missed ap questions for final Flashcards
The role of the minority leader in both the House of Representatives and the Senate is to coordinate a strategy for the minority party.
!!! The majority leaders generally care more about passing an agenda that helps their own party than about passing a bipartisan agenda.
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 made it illegal to discriminate against African Americans in polling places in the South, which is a likely explanation for the increase in African American legislators.
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 did not extend any new protections to African Americans in the voting booth that would result in the increase in southern African American state legislators shown in the graph. Increased federal protections for the voting rights of African Americans was the purpose of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
A 2017 study in The American Economic Review found that watching Fox News during an election cycle increased a Democrat’s chances of voting Republican by 28 percent. Conversely, by watching MSNBC Republicans were more inclined to vote Democrat by 8 percent. This scenario best illustrates which of the following about the media?
Cable news programming is oftentimes ideologically driven and effective in persuading citizens to adopt their point of view
A public school district implemented a policy that instructed students to recite a common, district approved meditation at the beginning of the school day. This policy was later found to be unconstitutional by the United States Supreme Court. Which of the following clauses did the policy most likely violate?
establishment clause,
Which of the following Supreme Court cases established that those accused of felonies who cannot afford legal counsel are entitled to legal counsel provided by the state?
gideon v wainwright, established that those accused of a state felony should be provided with legal counsel at state expense.
Ideological changes in the composition of the Supreme Court have led to the rejection of an existing precedent.
The Warren Court’s ruling in Brown v. Board of Education (1954) demonstrates which of the following about Supreme Court decisions?
