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During a general election, the use of the Electoral College is an example of which election system? horse race Winner-Take-All proportional realignment
Winner-Take-All
How many members are there in the Senate? 435. 50. 350. 100.
100
How many cabinet departments are there within the executive branch of government? 10. 15. 14. 3.
15
How many votes in the Electoral College must a Presidential candidate receive in order to be elected President? 270 51 150 300
270
How many branches of government are there in the United States? 3. 1. 4. 2.
3
How many levels are within the United States federal court system? 1. 2. 3. 4.
3
How many members are there in the House of Representatives? 350. 435. 100. 50.
435
What is an ideology? Special interest group topics. Political party align topics. Divisive issues that are intensely important to a party or a group. A comprehensive set of ideas and beliefs.
A comprehensive set of ideas and beliefs.
What is probable cause? A crime that witnessed by anyone that does not require a warrant. A crime in plain view does not need a warrant. Ability to be arrested without committing a crime. Ability to avoid search and seizure by law enforcement.
A crime in plain view does not need a warrant.
What is concurring opinion? A written statement of abstention. A verbal statement of agreement. A written statement of agreement, but with a discrepancy. A statement of disagreement.
A written statement of agreement, but with a discrepancy.
What are the benefits of interest groups? ALL ARE CORRECT Encourages PLURALISM: a multitude of views that influence our democracy Can help government make policy that adapts to changing times and meets the needs of people LOBBYISTS: apply direct pressure to government officials and agencies
ALL ARE CORRECT - Encourages PLURALISM: a multitude of views that influence our democracy - Can help government make policy that adapts to changing times and meets the needs of people - LOBBYISTS: apply direct pressure to government officials and agencies
What are the drawbacks of interest groups? ALL ARE CORRECT HYPERPLURALISM: competing interest groups fail to compromise,leading to the domination of the ones with more power and money Government officials can become overwhelmed and unfairly pressured by some groups FREE RIDERS: When group members don't contribute to the efforts of lobbyists (it can weaken the SIG)
ALL ARE CORRECT - HYPERPLURALISM: competing interest groups fail to compromise,leading to the domination of the ones with more power and money - Government officials can become overwhelmed and unfairly pressured by some groups - FREE RIDERS: When group members don't contribute to the efforts of lobbyists (it can weaken the SIG)
What did the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA) cover? ALL ARE CORRECT Limited how much an individual could donate to multiple candidates in a 2 year cycle Limited hard $$ donations Banned soft $$ contributions to a national party/candidate
ALL ARE CORRECT - Limited how much an individual could donate to multiple candidates in a 2 year cycle - Limited hard $$ donations - Banned soft $$ contributions to a national party/candidate
What are the objectives of lobbying? ALL ARE CORRECT To shape the strategy of a SIG To foster long lasting relationships with legislators BEST ASSET: to have access to and influence in Washington, DC
ALL ARE CORRECT - To shape the strategy of a SIG - To foster long lasting relationships with legislators - BEST ASSET: to have access to and influence in Washington, DC
What is judicial activism? Acting in a decision to make the law. Choosing to not get involved in a case. Choosing to support causes outside the court. Acting in a personal manner to decide a case.
Acting in a decision to make the law.
The government has attempted to prevent discriminatory restrictions in universities and the workplace with. Free enterprise. Affirmative action. The 24th amendment. Privileges and immunities.
Affirmative action.
Which of the following is not a clause in the First Amendment? Affirmative action. Free Press. Free exercise. Establishment Clause
Affirmative action.
Which of the following is an example of protected speech? All of the above burning the American flag sit-ins and boycotts wearing arm bands to show opposition to war.
All of the above: burning the American flag, signs and boycotts, wearing arm bands to show opposition to war.
Which of the following is part of the sequence to the formation of policy? Make an agenda. Fund the agency that will regulate and enforce the policy. All answer choices are correct. Study, research, and hear from experts about an issue with growing attention
All of the choices are correct: make an agenda, fund the agency that will regulate and enforce the policy, study, research and hear from experts about the issue with growing attention.
What is an example of unprotected speech? Speech/ expression that could threaten a national effort during a crisis. Destroying a draft card. All of these answers are correct walking nude in public to protest sweatshops.
All of these answers are correct.: Speech slash expression that could threaten a national effort during a crisis, destroying a draft card, walking nude in public to protest sweatshops.
What is the 16th amendment? a. Allows Congress to hear court cases. b. Allows the courts to check the other branches of government. c. Allows the courts to pass laws. d. Allows Congress to impose a national income tax.
Allows Congress to impose a national income tax.
What is the spoils system? The process by which laws are negated overtime. The process by which members of the court system are removed from office. Appointing members of Congress through voting processes. Appointing government jobs through patronage and expecting loyalty and support in return.
Appointing government jobs through patronage and expecting loyalty and support in return.
Why did the first Congress add a Bill of Rights to the Constitution? a. Because they were worried about mutinies in the Continental Army. b. Because the ratification process had made it clear that the people wanted a list of rights incorporated into the document. c. Because the Jay Treaty with England had contained a provision protecting the rights of British citizens in the United States. d. Because all the states had one, and they thought that the Constitution looked unbalanced without it.
Because the ratification process had made it clear that the people wanted a list of rights incorporated into the document.
What type of legislature is the United States Congress? Tricameral. Unicameral. Duocameral. Bicameral.
Bicameral.
Which of the following was not a concept referred to in the Declaration of Independence? Limited Government Natural Rights Block grants. Republicanism
Block Grants
What is committee clearance? Congressional authority to pass bills. Executive power to bypass Congress Executive power to align with Congress to bypass the courts. Congress reserves the authority to review and approve agency actions.
Congress reserves the authority to review and approve agency actions.
What was the great compromise at the Constitutional Convention? a. Congress was divided into two houses. The Senate was seated equally by state; The House of Representatives was seated by population. b. Only 3/5 of the enslaved population would be counted when calculating each state's representation in Congress. c. Knowing that George Washington would be the first president, people at the convention wrote the powers of the president with him in mind. d. Some powers were given to the states, some to the federal government, and some to both.
Congress was divided into two houses. The Senate was seated equally by state; The House of Representatives was seated by population.
Which of the following is a big liberal network? CNN CBS News Bloomberg News Fox News Channel
CNN
Who is the head of the Supreme Court? Speaker of the house. Head judge. Chief Justice. President.
Chief Justice.
Personal freedoms protected from arbitrary governmental interference or deprivation. Civil rights. Established clause. Civil liberties. Exclusionary rule.
Civil liberties.
What do entrance and exit polls do? Gauges attitudes on issues and candidates. Taken prior to announcing candidacy to measure support. Conducted on Election Day to predict an election. Measures where people stand heading into an election.
Conducted on Election Day to predict an election.
A person who chooses to obtain news from media outlets that report on issues in the way they agree with and subscribe to is due to incumbency advantage Confirmation Bias bipartisanship horse race journalism
Confirmation Bias
In regard to their political ideology, the Republican Party tends to be more. Conservative. Extreme. Moderate. Liberal.
Conservative.
A "free enterprise" economic system would most likely be supported by. Independents Progressives. Liberals. Conservatives.
Conservatives.
This group falls to the "right" of the political ideology spectrum. Conservatives. Independents Liberals. Progressives.
Conservatives.
What are civil liberties? Rules to govern relationships. Rules to govern communication. Personal freedoms not outlined in the Constitution and not protected by law. Constitutionally guaranteed personal freedoms protected from arbitrary governmental interference.
Constitutionally guaranteed personal freedoms protected from arbitrary governmental interference.
Which of the following is not one of the eight tenants of American democracy? Sovereignty. Individual worth. Limited government. Divine right theory.
Divine right theory.
What is saliency? A comprehensive set of ideas and beliefs. Divisive issues that are intensely important to a party or group. Special interest group topics. Political party aligned topics.
Divisive issues that are intensely important to a party or group.
The constitutional emphasis that protects life, liberty, and property through fair trials and proper judicial procedures to all Americans. Stare decisis. Due process. The Miranda rule. Selective incorporation.
Due Process
Which type of ballot including absentee / mail-in ballots? Early Voting provisional election day special exemption
Early Voting
Which type of ballot must be printed, private, include all candidates, and only be available at polling sites? Election Day early voting special exemption provisional
Election Day
A form of democracy, whereas small group of educated individuals are elected to make decisions that are best for the society. Participatory Elite. Implied Pluralist
Elite
This 14th amendment concept was most consistent with demands during the civil rights movement. Equal protection clause. Establishment Clause. Affirmative action. Free enterprise.
Equal protection clause.
This concept was enhanced during the Progressive Age to address "fairness" for all people in the economic sphere. Supply-Side economics. Populism. Rule of law. Equality of opportunity.
Equality of opportunity.
Which of the following is not one of the concepts included in the 14th amendment? Equal protection. Selective incorporation. Due process. Establishment cause
Establishment cause
Which theory about the origins of government holds that government was created as an extension of family ties? Force Theory Divine Right Theory Evolution Theory Social Contract Theory
Evolution theory.
Under the 4th Amendment, this concept prevents evidence that is obtained illegally from being used against an accused person. Free enterprise. Exclusionary rule. Miranda rule. Judicial review.
Exclusionary rule.
What is the main role of the executive branch of government? Design the laws. Pass the laws. Interpret the laws. Execute the laws.
Execute the laws.
What does libel mean? True statements that bring good fortune to another person. Choose statements that allow an individual to be free from personal liability. False statements that damage a person's reputation. False statements that cause no harm.
False statements that damage a person's reputation.
What is the Establishment Clause? The ability to build a new housing complex. Federal, state and local governments cannot establish, recognize, nor disregard any religion. The ability to create a new business. The ability for government to acknowledge and adopt A specific religion above all others.
Federal, state and local governments cannot establish, recognize, nor disregard any religion.
Our Republican system, in which power is distributed between federal, state and local governments, is called. Limited Government Federalism. Social Contract Elite Democracy
Federalism
Which of the following is a big conservative network? Fox News CNN OAN MSNBC
Fox News
The constitutional protection in question in the SCOTUS case, New York Times v. US, was. Free Press. Right to counsel. Symbolic speech. Free exercise.
Free Press.
What do public opinion polls do? Gauges attitudes on issues and candidates. Measures where people stand heading into an election. Conducted on Election Day to predict an election. Taken prior to announcing candidacy to measure support.
Gauges attitudes on issues and candidates.
Which of these events occurred first? a. The Intolerable Acts were passed. b. The Boston massacre Occurred. c. George III was crowned. d. The Declaration of Independence was written.
George III was crowned.
What term is used for an institution created by society to create and enforce laws? Amendment. Preamble. Government. Congress.
Government
What is appellate jurisdiction? Cases involving laws. Hearing cases from lower courts. Hearing cases from above courts. New cases.
Hearing cases from lower courts.
Why is John Locke an important name to know? a. His second treatise on Government explained that the best possible form of government is a divinely chosen dictator who exercises total authority over the details of everyday life. b. His second treatise on Government explained that the value of a thing was defined by the use that people put to it. If a property owner does not use his or her property, then it can be taken without compensation by someone who will put it to productive use. c. His second treatise on Government explained the social contract theory of government and led to several revolutions. d. His second treatise on Government explained that there was no single form of government that was best for everyone. Instead, every society had to have the precise form of government that best suited its needs.
His second treatise on Government explained the social contract theory of government and led to several revolutions
Low voter-turnout and voters who don't educate themselves on a candidate's platform and policies during an election season is most likely to be a result of Horse Race Journalism realignment retrospective voting open primary
Horse Race Journalism
These are an extension of the elastic clause that allows Congress the flexibility to make decisions that are necessary and proper. Exclusive powers. Concurrent powers. Implied powers. Enmerated powers
Implied powers
Which of the following is NOT an example of a "Linkage Institution"? Incumbency Advantage political parties the media interest groups
Incumbency Advantage
What is the main role of the judicial branch of government? Pass laws. Design the laws. Interpret the laws. Execute the laws.
Interpret the laws.
An interest group that donates to the campaign of a member of Congress. That Congress member will then vote in a committee to appropriate funds to the agency that the interest group benefits from. This is an example of a(n) mid term election party caucus Iron Triangle super pac
Iron Triangle
Which of the following items is a defining characteristic of a nation state? a. It has a flag. b. Remove the public all shared folder, (habits and behaviors) c. It has a group of people. (the population) d. members of its population all speak the language.
It has a group of people. (the population)
This concept focuses on fiscal policy, and the need of the government to intervene when society isn't meeting healthy economic demands, like during the 2008 recession. Keynesian theory. Supply-side theory. Fiscal policy. Monetary policy.
Keynesian theory.
What is right to counsel? Ability to convene a counsel of Advisors. Ability to talk with the judge and jury outside of the public view. Lawyers will be provided for all accused people. Lawyers can be made available to anyone accused of a crime for a certain monetary amount.
Lawyers will be provided for all accused people.
The power of the purse is given to which branch of government? Executive. Constitution. Legislative. Judicial.
Legislative
The power of impeachment lies within which branch of government. Judicial. Constitution. Legislative. Executive.
Legislative.
In regard to their political ideology, the Democratic Party tends to be more. Extreme. Conservative. Liberal. Moderate.
Liberal.
What is an off the line political ideology? Libertarian. Democrat. Federalist. Republican.
Libertarian.
Which of the following groups is least likely to support Medicare? Progressives. Libertarians. Populists. Liberals.
Libertarians.
What did the USA Patriot Act address? Limited rights of American residents when they move abroad. Gave blanket immunity to American soldiers abroad. Gave rights to American citizens. Limited rights of suspected terrorists home and abroad.
Limited rights of suspected terrorists home and abroad.
What do tracking polls do? Measures where people stand heading into an election. Cages. Attitudes on issues or candidates. Conducted on Election Day to predict an election. Taken prior to announcing candidacy to measure support.
Measures where people stand heading into an election.
5th Amendment rights must be provided and read to those accused of a crime, according to the. Miranda rule. Implied powers act. Delegated discretionary authority. Rule of law.
Miranda rule.
What is the name for the form of government where power is held by a small group of people who then control the entire government. Direct democracy, or Republic Direct democracy. Autocracy. Oligarchy.
Oligarchy.
A state election where the people choose the nominee for a political party in an upcoming election, regardless of the party that the voter is registered for, is a(n): party caucus closed primary incumbency advantage Open Primary
Open Primary
Groups of voters with a similar demographic (like women, high-income earners, or the black community) ad political affiliation are called: Party Coalition iron triangle rational-choice voter super PAC
Party Coalition
What is the main role of the legislative branch of government? Pass laws. Interpret the laws. Design the laws. Execute the laws.
Pass laws.
What is the 17th amendment? Congressional power to appoint judges. People of each state directly elect their senators. People voting to directly elect the President through majority vote. Presidential power to appoint ambassadors.
People of each state directly elect their senators.
Which off-the-line political affiliation tends to be made-up of less educated, very religious, strongly patriotic, blue collar Americans. Libertarians. Independents Progressives. Populists.
Populists.
What term refers to the ability to control the actions of others? Power. Bureaucracy. Independence. Government.
Power.
What does the 8th Amendment address? Protects against cruel and unusual punishment and excessive fines. Protects against religious discrimination. Ability to publish and print. Right to bear arms.
Protects against cruel and unusual punishment and excessive fines.
Which of the following is not one of the five purposes of government? Maintain order. Maintain economy. Provide equalization. Providing public services.
Provide equalization
If a nation state is invaded by another nation, what purpose has its government failed to perform? Provide economic security. Provide public services. Maintain order. Provide national security and protection.
Provide national security and protection
Which type of ballot is "set aside" ballots; allows for the verification of a voter? Provisional election day special exemption early voting
Provisional
The United States is governed based upon the needs of the citizens and not by a hereditary ruling class. Period. This political ideology is called. Republicanism. Pluralist Democracy Social Contract Natural Rights
Republicanism
Which voting model would reflect a voter's decision not to reelect an incumbent president because of a previous sexual misconduct scandal? rational choice Retrospective party line prospective
Retrospective
What is patronage? Rewarding party loyalists with jobs. Participating in an event. Increasing participation among opposing party members. Rewarding outsiders with money and influence.
Rewarding party loyalists with jobs.
Under the principle, all members of a society - Even elected ones, are held to the same standards of legal accountability. Equality of opportunity. Rule of law. Progressivism. Keynesian theory.
Rule of law.
Which showed the weakness of the United States government under the Articles of Confederation. a. The laws of nations was published. b. The Northwest Ordinance was passed. c. Shay's rebellion occurred. d. The American Revolution occurred.
Shay's rebellion occurred.
Which is an example of entitlement. Government. Political parties. Taxes. Social Security.
Social Security.
Who is the head of the House of Representatives? President pro tempore. Speaker of the house. Majority speaker. Majority whip.
Speaker of the house.
The 15th, 19th, and 26th amendments are examples of the expansion of? confirmation bias Sufferage closed primaries bipartisanship
Suffrage
As a result of Citizens United v. the FEC, these independent, political committees that can receive unlimited contributions were created. Linkage institutions Super PACs demographic campaigns party caucuses
Super PAC's
Tinker v. Des Moines demonstrated that this right is protected by the Constitution. Privileges and immunities. Free Press. Defamatory speech Symbolic speech.
Symbolic speech.
What do benchmark polls do? Conducted on Election Day to predict an election. Measures where people stand heading into an election. Taken prior to announcing candidacy to measure support. Gauges attitudes on issues or candidates.
Taken prior to announcing candidacy to measure support.
Which of these had the most influence on the American Revolution? The Great awakening. Socialism. The Renaissance. The Enlightenment.
The Enlightenment.
What is original jurisdiction? The authority to hear cases for the first time. Cases involving other judges. Cases in certain geographic area. The authority to review previous cases.
The authority to hear cases for the first time.
What is legislated discretionary authority? The power to interpret legislation and create rules. The power to overrule other branches of government. The power of oversight. The power to remove a president.
The power to interpret legislation and create rules.
What is the name for the beginning portion of the US Constitution that explains the purposes of the United States government? The preamble. The Declaration of Independence. The branch. The articles.
The preamble
What is executive privilege? a. The president's right to examine classified documents. b. The executive branch's ability to check the legislative branch. c. The president's right to withhold information from another branch. d. The executive branch is ability to check the judicial branch.
The president's right to withhold information from another branch.
Who is the head of the executive branch of government? Chief Justice. The president. CEO. Speaker of the house.
The president.
Which is political socialization. The ability of a party to hold their own conference. The process by which you develop your political beliefs. The process by which people elect members of their party. The way parties interact with each other.
The process by which you develop your political beliefs.
What is procedural due process? The process involved in being charged through a crime, covered by the 1st amendment. The way in which the law is carried out; Applied by the 5th and 14th amendments. The ability to create a business. The ability to defend it oneself in court.
The way in which the law is carried out; Applied by the 5th and 14th amendments.
Money that is provided by the federal government for an initiative that comes with conditions, or strings is known as a. Categorical grant. Enumerated Power Block Grant Exclusive Power
categorical grant
In federalism, powers that are specifically granted to the federal government are known as. Implied Powers Enumerated Powers Concurrent Powers Exclusive powers.
exclusive powers
Which of the following would not be a characteristic of liberalism? (liberal ideology) Leniency on punishments. less taxation. Enhancing social welfare. Less constrained by tradition.
less taxation.
The Declaration of Independence encouraged this concept, where laws and a constitution would place restrictions on governing authorities. a. Federalism b. Mandates c. Limited Government d. Elite Democracy
limited government
These are listed in Article 1, Section 8. Natural rights Block Grants Mandates Enumerated Powers
natural rights
A model of democracy where decisions are made by factions of people who have common interests is called. Pluralist democracy. Moderate Democracy Elite Democracy Participatory Democracy
pluralist democracy
