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If your not sure what answer should be entered, press the space bar and the next missing letter will be displayed. When you are all done, you should look back over all your answers and review the ones in red. These ones in red are the ones which you needed help on. Question: The plan that advocated a legislature with representation in both houses based on population or wealth was called the ____Answer: Virginia Question: The authors [of the textbook] contend that the reason the American democracy has survived this long is that ____Answer: Americans have a shared commitment to the Constitution and to each . Question: Which plan the supremacy clause?Answer: the New Jersey Question: The new Constitution was to be ratified by ____Answer: elected conventions in nine states Question: The first state to ratify the Constitution was ____Answer: Question: More than half the world’s constitutions have been written in the last ____Answer: four Question: The Articles of Confederation were approved by all of the state legislatures in ____Answer: 1781, six years after Washington’s began fighting Question: *Problems with the Articles of Confederation included ____Answer: inability to levy taxes to support the army and navy, lack of an executive , and the lack of a national judiciary system Question: The system wherein citizens come together to discuss and pass laws and select their rulers is called ____Answer: democracy Question: Africa’s oldest democracy is ____Answer: Question: The plan which called for one house in which each state would have an equal vote and a second house in which representation would be based on population was called the ____Answer: Compromise Question: Supporters of the new government who wrote in support of ratification called themselves ____Answer: Question: The British system concentrates power in the ____Answer: Question: In a system of checks and balances, ____Answer: each has some authority over the others Question: After an amendment has been proposed, it must be ratified by the ____Answer: Question: All of the following are true concerning political parties EXCEPT that they may ____Answer: obviate the system of and balances Question: This country’s constitution may be amended by a two-thirds vote in its parliament, followed by a majority vote in a national referendum.Answer: Question: Madison called the accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, ____Answer: Question: A procedure for submitting to popular vote the removal of officials from office before the end of their term is called a(n) ____Answer: Question: The sole power of impeachment is given to the ____Answer: Question: According to the Supreme Court, after an amendment is proposed, it must be ratified ____Answer: “in a time.” Question: A ____ amendment has been repeatedly proposed but not ratified.Answer: balanced Question: General purposed of federal grants include all of the following EXCEPT ____Answer: to be able to control state and local political Question: The first state to grant same-sex couples the same rights and protections of married couples was ____Answer: Question: Which of the following is NOT concurrent power shared by the national government and governments?Answer: to charter governments Question: The Federalist paper most clearly associated with the problems of factions and the ideas of federalism is ____Answer: The , No. 10 Question: There are approximately ____ counties in the United States.Answer: 3,000 Question: The Constitutional base for the implied powers of Congress is ____Answer: the and proper clause Question: The centralist position has been supported by all of the following EXCEPT ____Answer: Reagan Question: ____ implies that although federalism provides “a sharing of power and authority between the national and state government, the states’ share rests upon the permission and permissiveness of the national government.”Answer: permissive Question: Powers reserved to the states include all of the following EXCEPT the power to ____Answer: establish Question: The percentage of individuals in the Republican Party who consider themselves “conservative” is ____Answer: 71% Question: According to early liberal political philosophers, the primary threat to natural rights was ____Answer: Question: The former US senator who argued that the GOP was making a mistake by appearing to ally with the Christian Right was ____Answer: Warren Question: While World War I and World War II strengthened positive views about the role of government the Vietnam War had the effect of ____Answer: a sense of disillusionment Question: *The Libertarian Party would do away with ____Answer: the Food and Drug Administration, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Intelligence Agency. Question: Conservatives believe that government should ____Answer: maintain a framework of order within which other private institutions can operate Question: Who is Sanders?Answer: None of the Question: Cuban Americans tend to vote for ____Answer: Question: Voter registration of African Americans compared to white is largely explained by differences in ____Answer: Question: All of the following are true EXCEPT ____Answer: one half of all African Americans are below the line. Question: When individuals do not stop to consider how people from other backgrounds may see things differently but rely on their own selective perception based on individual background, attitudes, and biases may be called ____Answer: Question: After the 2002 election, there were ____ state governors which happened to be women.Answer: Question: A social division based on national origin, religion, language, and a sense of attachment may form a(n) ____Answer: Question: Population growth patterns include all of the following EXCEPT ____Answer: there has been a resurgence of industrial growth in the New England . Question: AIPAC is an example of a ____Answer: foreign policy group Question: Employees of associations who try to influence policy decisions and positions in the executive and legislative branches of government are called ____Answer: Question: A company with a labor agreement under which union membership cannot be required as a condition of employment is considered a(n) ____Answer: open Question: *The authors [of the textbook] present categories of interest groups which include ____Answer: ideological, economic (including and labor), and public interest. Question: Interest groups defined as a large body of people who are interested in a common issue, idea, or concern that is of continuing significance, and who are willing to take action on that issue are called ____Answer: Question: Something given with the expectation of receiving something in return is called ____Answer: quid pro Question: After the 2002 election, the U.S. Senate was ____Answer: controlled by the Republicans Question: The theory that states government spending should increase during business slumps and be curbed during booms is referred to as ____Answer: Keynesian Question: During the 1830s and 1840s, the system instituted to nominate candidates for public office was the ____Answer: convention Question: If states organize the ballot in columns, it makes it somewhat easier for voters to vote ____Answer: a ticket Question: Senators came to be popularly elected with the ratification of the ____Answer: 17th Question: We learned from the 2000 presidential election that a few hundred votes ____Answer: can determine an election Question: When political opinion exists as a potential, not yet crystallized and converted into an identifiable belief, it is said to be ____Answer: Question: How strongly people hold beliefs, or the degree to which those beliefs are held, which can be measured on a scale, is termed ____Answer: Question: *Sources of American public opinion include ____Answer: schools, religious and ethnic , and mass media. Question: The most important issue in mid-term elections seems to be ____Answer: the state of the Question: The interacting values which support democracy as found in this text include all of the following EXCEPT ____Answer: respect between ethnic and groups Question: Special attention was focused on the problems inherent in the Articles of Confederation by ____Answer: Shays’ Question: The Federalist Papers were written by all of the following EXCEPT ____Answer: Jefferson Question: *The interrelated political processes that support democracy include ____Answer: the right to assemble and protest, free and fair , and freedom of expression Question: Presidential impoundment of funds is given as an example of ____Answer: government Question: The Senate has convicted seven ____ after impeachment trials.Answer: Question: A court order directing an official to perform an official duty is called a(n) ____Answer: writ of Question: The statement, “In questions of power, then, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution,” is attributed to ____Answer: Jefferson Question: The type of grant which provides federal funds to states for prescribed activities such as welfare, child care, education, social services, preventive health, and health services are ____Answer: block Question: The problem of Quebec the federal system of which nation?Answer: Question: Regional governments known as “cantons” are associated with the nation of ____Answer: Question: Domination of an industry by a single company by fixing prices and discouraging competition is called a(n) ____Answer: Question: Socialism is most associated with the writings of ____Answer: Karl Question: Liberals are more concerned than conservatives about rights of ____Answer: persons Question: A major difference between the US and other countries is that ____Answer: the US is a of immigrants Question: Immigrants from Asia now account for what fraction of all foreign-born persons now in the US?Answer: one in Question: In court cases, associations can gain a forum for their views in the courts by filing ____Answer: amicus curiae Question: The effectiveness of PAC contributions and the receiving of favorable treatment in congressional committees is ____Answer: Question: *The method(s) currently used in the United States for selecting candidates for public office are ____Answer: primary, , and caucus. Question: The supreme authority in both major parties is the ____Answer: national party Question: Mid-term elections elect ____Answer: about 1/3 of the Senate and all Question: The number of individuals who participate in protests is small and the impact of their actions in shaping public opinion is ____Answer: Question: The system wherein those who have governmental authority get and retain authority directly or indirectly as a result of winning free elections in which all adult citizens are allowed to participate is called ____Answer: democracy Question: Powers maintained by the legislative branch over the executive branch include ____Answer: of senior federal appointment Question: The term used to refer to a system that delivers governmental goods and services to the people and calls for cooperation among various levels of government in getting the job done is called ____Answer: federalism Question: The term which refers to the sum of our most cherished shared values is our ____Answer: political Question: The study of where we live and who we are in terms of our religion and occupation and how that affects voting is called _____Answer: Question: James Madison believed that the “most common and durable source of factions, is ____Answer: unequal distribution of .” Question: The four major re-aligning elections were in the years ____Answer: 1824, 1860, 1896, and Question: Compared to other countries, Americans hold ____Answer: more for more offices Question: *The authors [of the textbook] define the meaning of democracy as ____Answer: interrelated political processes, a of interacting values, and interdependent political structures. Question: The only 2 presidents to be impeached are ____Answer: Bill Clinton and Johnson Question: *Sub-units of government are called ____Answer: provinces, republics, Question: In contrast to liberals, conservatives want to keep government limited except in the area of ____Answer: Question: The region of the US which is least prosperous is the ____Answer: Question: Which of the following environmental groups is mainly concerned with the issues of oceans, global warming, and genetically engineered ?Answer: Greenpeace Question: The percentage of members of a party who vote together on roll call votes in Congress on which a majority of the members of one party vote against a majority of members of another party is called a ____Answer: unity score |
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