My Missed Questions:

Question 1

What does the Keynesian Economics Policy focus on?

Answer 1

Government spending and significant government regulation.

Question 2

What is the sampling error in polls and what does it mean?

Answer 2

Sampling error of plus or minus 3% which means that 95% of the time, public opinion poll data is true to that of an entire population.

Question 3

What is an entrance/exit poll?

Answer 3

A type of public opinion poll used to predict the outcome of an election.

Question 4

What is Fiscal Policy?

Answer 4

Determined by government legislation and addresses taxation and spending.

Question 5

What are Age/Lifestyle Effects?

Answer 5

The impact of a person’s age and stage in life on their political views.

Question 6

What does the Supply-side theory focus on?

Answer 6

Lowering taxes to ensure people have more money to spend in order to help relieve a recession.

Question 7

What is does Monetary Policy do?

Answer 7

Addresses the money supply circulating in the economy.

Question 8

What is a Representative Sample of a Public Opinion Poll?

Answer 8

A sample that best reflects the true characteristics of the entire population.

Question 9

What is a Tracking Poll?

Answer 9

When the same/similar questions are asked over time to measure shifts in opinion. This most often used during election season.

Question 10

What is a the Bandwagon effect?

Answer 10

The shift of support to candidate holding the lead in public opinion polls.

Question 11

What is the Federal Reserve System?

Answer 11

Created by Congress to manage money supply. Example of an Independent Regulatory Agency.

Question 12

Do all States have the same voter registration laws?

Answer 12

No.

Question 13

What is true about poorly funded interest groups?

Answer 13

They generally have less influence over legislative policy than well funded groups.

Question 14

What can Third Party Candidates do in relation to major parties?

Answer 14

Push major parties to address issues related to historically underrepresented groups.

Question 15

What is soft money?

Answer 15

Political donations given to a political party and cannot be used to support one specific candidate.

Question 16

What is the number of electors in a state determined by?

Answer 16

The number of members that serve in the House of Representatives + 2 Senators

Question 17

What is voter alienation?

Answer 17

When voters feel like they should vote, but don’t; often due to feelings of underrepresentation.

Question 18

What do the four types of Linkage Institutions do?

Answer 18

Connect (link) people with government and keep people informed.

Question 19

What is an Amicus Curiae Brief?

Answer 19

Filed by an interest group to describe their positions on an issue before the Supreme Court.

Question 20

What is Hyperpluralism?

Answer 20

When the government attempts to represent/meet needs of too many different groups and end up favoring elite ones.

Question 21

What are the 3 key roles media plays in government?

Answer 21

1. Agenda Setting: Decide what issues become national news
2. Score Keeper: Keeping track of who is winning & losing
3. Watch Dog: Investigative Journalism

Question 22

What did the Citizens United v. FEC seek to overturn?

Answer 22

The Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002.

Question 23

What did the 24th Amendment do?

Answer 23

Banned poll taxes

Question 24

What did the 17th Amendment do?

Answer 24

Direct election of Senators by people

Question 25

What does Prospetive Voting look like?

Answer 25

A person votes for Democratic candidates based on the belief that the policies of the Democratic party will be personally beneficial.

Question 26

What are Reserved Powers?

Answer 26

Powers held by the State governments.

Question 27

Where must all legislation related to funding start?

Answer 27

The House of Representatives

Question 28

What are Natural Rights?

Answer 28

Fundamental rights of all humans, NOT recieved from governemnt.

Question 29

What are Congress’s implied powers derived from?

Answer 29

The Necessary and Proper Clause

Question 30

What is Mandatory spending?

Answer 30

Does not need to be approved annually. Spending on enetitlement programs like social security, medicare, etc.

Question 31

Who has the power to make treaties?

Answer 31

The President and the Senate (but needs 2/3 Senate vote for US to agree to it)

Question 32

Who issues fines?

Answer 32

The Federal Bureaucracy

Question 33

What are Earmarks?

Answer 33

Funding loopholes used by Congress people to direct funds to specific distrcts or states.

Question 34

What’s an example of an informal power?

Answer 34

Bully-Pulpit

Question 35

What does the Exclusionary Rule state?

Answer 35

Illegally obtained evidence can’t be used in a trial against someone.

Question 36

What is Imminent Lawless Action?

Answer 36

The current standard/test for helping the government decide when to limit free speech.

Question 37

What is Prior Restraint?

Answer 37

When the government censors material before it has even been published.

Question 38

What does Procedural Due Process address?

Answer 38

The manner in which law is carried out. (Needs to apply all to equally and fairly).

Question 39

What are the limits of the Exclusionary Rule?

Answer 39

1. Consent of the Searchee
2. Objective Due Process
3. Inevitable Discovery Rule

Question 40

The right to privacy is found in the penumbras (shadows) of which amendments?

Answer 40

4th, 5th, 9th, 14th

Question 41

What Act required employers to pay men and women same wage for same job?

Answer 41

The Equal Pay Act of 1963

Question 42

What is Afirmative Action?

Answer 42

The effort to improve opportunities for underrepresented or disadvantaged groups, especially in relation to employment or education.

Question 43

What Act banned discrimination based on race, color, gender, religion, or national origin in public accommodations and employment.

Answer 43

The Civil Rights Act of 1964

Question 44

What doees the 5th Amendment entail?

Answer 44

-Right to Grand Jury Trial
-Right against self-incrimination
-Right to due process of law
-Right to protection against double jeopardy

Question 45

What does the 6th amendment entail?

Answer 45

-Right to an attorney
-Right to an impartial jury if your peers
-Right to speedy and public trial