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Voter turnout matters because

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Politicians pay more attention to those who vote than to those who do not vote

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Government is defined as the

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Institutions and processes through which public policies are made for society

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The policymaking institutions of the American national government include all of the following EXCEPT

The Supreme Court

The Senate

Congress

The Presidency

Political parties

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Political parties

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Things that are indivisible, nonexclusive, and that everyone can share are called

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public goods

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Governments in the modern world, whether democratic or not, are similar in doing all of the following except

Collecting taxes

Protecting citizen’s civil liberties

Providing public services

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protecting citizens

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An interest group so single-minded that its members often vote on only one issue, ignoring a politician’s stand on everything else, is known as

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a single-issue group

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Politics is defined by Harold Lasswell as

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who gets what, when, and how

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The list of problems to which political leaders are paying serious attention is an

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policy agenda

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______ is the process by which policy comes on to being and evolves over time

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A policymaking system

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What isn’t a part of the policymaking system?

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public goods

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A politcal party is a key ______ in America’s democratic system

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Linkage institution

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Which of the following statements about a government’s policy agenda is false?

When people confront government officials with problems to be solved, they are trying to influence the government’s policy agena

Bad news gets an issue on the policy agenda more quickly than good news

A government’s policy agenda tends to remain constant over time

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A government’s policy agenda tends to remain constant over time

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What isn’t a linkage institution?

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Congress

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Political issues

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arise when people disagree about a problem or public policy choices made to combat a problem

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A means of selecting policymakers and or organizing governemnt so that policy represents and responds to the public’s preferences is

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democracy

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The writers of the United States Constitution were distrustful of democracy
TRUE OR FALSE

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True

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Two of the most important principles of democratic theory are majority rule and

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minority rights

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Pluralist theory contends that in the US many groups vie for power with no one set of groups dominating

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TRUE

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Representation refers to

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the correspondance between the few leaders and the many followers in a democracy

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American government is viewed most positively by the

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Pluralist theory

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Over a third of America’s wealth is owned by

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one percent of the population

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Elite and class theory holds that

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all societies are divided among class lines and that an upper-class elite will rule

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The nature of groups and the government in hyperpluralist theory is

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strong groups and weak government

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One of the most prized values in American politics is

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individualism

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What’s true about the US Constitution?

It centalizes political power

Sets nuetral rules in the game of politics

Supersided only by the president

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None of the above

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In setting the broad rules of the game of politics, constitutions

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Are never nuetral, they give some partacipants advantages over other

27
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The British government stepped up it’s controls over the American colonies with new taxes and stronger commerce regulations right after

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French and Indian war

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Wh oissued the Declaration of Independence?

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The Continental congress

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The primary author of the Declaration of Independence was

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Thomas jefferson

30
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The Declaration of independence

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blamed the british parliament for abuses on the colonies

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The foundation of John Locke’s philosophy was that human beings

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derive their rights from nature

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What didn’t John Locke believe in?

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divine right of kings

33
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the Declaration of Independence argued that

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people should revolt when they suffer deep injustices

34
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The sole purpose of government, according to John Locke, was

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to protect natural rights

35
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Thomas jefferson’s phrase “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” was a modification of John Locke’s phrase “life, Liberty, and _____”

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Property

36
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The American revolution was called the

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conservative revolution

37
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Beginning in 1781 the US was governed under the

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Articles of Confederation

38
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Under the Articles of Confederation, most power rested with the

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state legislatures

39
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What wasn’t a problem with the national government under the articles of confederation?

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the lack of power given to state legislatures

40
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Shay’s rebellion was

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An uprising by farmers to prevent judges from foreclosing on farms

41
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What was the original, sole, and express purpose of the convention in philadelphia

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revise the Articles of Confederation

42
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According to James Madison and many of the delegates at the Constitutional Convention, what is the primary source of political conflict?

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unequal distribution of wealth

43
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Most of the delegates at the Constitutional Convention regarded what as the greatest threat to government?

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balanced government

44
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The Virginia and New Jersey Plans introduced at the Constitutional Convention differed mainly over whether

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states should send equal numbers of representatives in Congress

45
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Most of the delegates at the Constituional Convention regarded what as the greatest threat to government?

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factions

46
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The Connecticut Compromise at the Constitutional Convention

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resolved an impasse between those who favored the New Jersey Plan and those who prefferred the Virginia Plan

47
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On the issue of slaves, the Constitutio specified

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that slaves would count as 3/5’s of a person

48
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The debate at the Philadelphia Convention over eligibility to vote was resolved by

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leaving it up to the individual states

49
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A major purpose of the Economic provisions in the Constitution was to

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create a strong national government so as to bring stability out of economic chaos

50
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Compared to the government under the Articles of Confederation, the Constitution gave the central government

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more economic powers

51
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The framers of the Constitution gave the chief economic policymaking role to

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Congress

52
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TWhat violation of individual right is not forbidden in the original Constitution?

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passing ex post facto laws

53
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Madisonian principles in the Constitution were based on

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concern that government would be dominated by a majority or minority faction

54
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The one element of government that Madison’s plan placed within direct control of the voters was the

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House of Representatives

55
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The Madisonian requirement that each branch of government acquire the consent of the others for many of its actions created a system of

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checks and balances

56
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The Federalist Papers were

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essays in support of the constitution

57
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Opposition to ratification of the Constituion was based on the belief that it would

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provide for elite control, endanger liberty, and weaken states

58
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The most important effect of the constitutional amendments has been to

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expand liberty and equality

59
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The Supreme Court in Marbury v. Mason asserted the power of the Court to

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check the actions of the other brances through judicial review

60
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The development of the two-party system is an example of informal constitutional change through

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political practice

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