Test 1 Amer Gov Flashcards
What has democracy come to mean in practice?
majority rule through the free and open election of representatives
Roughly two-thirds of all lobbyists in the nation’s capital represent
business firms
________ is the ability of persons, groups, or institutions to influence political developments.
Power
West Virginia, the state with the lowest percentage of college graduates in the United States,
has a higher proportion of college graduates than most European countries.
Which of the following is NOT one of the core values of American political culture?
cooperation
Through the grants of power in the Constitution, the framers sought to
both empower government and limit it.
The framers entrusted the selection of U.S. senators to
state legislatures.
How did Congress retaliate to the Supreme Court’s reprimand, in Marbury v. Madison, that it had passed legislation that exceeded its constitutional authority?
Congress had no effective way to retaliate.
Which of the following is a core aspect of European parliamentary democracies that differs from American democracies?
Legislative and executive power is not divided.
Which choice describes the American change in governmental structure in 1787?
confederal to federal
Which of the following is a concurrent power held by both the national government and state governments?
taxation Correct
The TANF aspect of the Welfare Reform Act
was a block grant that, among other aspects, restricted a family’s access to federal assistance to five years.
In 1787, most countries in the world had a _______ form of government.
unitary
Why did abortion rights advocates object to the Louisiana law requiring abortion providers to have admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles?
None of these were professed or credible reasons for the law.
The establishment clause prohibits government from
favoring one religion over another or supporting religion over no religion.
Which of the following, relative to the others, is typically more protective of individual rights?
the judiciary Correct
In its 2011 Snyder v. Phelps ruling, the Supreme Court held that Westboro Baptist Church protests at military funerals
were a constitutionally protected form of free speech.
Presidential candidates in the 1960s, compared with today,
had longer sound bites, on average, in broadcast television newscasts.
All of the following statements about Asian American rights are true EXCEPT that
Asian Americans have the second highest median family income of any group.
