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This course offers an in-depth examination of the structures, processes, and impacts of government decision-making and policy formation. Students will explore the principles underlying public policy, including policy analysis, evaluation, and implementation, alongside the political, economic, and social factors that shape policymaking at local, national, and global levels. By analyzing real-world case studies, learners will gain insight into the interactions between government institutions, public officials, interest groups, and citizens, preparing them to understand and critically assess the development and consequences of public policies in contemporary society.
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American Government and Politics Today Essentials 2015 2016 Edition 18th Edition by Barbara A.
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Chapter 1: The Democratic Republic
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Q1) Liberals endorse all of the following except
A) civil rights.
B) improving the welfare of individuals.
C) a limited role for the government in helping individuals.
D) government regulation of the economy.
E) tolerance for political and social change.
Answer: C
Q2) Politics exists
A) only in government institutions.
B) in every community that makes decisions.
C) in schools, social groups, and organized groups of individuals.
D) only in formal settings.
E) Options B and C are true.
Answer: E
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Chapter 2: The Constitution
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Q1) Which of the following is not true of the Declaration of Independence?
A) It listed the colonists' grievances against England.
B) It established the legitimacy of the United States as a new nation.
C) It listed reasons for dissolving the tie with Great Britain.
D) It established a constitutional government.
E) It gave the people the rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness and to alter the government if it became destructive of the people's rights.
Answer: D
Q2) With regard to the system of courts, delegates to the Constitutional Convention decided to do all of the following<B> except</B>
A) allow presidents to nominate Supreme Court justices.
B) create both a Supreme Court and a system of lower courts.
C) allow the Senate to confirm justices to the Supreme Court.
D) allow Congress to establish lower courts.
E) create a Supreme Court.
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Federalism
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Q1) Competitive federalism can cause
A) states to compete for business investment.
B) financial pressures as states try to respond to demands for services.
C) state revenue shortfalls for essential programs like pension funds.
D) states to cooperate for business investment.
E) Options A, B, and C are true.
Answer: E
Q2) In a federal political system, authority is
A) always vested in a bicameral legislature.
B) divided between the central government and regional or subdivisional governments.
C) bestowed upon the central government, with no power being granted to the regional governments.
D) concentrated in a unicameral legislature within a strong central government.
E) exercised by the national government only insofar as these powers are granted by the states.
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: Civil Liberties
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Q1) The Supreme Court will consider restrictions on commercial speech valid as long as
A) the restrictions seek to implement a substantial government interest.
B) the restrictions directly advance government interests.
C) the restrictions go no further than necessary to advance governmental interests.
D) companies continue to try to publish factual inaccuracies.
E) All of the above are true.
Q2) Describe the religious freedom protections afforded in the First Amendment of the Bill of Rights.
Q3) A defendant's pre-trial rights include all of the following<B> except</B>
A) to be informed of the charges.
B) the right to legal counsel.
C) the right to remain silent.
D) the right to an impartial jury.
E) prompt arraignment.
Q4) Discuss the recent Supreme Court rulings that are based on the Second Amendment and describe the positions of the pro-gun lobby to further expand gun rights.
Q5) What are the Miranda rights? What exceptions have been allowed to these rights?
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Chapter 5: Civil Rights
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Q1) The American Indian population experienced a _________, largely due to
A) twentieth-century boom; a sudden decline in group poverty
B) twentieth-century boom; government programs designed to restore it to prominence
C) catastrophic collapse; diseases brought over from Europe
D) catastrophic collapse; war between the various Indian nations
E) None of the above.
Q2) In Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), the U.S. Supreme Court
A) ruled that African Americans are not persons for the purposes of the Constitution.
B) tried to stop the development of legal racial segregation known as Jim Crow laws.
C) stated that schools may not practice any type of racial segregation.
D) agreed that separation of races is not a violation of the Constitution.
E) ruled that the practice of slavery must cease before the end of the century.
Q3) How have courts and legislative bodies at both the federal and the state level attempted to address issues concerning the rights and status of homosexuals?
Q4) Describe the barriers to voting faced by African Americans after the Civil War.
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Chapter 6: Public Opinion and Political Socialization
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Q1) General agreement among the citizenry on an issue is
A) a consensus.
B) a divisive opinion.
C) a reconciliation.
D) a poll agreement.
E) no longer a public opinion.
Q2) In a recent study, high school students most often said they base their views on information they obtained from A) mass media.
B) family.
C) peers.
D) school.
E) church.
Q3) The degree to which individuals express trust in the government is called A) partisan identification.
B) political trust.
C) universal suffrage.
D) public opinion.
E) political culture.
Q4) Explain how demographic influences shape voting behavior.
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Chapter 7: Interest Groups
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Q1) People who become members of interest groups for purposive incentives are joining A) for a sense of belonging to the group.
B) as free riders.
C) for ethical beliefs or ideological reasons.
D) to improve their economic opportunities.
E) because they have been pressured to do so.
Q2) What are the differences between a social movement and an interest group? How are they related?
Q3) Republicans tend to get support from interest groups like _________, while ___________ tend(s) to support Democrats.
A) the U.S. Chamber of Commerce; Americans for Tax Reform
B) environmental groups; Americans for Tax Reform
C) Americans for Tax Reform; the U.S. Chamber of Commerce
D) labor unions; environmental groups
E) the U.S. Chamber of Commerce; labor unions
Q4) Describe legislative efforts to regulate the activities of lobbyists.
Q5) Describe the categories of economic interest groups and provide examples of each.
Q6) Explain the direct techniques used by interest groups.
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Chapter 8: Political Parties
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Q1) Which of the following is true about third parties?
A) The Green Party favors globalization.
B) The Libertarian Party favors governmental intervention into overseas conflicts.
C) The Progressive Party was an advocate of federal regulation to protect consumers.
D) The Socialist Party favors small business interests and is growing in size.
E) The Populist Party was initiated by businessman Ross Perot in an effort to combat federal budget deficits.
Q2) Tipping takes place
A) when a substantial group of voters switches party allegiance.
B) when increasing numbers of voters call themselves "independents."
C) when a group that is becoming more numerous over time grows large enough to change the political balance in a state.
D) as a result of immigration or differential birth rates.
E) only in countries that employ a multi-party system.
Q3) Discuss the growth of the Hispanic voting bloc and its effect in recent elections and discuss what effects this trend may have on future elections.
Q4) Describe the different functions of political parties in our system.
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Chapter 9: Campaigns and Elections
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Q1) How has the right to vote been expanded since the Constitution was written?
Q2) The 2010 Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. FEC allows
A) corporations, unions, and individuals to donate unlimited funds to presidential campaigns.
B) corporations, unions, and individuals to donate unlimited funds to entities that are "independent" of the candidates.
C) corporations, unions, and individuals to donate unlimited funds to political parties.
D) political parties to create special funds to donate to candidates from federal monies.
E) Options A and B are true.
Q3) Independent expenditures
A) must be made from the candidate's personal funds.
B) are unregulated funds spent by interest groups on advertising or other campaign activities.
C) were banned by the Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. FEC.
D) were less important in the 2012 presidential election than in previous years.
E) were widely supported by the McCain-Feingold Act.
Q4) Which people are least likely to vote? How does this affect government policies?
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Chapter 10: The Media
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Q1) Talk radio is almost completely dominated by A) liberals.
B) conservatives.
C) moderates.
D) libertarians.
E) socialists.
Q2) Discuss the media's role in political socialization, with a focus on how and why different generations might have been socialized differently.
Q3) A campaign might prefer coverage by the news media to political advertising because news coverage is A) free.
B) seen as neutral.
C) more effective in persuading voters.
D) easier to control.
E) None of the above
Q4) Evaluate the transition from traditional to new forms of media and discuss what effects this will have on American politics.
Q5) Explain the ways in which new media (Internet, blogs, podcasts) are used in campaigns.
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Chapter 11: The Congress
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Q1) All of the following statements regarding the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives are true <B>except</B> that the Speaker
A) is elected by a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives every two years.
B) must be an elected member of the House.
C) presides over House meetings.
D) is the most influential member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
E) schedules legislation for vote.
Q2) The major function of Congress is
A) enforcing laws.
B) lawmaking.
C) using the impeachment power.
D) investigating other branches of government through oversight.
E) judging whether laws are constitutional.
Q3) A temporary legislative committee established for a limited time period and for a special purpose is a
A) joint committee.
B) conference committee.
C) standing committee.
D) select committee.
E) rules committee.
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Chapter 12: The President
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Q1) As chief diplomat, the president
A) is responsible for selecting judges to federal courts.
B) is responsible for all actions within the executive branch.
C) selects leaders of his or her party in Congress.
D) negotiates treaties, recognizes foreign governments, and makes executive agreements.
E) ratifies treaties.
Q2) When a vice president exercises a large degree of power, it is because
A) he or she is taking advantage of the power given to him or her by the Constitution.
B) he or she has been temporarily granted additional powers by the Congress.
C) the Supreme Court has expanded vice presidential power in recent decades.
D) he or she has the support of the president in doing so.
E) None of the above.
Q3) Contrast the importance of the cabinet and the Executive Office of the President.
Q4) Describe the evolution of the president's wartime powers, providing examples from various military activities through American history.
Q5) Explain the concept of executive privilege and how it has been used by the presidents.
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Chapter 13: The Bureaucracy
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Q1) The Federal Trade Commission, the Federal Communications Commission, and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission are all examples of
A) cabinet departments.
B) independent regulatory agencies.
C) government corporations
D) independent executive agencies.
E) corporations subject to regulation.
Q2) Describe the difference between Sunshine laws and Sunset provisions.
Q3) After a bureaucratic regulation is proposed
A) it is published in the Federal Register.
B) a sixty-day waiting period occurs to allow Congress to overturn the regulation.
C) the regulation can be challenged in court by directly interested parties.
D) All of the above.
E) None of the above.
Q4) Describe the different models of bureaucracy.
Q5) Define the idea of an independent regulatory agency and discuss what these agencies do and why.
Q6) Describe the manner(s) in which Congress attempts to control the bureaucracy.
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Chapter 14: The Courts
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Q1) The number of cases that the Supreme Court reviews each term has
A) increased dramatically since the early 1950s.
B) hovered around 150 cases since the mid-1980s.
C) remained constant since the Civil War.
D) dropped significantly since the 1980s.
E) increased 50 percent after George W. Bush became president.
Q2) Describe the process of appointing judges to the federal courts. Explain how the process is fraught with partisan bickering.
Q3) If a Federal Circuit Court declares a law unconstitutional, the ruling applies
A) only to that specific case.
B) only within that court's jurisdiction.
C) only at the federal level.
D) only at the state level.
E) to all applications of the law in the entire country.
Q4) The number of justices on the Supreme Court
A) is set by the Constitution.
B) is set by the president.
C) used to be six, but is currently nine.
D) used to be fifteen, but is currently nine.
E) Both A and C.
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Chapter 15: Domestic and Economic Policy
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Q1) The number of persons held in jail or prison for every 100,000 persons in a particular population group is known as the
A) prison rate.
B) imprisonment numbers.
C) capacity figures.
D) incarceration rate.
E) recidivism rate.
Q2) The Federal Reserve System was created by Congress to
A) designate certain governmental powers as reserved for the federal government.
B) provide a secondary military force in times of war.
C) pay off the national debt.
D) serve as the nation's central banking organization.
E) None of the above.
Q3) The highest rate of taxation that one pays on the last dollar he or she makes is called the
A) progressive tax rate.
B) regressive tax rate.
C) marginal tax rate.
D) tax liability rate.
E) temporary tax rate.
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Chapter 16: Foreign Policy
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Q1) The 1990 Persian Gulf War began as a result of the invasion of ____________ by
A) Saudi Arabia; Iraq
B) Kuwait; Iran
C) Iran; Iraq
D) Kuwait; Iraq
E) Israel; Iran
Q2) U.S. foreign policy toward Europe during most of 1800s was
A) isolationism.
B) interventionist.
C) internationalist.
D) one of détente.
E) multilateral.
Q3) Explain the role that China has come to play in the world. How should the United States interact with China?
Q4) Will the relationship between the United States and Russia be substantially different from the relationship that existed between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War? Why or why not?
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