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Exam CDE Flashcards

1
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Until the Constitution was ratified, the document that established the US was the…

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Articles of Confederation

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The following is not true of McCulloch v Maryland

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It held that state governments could pass a law negating a federal law within their boundaries if they Beloved the federal law was unconstitutional.

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The following clause gives the federal government broad powers…

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Interstate Commerce Clause

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Segregation in public accommodations remained legal until…

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The passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

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The two major parties is in decline…

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Candidates now raise most of their campaign funds themselves and do not heavily rely on funds from their party.

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Judicial review was established by…

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Marbury v Madison

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Most likely to participate in an election…

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People with college degrees.

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A filibuster occurs when…

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A majority the Senate supports a bill, but the majority is not large enough to produce the 60 votes needed to end debate on the bill in the Senate.

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The following actions of the president has no basis in the Constitution…

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Serving as leader of his political party.

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At the top of the political agenda during the period of the Articles of Confederation were…

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Economic issues.

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The following is an independent federal regulatory agency…

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Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

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The following is not possible in the Electoral College system…

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The Electoral College could choose a president who did not have the most electoral votes.

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The Texas v Johnson which overturned a state law against flag burning was based on…

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The first Amendment right of freedom of speech.

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This best describes American political culture…

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The American political culture is comprised of beliefs- such as individual rights, majority rule, and limited government- that are shared by virtually all Americans.

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This does not reflect presidential inaugural addresses…

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Calling for “era of national renewal,” Ronald Reagan promised to begin immediately to deal with “an economic affliction of great proportions” and emphasized the need to expand upon the powers of the federal government to help deal with the problem.

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The following is a concurrent power in the American system of federalism…

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The power to levy taxes.

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17
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The House of Representatives and the Senate are most similar to each in that they…

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The power of standing committees have in the legislative process.

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The following is the reason why the power of the federal government has grown relative to state governments…

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The conditional funding the federal government can provide to state governments.
The growth of interstate commerce.
The Supremacy Clause of the Constitution.

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An open seat in a congressional election is…

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A wear in congressional district that is evenly divided between Republican and Democratic voters, making it likely that either party could win.

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This does not describe a reason why Congress generally fails to perform the functions of national leader as the Constitution Convention intended…

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Congrats has little actual power.

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The main function of the presidents cabinet is…

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To provide advise to the president.

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This correctly describes political socialization…

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Political socialization is the process through which individuals develop their political values and beliefs.

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This best describes reapportionment…

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The reallocation of seats in the House of Representatives to the states based in a new census.

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The concept that the American political process is dominated by the struggles of multiple interest groups each trying to advance its own political goals can best be described as…

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Pluralism

25
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He was not a president

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Alexander Hamilton

26
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This not a check on the power of the president that the Constitution gives congress…

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Confess can reject the presidents selections of people to fill key positions in the Executive Office of President

27
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This was not a step in the process of passing the annual federal budget…

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Federal agencies submit their budget requests directly to congress.

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The main reason why the popular vote and the electoral vote for president maybe very different is…

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The winner-take-all system most states use in selecting electors.

29
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Roe v Wade was based on…

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The right to privacy implied in the Bill of Rights.

30
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This federal court has original jurisdiction…

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The Supreme Court and U.S District Courts.

31
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Elastic Cause is…

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States that the national government’s powers include implied powers not specifically listed in the Constitution.

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The chief accomplishment of the Anti-Federalists in the debate over the Constitution was the…

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Addition of the Bill of Rights to the Constitution.

33
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This statement best describes an open primary…

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Voters can choose which party’s primary election ballot they want to use to vote.

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This does not describe administrate law…

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Administrative law does not have the full force of law that statutory law has.

35
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Congress plays in amending the Constitution by…

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Submitting amendments to the states for their approval.

36
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The news media are least likely to focus on…

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In-depth reporting in the issues on which the candidates disagree.

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Grassroots lobbying…

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An interstate group encouraging and organizing its members to contract their representatives in Congress in support of the interest group’s policy goals.

38
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This does not explain why incumbents in the House of Representatives usually gets elected…

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Incumbents almost always reflect the views of their Constitution better than challengers.

39
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When selecting a vice presidential running mate…

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How this candidate preform in the primaries and caucuses.

40
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District of Columbia v Heller…

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The Second Amendment contains a constitutional right to gun ownership applies only to people serving in a state militia.

41
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This does not involve participation in the political process…

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Reading about politics in the newspaper.

42
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The president can influence legislation under consideration by Congress by all of the filling actions except…

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Threatening to issue an executive order that would prohibit enforcement of the legislation if it is passed.

43
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The main purpose of the economic provisions in the Constitution was to…

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Strengthen the national government so as to bring stability out of economic chaos.

44
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Congressional earmarks…

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To require the government to spend money on a specific project.

45
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This a value of American political culture…

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The belief in limited government.

46
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Was the right to an attorney extended to require the government to provide lawyers for indigent defendants in state courts…

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Gideon v Wainwright

47
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To influence the Judicial Branch if the US government, an interest group can do all of the following except…

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Meet privately with a federal judge regarding a case.

48
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According to the term limits imposed by the Constitution…

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The president cannot be elected to the office of the president more than twice.

49
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Conservatives tend to support the following economic views except…

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Keynesian economics, wherein the more money circulating in the economy the stronger the economy is.

50
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Eminent domain…

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The power of government to take private property for public use.

51
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The following actions can Confess take if it is unhappy with the actions of federal agency…

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Hold congressional hearing to investigate the actions of the agency.
Restrict or eliminate the agency’s funding.
Pass a new law restricting the operations of the agency.

52
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A provision contained in the Constitution…

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The justices of the Supreme Court serve life terms.

53
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The next step in the legislative process…

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The Bill is referred to a committee.

54
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This is not a factor the president generally takes into account in nominating a person for the Supreme Court justice…

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Wether the person has held elective office before.

55
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An example of fiscal federalism…

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Building new mass transit systems in urban areas.

56
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The prevailing view of the power of the president today…

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The president can take whatever action he feels appropriate to advance his policy goals as long as he doesn’t break the law or violate the Constitution.

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