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U.S. Government
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Course Introduction
This course provides an in-depth examination of the structure, functions, and processes of the United States government. Students will explore the foundational principles established by the Constitution, the roles and responsibilities of the three branches executive, legislative, and judicial and the system of checks and balances. The course further delves into the electoral process, the role of political parties, the impact of public opinion and the media, civil rights and liberties, and the ways in which citizens can participate in the political process. Through critical analysis and discussion, students gain a comprehensive understanding of how the U.S. government operates on both the federal and state levels, and its significance in shaping national and global policies.
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American Government and Politics Today The Essentials 17th Edition by Barbara A. Bardes
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Chapter 1: The Democratic Republic
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Q1) A democratic republic is different from a representative democracy in that
A) there is no king.
B) the people are the only sovereign.
C) there is a king.
D) there is an authoritarian ruler.
E) Options A and B are true.
Answer: E
Q2) Harold Lasswell defined politics as
A) the allocation of benefits in society.
B) the way conflict in society is solved.
C) who gets what, when, and how.
D) promoting equality among citizens.
E) None of the above is true.
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: The Constitution
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Q1) The Bill of Rights provided for
A) the protection of individual liberties from state governments.
B) the protection of individual liberties from the national government.
C) equal protection under the law.
D) protection against state infringements on the freedoms of conscience, the press, and jury trial.
E) Options B and D are true.
Answer: B
Q2) International agreements between the president and a foreign head of state that do not require legislative approval are known as A) treaties.
B) executive agreements.
C) contracts.
D) memoranda of understanding.
E) executive orders.
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Federalism
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Q1) In a unitary system of government, ultimate government authority is located
A) at the state or provincial level.
B) at the local or municipal level.
C) at the regional level.
D) at the national or central level.
E) Options A and B are true.
Answer: D
Q2) In a federal political system, authority is
A) always vested in a bicameral legislature.
B) divided between the central government and regional or sub-divisional 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 teaching of evolution in public schools
A) violates the establishment clause of the Constitution.
B) may be taught side by side with creationist theory.
C) violates the free exercise clause of the Constitution.
D) was addressed in Epperson v. Arkansas and various court cases since 1968.
E) All the above are true.
Q2) Explain under what conditions the Supreme Court will consider a restriction on commercial speech.
Q3) Cruel and unusual punishment is prohibited by
A) the separation of powers.
B) judicial review.
C) the Fifth Amendment.
D) the Eighth Amendment.
E) the Tenth Amendment.
Q4) The Supreme Court rulings on freedom of speech
A) forbid municipalities from banning Nazi marches.
B) allow municipalities to ban sound trucks in the late evening hours.
C) forbid anti-loitering ordinances to cut down on gang activity.
D) allow municipalities to require parade permits for crowd control.
E) All of the above are true.
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Chapter 5: Civil Rights
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Q1) On the issue of sexual harassment, the Supreme Court has ruled that
A) employers are not responsible for harassment undertaken by their employees.
B) individuals cannot be sexually harassed by members of their own gender.
C) it is considered sexual harassment when words or actions of a sexual nature interfere with the employee's work or create a "hostile environment."
D) it is not illegal to condition promotions on sexual favors.
E) laws against sexual harassment violate the First Amendment's protection of free speech.
Q2) After the Civil War, civil rights legislation was passed by Congress
A) but much of it was very ineffective and parts were declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.
B) and it played a major role in creating equality for African Americans.
C) and was accepted by the American public.
D) that prevented African Americans from being extended equal public accommodations.
E) All of the above are true.
Q3) Compare and contrast the struggle for women's rights with the struggle for civil rights.
Q4) Contrast the approaches of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X.
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Chapter 6: Public Opinion and Political Socialization
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Q1) Recent allegations of polling fraud have included
A) concerns about secret in-house weights being added to results.
B) concerns that results were fabricated.
C) concerns that reader surveys are being published as scientific polls.
D) Skype users flooding poll results with duplicate entries.
E) Options B and C are true.
Q2) Researchers now believe they can make generalizations about the mood of the country as
A) it swings to the political right or left.
B) it tends to swing in a more liberal direction when the federal government successfully intervenes in difficult economic times.
C) it tends to swing in a more conservative direction when government fails in controlling gas prices or consumer interest rates.
D) the electorate tends to move away from a President who proposes very liberal or conservative policies.
E) All of the above are true.
Q3) Discuss four things that influence one's public opinion.
Q4) Explore the means by which political socialization occurs in the United States.
Q5) Describe the significance and possible origins of the gender gap.
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Chapter 7: Interest Groups
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Q1) Legislators and government officials are often more impressed by contacts from A) constituents than interest groups.
B) aides to the Supreme Court than the bar association in their district.
C) lobbyists who threaten to take their case to the public than their constituents.
D) reporters who leak classified information to the press than the media in general.
E) representatives from foreign governments than lobbyists from American interests.
Q2) The age of automation and the rise of the service sector have
A) led to increased power for labor unions.
B) eliminated the need for interest groups for workers.
C) led to an increase in the percentage of blue-collar workers in the total working population.
D) led to attempts to unionize migrant farm workers, service workers, and public employees.
E) caused the collapse of all labor interest groups.
Q3) Describe legislative efforts to regulate the activities of lobbyists.
Q4) What would be the unintended consequences if lobbying was abolished?
Q5) Describe the role played by interest groups in shaping public policy.
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Chapter 8: Political Parties
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Q1) The primary goal of an American political party is
A) peaceably influencing the American public.
B) signing up large numbers of deeply committed members.
C) getting the party's candidates elected to office by winning elections.
D) collecting member dues.
E) trying to find the other party doing "bad" things.
Q2) Which if the following is true?
A) Political parties organize voter registration drives.
B) Political parties recruit volunteers to work at the polls on election day.
C) Political parties raise money for campaign materials.
D) Political parties work to raise awareness for their candidates and increase voter turnout.
E) All of the above are true.
Q3) Today about how many voters call themselves independents?
A) 20 percent
B) 40 percent
C) 10 percent
D) 50 percent
E) 75 percent
Q4) Analyze the role of cultural politics in recent elections.
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Chapter 9: Campaigns, Elections, and the Media
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Q1) Explain the ways in which new media (Internet, blogs, podcasts) are used in campaigns.
Q2) A campaign advisor who tries to convince journalists of the truth of a particular interpretation of events is called a
A) news consultant.
B) flip-flopper.
C) spin doctor.
D) fact checker.
E) win engineer.
Q3) Holders of political office in the United States today are usually
A) representative of the general public.
B) evenly divided between men and women.
C) white and male.
D) younger than the candidates elected in the 1800s.
E) Roman Catholics.
Q4) How has the right to vote been expanded since the Constitution was written?
Q5) What are the theories of media bias? Is there evidence to support the claims of media bias?
Q6) Describe the steps you can take to become a critical news consumer.
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Q7) Which people are least likely to vote? How does this affect government policies?
Chapter 10: The Congress
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Q1) The concept of cloture refers to
A) a method used to defeat legislation in Congress.
B) a process that attempts to limit debate on a bill in the Senate.
C) closed meetings held by both parties to elect their leadership or resolve other important issues.
D) action taken by the House Rules Committee that must be approved by the Speaker.
E) the resolution that adjourns Congress.
Q2) All of the following are true of bicameralism \(\bold{except}\)
A) it establishes two bodies in the legislature.
B) the Framers wished to balance the interests and the numerical superiority of the common citizens with the property interests of the less numerous landowners, bankers, and merchants.
C) it provided for House members to be directly elected by the people.
D) it set up different ways to amend the Constitution.
E) originally, senators were to be chosen by elected representatives in the state legislatures who would more likely be members of the elite.
Q3) Explain how a bill becomes a law.
Q4) Explain the different types of committees and their functions.
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Chapter 11: The President
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Q1) With regard to presidential pardons, all of the following statements are true \(\bold{except}\)
A) the Supreme Court has ruled that presidents can grant pardons or reprieves for all offenses.
B) presidents may grant a pardon only if the person to be pardoned has been convicted of a crime.
C) President Ford pardoned President Richard Nixon for his role in the Watergate affair.
D) President Carter issued a blanket pardon for Vietnam War-era military draft resisters.
E) the Constitution gives the president the power to grant reprieves and pardons.
Q2) An executive order
A) must be published in the Federal Register.
B) is not valid unless both chambers of Congress approve it.
C) must be approved by a majority of the cabinet.
D) can only be issued when Congress is not in session.
E) cannot be overturned by Congress.
Q3) Analyze the circumstances in which impeachment has been used throughout our history.
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Chapter 12: The Bureaucracy
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Q1) The Hatch Act, adopted by Congress in 1939, was created to
A) encourage federal employees to run for state but not federal government.
B) prohibit federal employees from switching political parties.
C) prohibit federal employees from active involvement in political campaigns.
D) increase federal employee participation in running voter registration drives.
E) establish a patronage system during the Great Depression.
Q2) All of the following statement are true about cabinet departments \(\bold{except}\)
A) there are fifteen cabinet departments.
B) new cabinet departments are created by the president.
C) cabinet departments perform government functions like printing money and training troops.
D) the most recent department to be created was the Department of Homeland Security.
E) All of the above are true.
Q3) Explain the concepts of iron triangles and issue networks. What could be done to change the iron triangles?
Q4) Describe the different models of bureaucracy.
Q5) Describe the ways in which bureaucracy both controls and benefits your life.
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Q6) Describe the pros and cons of India's biometric ID system.
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Chapter 13: The Courts
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Q1) According to the Constitution, the Supreme Court can exercise original jurisdiction
A) in matters where the United States is a party.
B) in cases where jurisdiction has been granted by statute.
C) to intervene in a federal case.
D) in cases affecting foreign diplomats and in cases in which the state is a party.
E) over cases appealed from state supreme courts.
Q2) U.S. district courts
A) are courts of intermediate appellate courts.
B) have final appellate jurisdiction to review cases.
C) are the state courts.
D) are the trial courts of the federal system.
E) are courts of limited jurisdiction.
Q3) Diversity of citizenship
A) is when a citizen holds dual citizenships and must choose one.
B) exists when the parties to a lawsuit are from different states.
C) exists when the parties to a lawsuit are from different countries.
D) None of the above is true.
E) Options B and C are true.
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Chapter 14: Domestic and Economic Policy
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Q1) The number of incarcerated persons in the United States
A) includes an equal number of African-American males and females.
B) has increased requiring more prisons to be built.
C) has declined in recent years.
D) is greater in federal prisons than state prisons.
E) is growing mostly due to arrests to prevent terrorism.
Q2) With regard to the issue of oil and energy,
A) the United States' dependence on foreign oil is down sharply from just a few years ago.
B) a new technology called fracking is allowing more oil to be extracted from domestic and Canadian sources.
C) fracking can only extract oil, not natural gas.
D) the United States gets nearly 80 percent of its oil and gas from foreign sources.
E) Both options A and B are true.
Q3) Describe the measures in recent health care reform legislation that was passed by Congress, which takes effect in 2014.
Q4) Should the rich pay more in taxes? Describe the arguments on both sides of the issue.
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Chapter 15: Foreign Policy
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Q1) With regard to national security,
A) the National Security Council acts as an advisory body to the president and has become a rival to the State Department in influencing the foreign policy process.
B) the policy itself is determined by the Department of Defense, the Department of State, and a number of other federal agencies.
C) it is concerned with the defense of the United States against actual or potential future enemies.
D) it is designed to protect our country's independence and political integrity.
E) All of the above are true.
Q2) What problems might there be if the draft was used again in the United States?
Q3) Terrorism
A) is a systematic attempt to inspire fear to gain political ends.
B) typically includes indiscriminate use of violence against noncombatants.
C) is a term that was coined to refer to radicals who were in control of the government at the height of the French Revolution (1789-1799).
D) Both options A and B are true.
E) Options A, B, and C are true.
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