the Interior. |
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| Is the FDA a independent regulatory agency? |
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| Ronald Reagan's ability to dismantle the Department of Education reflects the power of what? |
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| Is the FBI part of the Department of Homeland Security? |
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| The greatest number of federal professionals working abroad are under the authority of the Department of what? |
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| The complications of the PATRIOT Act reveals the complications of balancing what? |
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| National security with the civil liberties of the individuals. |
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| The Freedom of Information Act is designed to what? |
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| Make more national security documents available to the public. |
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| Who has the authority to set interest rates and lending activities for the nation's banks? |
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| The Federal Reserve System. |
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| What was the mission of the National Performance Review? |
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| To reorganize the federal bureaucracy to make it more efficient and accountable , and less wasteful. |
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| During the administrations of Reagan and Bush how many federal agencies were terminated? |
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| What happened as a result of Gingrich's downsizing? |
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| Two small agencies were eliminated. |
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| Reducing the number of regulatory agencies in the federal bureaucracy, giving regulatory tasks to state and local governments, and shrinking the number of government restraints on the conduct of private persons and corporations. |
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| What is the best means of downsizing a federal agency? |
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| Termination of the agency. |
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| Devolution is the process by which what? |
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| The federal government is downsized by delegating the implementation of programs to state and local governments. |
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| A way to shrink the federal budget by selling government services or property in the private sector, reducing government costs by relocating government programs to private groups or corporations, and reduce big government by doing without some of the programs it once provided. |
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| Which president was most concerned with managing and reorganizing the executive bureaucracy? |
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| Individual members of Congress can discover questions of public responsibility when engaged in what? |
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| Every state must judge government officials by the same laws as its citizens are judged. |
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| Do the federal courts have many crises? |
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| If a private individual brought a suite against a corporation for breaking a contract, what kind of law would this lawsuit involve? |
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| The area of authority possessed by a court, in terms of either subject area or geography, is called its what? |
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| What does the official jurisdiction of the federal courts involve? |
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| Treaties with other nations, and cases involving the U.S. Constitution. |
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| How many U.S. district courts are there? |
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| Is the Court of Federal Territories a legislative court created by Congress? |
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| Does the U.S. Court of Apeals deal with federal or constitutional law? |
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| When the president places a judicial candidate on the bench while Congress is not in session it is called a what? |
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| What was the Supreme Court's decision regarding the line-item veto? |
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| It was struck down as an unconstitutional violation of the separation of powers. |
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| The power of the Supreme Court to review state actions and legislation comes from what case? |
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| A Law made by judges through their decisions, not through specific statutes. |
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| What is a pattern of cases? |
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| When interest groups bring the same type of suit into multiple circuits, hoping that a contradiction in rulings will brings about a Supreme Court review. |
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| How long does a lawyer have to present his/her case before the Supreme Court? |
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| What are the traditional limitations on the power of the federal courts? |
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| Strict rules of standing, the inability of the court to offer relief to whole classes of people, and the inability of the courts to enforce their own decisions. |
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