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The duties and powers of the U.S. president are spelled out in which Article of the Constitution?

Article II

According to Barbour & Wright, most bills introduced in Congress usually:

Die by inaction at the committee stage

According to the U.S. Supreme Court video we watched in class, the ____________ decision was a "self-inflicted wound" by the court.

Dred Scott

According to Barbour & Wright, which of the following is not a criterion used by presidents in choosing Supreme Court nominees?

Endorsements received by national news media

True or False: When the government is a party in a case before the Supreme Court, the Attorney General represents the United States.

FALSE

According to Barbour & Wright, James Madison defended the creation of a republican form of government in the Constitution, for all of the following reasons except:

He believed participatory democracy was the only moral form of government

According to Barbour & Wright, meeting and greeting foreign dignitaries is an example of which presidential role?

Head of State

According to Barbour & Wright, the U.S. Constitution has survived over a long period of time because:

IT is hard to amend and is not too detailed or explicit

According to Barbour & Wright, political culture is learned from all of the following except:

Ideologies

According to Barbour & Wright, the significance of the McCulloch v. Maryland ruling is that it:

Increased the power of the federal government

According to Barbour & Wright, the delegate to the Constitutional Convention who had the greatest impact on the document was:

James Madison

According to Barbour & Wright, compared with the situation found in most countries, the range of the ideological spectrum in the United States is:

Narrower because of our shared political culture

Decisions of the U.S. Circuit Courts are made by:

Panels of three judges

According to Barbour & Wright, the main reason we struggle to recognize our own political culture is that:

People generally take their political culture for granted

Because of Chief Justice John Marshall's ruling in Marbury v. Madison, the:

Power of the Court vastly increased

"Stare decisis" is the latin term that refers to the practice of relying on:

Precedent

According to Barbour & Wright, "liberals" are people who believe in the widespread use of government power for:

Reducing economic inequality

According to Barbour & Wright, the job of confirming presidential appointments belongs to the:

Senate

How many women are currently on the U.S. Supreme Court?

Three

Judges in state courts are:

chosen by a variety of procedures that include election and appointment

According to Barbour & Wright, Congress:

is rarely able to override a presidential veto

According to Barbour & Wright, the framers hoped that the Senate would be _____________ the House of Representatives.

more stable than

According to Barbour & Wright, Americans believe in equality of opportunity, which is a _____________ concept of equality.

procedural

According to Barbour & Wright, which of the following is not among the congressional checks and balances in relation to the executive branch?

the power to veto acts of the president

According to Barbour & Wright, the major differences between the House and the Senate include all of the following except:

their power in the legislative process