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DCCCD GOVT 2305 Glynn Newman: 218 chapters 1-
___________ is when laws are turned into action and have an impact on people. - โ โ policy implementation
____________ percent of the federal government tax money comes from income taxes. - โ โ 48
______________ are career government employees. - โ โ
bureaucrats
______________ percent of the federal government tax money comes from income taxes. - โ โ 48
________________ means the individual preferences on a given issue, candidate, or institution - โ โ public opinion
_________________ are a class of persons enjoying superior intellectual, economic, or social status. - โ โ elites
__________________ is when decisions of lower courts are allowed to stand because they are in line with the constitution - โ
โ judicial restraint
___________________ is when artificial barriers are removed for success in life - โ โ equality of opportunity
___________________ is when judges use their power to further justice - โ โ judicial activism
____________________ and __________________________ proposed the social contract theory. - โ โ Locke and Hobbes
______________________ is when the laws of the land apply equally to all people. - โ โ political equality
______________________ limits the powers of government. - โ
โ the constitution
_______________________ is an organization that extends to the entire society that legitimately uses force to carry out its decisions. - โ โ government
________________________ determines who gets what, when, where, and how in society. - โ โ politics
a warrentless search without probable cause can be made of _________. - โ โ all the above (suspicious individual,
driver stopped for ticket, car passengers)
A way of rewarding party loyalists and friends by giving them employment is called ________________. - โ โ spoils
system
According to Max Weber, a model bureaucracy consists of the following components: ________________. - โ โ. Chain of
command, division of labor, specification of authority, goal orientation, impersonality, productivity
____________ by maintaining second strike capabilities. - โ
โ deterrence
during the development of the constitution, which type of federalism was at work in the country? - โ โ state-
centered federalism
conflicts to civil liberties are often ______________. - โ โ
solved in court
congress can disagree with the opinion of the supreme court by _______________________. - โ โ passing another version of
the same law
consistent voters have some common characteristics. Which one of the following is not a characteristic of consistent voters?
- โ โ voters between the ages 18-
containment was a strategy proposed by president truman. Containment is _____________________________. - โ โ a
strategy to stop the soviet union from expanding
Cooperative Federalism is characterized by ____________________.
- โ โ a stronger, more influential national government
during the cold war the united states practiced
freedom of the press allows the new media to ___________________________________________. - โ โ
disseminate objective information to the public AND criticize the government without fear of being shut down (2 answers)
Government authority is established by______________. - โ โ
The constitution
following the brown case, one of the acts that led to the civil rights movement was __________________. - โ โ the killing
of emmitt till
america has a _________________________ economic system - โ
โ capitalist
american's are cynical of the government because ___________. - โ โ all of the above
Among minority groups, __________ tend to be the most politically conservative. - โ โ cubans
among the publishers to promote yellow journalism was _________________________. - โ โ william randolph hearst
an example of a value in american society is ______________________. - โ โ individual liberty
Another name for the articles of confederation is _______________. - โ โ "articles of confusion"
any two house legislature is also referred to as ______________. - โ โ bicamerical
article I of the constitution in 1787 stated for taxes and representation purposes, slaves were to be counted as ______________ of a person. - โ โ three-fifths
At the constitutional convention of 1787, there were delegates from _______________________. - โ โ every state, but Rhode
Island
bringing all nations together to guarantee territorial integrity and independence is called ___________________. - โ โ
collective security
bringing order to international relations is called ___________________. - โ โ the balance of power
broad grants to states for specified activities, such as education and health services, with few strings attached are called _________________. - โ โ block grants
choose the correct hierarchy of the federal court system, beginning with the one that has the most power. - โ โ
U.S. supreme court, U.S. court of appeals, U.S. district courts
in general, the members of congress are _____________________ than the rest of the united states - โ โ all of the above
in mcculloch v. maryland 1816, the supreme court ruled that _____________________________. - โ โ congress had the
power to charter a bank due to the necessary and proper clause
In order to be elected to the presidency you need to ________________. - โ โ be at least 35 years old and a
natural-born citizen
in order to be elected to the U.S. senate you need to ___________.
- โ โ have resided in the US for at least 9 years
in order to prove the ________________ of the supreme court's decision in little rock, arkansas, the national guard was called in to keep the peace. - โ โ legitimacy
In order to remove the president from office, the House must impeach and then ________________ - โ โ two-thirds of the
Senate must vote for removal
in order to run for the presidency you need to ___________________. - โ โ be born in the U.S.
in order to solve the problem between small states and large states, the delegates developed the ___________________. - โ
โ great compromise
in the case of __________________________ the supreme court ruled that the first amendment did not protect obscenity, libel, and fighting words. - โ โ chaplinsky v. new hampshire
In the House of Representatives the _____________ determines when a bill can be debated, and if amendments can be made. - โ โ filibuster
in the U.S. house and U.S. senate leaders are chosen based on political party. The _____________________ leader for each of hese groups is the party that has the most representation in the body. These leaders also select the chairs for all the ________________. - โ โ majority, committees
in the U.S. senate there is a ___________ percent chance that the incumbent will win office. - โ โ 70
laws that denied most rights to newly freed slaves and prohibited blacks from voting, denied employment, or even appearing in public places, after the civil war were known as ______________. - โ โ black codes
political culture is _________________________. - โ โ a
widely shared belief concerning the relationship of citizens to the government and to one another
political liberty was articulated by ______________________________. - โ โ all of the above
(thomas jefferoson, john locke, jean-jacques rousseau)
political parties assist candidates. Which of the following is not one of the ways that political parties assist candidates? - โ
โ providing free television airtime
political philosophers in america wanted to set up a system of government based on _______________________. - โ โ
classical liberalism
politicians have many common characteristics. Which of the following is not one of them? - โ โ be able to tell lies
Radio became widely available during the ___________. - โ
โ 1920s
since 1968, there has been a gradual _____________________ change in voters and ___________________ control in the federal government. - โ โ conservative, republican
Slavery was banned by the ________ Amendment. - โ โ
thirteenth (13th)
social security is _________________________. - โ โ a
payroll tax for all americans
supreme court justices serve ____________ terms. - โ โ
lifetime
television was introduced in the ___________. - โ โ 1940s
the ____________ is the only legislative body that can originate tax bills. - โ โ house of representatives
the ____________ party was a group that did not support the constitution and the growth of the national government - โ
โ anti-federalist
the congress is made up of two parts, the house of representatives and the senate, this is called a _______________ legislature. - โ โ bicamerical
The constitution can only be changed by _________________________. - โ โ using a process of
general popular consent
the current chief of the supreme court is _________________. - โ
โ john roberts
The declaration of independence was drafted by _____________________. - โ โ Thomas Jefferson
the establishment clause____________________________. - โ โ
all the above (prohibits the adoption of an official religion, separates the church and state, is determined by the lemon test.)
the europeans had a system based on the needs of ___________________. - โ โ the aristocrats
the executive branch consists of _____________. - โ โ all
of the above (about 2,000 divisions and branches, fifty independent agencies, fifteen cabinet positions)
the executive branch role in the budget process is ________________ - โ โ to prepare a budget to submit to
congress
the factory system of government was replaced with __________________. - โ โ distributed intelligence
the federal reserve controls ______________________. - โ โ
all of the above (monetary policy, interest rates, buying and selling of securities)
The first president of the United States was ________________. - โ โ George Washington
the first vice president to take office under the presidential succession act was ______________. - โ โ gerald ford
the fiscal year begins on ______________. - โ โ october 1
the focus of salt II was _____________________ - โ โ to limit
the range of strategic launch vehicles
the marshal plan was ________________. (aka. the focus of salt II was ____________________. i think the professor miss typed this question but i some how got it right.) - โ โ to limit the
range of strategic launch vehicles
the media has the power to determine the national focus for the country. this is called ________________. - โ โ agenda
setting
The most conservative religious group tends to be ___________________. - โ โ protestants
the most important power that congress has is the power to _____________. - โ โ make laws
the most read magazine in the country is _____________________.
The most serious disagreement in the debate between large and small states at the constitutional convention was the issue of ________________________. - โ โ representation in
congress
the most widely held political value is __________________________. - โ โ individual liberty
the new deal coalition included ________________. - โ โ all
the above (the south and the farmers, liberal intellectuals, racial and ethnic groups)
the news media has power when they can proved us only with certain parts of the story. this power is called ____________. - โ
โ interpretation
the number of United states representatives is ____________. - โ โ based on the population of the state
The Pendleton Act of 1883 classified certain jobs and created a federal government system based on merit. The group that would oversee the classification of jobs is called________________. - โ โ the civil service commission
the people who are holding the office at the time of the elections are called ______________. - โ โ incumbents
the positive acts governments take to protect individuals against arbitrary or discrimination treatment by governments
