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Course Introduction
United States Government is an in-depth exploration of the principles, structures, and functions that define the American political system. This course examines the Constitution, federalism, the branches of government, and the role of political parties, interest groups, and the media. Students analyze significant Supreme Court cases, the policymaking process, and civil rights and liberties. Through an understanding of both historical context and contemporary debates, learners gain insight into how governmental decisions impact society and the responsibilities of citizenship in a democracy.
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American Government 13th Edition by Walter
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Chapter 1: Politics, Democracy, and the American People
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Q1) Locke believed that government's primary role was to
A)help individuals fulfill their potential.
B)develop the moral character of its citizens.
C)protect the life, liberty, and property of those it governs.
D)preserve the social morality.
E)create an all-powerful central government
Answer: C
Q2) Majority rule always prevents tyranny.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) According to the text, who was an early advocate of public education, defending the cost of such a system on the basis that it would instill the value of democracy?
A)John Locke
B)James Madison
C)Baron Montesquieu
D)Thomas Jefferson
E)David Hume
Answer: D
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Chapter 2: From Colonialism to Constitutionalism
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Q1) The Connecticut Compromise prevented the collapse of the Constitutional Convention by resolving which fundamental conflict between the Virginia and New Jersey Plans?
A)the conflict between members who wanted a strong federal government and those wanting strong states' rights
B)the deep political division between James Madison and Alexander Hamilton
C)the disagreement among members about representation in the national legislature
D)the problem between those who favored a bill of rights and those who opposed it
E)the problem of trade between northern states and southern states
Answer: C
Q2) The Connecticut Compromise was a proposal that called for the number of representatives in the House to be determined by population and giving each state equal representation in the Senate.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 3: The Federal System
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Q1) If one state enacts legislation that allows same-sex marriages, a different state can enact legislation refusing to acknowledge same-sex marriages.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) In 1938, the Roosevelt administration passed legislation that imposed federal regulation in all but
A)labor management relations.
B)stock and commodity relations.
C)women's equality in the work force.
D)child labor regulation.
E)minimum wage regulations.
Answer: C
Q3) Under the U.S.Constitution, the powers of the states are referred to as delegated powers.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 4: Public Opinion and the Mass Media
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Q1) The Internet permits candidates to conduct what traditional campaign practices electronically?
A)attract volunteers and advertise
B)fundraising and meeting voters at the polls
C)voter registration and getting out the vote
D)voter polling and intimate conversation
E)creating numerous websites.
Q2) The Internet allows candidates to reach a growing portion of the public twenty-four hours a day, at little cost, and without reliance on the traditional media.
A)True
B)False
Q3) In scientific polls, pollsters consider their analysis to be accurate if the margin of error:
A)is zero only.
B)is 10 to 20 percent.
C)is 6 to 9 percent.
D)is 5 to 8 percent.
E)is 3 to 4 percent.
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Chapter 5: Political Parties and Interest Groups
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Q1) The dealignment theory stresses that, currently,
A)political parties are in a state of disintegration.
B)a realignment of party loyalties is taking place that will lead to a transfer of voter support from one party to the other.
C)each major political party is splitting into conservative and liberal wings.
D)the rise of the black vote now gives the Democratic party an advantage over the Republican party in national elections.
E)national party organizations are becoming more powerful than the state or local party organizations.
Q2) The economic specialization of American society has increased the number of interest groups that are active.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Interest groups frequently have more success lobbying the president than they do lobbying individual members of Congress.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Nominations and Elections
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Q1) The gender gap is to be found among older women voters because of issues related to Social Security and Medicare.
A)True
B)False
Q2) A party's vice presidential nominee is customarily chosen by the
A)presidential nominee.
B)party's national chairperson.
C)President Pro Tempore of the Senate.
D)Speaker of the House.
E)national caucuses.
Q3) There was no coattail effect in the 2008 election.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Money given to political parties rather than to candidates during political campaigns is called
A)soft money.
B)hard money.
C)new money.
D)bundled money.
E)declared money.
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Chapter 7: Congress
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Q1) How many senators and representatives vote in Congress?
A)435
B)535
C)270
D)104
E)161
Q2) Although Congress is a partisan body, the procedure for getting a bill proposal to a floor vote is remarkably fair.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Increased tax revenue or spending cuts can reduce budget deficits.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Terminating debate in the Senate takes a vote for cloture adopted by
A)two-thirds of those present.
B)two-thirds of the total membership.
C)three-fifths of the entire Senate.
D)a simple majority of those present.
E)simple majorities in the House and Senate.
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Chapter 8: The Chief Executive
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Q1) Which presidential speech is required under the Employment Act of 1946?
A)State of the Union address
B)Annual Economic Report
C)National Budget message
D)"fireside chats"
E)weekly televised speeches to the American people.
Q2) The judicial branch of government is one source of control over the president.
A)True
B)False
Q3) In his famous "fireside chats" during the Great Depression of the 1930s, President Franklin D.Roosevelt tried to give hope to radio listeners.This illustrates the presidential role of
A)party leader.
B)chief diplomat.
C)manager of the economy.
D)national opinion leader.
E)chief of state.
Q4) Identify the stimulus and characteristics of the USA PATRIOT Act.What are arguments for the USA PATRIOT Act? What are arguments against it?
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Chapter 9: The Federal Bureaucracy
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Q1) Identify some of the reasons the bureaucracy has grown.Given these reasons, what is the likelihood in the future the size of the bureaucracy can be reduced? Explain.
Q2) Which unit consists of the president, the vice president, the secretaries of state and defense, a member of the White House staff, and the director of the Office of Emergency Preparedness?
A)the National Security Council
B)the Council of Economic Advisers
C)the Office of Management and Budget
D)the White House Office
E)Department of Homeland Security
Q3) Because the president is the constitutional head of the executive branch, he is responsible for the bureaucracy.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The powers of the federal bureaucracy have grown immensely since the country's inception.Examine the governmental checks on the power of the bureaucracy and discuss whether or not this system is successful.
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Chapter 10: The Judiciary
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Q1) Administrative law consists of the regulations that have been issued by administrative agencies.
A)True
B)False
Q2) John Marshall's opinion in Marbury v.Madison established the principle of A)judicial review.
B)judicial self-restraint.
C)stare decisis.
D)original jurisdiction.
E)textualism.
Q3) Courts which are created by the Congress under Article I, Section 8, of the U.S.Constitution are usually referred to as
A)administrative courts.
B)appeals courts.
C)legislative courts.
D)regulatory courts.
E)chancery courts.
Q4) The concept of jurisdiction is basic to understanding the American court system. A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: Civil Liberties
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Q1) Which one of the following is NOT true with respect to the right to counsel?
A)The right appears in the Sixth Amendment.
B)It was applied to the states in 1963 in Gideon v.Wainwright.
C)The right to counsel includes misdemeanor cases in which a person could go to jail.
D)It has been an issue in cases where defendants cannot afford to hire a lawyer.
E)It applies to the states only in instances where the defendant can be sentenced to death.
Q2) In Nix v.Williams, the Supreme Court ruled that illegally obtained evidence could be used in a criminal trial if the government could demonstrate that
A)the government did not act out of malice.
B)the defendant was aware that the government was investigating him or her.
C)the evidence would have inevitably been found by the police in the normal course of their investigation.
D)the search is conducted by state rather than federal officials.
E)the evidence was verified by an independent testing laboratory.
Q3) Grand juries return indictments in only 10 percent of the cases that they hear.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: Civil Rights
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Q1) Which one of the following is true with respect to the U.S.Supreme Court's decision in Brown v.Board of Education (1954)?
A)it required schools to desegregate within one year of the decision.
B)school desegregation moved quickly in the Deep South.
C)it addressed de facto segregation.
D)the case was argued by W.E.B Du Bois.
E)the situation in the South did not change significantly until Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Q2) Which amendments to the U.S.Constitution were passed in an attempt to give freed slaves the full rights of citizenship?
A)the Second, and Third Amendments
B)the Ninth, and Tenth Amendments
C)the Sixth, and Thirteenth Amendments
D)the Eighth and Nineteenth Amendments
E)the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments
Q3) Civil rights and civil liberties mean the same thing.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Summarize the arguments for and against quota-based affirmative action policies.
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Chapter 13: Public Policy: What Government Does
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Q1) Supply-side economics strongly influenced decision making in the Reagan administration.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The government recently announced that increased tax revenues will be used to provide more welfare benefits for the poor. This is an example of a
A)regulatory policy.
B)distributive policy.
C)redistributive policy.
D)procedural policy.
E)implementation policy.
Q3) Which public policy model believes policies are made by a relatively small group of highly influential leaders who share common outlooks and goals?
A)group theory
B)elite theory
C)corporatism
D)subgovernments
E)rational choice
Q4) Evaluate the efforts to reform welfare and their effectiveness.
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Chapter 14: Foreign Policy
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Q1) Terrorism is defined by American law as "premeditated, politically motivated violence against noncombatant targets by subnational groups."
A)True
B)False
Q2) The policy of detente originated with the Korean War.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The media influences foreign policy in a number of ways including
A)ignoring the policy agenda.
B)electing officials.
C)bribing policy makers to support a specific issue.
D)framing the policy agenda.
E)regulation.
Q4) The core concept guiding realism is
A)abundance.
B)superpower status.
C)anarchy.
D)internal sources of influence.
E)money.
Q5) Describe the governmental sources of American foreign policy.
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