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The individuals, institutions, and processes that make the rules for a society and possess the power to enforce those rules are….
A) Democracy
B) Direct Action
C) Government
D) Feedback |
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"The pursuit and exercise of power" is the definition of…
A) Government
B) Output
C) Politics
D) Demos |
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The government of the United States is considered to be…
A) A Direct Democracy
B) An Aristocracy
C) A Unitary Democracy
D) A Representative Democracy |
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| D) A Representative Democracy |
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After Congress adopted the resolution that declared the colonies' independence from Great Britain, Congress selected which of the following persons to write a justification for that action?
A) Thomas Jefferson
B) Thomas Paine
C) James Madison
D) Richard Henry Lee |
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Which of the following statements describes a weakness of the Articles of Confederation?
A) Congress had the power to levy taxes.
B) The president was powerful relative to Congress.
C) The Articles could be amended only by unanimous consent of the states.
D) There were too many national courts. |
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| C) The Articles could be amended only by unanimous consent of the states. |
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The Connecticut Compromise provided for which of the following?
A) A house of Representatives apportioned by the number of free inhabitants plus three-fifths of the slaves and a Senate consisting of two members from each state selected by the state legislatures.
B) A House of Representatives apportioned by the number of free inhabitants and a Senate consisting of two members from each state selected by the state legislatures.
C) A House of Representatives apportioned by the number of free inhabitants plus three-fifths of the slaves and a Senate consisting of two members from each state elected directly by the people of those states.
D) A bicameral legislature in which both houses would be apportioned according to the number of free inhabitants plus three-fifths of the slaves. |
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| A) A house of Representatives apportioned by the number of free inhabitants plus three-fifths of the slaves and a Senate consisting of two members from each state selected by the state legislatures. |
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In Marbury v. Madison, Chief Justice John Marshall argued that…
A) Congress has the power to determine for itself whether the laws it makes are constitutional.
B) The Supreme Court has the power to determine what laws are constitutional.
C) The constitution was not superior to an act of Congress.
D) The Supreme Court did not have the power of judicial review. |
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| B) The Supreme Court has the power to determine what laws are constitutional. |
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The writers of the U. S. Constitution drew their inspiration from American sources and from….
A) Early written constitutions.
B) European thinkers.
C) Roman Documents.
D) The writings of Aristotle. |
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The Bill of Rights to the Constitution was added to guarantee…
A) Judicial Review
B) The checks and balances system.
C) The rights of individuals.
D) The rights of the states. |
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| C) The rights of individuals. |
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Many of the constitutional issues the United States faces today concern...
A) The right to privacy
B) Expansion of the state governments' control.
C) The increase in crime.
D) The rights of welfare recipients. |
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A state that is administered by a government that is centralized and whose policies such as education are set by the central government is…
A) a unitary state
B) a federal state
C) a confederal state
D) none of the above |
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Which of the following types of power are exercised by the national government…
A) Enumerated powers
B) Implied powers
C) Inherent powers
D) All of the above |
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Powers that are held by the federal government and the state governments that are similar but may be exercised independently by each are________ powers.
A) enumerated
B) implied
C) inherent
D) concurrent |
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The supremacy clause of the U. S. Constitution does which of the following?
A) It makes state constitutions supreme to the U.S. Constitution.
B) It makes state constitutions and all laws made under them supreme to all laws passed by the U.S. Government.
C) It makes state constitutions and all laws made under them supreme to all treaties entered into by the U.S. Government.
D) None of the above. |
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The interstate highway system is a partnership between the…
A) Northern and southern states.
B) State governments
C) National government and the states
D) National government and the adjacent countries. |
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| C) National government and the states |
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Education is a matter that is left primarily to the …
A) local governments
B) state governments
C) national government
D) Interstate Council |
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Those who favor federalism argue that…
A) it permits more opportunities for political participation.
B) it allows special interests to frustrate efforts to solve national problems.
C) by its diversity it makes it easier to achieve and maintain national unity.
D) all of the above. |
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| A) it permits more opportunities for political participation. |
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In deciding cases involving the protection against illegal searches and seizures, the Supreme Court ruled that…
A) police may not enter a home without a warrant in order to make a routine arrest.
B) school officials needed only "reasonable grounds" to search a student's locker
C) police may not ransack a home in the course of making a lawful arrest but must confine their search to the suspect and the immediate surroundings.
D) all of the above. |
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The American constitutional trade that we do not force criminal suspects to testify against themselves or to incriminate themselves in the criminal interrogation process was upheld in the Supreme Court decision…
A) Gwiswold v. Connecticut
B) Miranda v. Arizona
C) Gideon v. Wainwright
D) Baker v. Carr |
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All of the following are rights included in the Miranda warning EXCEPT…
A) anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law.
B) you have the right to an attorney
C) you have the right to remain silent
D) anyone associated with you will also be retained. |
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| D) anyone associated with you will also be retained. |
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The Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution provide for _________, designed to protect the individual against the arbitrary power of the state.
A) eminent domain
B) separation of powers
C) due process of law
D) The states |
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Which of the following is not specifically provided for in the Constitution?
A) Right of privacy
B) Equal rights for minorities
C) Right to vote
D) None of the above |
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Which of the following statements correctly describes the citizenship of American Indians?
A) The Supreme Court ruled in 1965 that the Fifteenth Amendment made them U.S. citizens.
B) They have been citizens since the 1800s.
C) Congress passed an act in 1924 to make them U.S. citizens.
D) They are not considered citizens of the United States if they live on a reservation. |
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| C) Congress passed an act in 1924 to make them U.S. citizens. |
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Which of the following used Gandhi's theory of nonviolence to further the rights of African Americans?
A) Martin Luther King, Jr.
B) James Meredith
C) Stokely Carmichael
D) Rosa Parks |
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| A) Martin Luther King, Jr. |
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Which of the following was a provision of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
A) It prohibited discrimination based upon religion or race in public accommodations that affect interstate commerce.
B) It prohibited discrimination because of race, color, gender, religion, or national origin by employers and labor unions.
C) It barred voting registrars from adopting different standards for white and black applicants.
D) All of the above. |
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In its ruling in the Bakke case, the Supreme Court held that…
A) universities have the right to give preference to blacks and other minorities as long as they do not use rigid racial "quotas."
B) the history of the 1964 Civil Rights Act shows that it was designed to prohibit all private affirmative action programs.
C) affirmative action plans to protect recently hired black employees must yield to seniority when layoffs are necessary.
D) Allen Bakke had no right to be admitted to the medical school of the University of California at Davis. |
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| A) universities have the right to give preference to blacks and other minorities as long as they do not use rigid racial "quotas." |
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The attempt to correct for the historical disadvantages which women and minorities have endured was called….
A) due process of law
B) equal protection of the law
C) affirmative action
D) micro aggressions |
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Equality was envisioned by the Founders as equality among…
A) naturalized citizens
B) native-born citizens
C) all white citizens
D) white males |
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While considering the exclusionary rule, the Supreme Court has made which of the following rulings?
A) That the government may use illegally seized evidence in order to discredit statements made by a defendant during cross-examination at a trial.
B)That if the police were exercising "good faith" when relying on a flawed search warrant, the evidence seized could be used in court.
C) That illegally seized evidence may be admitted at a trial if the prosecution can show that the evidence would "inevitably" have been discovered by lawful means.
D) All of the above. |
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Term
The individuals, institutions, and processes that make the rules for a society and possess the power to enforce those rules are….
A) Democracy
B) Direct Action
C) Government
D) Feedback |
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Which of the following is true about freedom of the press?
A) It was included in the original draft of the Constitution.
B) It was added as an amendment to the Constitution in the 1900s.
C) It is an inherent freedom not explicitly given in the Constitution.
D) It was passed as part of the Bill of Right freedoms. |
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| D) It was passed as part of the Bill of Right freedoms. |
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Political parties perform which of the following functions?
A) Provide an orderly succession to power.
B) Mobilize the demands and supports that are fed into the system.
C) Help hold officials accountable to the voters.
D) All of the above. |
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Those who favor federalism argue that…
A) it permits more opportunities for political participation.
B) it allows special interests to frustrate efforts to solve national problems.
C) by its diversity it makes it easier to achieve and maintain national
D) All of the above |
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| A) it permits more opportunities for political participation. |
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In order to win a November general election, a presidential candidate must….
A) win a majority of the popular vote.
B) win a majority of the electoral votes.
C) win in thirty-five of the fifty states.
D) reach a financial threshold in twenty-six states. |
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| B) win a majority of the electoral votes. |
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In which of the following cases did the Court rule that the doctrine of "separate but equal" is unconstitutional?
A) The Dred Scott case
B) The Civil Rights Cases of 1883
C) Plessy v. Ferguson
D) Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka Kansas |
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| D) Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka Kansas |
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Term
Which of the following statements describes a weakness of the Articles of Confederation?
A) Congress had the power to levy taxes.
B) The president was powerful relative to Congress.
C) The Articles could be amended only by unanimous consent of the states.
D) There were too many national courts. |
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Definition
| C) The Articles could be amended only by unanimous consent of the states. |
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The 2002 Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, usually known as the McCain-Feingold law….
A) prohibits state parties from using soft money to benefits its candidates
B) prohibits individual contributions to candidates
C) prohibits independent expenditures from committees not formally connected to a candidate
D) did not have bipartisan support. |
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| A) prohibits state parties from using soft money to benefits its candidates |
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Which of the following presidents held the first live, televised presidential news conference?
A) Harry Truman
B) Dwight Eisenhower
C) John F. Kennedy
D) Richard M. Nixon |
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All of the following are rights included in the Miranda warning EXCEPT…
A) anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law.
B) you have the right to an attorney
C) you have the right to remain silent
D) anyone associated with you will also be retained |
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Definition
| D) anyone associated with you will also be retained |
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Which of the following depicts the origin of the Federalist Party?
A) It was organized by Alexander Hamilton, stood for strong central government and made its appeal to banking, commercial, and financial interests.
B) It was organized by Thomas Jefferson and made its appeal to small farmers, debtors, and southern planters.
C) It was organized by Henry Clay and Daniel Webster and appealed to those who detested Andrew Jackson.
D) It was a northern sectional party that was formed to protest the expansion of slavery. |
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| A) It was organized by Alexander Hamilton, stood for strong central government and made its appeal to banking, commercial, and financial interests. |
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Children tend to identify with the same political party as their…
A) parents
B) grandparents
C) teachers
D) siblings |
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The government of the United States is considered to be…
A) A Direct Democracy
B) An Aristocracy
C) A Unitary Democracy
D) A Representative Democracy |
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| D) A Representative Democracy |
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Term
A swing or "battleground" state is…
A) a large, populous state with many electoral votes that a candidate must win to be elected.
B) A state in which no candidate has overwhelming support.
C) A state that always supports one party.
D) A state that always supports the incumbent president. |
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| B) A state in which no candidate has overwhelming support. |
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Which of the following statements correctly describes the philosophies of the Republican or Democratic parties?
A) Democrats tend to believe in the ability of government to solve problems.
B) Republicans tend to believe in the inclusion of all relevant groups and viewpoints.
C) Democrats tend to see themselves as insiders who represent the core of American society and as carriers of fundamental values.
D) All of the above. |
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| A) Democrats tend to believe in the ability of government to solve problems. |
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A citizen writing or telephoning a member of Congress to express their viewpoint on a policy issue is an example of…
A) lobbying
B) grass-roots pressure
C) mass publicity
D) political socialization |
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Which of the following is correct regarding the selection of electors?
A) The Constitution established that they must be selected by popular vote in all states.
B) A federal statute established that they must be selected by popular vote in all states.
C) The Supreme Court established that they must be selected by popular vote in all states.
D) Legally, a state may select them any way that it wishes. |
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| D) Legally, a state may select them any way that it wishes. |
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Term
Which of the following used Gandhi's theory of nonviolence to further the rights of African Americans?
A) James Meredith
B) Rosa Parks
C) Martin Luther King, Jr.
D) Stokely Carmichael |
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Definition
| C) Martin Luther King, Jr. |
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Which of the following is the definition of political socialization?
A) The expression of attitudes about government and politics.
B) An opinion about music, movies, or fashions
C) The process by which a person acquires a set of political attitudes and forms opinions about social issues.
D) All of the above. |
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| C) The process by which a person acquires a set of political attitudes and forms opinions about social issues. |
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Which of the following would be classified as a secondary reference group?
A) Friends
B) Family
C) Labor union
D) All of the above |
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Which of the following is NOT a function of interest groups?
A) They provide a vehicle for grass-roots political participation.
B) They channel information on key issues to the general public.
C) They serve as buffers between the president and Congress
D) They monitor the performance of federal officials and programs. |
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| C) They serve as buffers between the president and Congress |
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The party that was organized by Thomas Jefferson and that made its appeal to agrarian interests, debtors, and frontiersmen was the…
A) Democratic-Republican Party
B) Federalist Party
C) Whig Party
D) Populist Party |
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| A) Democratic-Republican Party |
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Under the First Amendment protection of freedom of the press, the Court has ruled that…
A) the government's determination of what constitutes national security will not always outweigh a newspaper's right to publish
B) the prohibition against prior restraint of the press does not apply to any case that involves national security interests.
C) states may exercise prior restraint when there is a compelling state interest
D) the government could prohibit the publication of a series based on the secret history of the Vietnam War since it threatened national security. |
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| A) the government's determination of what constitutes national security will not always outweigh a newspaper's right to publish |
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A private group which attempts to influence the government to respond to the shared attitudes of its members…
A) an interest group
B) a political party
C) a political action committee (PAC)
D) an elitist system |
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Which of the following benefit the most from interest group politics?
A) Minorities
B) Consumers
C) Poorly educated people from the lower economic class
D) Business and manufacturing interests |
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Definition
| D) Business and manufacturing interests |
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The FCC requirement that radio and television broadcasters present all sides of public issues is called…
A) equal time doctrine
B) fairness doctrine
C) prior restraint
D) scarcity doctrine |
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Term
In Marbury v. Madison, Chief Justice John Marshall argued that…
A) Congress has the power to determine for itself whether the laws it makes are constitutional.
B) The Supreme Court has the power to determine what laws are constitutional.
C) The constitution was not superior to an act of Congress
D) the Supreme court did not have the power of judicial review. |
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Definition
| B) The Supreme Court has the power to determine what laws are constitutional. |
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Term
Powers that are held by the federal government and the state governments that are similar but may be exercised independently by each are________ powers.
A) enumerated
B) implied
C) inherent
D) concurrent |
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Which of the following statements is true regarding political polls?
A) Political polls always accurately predict the outcome of an election.
B) Political polls measure opinion only at the moment the survey is taken.
C) Quota sampling has a lower margin of error that has a random sample.
D) All of the above |
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Definition
| B) Political polls measure opinion only at the moment the survey is taken. |
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Term
"The pursuit and exercise of power" is the definition of…
A) Government
B) Output
C) Politics
D) Demos |
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Definition
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Term
Which of the following depicts the origin of the Federalist Party?
A) It was organized by Alexander Hamilton, stood for strong central government and made its appeal to banking, commercial, and financial interests.
B) It was organized by Thomas Jefferson and made its appeal to small farmers, debtors, and southern planters.
C) It was organized by Henry Clay and Daniel Webster and appealed to those who detested Andrew Jackson.
D) It was a northern sectional party that was formed to protest the expansion of slavery. |
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| A) It was organized by Alexander Hamilton, stood for strong central government and made its appeal to banking, commercial, and financial interests. |
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Term
The Civil Service Reform Act…
A) established the spoils system
B) was an attempt to reform the inefficiency and corruption that appeared to result from the spoils system.
C) established the Senior Executive Services (SES)
D) was advocated by the "Stalwarts" of the Republican Party |
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| B) was an attempt to reform the inefficiency and corruption that appeared to result from the spoils system. |
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Which of the following statements concerning midterm or off-year elections is correct?
A) the president's party generally loses strength in the midterm congressional elections.
B) Substantially fewer voters turn out in off-year elections.
C) Substantially fewer peripheral voters turn out in off-year elections than in presidential elections.
D) All of the above. |
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The relationship between an agency, a committee in Congress, and an industry is commonly called a(n)…
A) interrelationship
B) political marriage
C) industrial triangle
D) iron triangle |
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Which of the following statements is true regarding political polls?
A) Political polls always accurately predict the outcome of an election.
B) Political polls measure opinion only at the moment the survey is taken.
C) Quota sampling has a lower margin of error than has a random sample.
D) All of the above |
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Definition
| B) Political polls measure opinion only at the moment the survey is taken. |
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Term
In Marbury v. Madison, Chief Justice John Marshall argued that…
A) Congress has the power to determine for itself whether the laws it makes are constitutional.
B) The Supreme Court has the power to determine what laws are constitutional.
C) The constitution was not superior to an act of Congress
D) the Supreme Court did not have the power of judicial review. |
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Definition
| B) The Supreme Court has the power to determine what laws are constitutional. |
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Term
Powers that are held by the federal government and the state governments that are similar but may be exercised independently by each are________ powers.
A) enumerated
B) implied
C) inherent
D) concurrent |
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A private group which attempts to influence the government to respond to the shared attitudes of its members…
A) an interest group
B) a political party
C) a political action committee (PAC)
D) an elitist system |
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Which of the following persons is the most likely to be a nonvoter in the United States?
A) A person who is advantageously situated in the social system
B) A person whose intensity of partisan preference is high
C) A person who is disadvantageously situation in the social system
D) A person who has a high sense of civic duty |
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| C) A person who is disadvantageously situation in the social system |
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The power of the courts to declare acts of Congress, actions of the federal executive, or laws that are enacted by any level of government to be unconstitutional is the power of…
A) judicial review
B) certiorari
C) precedent
D) stare decisis |
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All federal judges received their positions on the bench by an appointment by the…
A) president, subject to senate approval
B) president, subject to congressional approval
C) chief justice, subject to congressional approval
D) attorney general, subject to senate approval |
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| A) president, subject to senate approval |
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While considering the exclusionary rule, the Supreme Court has made which of the following rulings?
A) That the government may use illegally seized evidence in order to discredit statements made by a defendant during cross-examination at a trial.
B)That if the police were exercising "good faith" when relying on a flawed search warrant, the evidence seized could be used in court.
C) That illegally seized evidence may be admitted at a trial if the prosecution can show that the evidence would "inevitably" have been discovered by lawful means.
D) All of the above. |
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Term
Which of the following powers belong to the president?
A) Giving an annual State of the Union Address
B) Veto power
C) Power to impound funds appropriated by Congress
D) All of the above. |
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Which of the following factors has contributed to the shrinking of the newspaper industry since the 1980's?
A) The advent of CNN and cable television
B) The movement of Americans from the cities to the suburbs after World War II
C) Newspapers have become too boring
D) Both A and B |
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A representative whose vote automatically mirrors the will or majority of his/her constituents is acting as…
A) an instructed delegate
B) a trustee
C) a Burkean disciple
D) none of the above |
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Definition
| A) an instructed delegate |
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"The expression of attitudes about government and politics" is the definition of which of the following?
A) Political socialization
B) Public opinion
C) Quota sampling
D) Interest groups |
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In 1990, President George Bush, sending half a million troops into the Persian Gulf to force Hussein to withdraw from Kuwait, used his power as…
A) chief negotiator
B) commander in chief
C) chief executive
D) supreme treaty analyst |
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Which of the following statements accurately describes the impeachment process?
A) Only the House can bring impeachment charges against the president.
B) The president may be impeached by Congress and removed from office.
C) The Senate hears and decides impeachment cases.
D) All of the above. |
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Regarding the decline of party loyalty, which of the following is a correct statement?
A) Political parties have become extinct in the United States.
B) More people call themselves independents than call themselves Democrats and Republicans.
C) More people call themselves Democrats and Republicans than call themselves independents.
D) None of the above. |
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| C) More people call themselves Democrats and Republicans than call themselves independents. |
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Voters have tended to associate the Republicans with…
A) social progress at home
B) prosperity
C) success in foreign policy
D) all of the above |
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Definition
| C) success in foreign policy |
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In which of the following cases did the Court rule that the doctrine of "separate but equal" is unconstitutional?
A) The Dred Scott case
B) The Civil Rights Cases of 1883
C) Plessy v. Ferguson
D) Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka Kansas |
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Definition
| D) Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka Kansas |
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Term
Which of the following presidents held the first live, televised presidential news conference?
A) Harry Truman
B) Dwight Eisenhower
C) John F. Kennedy
D) Richard M. Nixon |
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Definition
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Term
Which of the following is a function of Congress?
A) Lawmaking
B) Declaring war
C) Regulating the conduct of its members and punishing them by censure or expulsion
D) All of the above |
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By passing the War Powers Resolution, Congress was attempting to reassert its authority in…
A) the budgetary process
B) committing troops to combat overseas
C) the domestic policy process
D) the legislative process |
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Definition
| B) committing troops to combat overseas |
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Congress may attempt to overturn specific Supreme Court rulings by utilizing which of the following?
A) Proposing an amendment to the Constitution
B) Passing legislation
C) Withholding the salaries of the Supreme Court justices
D) Both A and B |
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Electoral votes are allocated to a state…
A) by the Supreme Court
B) based upon the number of representatives the state has in Congress
C) based upon the number of representatives that the state has in the House of Representatives
D) based upon the voter turnout in that state in the previous election |
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Definition
| B) based upon the number of representatives the state has in Congress |
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Term
Alliance of segments of the electorate who coalesce behind a political candidate are…
A) coalitions
B) coattail effects
C) split tickets
D) checkerboard effects |
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Communication with legislators and other government officials to try to influence their decisions is…
A) lobbying
B) political socialization
C) political polling
D) none of the above |
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