Midterm

A  Americans oppose the idea of big government, but favor big government in practice

B  Americans prefer conservative congressional candidates but vote for liberal presidential candidates

C  Americans prefer spending time with their families than learning about politics

D  Americans complain about tv shows like Jerry Springer, but continue to watch them anyway

A  productive and unproductive

B  casual and formal

C  conventional and unconventional

D  elitist and pluralist

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  most Americans know who the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court is

B  most Americans know very little about politics

C  almost all Americans know who represents them in the House and the Senate

D  more Americans knew about George Bush’s tax policies than knew what his leasts favorite vegetable was.

A  different question wording can result in big difference responses

B  words like “prefer”, “favorable”, and “approve” carry negative connotations that make Americans less satisfied with government

C  the public dislikes short questions and is unlikely to answer them

D  polllsters charge by the word, making longer questions more costly

A  without getting a warrant

B  only if there are witnesses

C  only if that person gives consent

D  only if the officer plans to arrest that person

A  Americans were in need of a complete social transformation

B  it only involved wealthy, property owning elites

C  because it was spearheaded by Pat Buchanan

D  Americans did not feel the need for great, social, economic, or political upheaval

A  freedom to vote

B  one person, one vote

C  inclusion

D  universal citizenship

A  national defense issues

B  tariff issues

C  social issues

D  interstate commerce issues

A  magazines

B  radio

C  television

D  newspapers

A  slavery was immoral but necessary

B  black men were citizens but women were not

C  the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional

D  only Congress could ban slavery

A  neighbors

B  peer groups

C  schools

D  the democratic and republican parties

A  they had complete confidence in ordinary Americans to make sound decisions

B  they believed that the working class would make better decisions than the elite class

C  they were skeptical that ordinary Americans could make informed decisions

D  they believed that democracy was only a temporary form of government

A  she’s an independent

B  she’s a democrat

C  she’s a libertarian

D  she’s a republican

A  polling allows leaders to avoid compromise

B  polling allows policymakers to keep in touch with changing opinion on the issues

C  polling discourages bold leadership

D  polls can be worded so that politicians get whatever responses they want

A  volunteering at a campaign

B  writing letters to government officials

C  giving money to candidates

D  voting

A  candidate loyalty and authoritarianism

B  political participation and suspicion of out-groups

C  political participation and strength of party attachment

D  liberalism and political tolerance

A  government programs to help individuals invest their Social Security income would likely be higher on the political agenda

B  government run services would likely be privatized

C  government workers would likely unionize

D  government programs to alleviate economic inequality would likely be higher on the political agenda

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  use of telephone books and motor vehicle records will bias a sample toward higher income groups

B  sample sizes have been getting smaller not larger

C  accurate representation of the population is the most important feature of a public opinion survey

D  random samples must include millions of people to accurately reflect public opinion

A  free exercise clause

B  restoration of rights clause

C  due process clause

D  none of the above

A  Women

B  Jews

C  Born again Christians

D  African Americans

A  First Amendment

B  First Amendment

C  Third Amendment

D  Sixth Amendment

A  maintaining peace through strength

B  prayers in school

C  voting

D  affirmative action

A  Principles of extradition

B  Equal Protection Clause

C  Privileges and Immunities Clause

D  Full Faith and Credit Clause

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  Eleventh

B  Twenty First

C  Twenty Eight

D  Seventh

A  protection of criminal defendant’s rights

B  protection of African Americans

C  protection of social welfare policies

D  protection of agricultural subsidies

A  the President

B  the states

C  the Congress

D  the national government

A  to ratify amendments to the constitution

B  to regulate commerce between states

C  to declare war

D  to tax

A  watching CNN’s coverage of the Republican National Convention

B  demonstrating against President Trump’s immigration policies

C  filing a lawsuit opposing the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools

D  voting in Congressional elections

A  Whites

B  African Americans

C  Hispanics

D  Asian Americans

A  students

B  elites

C  interest groups

D  lawmakers

A  comparable attitudes

B  gender gap

C  sexual profiling

D  the phantom leap

A  list of registered voters

B  random digital dialing telephone interviews

C  email

D  questionnaires sent through the mail

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  federation

B  confederation

C  union

D  republic

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  younger citizens participate more than older citizens

B  more educated citizens participate more than less educated citizens

C  citizens of lower socioeconomic status participate more

D  minorities participate more than whites

A  the exclusionary rule

B  the unconstitutional actions rule

C  the golden rule

D  the inclusionary rule

A  Government should regulate the economy in the public interest

B  Prayer belongs in school

C  Taxes and spending should be kept low

D  The United States should stop letting criminals hide behind the law

A  the mixing kettle

B  potluck culture

C  the melting pot

D  the American stew

A  raising the drinking age

B  declaring school segregation unconstitutional

C  eliminating after school programs to save money

D  cutting taxes

A  The poll excluded owners of automobiles

B  The poll undersampled middle-class voters who owned telephones

C  The poll oversampled those with higher income

D  The poll oversampled groups heavily Democratic in orientation

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  statistical anomaly

B  sampling error

C  happenstance result

D  unhappy public

A  Fifth

B  Fourth

C  First

D  Fourteenth

A  aimed at ending the preponderance of male candidates holding public office

B  the elimination of discriminatory voter registration tests

C  to allow members of all races the opportunity to vote starting in 1972

A  president to veto judicial decisions

B  Congress to select justices of the Supreme Court

C  president to unilaterally pass laws during a time of crisis

D  president to veto congressional acts

A  conservatism

B  libertarianism

C  liberalism

D  republicanism

A  only a handful of American born males are permitted to hold public office

B  the people elect representatives who make laws

C  all citizens personally participate in the policymaking process

D  only a handful of wealthy individuals are allowed to vote

A  both a and b

B  quotas were declared unconstitutional

C  quotas were determined to be constitutional

D  race can be considered but can’t be the sole/determinate factor in admission decisions

A  schools may not practice any type of racial segregation

B  separation of the races is not a violation of the Constitution, thereby establishing the “separate but equal” doctrine

C  the national government has the power to to force all people to treat each other as equals

D  African Americans are not persons for purposes of the Constitution

A  working as a caseworker for a social service agency

B  calling your representative to express your opinions about upcoming legislation

C  compiling a statistical analysis on the demographic factors of students enrolled at a local community college

D  donating money to a charity for the homeless

A  power sharply divided between the states and the national government

B  law making, law enforcing, and law interpreting powers are shared by separate and independent institutions

C  each nation has the power to exercise political control within its borders

D  Both Democrats and Republicans alternating in political power

A  the national government does not have the power to force any type of action on local school boards

B  ethnic minorities have no rights to equal treatment by the government

C  separation of the races for a reason like education is not a violation of the Constitution

D  public school segregation violates the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment

A  the sixth

B  the first

C  the fourth

D  the ninth

A  equal rights for white women

B  the protection of individual liberties from the states

C  equal protection for Native Americans

D  the protection of individual liberties from the national government

A  whether or not there should be anymore new states

B  voting rights for ethnic minorities

C  national supremacy versus the rights of the separate states

D  extradition

A  the white primary

B  the grandfather clause

C  the poll tax

D  all of the above

A  make treaties with other nations

B  regulate the sale of liquor

C  license marriages

D  license occupations

A  forced states to abolish poll tax requirements

B  allowed black males the opportunity to vote

C  allowed women the right to vote

D  forced states to allow residents the right to vote

A  Article II, section 2 of the Constitution

B  the precedent established in the Articles of Confederation

C  state constitutions

D  the elastic clause

A  are limitations placed on state governments to protect citizens

B  refers to the rights of all Americans to the equal treatment under the law

C  are limitations placed on the national government to protect citizens

D  refers to the first ten amendments to the constitution

A  ruled that McCulloch had violated a state law and must pay the tax with interest

B  determined that the issue was not a federal question and should be decided by state courts

C  ruled that Maryland could only taxt the value of the money at a rate that could not exceed 10 percent of the total assets of the Bank of the United States

D  established the doctrine of implied powers

A  from the bottom to the top

B  directly to the people bypassing the government

C  from the central government to the state or local governments

D  from the local and state governments to the central government

A  the creation of a strong party system

B  that state and local interests can block progress and impede national plans

C  the rigidness of the national government in accepting change

D  all of the above

A  was rarely enforced

B  easily passed the senate

C  was relatively symbolic

D  forbade discrimination on the basis of race

A  was whether the national government could create a bank

B  was whether Congress could incur a debt on behalf of the state

C  both a and b

D  was wether a state could tax a national bank

A  all women seeking abortions to receiving counseling prior to the abortion

B  judicial or parental permission for females under 18 seeking an abortion

C  a 24 hour waiting period

D  spousal notification with written consent, as it placed an “undue burden” on the woman

A  tax branches of the federal government

B  conduct foreign policy in matters of trade

C  prevent their citizens from traveling to other states

D  regulate commerce within its borders

A  states that the 14th Amendment protects the Bill of Rights against state government abuses

B  bans the establishment of an official language in the United States

C  states that the Federal government has the power to impose unfunded mandates

D  established the precedent for eminent domain

A  evidence obtained from an illegal search and seizure can not be used in a trial

B  “fighting words” can be excluded from constitutional protections

C  people that are biased against a defendant may be excluded from serving on a jury

D  a court can order or constraint an action by an individual

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  the powers found in Article IV of the Constitution

B  the powers reserved for local government

C  the powers expressly delegated to the government

D  powers denied to the state and the national government by the Constitution

A  the bureaucracy

B  Congress

C  the executive branch

D  the states

A  enumeration

B  federalism

C  checks and balances

D  implied powers

A  Roe v. Wade

B  U.S. v. Lopez

C  Webster v. Reproductive Health Services

D  Griswold v. Connecticut

A  allow you to be tried by a jury of your peers

B  provide you with legal counsel in all criminal felony cases

C  allow you to confront your accuser

D  inform you of your constitutional rights before placing you under arrest

A  reserved to the states respectively or to the people

B  the sole authority of the executive branch

C  reserved to the central government

D  the sole authority of Congress

A  its acknowledgement of Christian principles

B  the ease with which it can be amended

C  its flexibility

D  none of the above

A  specific limitations on the government outlined in the Bill of Rights

B  rights of ethnic minorities to go to court and fight injustice

C  basic rights set forth by God that no government can deny

D  rights of criminals found in Article I of the Constitution

A  applied the national Bill of Rights as a limitation on the states

B  protect and individual’s freedom or religious expression

C  codified the right to privacy

D  established the Supremacy Doctrine

A  the appropriations clause

B  the necessary and proper clause

C  the supremacy clause

D  the commerce clause

A  guarantee and actively protect the rights of minorities

B  limit political participation to individuals who are properly educated

C  require two-thirds support of legislation before it can become an enforceable law

D  all of the above

A  equality of practice that did not have to exclude racial segregation

B  nonviolent civil disobedience

C  equality for all, through strong force when necessary

D  divide and conquer

A  unfair competition

B  reverse discrimination

C  unequal access

D  restraints of trade

A  a limitation on the power of the government

B  non-expansion, with the current geographic size of the government as large or small as it can be

C  allowing only a set of number of new immigrants into the country

D  a predetermined period of time for state governments to vote for or against a new amendment to the constitution

A  the large states over small states

B  national law over state law

C  non-slave states over slave states

D  women over men

A  political socialization

B  gradual acquiescence

C  presumptive organization

D  public opinion knowledge

A  a method by which the President can check the judiciary

B  the process of confirmation of federal judges by Congress

C  the ability of the Courts to declare laws unconstitutional

D  the power of Congress to remove the President from office

A  means that only the Supreme Court can create an official religion

B  means that states can appropriate more than 15% of its total budget for religious education and religious purposes

C  means that a state’s citizens can adopt an official state prayer

D  means that neither the federal government nor the state governments can set up an official church

A  random sampling

B  in person interviews

C  font selection

D  indexing

A  prohibited slavery and involuntary servitude

B  forced states to alter their constitutions to end slavery by making the children of slaves free while allowing slavery for existing slaves

C  mandated that all persons “will be treated as total equals from this date forward”

D  had little impact on state governments and slavery

A  supreme political authority remains with the national government

B  two or more levels governments share power and authority over the same people and territory

C  supreme executive power derives from a mandate by the masses

D  supreme political authority remains with the states

A  in the Magna Carta

B  in the Constitution

C  in the Declaration of Independence

D  in the Articles of Confederation

A  the census

B  public opinion polls

C  the literary digest

D  malapportionment