Final Exam

A  The United States and China

B  Cuba and the United States

C  Canada and Mexico

D  Canada, Mexico, and the United States

A  Chief diplomat

B  Chief executive

C  Commander in chief

D  Chief legislator

A  Provide political gains for legislators supporting its passage

B  Move responsibility for providing health care from employers to the government

C  Reduce Americans’ dependence on private health insurance

D  Extend health insurance coverage to uninsured Americans

A  Germany

B  USA

C  Russia

D  China

A  Environment Protection Agency (EPA)

B  Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

C  Department of Energy

D  Department of Interior

A  If the court reaches a plurality judgment as opposed to a majority opinion

B  If the court declares a practice unconstitutional

C  If the court’s decision is based on the meaning of a statute

D  If Congress implements a referendum

A  appeal document

B  veto sheet

C  blue slip

D  restraint order

A  bench

B  conviction

C  appeals

D  Precedent

A  Article IV

B  Article I

C  Article III

D  Article II

A  hung jury

B  grand jury

C  voir dire

D  writ of certiorari

A  judicial review

B  federal chains

C  common laws

D  adversary process

A  If Congress implements a referendum

B  If the court’s decision is based on the meaning of a statute

C  If the court reaches a plurality judgment as opposed to a majority opinion

D  If the court declares a practice unconstitutional

A  Public hearings are held.

B  The Senate votes on it.

C  The president can veto it.

D  The House votes on it.

A  appeals

B  probation

C  convictions

D  plea bargains

A  Few judges are restrained toward laws that they agree with ideologically, but most are willing to overturn laws that they are distant from ideologically.

B  The vast majority of judges are restrained toward laws they agree with ideologically and those they do not agree with ideologically.

C  The vast majority of judges are willing to overturn laws regardless of their ideology.

D  The vast majority of judges are restrained toward laws that they agree with ideologically but are willing to overturn laws that they are distant from ideologically.

A  Common Law

B  Civil Suit

C  Criminal Case

D  Appeal

A  Pendleton Act

B  Government in the Sunshine Act

C  Office of Personal Management

D  General Services Administration

A  Environmental Protection Agency

B  Internal Revenue Service

C  Office of Personnel Management

D  Interstate Commerce Commission

A  Senior Executive Service

B  Civil Service Commission

C  Foreign Service

D  Schedule C Appointees

A  To handle the design and remodeling of the White House

B  To negotiate agreements among different independent agencies

C  To oversee border disputes with Canada and Mexico

D  To regulate the sale of federal lands and the management of Indian affairs

A  Interior

B  Veteran Affairs

C  Homeland Security

D  Defense

A  State, Agriculture, Interior

B  State, Justice, Treasury

C  State, Agriculture, Education

D  State, Treasury, War

A  decision-making process

B  mission

C  expertise

D  culture

A  cabinet

B  pentagon

C  supreme court

D  senate

A  National Transportation Safety Board

B  Department of Agricuture

C  Environmental Protection Agency

D  National Park Service

A  executive orders

B  pocket vetoes

C  executive privileges

D  signing statements

A  Fifth

B  Twelfth

C  Second

D  Tenth

A  executive privileges

B  presidential directives

C  vetoes

D  entitlement programmes

A  chief of staff

B  chief diplomat

C  chief of state

D  commander-in-chief

A  Franklin Roosevelt

B  Harry Truman

C  Brack Obama

D  Herbert Hoover

A  Cold War

B  Contract with America

C  New Deal

D  Great Society

A  Watergate

B  Whitewater

C  Cold War

D  Iran-Contra

A  excoriate

B  expunge

C  commute

D  pardon

A  bulk mailing

B  gerrymandering

C  pork-barreling

D  franking

A  Bush v. Gore

B  Marbury v. Madison

C  Wickard v. Filburn

D  McCulloch v. Maryland

A  special

B  Standing

C  Select

D  Joint

A  18; 21

B  25; 30

C  21; 25

D  30; 35

A  To increase the power of Congress relative to the other branches

B  To increase efficiency and the speed by which Congress could operate

C  To allow each chamber to check each other’s power

D  To limit members of Congress to only two terms

A  Executive Branch

B  Supreme Court

C  Senate

D  House of Representatives

A  impeachment

B  judicial review

C  advice and consent.

D  pocket veto

A  Four; Six

B  Two; Four

C  Six; Two

D  Eight; Four

A  retrospective voting

B  the permanent campaign

C  the strategic politician hypothesis.

D  vanishing marginals

A  two

B  six

C  one

D  four

A  wedge issues.

B  position issues.

C  retrospective voting strategies.

D  valence issues.

A  Interest groups

B  Super PACs

C  PACs

D  501(c)(3) organizations

A  the invisible primary.

B  open primaries.

C  the beauty contest primary

D  the permanent primary

A  Florida and Georgia.

B  Alabama and Arkansas

C  Oklahoma and Texas.

D  Nebraska and Maine.

A  The first primary.

B  The national convention.

C  The Iowa caucus.

D  The invisible primary.

A  term limits.

B  safe seats.

C  presidential coattails.

D  vanishing marginals.

A  permanent campaign.

B  vanishing margin

C  invisible primary

D  patronage game