True/False Flashcards
The Sixteenth amendment is known as the Income Tax Amendment
TRUE
Thomas Jefferson was a strong defender of states’ rights.
TRUE
Full Faith and Credit means that states have the freedom to ignore the laws of other states.
FALSE
Implied Powers are spelled out in the Constitution’s text but aren’t derived from Enumerated Powers.
FALSE
Politically speaking, the right prefers bigger Government, while the left would prefer it to be smaller.
FALSE
Two of the four obligations that the Constitution places on the national government in relation to the states are: The national government must honor the territorial rights of the state, and it may not intervene if a state needs help in suppressing domestic violence.
FALSE
Robert E. Lee defended the rights of Virginia while John C. Calhoun defended South Carolina.
TRUE
An exception to the “full faith and credit” clause is that states are not required to give full faith and credit in every case of divorce.
TRUE
State and national powers are derived from the Articles of Confederation and local power is derived from state power.
FALSE
States may distinguish between residents and nonresidents concerning state university tuition and drivers licenses
FALSE
The convention was first used by the Anti-Federalist party in 1831.
FALSE
A caucus is a large meeting of a party’s top leaders at the White House.
FALSE
In a political campaign, a political party, and candidate try to attract vote support in an election.
TRUE
Most of today’s dictatorships has a one-party system of government
TRUE
The spoils system involves the practice of giving jobs to friends and supporters.
TRUE
Widespread protest at the 1968 Democratic National Convention led to major campaign reforms.
TRUE
The two major purposes of a political party are to nominate the party’s candidates for president and Vice President, and to approve the party platform.
TRUE
A splinter party is usually formed over a personality conflict or policy conflict within a major party.
TRUE
By shifting the power focus from the party organization to campaign organization, primaries have served to strengthen political parties.
False
The major parties tend to increase extremism and separate diverse interests when it comes to broad principles.
FALSE
Constituents are elected officials of a particular district.
FALSE
A straight ticket is when people vote for all candidates in one party.
TRUE
Pole watchers are individuals who are appointed by political parties and candidates to observe the polls on Election Day.
TRUE
Campaign money raised for a specific candidate in federal elections and spent according to federal law is called tough cash.
FALSE
Absentee voters are the first in line for Election Day.
FALSE
ALF-CIO is the largest health care group in the country.
FALSE
A representative sample contains the opinions of people inn a survey group
TRUE
Straw poles are informal poles
TRUE
Domestic policy includes diplomacy, trade relations, and war.
FALSE
The sum of government goals and actions made in response to the actions is called public policy
TRUE
Another name for an interest group is “influence group”.
FALSE
The media would never give certain info more extensive or prominent coverage to manipulate the public.
FALSE
Three of the five categories of interest groups are economic, single-interest, and civic.
TRUE
With opinion polls, different wording of specific questions never really leads people to make different responses.
FALSE
Some public opinion issues have lasting interest while other are short-lived.
TRUE
The selection of party leadership is made in a pro-Tempore
FALSE
One delegate and four resident commissioners represent US territories and the District of Columbia.
FALSE
Single-member districts have one representative elected at a given region.
TRUE
A census is an official count of every member of government occurring every 10 years.
FALSE
A house member is not required to reside in the congressional district he or she represents.
FALSE
The Constitution began with a discussion of Congress in Article I because the framers valued Congress as a counterbalance to executive power.
TRUE
Cloture has nothing to do with Filibusters
FALSE
Generally, the Congress was more powerful in the twentieth century, but the president was in the nineteenth century
FALSE
Keeping district boundaries the same, so as to not favor a political party, is called gerrymandering.
FALSE
Junkets are seemingly unnecessary trips to abroad, taken by politicians.
TRUE
Pocket veto has nothing to do with the president
FALSE
The 22nd amendment restricted the amount of terms a president can have.
TRUE
A president is considered a “lame duck” when he loses popularity with the American people
FALSE
The line-item veto allows the president to veto parts of the Constitution which he doesn’t agree with.
FALSE
The president is kept in the dark regarding military covert operations in order to keep him safe.
FALSE
According to the Constitution one of the two responsibilities of the Vice President is to take over for the President at the end of his term.
FALSE
The Founding Fathers (or framers) always envisioned the president as the leader of his political party
FALSE
There are currently fifteen cabinet offices
TRUE
The Brownlow report resulted in the creation of the Executive Office of the President.
TRUE
The Vice President presides over the House of Representatives and can vote only to break a tie.
FALSE
Three of the six main presidential powers are chief executive, commander-in-chief, and judiciary leader
FALSE
Each cabinet member heads a major department of the legislative branch.
FALSE
With the passage of the 25th amendment, any Vice President vacancy is to be filled through nomination by the president and confirmation by a majority vote in both houses of Congress.
TRUE
Andrew Jackson and Bill Clinton are the only presidents ever to be impeached.
FALSE
With the passage of the 22nd Amendment, the Vice President was restricted to two terms.
FALSE
