Quiz Questions (1-7)

Question 1

Most Americans enjoy/don’t enjoy talking about politics

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Most Americans avoid talking about politics in order to maintain social harmony

Question 2

The division of power between the national government and the state/local governments

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Federalism

Question 3

Free Rider Problem

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Not Everyone works towards a common ooal

Question 4

Which one of the following is true about identity politcs in the United States

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Asian Americans tend to support the Democratic Party

Question 5

True or False: To the framers of the Constitution, equality was the central principle of the new government

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False, the central purpose of the new government was liberty: they believed that people must have the freedom to express their political views, with the understanding that conflict may arise.

Question 6

It may be easy for two neighbors to agree to drain a meadow, which they possess in common, to grow crops. However, when the meadoew is much larger and reaches thousands of people, the situation is more difficult because

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The people involved would suffer from the free rider problem

Question 7

True or False: Politics is the same thing as government

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False, Politics is the process that determines what government does and government is the system for implementing decisions made through the political process

Question 8

Which is accurate about democracy in America today, in terms of commitment and participation?

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Americans are committed to democracy, but vote at low levels nonetheless

Question 9

True or False: Fundamental differences on public policy will continue

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True

Question 10

What are the three key components of politics?

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politics is conflictual, political processes matter, and politics is everywhere

Question 11

What did James Madison say is “worse than disease”?

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Suppressing conflict by limiting freedom

Question 12

Does the the ability to determine the rules generally determine the outcome?

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Yes, especially with regard to tax policy

Question 13

Which key par of the government was formed under the Articles of Confederation?

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A weak national government (there was no president, only Congress in order to prevent a monarchy)

Question 14

The writings of ___ argued for the “consent of the governed” (the idea that government gains its legitimacy through regular elections in which people participate to elect leaders)

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John Locke, the opposite of Thomas Hobbes who believed that government prevented people from living in an anarchic “state of nature” and supported a monarchy

Question 15

True or False: Under the Constitution, the president is in charge of regulating the domestic economy

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False

Question 16

What occurred after the Revolutionary War?

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Shays Rebellion, in which 1500 armed men protested the tax on war debts

Question 17

True or False: potential delegates to the Philadelphia Convention who opposed a stronger national government chose not to attend

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True

Question 18

Common Sense (1776) was a pamphlet that expressed support for..

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republicanism (the belief that a form of government in which the interests of the people are represented through elected leaders = optimal government)

Question 19

The war powers held by the president and Congress are an example of

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Shared powers

Question 20

What are exclusive powers?

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Powers that only the Congress has, such as the enumerated power to raise revenue for the federal government through taxes and borrowing, regulating interstate and foreign commerce, coin money, establish post offices and roads, grant patents, declare war, make rules for the military, and create and maintain a navy.

Question 21

What is the power of the purse?

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The constitutional power of Congress to raise and spend moeny. Congress can freeze or cut the funding of other branches.

Question 22

Was the principle of equality given much attention in the Constitution?

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No

Question 23

How is the Constitution a living document?

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There are a variety of viewpoints on how to interpret it

Question 24

What is the national supremacy clause?

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Part of Article VI, states national laws precede state laws if he two conflict

Question 25

What was the Antifederalists' main concern?

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The lack of protections for civil liberties in the new political system. Gerry and Mason proposed a Bill of Rights

Question 26

What are negative or checking powers?

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Impeachment of officers of the US (Congress on Executive), Presidential veto (Executive on Legislative), Judicial Review (Supreme Court on Legislative/Executive)

Question 27

What is judicial review?

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The Supreme Court's power to strike down a law or executive branch action that it finds unconstitutional

Question 28

What is the executive powers clause?

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The executive power shall be vested in the President--used to justify many assertions of presidential power

Question 29

What are implied powers?

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Powers supported by the Constitution that are not expressly stated in it

Question 30

How were members of Congress selected under the Articles of Confederation?

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Elected by State legislators rather than directly by the people

Question 31

What did James Madison say could prevent factions?

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Pluralism: the ideas that having a variety of parties and interests (and checks and balances) will strengthen a government

Question 32

The Great Compromise provided solutions to which issue?

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Balancing majority rule with minority rights

Question 33

What are the Federalist Papers?

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A series of arguments originally published. in New York papers that supported the Constitution

Question 34

True or False: The Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 gave the states more control over public education

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False, the act gave the federal government heightened control over public education by attaching conditions. to federal grant money

Question 35

The commerce clause

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requires Congress to regulate the. domestic economy

Question 36

Dual Federalism

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layer cake federalism

Question 37

The Supreme Court upheld the ACA's individual mandate because of

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Congress's power to tax

Question 38

Federalism is about

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intergovernmental relations

Question 39

What shifted political power towards DC in the twentieth century

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major crises, such as the Great Depression and WW2

Question 40

Who espoused the doctrine of state's rights in the early years?

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Thomas Jefferson

Question 41

What would fall under coercive federalism?

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Members of Congress create mandates without giving state leaders the money to execute and enforce the mandates in question

Question 42

Is there a clear winner in federalism?

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No, federalism tries to balance national and state power

Question 43

What can be explained by the tenth amendment?

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State and local contorl over education, as education is not explicitly given to the federal government

Question 44

When did the federal government begin cooperating with the states on policy goals?

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1930s

Question 45

A state would challenge the constitutionality of a federal law under which of the following amendments?

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Tenth

Question 46

The Eleventh Amendment's protections of state sovereign immunity guarantee that

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residents of one state can't sue another state

Question 47

In Bowers v Hardwick (1986), the SCOTUS

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determined that. there was no privacy protection or fundamental right for consenting adults to engage in homosexual activity

Question 48

True or False: The due process clause of the 14th amendment is an important extension of civil liberties because it guarantees provisions of the Bill of Rights at the state level

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True

Question 49

Where do government officials have increased access to individual's library, banking and medical records

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USA Patriot Act

Question 50

Regard to money in federal campaigns

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The SCOTUS have attempted to balance first amendment rights of candidates and their supporters with the public interest in honest and ethical elections

Question 51

True or False: prior restraint has been clearly defined by SCOTUS

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False

Question 52

What forbids states from denying "life, liberty, or property?"

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The due process clause

Question 53

Basic freedoms in the US

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Must be balanced against competing interests in the US, such as national security

Question 54

Civil liberties are granted

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by the Bill of Rights

Question 55

Which one of the statements accurately describes the death penalty

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There has been a clear trend among the states away from the use. of the death penalty

Question 56

Selective incorporation was created by

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Supreme Court justices

Question 57

The Inclusion of the Bill of Rights proved that the ___ thought the federal government was too weak

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Antifederalists

Question 58

The Bill of Rights originally protected individuals from which level of government?

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Federal government

Question 59

The establishment clause is invokes under which of the circumstances?

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prohibiting prayer in public schools (congress can't endorse a religion)

Question 60

Which test does the Supreme Court use to establish whetherr there has been "excessive government entanglement with religion"?

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Lemon Test

Question 61

Which test does the Court use to determine if speech is considered dangerous and should not be protected?

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direct incitement test

Question 62

Flag burning is an example of ___ that is ___ under the First amendment

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Symbolic speech; protected

Question 63

Protections from unreasonable searches are granted by which Amendment?

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the Fourth Amendment

Question 64

The Miranda rights are protections that primarily fall under which amendment?

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the Fifth Amendment

Question 65

In 1972, SCOTUS banned the death penalty because

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It was cruel and unusual

Question 66

Which of the following freedoms guaranteed in the Bill of Rights is thought to imply a right to privacy

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right to refuse to quarter soldiers

Question 67

In what case did the Supreme Court first establish the right to privacy?

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Griswold v Connecticut (1965), in which a Connecticut Planned Parenthood director was arrested for selling birth control

Question 68

True or False: Most members of Congress, as of 2018, have a better track record of protecting gay rights than protecting rights for women and the disabled?

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False

Question 69

What is de facto segregation

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"by fact", discrimination based in actual conditions experienced by people, such as housing redlining

Question 70

What is de jure segregation?

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"by law", legal discrimination based in law or policy, such as Jim Crow

Question 71

The Supreme Court justices determined that slaves were property and therefore had no legal rights in

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Dred Scott v Sandford

Question 72

What were the Jim Crow laws?

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Rules that required racial segregation

Question 73

Which president initiated the policy of affirmative action?

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Lyndon B Johnson

Question 74

What is accurate about voting restrictions today?

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State officials across the country have, overall, increased restrictions on voting

Question 75

Could women vote in the 19th century?

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Women could vote in some state elections, but not federal elections

Question 76

What is true about immigration policy in recent decades?

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It's controversial

Question 77

What is protectionism?

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The rationale justifying policies that prevented women from holding political office because they were too weak

Question 78

What is the distinction between civil rights and civil liberties?

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Civil rights protect against discrimination while civil liberties are granted in the Bill of Rights

Question 79

The Missouri Compromise ruled that

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limited the expansion of slavery (north of 36 30 line) while maintaining the balance of slave states

Question 80

Plessy v. Ferguson established

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the seperate but equal doctrine

Question 81

Most of the differences in voter turnout among whites relative to racial minorities can be accounted for by .

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education and income

Question 82

The gaps between whites and blacks on health measures are

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large, and in many case increasing

Question 83

Economically, the average latino family is

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worse off than a white family

Question 84

The VRA

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eliminated Jim Crow voting laws

Question 85

True or False: people with strong opinions frequently change their minds on political issues

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False

Question 86

When policy mood leans in a liberal direction, how does government tend to respond?

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by expanding the federal goverrnment's role in different programs

Question 87

When is a president likely to have a higher approval rating?

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When economic growth is high

Question 88

Americans' collective demands for government action on domestic policies are measured by

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policy mood, the public's demand for new policies

Question 89

True or False: Ideology and party ID are largely consistent over time

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True

Question 90

What is political socialization?

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The process by which an individual's political opinions are shaped by others

Question 91

What is true about sampling error?

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Sampling error generally decreases as the sample size increases

Question 92

Social desirability bias

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When people give poll answers that they think the interviewer wants to hear

Question 93

What was the policy mood in the late 1970s and early 1980s

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Conservative

Question 94

True or False: Members of Congress are currently responding to public opinion with regard to gun control

Answer 94

False

Question 95

The idea that individuals will rely on others who “look like” them for opinions relates to

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Group identity

Question 96

In the 1970s and 2000s, a majority of Americans identify as

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Moderate

Question 97

Americans have a high/low interest in politics?

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Low

Question 98

Is leaking illegal or legal?

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Legal in most circumstances

Question 99

Americans view of media

Answer 99

Since the founding of the republic, politicians have understood that Amerricans learn about politics mostly from the media

Question 100

Americans view of media

Answer 100

Since the founding of the republic, politicians have understood that Americans learn about politics mostly from the media

Question 101

The trend toward single-company ownership of several kinds of media is called

Answer 101

cross-ownership

Question 102

The news media in America

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are mostly for-profit businesses

Question 103

The major nationwide talk radio shows generally offer

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A politically conservative point of view

Question 104

What did James Madison and Alexander Hamilton and John Jay attempt to do in 1787-1788

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shape public opinion by publishing the Federalist papers

Question 105

What is the most significant reason why most people do not know much about politics

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people aren't interested

Question 106

The Center for Responsive Politics and Pollster.com are examples of websites that

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collect links to political information

Question 107

The deregulation of the media has resulted in

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increasing frequency of cross-ownership

Question 108

Why hasn't the Internet increased citizens' political knowledge?

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Most people fail to systematically search for information about politics

Question 109

What is the by-product theory of political information?

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Most Americans learn about politics accidentally

Question 110

Shield laws

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Laws that protect journalists