Chapter 5: Interest Groups
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Q1) Describe how the Internet has allowed interest groups to exert greater influence on government.
Q2) Why do interest groups offer campaign contributions to help elect candidates?
A)Helping to elect candidates creates a relationship between the interest group and the elected official that the group may be able to exploit later.
B)Helping to elect candidates is the easiest way to influence government policy.
C)Through campaign contributions,interest groups are able to elect their own staff members to positions in government.
D)Through campaign contributions,interest groups are able to offer input into the political party platforms.
Q3) Today,more than one-half of lobbyists in Washington are women.
A)True
B)False
Q4) In The Federalist,No.10,Madison expressed concerns about what he called "factions." What are some examples of modern-day factions,and is it true that these factions pursue their self-interests at the expense of the broader public interest,as Madison assumed?
Q5) The Swift Boat Veterans for Truth is an example of a(n)__________.
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Chapter 9: The Media and Uspolitics
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Q1) Campaign advertising has recently taken on a much more positive tone with regard to the opposing candidate.
A)True
B)False
Q2) During the 1820s and 1830s,newspapers began shifting their appeal from the elite toward the masses.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The greatest amount of news coverage during political campaigns occurs in which type of race?
A)state legislative
B)governor
C)presidential
D)congressional
Q4) When did the era of "objective journalism" begin?
A)in the early 1800s
B)in the 1870s
C)in the early twentieth century
D)in the 1950s
Q5) The nickname __________ was given to Ronald Reagan.
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Chapter 10: Congress
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Q1) A rider is an addendum to a bill.It must be related to the bill and intended to secure or defeat its passage.
A)True
B)False
Q2) How is ideology in Congress measured?
A)by surveying members on their political views
B)by studying actual votes
C)by surveying voters in congressional districts
D)by studying transcripts of floor debates
Q3) __________ committees pass the laws that set policy,whereas __________ committees determine funding levels.
A)Authorizing;appropriations
B)Authorizing;oversight
C)Budget;appropriations
D)Budget;revenue
Q4) About one-third of the bills proposed in Congress receive full passage.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Of the two chambers of Congress,members of the __________ are more vulnerable to defeat in elections.
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Chapter 11: The Presidency
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Q1) What does the Twenty-Second Amendment do?
A)requires that presidents are natural-born citizens
B)requires that presidents serve no more than two terms
C)requires the president to be a resident of the United States for two years
D)requires the president to be at least 35 years old
Q2) Explain the president's role as morale-builder-in-chief.Why is this role important? Make sure to identify some examples in your response.
Q3) What distinguishes modern presidents from early presidents?
A)Modern presidents are much more liberal than early presidents.
B)Modern presidents are much less active in the formulation of policy than early presidents.
C)Modern presidents are much more active in the formulation of policy than early presidents.
D)Modern presidents are much less prone to engage in international conflicts than early presidents.
Q4) Explain how presidents can check judicial power.
Q5) The __________ address has become one of the most important tools a president can use to call attention to the presidential agenda.
Q6) Compare the White House staff and the cabinet.
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Chapter 14: Civil Liberties
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Q1) Which Supreme Court case applied the exclusionary rule to the states?
A)New York Times Co.v.Sullivan
B)Mapp v.Ohio
C)Wolf v.Colorado
D)Gideon v.Wainwright
Q2) Which Supreme Court case upheld California's three felonies rule,which allowed a 25-years-to-life sentence for certain convictions?
A)Ewing v.California
B)Gideon v.Wainwright
C)Miller v.California
D)Allegheny v.ACLU
Q3) In its 2010 decision in McDonald v.Chicago,the Supreme Court incorporated the __________ Amendment to the states.
Q4) Which of the following would be permitted under the nonpreferentialist test?
A)government grants to a wide range of private religious charities
B)warrantless searches of individuals whom police suspect of committing crimes
C)government censorship of news stories related to national security matters
D)speech advocating the overthrow of the government
Q5) What constitutes a taking for the purpose of eminent domain?
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Chapter 15: Civil Rights
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Q1) Brown v.Board of Education overturned the __________ doctrine.
Q2) The term "Asian American" describes approximately __________ people.
A)2 million
B)6 million
C)10 million
D)20 million
Q3) Under the Civil Rights Act,religious institutions such as parochial schools may not consider religion in employment decisions.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Although they are guaranteed certain rights like free speech and freedom of religion,__________ can be denied welfare and many other benefits in the United States and can be barred from employment in certain professions.
Q5) Poorly educated African Americans are just as likely to fail a literacy test as poorly educated whites.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Explain how the Constitution's protections of civil rights and liberties apply to noncitizens.
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Chapter 16: Making Economic Policy
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Q1) Why do most economists oppose protectionism?
A)because it contributes to the trade deficit
B)because it artificially lowers prices,hurting businesses
C)because it gives labor unions too much power
D)because it prevents the efficient use of resources
Q2) The size of the national debt is __________.
A)declining
B)rising
C)marginal
D)unchanged
Q3) Federal regulations protect workers through labor injunctions and collective bargaining.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Keynesians in Congress would support increasing ___________ as a means to address high levels of unemployment.
Q5) Why do most capitalist states engage in some regulation of the economy,and where do we see regulation in the United States? Include discussion of specific legislation.
Q6) What is the difference between budget deficits and the national debt?
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Chapter 17: Making Social Policy
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Q1) Social Security was designed to meet two goals: to provide a minimum income for poor beneficiaries and to ensure that benefits bear a relationship to the amount of __________ paid by beneficiaries.
Q2) The Social Security program was adopted during what event or period?
A)the Vietnam War
B)the Reagan administration
C)the Great Society
D)the Great Depression
Q3) Which of the following is necessary information to determine eligibility for a means-tested program?
A)the number of years a person has worked before retirement
B)the number of years a person has been on Social Security
C)the number of years a person has been in the military
D)the income level of the person in question
Q4) A welfare program that contains an income eligibility threshold is likely a means-tested program.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Medicare is designed to help the __________ population.
Q6) How is the federal government involved in health care? Why is this the case?
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Chapter 18: Making Foreign and Defense Policy
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Q1) What is idealism? How is realism a critique of idealism? How can a country's foreign policy be driven by both realism and idealism? Give examples illustrating how George W.Bush's and Barack Obama's foreign policies were driven by realism and idealism.Which worldview do you think is more appropriate and why?
Q2) Who instituted the Marshall Plan and who benefited directly from it?
A)The Soviet Union instituted the Marshall Plan to benefit Eastern Europe.
B)Germany instituted the Marshall Plan to benefit the United States.
C)Italy instituted the Marshall Plan to benefit Western Europe.
D)The United States instituted the Marshall Plan to benefit Eastern Europe.
Q3) What is the policy of preemption? How did President Bush incorporate the policy of preemption in the Bush Doctrine? How was this policy used in the Bush administration's decision to invade Iraq?
Q4) Who serves on the Joint Chiefs of Staff?
A)the cabinet secretaries
B)the leaders of the armed forces
C)the president's foreign policy advisers
D)the White House military intelligence corps
Q5) Given the size of its economy and increased globalization,U.S.foreign policy toward __________ is motivated primarily by trade policy.
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