American Gov. Midterm

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A large sample size w/ randomness

Christian, common Church goers, and church affiliations are more likely to vote...

Republican

What are some political socialization influences?

Schools, Churches, peers, and parents

What legal principle holds that evidence collected during a search found to be unconstitutional cannot be used in trial? a. Exclusionary rule b. Incorporation clause c. Fifth Amendment d. Full faith and credit clause e. Seventh Amendment

a. Exclusionary rule

Inciting a crowd to violence is not protected speech because it can lead to which of the following? a. Imminent lawless action b. Prior restraint c. Extra spending by police forces on crowd control d. Obscenity e. Evil

a. Imminent lawless action

The Virginia Plan included which of the following? a. It called for a bicameral legislature. b. It worked to the advantage of the small states. c. It provided for the direct election of the president by the people. d. It settled all of the controversies. e. It called for Supreme Court justices to select the president.

a. It called for a bicameral legislature.

Which of the following terms is used for certain types of nonverbal activities, such as flag burning or students wearing black armbands to school that the Supreme Court has ruled were protected under the First Amendment? a. Symbolic speech or expression b. Direct speech c. Fighting words d. Hate speech

a. Symbolic speech or expression

Which of the following prevents states from using their powers to thwart national policy? a. The supremacy clause b. The necessary and proper clause c. The general welfare clause d. The federalist clause e. The expressed powers clause

a. The supremacy clause

What is a Push Poll?

an opinion poll in which the true objective is to sway voters using loaded or manipulative questions.

The only formal method used so far to propose an amendment to the Constitution has been which of the following? a. The popular vote of the people b. A two-thirds vote in favor of it by both houses of Congress c. State legislatures or conventions in three-quarters of the states d. A national convention e. A proposal by the president

b. A two-thirds vote in favor of it by both houses of Congress

Which of the following is true with regard to the Great Compromise? a. It was advanced by delegates from Georgia. b. It proposed a bicameral legislature with equal representation in the Senate. c. It was presented too late to be considered. d. It was proposed by Delaware. e. It proposed a unicameral legislature in which each state would have one vote.

b. It proposed a bicameral legislature with equal representation in the Senate

The Declaration of Independence listed grievances against which of the following people, including the suspension of popularly elected colonial legislatures, taxing without representation, and trials without juries? a. King George II b. King George III c. Queen Elizabeth d. George Washington e. Thomas Jefferson

b. King George III

Which of the following metaphors best describes dual federalism? a. Sponge cake b. Layer cake c. Fruit cake d. Marble cake e. Pineapple upside down cake

b. Layer cake

What is the political theory that holds that the government should do what most of the people want it to do? a. Pluralism b. Majoritarianism c. Elite theory d. Proportionalism e. Democratic centralism

b. Majoritarianism

Which of the following is an example of direct democracy? a. Louisiana's use of the parish b. New England town meetings c. The Soviet Union in the 1980s d. Voting in party primaries e. The electoral college system

b. New England town meetings

What did Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. advocate as a means to achieve racial justice? a. Violence b. Nonviolent civil disobedience c. Race riots d. Enforcing segregation and creating superior public services for blacks e. Black militancy

b. Nonviolent civil disobedience

What is the constitutional provision that allows federal laws to take precedent over state laws? a. Commerce clause b. Supremacy clause c. Concurrent powers d. Reserve powers e. Elastic clause

b. Supremacy clau

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal" are the first words of which of the following documents? a. The Constitution of the United States of America b. The Declaration of Independence c. The Magna Carta d. The United Nations Charter e. The Bill of Rights

b. The Declaration of Independence

The verdict of Plessy v. Ferguson directly resulted in which of the following? a. The integration of public schools in the South b. The development of a system of legalized racial segregation c. The end of racial segregation d. A constitutional amendment granting Congress more power to deal authoritatively with racial problems e. A complex system of busing to alleviate the effects of past racism

b. The development of a system of legalized racial segregation

The Declaration of Independence was necessary for which of the following reasons? a. To establish a framework for a new system of government that would allow taxation without representation b. To establish the legitimacy of the new nation in the eyes of foreign governments and the colonists c. To create a delicate balance between federal and state powers d. To identify the reasons the British saw separation from the colonies as necessary e. To demand a separation of church and state

b. To establish the legitimacy of the new nation in the eyes of foreign governments and the colonists

What is the basic premise of federalism? a. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses. b. Two or more governments share power and authority over the same land and people. c. Supreme political authority remains with the states. d. The national government has ultimate sovereignty over a country's land and people. e. State and local governments may not exercise powers of their own that are independent of the national government.

b. Two or more governments share power and authority over the same land and people.

What did the white primary in southern states allow? a. All races to participate in elections on an equal basis b. Whites to exclude African Americans from voting in Democratic Party primaries c. Voters to select ballots for each party based on different skin colors d. African Americans the opportunity to vote for the first time e. Whites to exclude African Americans from voting in the general elections

b. Whites to exclude African Americans from voting in Democratic Party primaries

Those advocating for women's suffrage, including Susan B. Anthony, were working primarily for what goal? a. The prohibition of the sale and consumption of alcohol b. Women's right to vote c. The prohibition of so-called "marriage laws" giving husbands control over women's property d. Women's right to free public education e. The opportunity to work at male-dominated jobs

b. Women's right to vote

The population of the United States is expected to do which of the following over the next 30 years? a. Shrink as immigration slows b. Shrink, due to a low fertility rate c. Continue to grow, due to immigration d. Continue to grow, due to a high fertility rate e. Shrink, as immigration slows and the fertility rate declines

c. Continue to grow, due to immigration

Which clause of the Constitution is the basis for the separation of church and state? a. Free exercise b. Supremacy c. Establishment d. Due process e. Necessary and proper

c. Establishment

The Jamestown colonists set a political precedent by doing which of the following? a. Allowing the government to use a line-item veto b. Instituting a direct democracy c. Instituting a representative assembly d. Creating a judicial system e. Writing a constitutional document

c. Instituting a representative assembly

Who drafted the Bill of Rights? a. George Washington b. Thomas Jefferson c. James Madison d. John Adams e. Benjamin Franklin

c. James Madison

Which of the following is the largest Latino/Hispanic group in the United States today? a. Puerto Ricans b. Cuban Americans c. Mexican Americans d. Salvadoran Americans e. Honduran Americans

c. Mexican Americans

A major weakness of the Articles of Confederation was a lack of which of the following? a. A bicameral legislature b. A national system of courts c. Power to raise funds for the militia d. Power to tax exports e. State-supported currencies

c. Power to raise funds for the militia

Which of the following does the final provision in Article I, Section 8, of the Constitution, sometimes known as the elastic clause, state? a. The inherent powers of Congress b. Five ways that enumerated powers can be carried out c. That Congress can make laws that are necessary and proper to carry out its enumerated powers d. That Congress can declare war in situations that can be characterized as demanding flexibility e. A flexible procedure for immediate removal of the president from office

c. That Congress can make laws that are necessary and proper to carry out its enumerated powers

During the constitutional deliberations, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison, to sway public opinion, wrote 85 essays known as which of the following? a. The Antifederalist Papers b. Common Sense c. The Federalist Papers d. The Mayflower Compact e. The Pluralist Papers

c. The Federalist Papers

States were granted extra representation based on the number of slaves they held under which of the following? a. The slavery population clause b. The equal population clause c. The three-fifths compromise d. The five-eighths compromise e. The census clause

c. The three-fifths compromise

What are federal mandates? a. They are rules for operation in the Supreme Court. b. They are requirements attached to state laws to dispense state grants. c. They are requirements in federal legislation that force states to comply with federal rules. d. They are accompanied by federal funding to cover costs of the mandate. e. They are unconstitutional acts by the states.

c. They are requirements in federal legislation that force states to comply with federal rules.

What was the purpose of the poll tax used in many southern states? a. To prevent northern immigrants from moving to the South and voting in local elections b. To determine who was intelligent enough to vote c. To dissuade African Americans and poor whites from voting d. To force individuals to buy property in order to be eligible to vote e. To raise funds for voter registration among the minority community

c. To dissuade African Americans and poor whites from voting

Which of the following is known as the transfer of government power from the national government to state governments? a. Cooperative federalism b. Revolution c. Regression d. Devolution e. Dual federalism

d. Devolution

What does the incorporation doctrine do? a. It provides for congressional oversight into multinational corporations. b. It allows companies to incorporate through government application. c. It provides for government oversight to corporations doing business with the government. d. It is the view that the provisions of the Bill of Rights are extended to individuals for protection against action by states. e. It holds the view that most of the protections of the Bill of Rights apply to foreign government activities through the Fourteenth Amendment.

d. It is the view that the provisions of the Bill of Rights are extended to individuals for protection against action by states.

Which of the following metaphors best describes cooperative federalism? a. Layer cake b. Sponge cake c. Fruit cake d. Marble cake e. Bundt cake

d. Marble cake

To what does prior restraint refer? a. Closed sessions of hearings by Congress b. Methods used by the government to get terrorists to talk c. Prohibition of judges from legislating from the bench d. Restraining an activity, such as expression, before that activity has actually occurred e. Ability of police to detain people when riots appear imminent

d. Restraining an activity, such as expression, before that activity has actually occurred

Which of the following did the Fifteenth Amendment do? a. Outlaw slavery b. Provide equal protection under the law c. Give 18-year-olds the right to vote d. State that the right to vote shall not be abridged on account of race e. Give women the right to vote

d. State that the right to vote shall not be abridged on account of race

The government of the United States is best described as which of the following? a. A direct democracy b. confederation c. constitutional monarchy d. An anarchy e. A democratic republic

e. A democratic republic

The effects of government can be found in which of the following? a. The food you eat b. The schools most children attend c. The sales tax you pay on purchases d. The distribution of the assets of the deceased e. All of these are correct.

e. All of the above

A government in which the ruler fully controls government itself but largely stays out of religious and business institutions is which of the following? a. A democratic republic b. A direct democracy c. A representative democracy d. Totalitarian e. Authoritarian

e. Authoritarian

Concern for the dangers of uneducated mob rule led James Madison and others of his time to caution against which of the following? a. The right to bear arms b. Freedom of speech c. Democratic republics d. Popular sovereignty e. Direct democracy

e. Direct democracy

The guarantee against cruel and unusual punishment is found in which of the following constitutional amendments? a. First b. Second c. Fourth d. Sixth e. Eighth

e. Eighth

Which of the following best describes police power? a. It is the authority to tax citizens. b. It is reserved for the federal government to fight terrorism. c. It is the states' rights to make laws that are prohibited by the U.S. Constitution in order to regulate commerce within their borders. d. It is the power of local police to stop drivers suspected of being illegal immigrants. e. It is the authority to legislate for the protection of the health, welfare, safety, and morals of the people that is delegated to the states.

e. It is the authority to legislate for the protection of the health, welfare, safety, and morals of the people that is delegated to the states.

Originally, the Bill of Rights limited only the power of which of the following? a. State government b. Regional government c. Executive branch d. Supreme Court e. National government

e. National government

Which of the following best describes the concept of civil rights? a. Rights generally accorded all citizens b. Political rights of speech and assembly c. Rights extended to citizens from legislative action d. Guarantees of life, liberty, and property granted to all citizens e. Powers and privileges guaranteed to individuals and protected by the government to ensure equal protection and freedom from discrimination

e. Powers and privileges guaranteed to individuals and protected by the government to ensure equal protection and freedom from discrimination

Which of the following prohibited slavery in the United States? a. Article V b. Article IV c. The Fifteenth Amendment d. The Tenth Amendment e. The Thirteenth Amendment

e. The Thirteenth Amendment

What is the principal of randomness in a survey?

everyone has an equal chance of getting selected

What it the transfer of political powers?

goes from parents to children

What is socioeconomic status based on?

income, educational credentials, and occupational prestige