Unit 2 Practice

Question 1

What is devolution?

Answer 1

The transfer of powers and funding from national governments to local governments
(Practiced by Ronald Reagan in 1980s)

Question 2

What are categorical grants?

Answer 2

Federal grants given to state and local governments to encourage their cooperation in implementing specific purposes and programs

Question 3

What are formula grants?

Answer 3

Money given to states based on a specific formula, such as the poverty level for each individual state

Question 4

What are project grants?

Answer 4

sums of money awarded to fund a specific project or the production of a particular deliverable

Question 5

What are block grants?

Answer 5

Money to the states, congressional district
Money to the states or congressional districts, has a general purpose, fewer strings, favored by states but not by national government

Question 6

What is medicaid?

Answer 6

joint federal and state program that gives health coverage to some people with limited income and resources

Question 7

What is the rule of law?

Answer 7

That no one is “above” the law, everyone in a country, state, or community is accountable for same laws

Question 8

What is INTERNAL political efficacy?

Answer 8

Confidence in one’s ability to understand and influence events
(That one is intelligent enough to participate in politics)

Question 9

What is EXTERNAL political efficacy?

Answer 9

Confidence that the government will respond to one’s demands (declining since 1960s, beliefs that government is too big to respond to individual preferences)

Question 10

What is liberty?

Answer 10

Free of repressive government
(Government that should not inhibit specific rights, powers, or freedom to a person or people)

Question 11

What is the idea of civic duty?

Answer 11

“Look at what we can do together”. Civic Humanism

Question 12

Which side do men TEND to lean to?

Answer 12

Republican Party

Question 13

Which side do women TEND to lean to?

Answer 13

Democratic Party

Question 14

What is the New Deal of the 1920s?

Answer 14

Included new constraints and safeguards on the banking industry and efforts to re-inflate the economy after prices had fallen sharply enacted by Franklin D. Roosevelt. 3 principal categories are relief, recovery, and reform.

Question 15

What is an open primary?

Answer 15

In an open primary, voters of any affiliation may vote in the primary of any party. They DO NOT have to affiliate with a specific party to vote in this primary. NOT preferred, if state wants strong stance on a party

Question 16

What is a closed primary?

Answer 16

In a closed primary, only voters registered with a given party can vote in that party’s primary. They HAVE to be affiliated with a specific party and can only vote for those party candidates. ONLY PARTY MEMBERS MAY VOTE

Question 17

What are primaries vs caucuses?

Answer 17

Primaries run by local or state governments, caucuses run by political parties. In caucuses, the voters vote on the delegates for each candidate