Foundations of Government Review Questions
Course Introduction
This course introduces students to the fundamental principles, structures, and functions of government. Topics include the origins and development of various forms of government, the philosophical and historical underpinnings of democracy, and the roles of institutions such as the executive, legislative, and judicial branches. Students will explore concepts such as the rule of law, checks and balances, federalism, and the rights and responsibilities of citizens. By analyzing case studies and engaging in discussions, students will gain a deeper understanding of how governments operate and the impact of governmental decisions on society.
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Chapter 1: America in the Twenty-First Century
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Q1) A totalitarian dictator _________.
A)attempts to satisfy the individual needs of a country's citizens
B)opposes government redistribution of income
C)seeks to control almost all aspects of social and economic life
D)acquires power through inheritance
Answer: C
Q2) Which of the following is a characteristic of conservatives?
A) They place a high value on the principle of order, on family values, and on patriotism.
B) They support the protection of minority rights of all kinds.
C) They strongly favor the separation of church and state.
D) They support government intervention to improve the welfare of individuals and to protect civil rights.
E) They have developed a negative opinion about American military initiatives abroad.
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: The Constitution
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Q1) The earliest colonial legislature in America was established in _____.
A) Virginia
B) Georgia
C) Massachusetts
D) Connecticut
E) Pennsylvania
Answer: A
Q2) Which of the following statements is true about the Declaration of Independence?
A) It served as a draft of America's first national constitution.
B) It empowered state governments to write their own constitutions.
C) It was written by Pilgrims to serve as a social contract.
D) It was issued by the British Government to grant freedom to its American colonies.
E) It announced the freedom of the American colonies from British rule.
Answer: E
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Chapter 3: Federalism
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Q1) Which of the following is NOT one of the drawbacks of federalism?
A) A divergence of state or local interests from those of the national government
B) The lack of coordination due to simultaneous regulation of business by all levels of government
C) The lack of expression of varying regional cultures due to a majority rule
D) The lack of uniformity of state laws which can complicate cross-border business
E) A threat of expansion of the national power at the expense of the sates
Answer: C
Q2) Which of the following is true of picket-fence federalism?
A) It involves only the state government in decision making and implementation of policies.
B) The horizontal support board is the judicial system in the country.
C) The vertical picket on the fence is the policy area.
D) It involves only the national government policy implementation.
E) It involves powerful states that are given increased power to decide how they should spend government revenues.
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Civil Liberties
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Q1) In Engel v.Vitale (1962),the Supreme Court:
A) ruled that the State Board of Regents in New York had acted constitutionally in composing a prayer to be used in public school classrooms because the prayer was nondenominational.
B) ruled that the State Board of Regents in New York had acted unconstitutionally by composing a prayer to be used in public school classrooms at the start of each day.
C) held that individuals cannot pray in public schools, and teachers may no longer wish their students a "Merry Christmas."
D) held that public schools are barred from discussing religious movements.
E) upheld an Alabama law authorizing a daily one-minute period of silence for meditation and voluntary prayer.
Q2) Slander,a form of unprotected speech,must:
A) be carried out entirely through actions.
B) be concordant with facts.
C) not lack political or scientific value.
D) not result in actual harm.
E) stem from an intent to do harm.
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Chapter 5: Civil Rights
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Q1) Identify an accurate statement about vote suppression in the history of American politics.
A) Literary tests were tactics used by the state to encourage African Americans to vote.
B) The grandfather clause was a technique used to disenfranchise black voters.
C) The Fifteenth Amendment explicitly denied African Americans the right to vote.
D) The white primary law prevented whites from voting in Democratic primary elections.
E) The poll tax limited voting to those whose ancestors could vote after the Civil War.
Q2) During the late 1880s,Azibo,an African-American southerner,was thrown out of a train for sitting in a compartment that was reserved for white people.Which of the following laws were in favor of such incidents of segregation?
A) The Nuremberg laws
B) The canon laws
C) The Old Covenant laws
D) The "Jim Crow" laws
E) The sodomy laws
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Chapter 6: Interest Groups
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Q1) Since the 1970s,corporations,labor unions,and special interest groups have been allowed to raise funds and make campaign contributions through _____.
A) political action committees
B) public advantage committees
C) democracy-in-action committees
D) policy action committees
E) issue advertisement committees
Q2) Which of the following statements is true of labor unions?
A) The strength of labor unions has increased drastically over the last several decades.
B) It is much easier to form and maintain unions in the United States than in most other industrial nations.
C) Most business owners in the United States will make enormous efforts to ensure that their own businesses are unionized.
D) Today members of organized labor make up more than 30 percent of all wage and salary workers.
E) The political power of labor unions has waned over the last several decades.
Q3) Describe 527 and 501(C)4 organizations.
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Chapter 7: Political Parties
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Q1) Jefferson's Republicans is the party that was later renamed as the Republican Party.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The Neutral Party,a major political party nominates Kevin Strauss for the presidential elections.David King,another strong contender for the post,splits from the Neutral Party and forms the Blue Party to promote his candidacy.The Blue Party best exemplifies a(n):
A) ideological party.
B) personality party.
C) issue-oriented party.
D) single-issue party.
E) reform party.
Q3) _________ are party members who help to organize and oversee party functions and planning during and between campaigns,and may even become candidates for office.
A)Party activists
B)Party identifiers
C)Party supporters
D)Lobbyists
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Chapter 8: Public Opinion and Voting
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Q1) Graham has a strong allegiance to the Democrats and his entire family supports the Democratic Party.This is an example of _________.
A)party identification
B)the bandwagon effect
C)political identity
D)the house effect
Q2) Which of the following was a benefit of early voting at polling places that was demonstrated in the 2012 elections?
A) It allowed the voters to use absentee voting.
B) It allowed election workers time to ensure that all systems were working properly by Election Day.
C) It allowed the people to visit the polling place and decide the candidate of their choice.
D) It gave the candidates the opportunity to meet prospective voters at the polling place.
E) It allowed the election workers to carry the systems to their home where they could count the votes at leisure.
Q3) Discuss the development of telephone polls and Internet polls.
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Chapter 9: Campaigns and Elections
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Q1) Unlike super PACs,527 committees:
A) were prohibited from directly supporting or opposing a specific candidate.
B) were prohibited from expressly advocating specific issues pertaining to the general public.
C) could make limited contributions directly to campaigns.
D) would run negative ads to damage a candidate's opponents.
E) accentuated the positives about a specific candidate.
Q2) The District of Columbia has:
A) no electoral votes because it is not a state.
B) three electoral votes, even though it is not a state.
C) five members in the House of Representatives, so it has five electoral votes.
D) thirteen electoral votes, representing the thirteen original colonies.
E) two members in the Senate, so it has two electoral votes.
Q3) In order to be elected as the president,a candidate must receive more than half of the _________ electoral votes available.
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Chapter 10: Politics and the Media
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Q1) Which of the following is a reason why radio talk shows are characterized as the Wild West of the media?
A) A huge variety of journalistic conventions are observed.
B) The leading shows are broadcast from western states.
C) Talk-show hosts do not attempt to hide their political biases.
D) The audiences are larger in the West than in any other part of the country.
E) Talk-radio shows only air in the West.
Q2) Presidential candidate,Chris Vincent,in a recent press conference said,"The rate of unemployment will go down dramatically if the rate of immigration decreased." This statement caused an uproar in the media and Vincent was scrutinized for it.In this scenario,Chris Vincent's statement is an example of a(n)_____.
A) personal attack advertisement
B) spin
C) blog
D) issue advertisement
E) gaffe
Q3) How does the medium of television affect the presentation of political information?
Q4) Why is talk radio sometimes characterized as the Wild West of the media?
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Chapter 11: The Congress
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Q1) The Homeland Security Committee is an example of a _____ in Congress.
A) standing committee
B) joint committee
C) conference committee
D) special committee
E) select committee
Q2) A "new" Congress convenes:
A) every five years.
B) in January of every odd-numbered year.
C) in November of every odd-numbered year.
D) every six years.
E) in March of every even-numbered year.
Q3) The _____ of the House of Representatives is elected by the majority-party caucus to act as spokesperson for the party and to keep the party together.
A) majority whip
B) majority leader
C) party trustee
D) president pro tempore
E) resident commissioner
Q4) In the context of the budgeting process,explain authorization and appropriation.
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Chapter 12: The Presidency
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Q1) According to Article II,Section I,of the Constitution,to become the president of the United States,a person must:
A) have attained the age of thirty-five years.
B) be an immigrant in the United States.
C) have been a resident of the United States for a minimum of twelve years.
D) have been born to parents of American origin.
E) be a Roman Catholic.
Q2) The press secretary of the White House Office _________.
A)handles the president's legal matters
B)directs the operations of the presidential staff
C)holds news conferences for reporters
D)supervises the staff of the president's spouse
Q3) Which of the following statements is true of a treaty?
A) The president has the sole power to negotiate and sign a treaty with another country.
B) A treaty is a formal agreement between the president and Congress.
C) If a treaty is approved by the House of Representatives, it becomes a law.
D) A treaty is effective only with hundred percent votes from the president's political party.
E) A treaty can only be approved by the president of the United States.
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Chapter 13: The Bureaucracy
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Q1) Which of the following statements is true of the Department of Justice?
A) It handles attacks and natural disasters.
B) It conducts national census.
C) It supervises Native American affairs.
D) It protects citizens abroad.
E) It supervises federal prisons.
Q2) Increasingly,government agencies have attempted to improve their effectiveness and efficiency by making use of _____.
A) the traditional media
B) partisan politics
C) public relations firms
D) iron triangles
E) the Internet
Q3) _____ appoints the heads of the executive departments within the executive branch of the federal government.
A) The chief justice
B) The Senate
C) The president
D) The vice president
E) Congress
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Chapter 14: The Judiciary
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Q1) To reverse Supreme Court rulings,_____.
A) a panel of nine federal justices can express a dissenting opinion
B) parties involved in cases of federal question can appeal to appellate courts for judicial review
C) Congress can propose amendments to the United States Constitution
D) state courts can revise old laws or pass new ones in an attempt to negate a court's ruling
E) lower federal courts can alter or limit the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court
Q2) The privilege of judicial review empowers federal courts to make laws.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Ordinarily,federal judges:
A) serve twelve-year terms.
B) cannot be removed from office through the impeachment process.
C) are nominated by the vice president.
D) serve until they resign, retire, or die.
E) serve until their six-year term is completed.
Q4) Explain the significance of the power of judicial review.
Q5) Differentiate between the political ideologies of judicial activism and judicial restraint.
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Chapter 15: Domestic Policy
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Q1) Since nuclear reactors release greenhouse gases,nuclear power greatly contributes to global warming.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Identify a true statement about the tax system in the United States.
A) The Tax Reform Act of 1986 was intended to lower taxes and simplify the tax code-and it did just that for most taxpayers.
B) A few years after the Tax Reform Act of 1986 was passed, large federal deficits forced Congress to cut spending.
C) Those affected by the Tax Reform Act of 1986 lobbied Congress to legislate special exceptions so that the full impact of the rate increase would be felt by the wealthiest Americans.
D) Tax cuts occurred under the administrations of both George H. W. Bush (1989-1993) and Bill Clinton (1993-2001).
E) The tax rate for the highest income bracket decreased from 39.6 percent in 1986 to 28 percent in 1993.
Q3) Discuss Keynesian economics.
Q4) Describe the two problems associated with U.S.health care.
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Chapter 16: Foreign Policy
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Q1) Two countries,Chenzia and Tugnestia,have been at war with each other for three months.When an earthquake hit Chenzia,most of the country's infrastructure was destroyed and a great number of lives were lost.Tugnestia could have continued its attack and won the war.Instead,Tugnestia sent necessary aid to help Chenzia to recover from this natural calamity as it believed that it was the right thing to do.Tugnestia's foreign policy can be considered a form of _____.
A) social isolationism
B) liberal neutrality
C) neocolonialism
D) political realism
E) moral idealism
Q2) Which of the following was the reason for the first Gulf War?
A) The bombing of the U.S. Navy ship USS Cole in a Yemeni port in 2000
B) Iraq's dictator, Saddam Hussein, attacking and occupying Kuwait in 1990
C) Al Qaeda carrying out terrorist attacks in the United States on September 11, 2001
D) The bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 by an intelligence officer working for Libya
E) The bombing of the Oklahoma City federal building that killed 168 people
Q3) Describe the role of the president in the area of foreign policy.
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