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Which of the following is a difference between communism and socialism, as described by the text? โโb. Under communism, the government assumes total management of the economy, whereas under socialism, the government does not try to manage the overall economy.
In a constitutional system, โโb. there are lawful restrictions on a government's power.
Which of the following is NOT one of the core values of American political culture? โโc. cooperation
French philosopher Michel Foucault referred to politics as:"________." โโd. war by other means
What new policy was established by the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark Gideon v. Wainwright ruling? โโd. government provision of free legal counsel to the accused if they are too poor to hire a lawyer
Pluralism contends that, on most issues: โโc. it is the preferences of special-interest groups that largely determine what government does.
In a democratic society, who or what is responsible for personal development? โโd. the individual
As described in the text, "political thinking" โโc. involves the careful gathering and sifting of information in the process of forming a knowledgeable view about a political issue.
West West Virginia, the state with the lowest percentage of college graduates in the United States, โโe. has a higher proportion of college graduates than most European countries.
To the framers, the great danger of democratic government was the risk of โโa. tyranny of the majority.
In practice, the most significant restraint imposed by Congress on the president is its: โโc. power to make the laws and appropriate money, for these determine the programs the executive can implement.
In 1787, most countries in the world had a(n) __________ form of government. โโc. unitary
________ opposed the ratification of the U.S. Constitution. โโb. Patrick Henry
Fiscal federalism refers to the โโb. expenditure of federal funds on programs run in part through state and local governments.
The only counterforce that was potentially strong enough to control the business trusts of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was: โโa. government.
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act โโb. decreased state control over health insurance.
Which decision is indicative of how the Supreme Court interpreted the Fourteenth Amendment and state discretion in civil rights matters in the decades after the Civil War? โโc. Plessy v. Ferguson
The "separate but equal" standard was created by โโb. the Supreme Court.
In Lochner v. New York (1905), the Supreme Court ruled that โโb. state regulation of labor practices violated firms' property rights.
The individual right that is widely regarded as the most basic of individual rights is: โโb. freedom of expression.
Which of the following, relative to the others, is typically more protective of individual rights? โโe. the judiciary
In its 1969 Brandenburg v. Ohio ruling, the Supreme Court established the ________ test. โโa. Imminent Lawless Action
In Mapp v. Ohio, the selective incorporation process was extended to include โโa. criminal proceedings in the states.
In the Constitution, procedural due process is protected by the โโe. All these answers are correct.
To accurately poll the citizens of the United States as opposed to the citizens of a single state, โโb. the sample requirements will be nearly the same.
Americans who attend religious services at least once a week are most likely to vote for which political party? โโc. Republican
Each of the following statements could be considered true of either economic or social liberals, EXCEPT that โโe. they believe that government should be used to promote traditional values.
The Tea Party's key initial issue was โโd. opposition to high taxes.
Compared with U.S. citizens of higher incomes, those of lower incomes are โโa. much less likely to vote in elections.
The citizens of ________ are MOST likely to participate as campaign volunteers during an election. โโc. the United States
Women gained the right to vote โโc. early in the twentieth century.
Which of the following is an accurate representation of the public's opinion about leaders and their accountability? โโc. Most citizens have a low opinion of Congress as a whole but say they have confidence in their local representative in Congress.
Proportional representation systems encourage the formation of smaller parties by enabling parties to โโa. win legislative seats even though they do not receive a majority of votes in elections.
Negative campaigning in presidential elections was first used in โโa. the early years of the country.
Which institution receives the most news coverage from the national press? โโa. the presidency
Of the following television networks, which is typically considered the MOST partisan? โโa. Fox News
One of the reasons the reporting of national news is relatively uniform among news sources is that โโc. the network newscasts are brief and the day's top stories tend to dominate.
Which of the following is an accurate description of the prevalence of college education in the United States? โโb. Among adults twenty-five years of age and older, roughly one in four is a college graduate.
The words of the Declaration of Independence reflected โโd. Locke's philosophy of inalienable rights.
The Articles of Confederation โโa. Created a weak national government subordinate to the states.
The Bill of Rights โโc. are also known as the first 10 amendments to the Constitution.
The Constitution prevents the government from suspending the writ of habeas corpus, meaning that the government cannot โโd. jail a person without a court hearing to determine the legality of his or her imprisonment.
Marbury v. Madison was an ingenious decision because it โโc. asserted the power of the judiciary without creating the possibility of its rejection by either the executive or the legislative branch.
A federal system is one where โโc. constitutional authority is divided between a national government and state governments.
The doctrine of nullification is most closely associated with โโd. John C. Calhoun
All the following countries have a unitary or modified unitary form of government EXCEPT: โโa. Canada.
At the worst depths of the Great Depression, approximately ________ percent of workers were unemployed. โโc. 25
Through its Dred Scott decision, the Supreme Court โโe. ruled that Congress could not outlaw slavery anywhere in the United States.
In Roe v. Wade (1973), the Supreme Court ruled that a woman has a constitutional right to choose abortion. This ruling was based on which implied Constitutional right? โโc. the right to privacy
Today there are approximately _____ African Americans serving as mayors, and ____ serving as members of Congress. โโc. 500, 40
Which type of household has the LOWEST percentage of families living in poverty? โโa. Two- Parent Family
The focus of civil liberties is the ________ and the focus of civil rights is the ________. โโc. individual; group and individual
The first woman ever to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court was appointed by โโd. President Reagan.
Which ethnic group tends to be underrepresented the most politically, in comparison with other minority groups? โโc. Asian Americans
The country with the largest percentage of legislative seats held by women is: โโc. Sweden
Public support for same-sex marriage has โโb. increased significantly since the 1990s.
Friedrich Engels believed that communism would not take root in the United States because โโb. American workers lacked sufficient class consciousness.
The general belief about the role and purpose of government is known as: โโc. Political ideology
The country with the highest degree of national pride is โโc. United States
Which of the following statements about Americans and ideology and political thinking is true? โโd. Only a minority of Americans can be classified as true ideologues.
Society in Northern Ireland is presented by the text as a demonstration of what difference with U.S. society? โโe. the lack of crosscutting between groups
A conservative is opposed to government intervention โโb. in the economic but not the social sphere.
In the United States, the primary responsibility for registration of the individual voter rests with the โโd. individual.
James Madison argued โโc. for regulation of interests through a governing system of checks and balances.
In acknowledging the dilemma inherent in group activity, James Madison โโc. worried that government would be overly dominated by groups, but recognized that a free society is obliged to permit the advocacy of self-interest.
Theodore Lowi's theory of interest-group liberalism โโe. deals with the tendency of officials to support the policy demands of the interest group or groups that have a special stake in a policy.
________ wrote that "Liberty is to faction what air is to fire." โโa. James Madison
The term iron triangle refers to โโc. a small and informal but relatively stable set of bureaucrats, legislators, and lobbyists who are concerned with promoting a particular interest.
Grassroots lobbying is based on the assumption that officials will respond to โโe. pressure from constituents.
A main difference between iron triangles and issue networks is that โโc. issue networks are generally less stable than iron triangles, in that the members of an issue network may change as the issue develops.
Why have issue networks become more prevalent? โโe. the increasing complexity of policy problems
Another name for an interest group is โโa. pressure group.
The Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010) โโa. allows corporations and labor unions to spend unlimited funds on campaigns.
Which of the following groups primarily uses litigation as its lobbying method? โโb. ACLU
The most fully organized interests are those that have which of the following as their primary purpose? โโb. economic activity
PACs tend to contribute the most money to โโa. incumbents.
In midterm elections, โโa. the president's party usually loses seats.
A pocket veto differs from a regular presidential veto, in that the pocket veto โโd. can take effect only when the Congress is not in session.
In 2014, the average Senate race had to raise about ________ dollars in campaign spending. โโd. 5 million
Which of the following groups is overrepresented in Congress? โโe. lawyers
In initiating broad legislative proposals, the president enjoys all of the following advantages over Congress EXCEPT โโb. being granted more authority by the Constitution in the area of lawmaking.
The Whig theory holds that the presidency โโb. is a limited office whose occupant is confined to the exercise of expressly granted constitutional powers.
If the U.S. House of Representatives chooses to impeach a president, who conducts the trial? โโc. the U.S. Senate
Which of the following presidents failed to win an electoral majority, but still won the presidency by decision of the Electoral College? โโa. John Quincy Adams
Why did President Obama sign the 2014 farm bill? โโd. He recognized he had no chance of getting a better farm bill.
Which of the following states is MOST likely to vote Republican in the next presidential election? โโe. Texas
Congress oversees the bureaucracy by using โโd. all of these: sunset provisions, the Government Accountability Office, and oversight hearings.
Bureaucrats tend to follow โโc. their own agency's point of view.
Which of the following is true of federal employees and labor unions? โโb. Federal employees can form labor unions, but their unions by law have limited authority.
