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Which of the following concepts became a major objective of government after industrialization and urbanization?

Equality

Federalism, or the division of power between a national government and regional units, stands in contrast to

unitary government

The method for choosing the president was designed to address what?

Distrust of the judgment of the people and the small states' fears that the large states would dominate the selection process

Supporters of the Constitution named themselves

Federalist

Those who supported the new Constitution were called ______, and those who opposed it were called _______.

Federalists; Antifederalists

How likely are voters to participate in state and local elections compared with national elections?

Less likely

James Madison examined historical data on republics, confederations, and aristocracies to learn about the formation of a government. His conclustions are found in

The Federalist papers

A shift away from dual federalism and toward cooperative federalism was a response to the problems associated with

The Great Depression

Which characteristic of the Constitution most angered Anti-Federalists?

The lack of Bill of Rights

What role do interest groups play in educating policymakers about political issues?

They are an important source of political information

How does education affect voter turnout?

Well educated people are more likely to vote than are their less educated counterparts

If the U.S. system of single-member districts with plurality voting were replaced with a system of proportional representation, one possible consequence would be

a movement toward a multiparty system

Which of the following statements concerning gender and political beliefs is INCORRECT? a. Men are more likely to favor the death penalty. b. Women are more likely to favor going to war. c. Women are more likely to favor government action to promote equality. d. Women are more likely to favor affirmative action. e. Men are less likely to favor increased spending on social programs.

b. Women are more likely to favor going to war.

The idea that each American should be economically self-reliant is most closely associated with the principle of

capitalism

Under separation of powers, the U.S. system keeps power among branches balanced by enabling one branch to counter the actions of another by the use of

checks and balances

Generally, the first agent of political socialization that people are exposed to is

family

The major agents of early socialization in the United States are

family, school, community, and peers

The single most important factor leading to the Constitution Convention was the

inability of the national or state governments to maintain order under the Articles

Separation of power and federalism were two key principles in the framing of the Constitution. These two principles are related in that each

involves a system of checks and balances in which power is dispersed

CBS News regularly features stories on health-related issues and prescription drugs because

it has the oldest viewing audience among all network television news programs

Lobbyists often have degrees in

law

Characteristics frequently associated with nonvoters are

low education, low income, and being relatively young

The power of the people--popular majority rule--was limited by the Constitution in several ways, including

making the amending of the Constitution relatively difficult

The following groups have in general become more Democratic than Republican today

non-whites

The complexity of the American federal system encourages

pluralism

The division of authority in the U.S. Constitution among competing branches and levels of government has encouraged the development of

pluralism

Each citizen having one vote demonstrates

political equality

The political knowledge of many young adults changes from high school to college if the college student's education includes

questioning established values

The accuracy of the population sample used for public opinion polls depends on

randomness of selection, size of sample, and variation in the population

Originally, the Constitutional Convention's purpose was to

revise the Articles of Confederation

Most politicians and many scholars believe that the media's greatest influence on politics is its ability to

set the political agenda

An example of a concurrent power is

tax (concurrent powers refer to those which belong to both the national and state governments)

For the United States, the core substantive principles of democracy are embedded in

the Bill of Rights and other amendments to the constituation

Larger states benefited most under what plan?

the Virginia Plan

The New Jersey Plan was a reaction by some states primarily to the fear that

the Virginia plan gave too much power to the populous states

The Antifederalists attacked the proposed Constitution on the grounds that

the national government it created was too strong

The framers of the Constitution left the issue of voter enfranchisement to

the states

The basic premise of federalism is that

two or more governments share power and authority over the same land and people

The primary goal of Federalist, No. 10 was to demonstrate that the new government

would not fall under the dominance of any one faction