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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