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POL 110 Week 4 Exam # 1

• Question 1

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	In the United States, a person is said to have political __________ if he or she acts in a certain way that is conferred by a law or by a state or national constitution.

• Question 2

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	In our political system, Aristotle’s ideal of direct democracy has been most closely approximated by the

• Question 3

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	The financial position of the state and national governments under the Articles of Confederation could be best described as

• Question 4

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	Karl Marx is associated with the view that elites reflect a(n)

• Question 5

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	One distinctive feature of many European democracies is that very few offices are

• Question 6

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	An unalienable right is one that is based on

• Question 7

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	The Declaration of Independence explicitly stated that governments were instituted among men to

• Question 8

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	Madison dramatized his perspective in a Federalist paper by observing that “if men were _________, no government would be necessary.”

• Question 9

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	Under the Articles of Confederation, amendments had to

• Question 10

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	Each state would have had an equal number of votes in the legislature under the ________ Plan.

• Question 11

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	A central premise in Marshall’s analysis of federalism was that the government of the United States was established by

• Question 12

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	One of the reasons that our local governments are independent of the national government is

• Question 13

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	Which is a procedure that enables voters to reject a measure adopted by the legislature?

• Question 14

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	According to the Office of Management and Budget, this program represented the largest federal grant to state and local governments for fiscal year 2014.

• Question 15

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	In McCulloch v. Maryland (1819), the Supreme Court ruled that

• Question 16

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	The earliest immigrant group to arrive in large numbers and thus alter the scope of civil liberties issues consisted of

• Question 17

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	If police get a search warrant that they thought was valid but the judge used the wrong form, the ______ allows them to still use the warrant.

• Question 18

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	In this Supreme Court decision, the Court held that the federal guarantees of free speech and free press also applied to the states.

• Question 19

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	In passing the Sedition Act of 1798, the Federalists were fearful that Thomas Jefferson and his party would

• Question 20

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	In 1803, this U.S. president wrote a letter to the governor of Pennsylvania requesting that he prosecute newspaper publishers for speaking out against the government.

• Question 21

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	The difference between de facto and de jure segregation is that

• Question 22

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	Laws that address public order and the safety and morals of citizens have traditionally been considered the focus of

• Question 23

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	In order to discourage segregation, federal laws began to

• Question 24

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	A great change in the status of American women took place when

• Question 25

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	The philosophy of civil disobedience suggests that there is value to

POL 110 Week 8 Exam # 2

• Question 1

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	Although early studies of American public opinion and voting found low information levels, they also found that Americans were pretty good at

• Question 2

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	If any given voter has an equal chance of being in a survey, the sample is best described as a __________ sample.

• Question 3

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	Which of the following ages is most likely to be considered part of someone’s “impressionable years”?

• Question 4

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	In the early years of the republic, newspapers were financially supported by

• Question 5

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	Political __________ is the process by which personal and other background traits influence one’s views about politics and government.

• Question 6

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	An outsider strategy that is designed to generate public pressure directly on government officials is

• Question 7

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	Progressives called for civil service reform to

• Question 8

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	The modern Republican Party

• Question 9

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	The __________ manages the day-to-day work of the party.

• Question 10

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	The first step in electing candidates to office is

• Question 11

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	Now, people can register to vote when they apply for

• Question 12

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	In most European nations, voter registration is

• Question 13

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	Compared to citizens of other nations, Americans are _______ involved in politics and community affairs and vote at ________ levels.

• Question 14

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	What amendment gave women the right to vote?

• Question 15

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	In 1995, the 104th Congress passed a bill that obliges Congress to obey 11 important laws governing things, including all of the following EXCEPT

• Question 16

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	The _________ privilege allows members of Congress to send mail to their constituents for free.

• Question 17

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	The Supreme Court struck down an effort by a state to impose term limits on

• Question 18

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	A concurrent resolution passed by Congress seeks to

• Question 19

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	What is the term used to describe a two-chamber legislative body?

• Question 20

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	Today, it takes __________ of the Senate to cut off debate.

• Question 21

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	A marginal district is one in which

• Question 22

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	Beginning in 1997, the chairs of Senate committees were limited to

• Question 23

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	Congress is quick to pass what type of legislation, according to the text?

• Question 24

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	__________ are provisions that direct the federal government to fund specific projects.

• Question 25

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	Recent changes in the composition of Congress have resulted in

POL 110 Week 11 Exam # 3

• Question 1

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	Which of the following is NOT one of the constraints on a president’s ability to plan a program?

• Question 2

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	When the government is unable to act on matters such as education because the legislature believes states should pay more for education and the president believes the federal government should pay more for education, it is an example of

• Question 3

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	The electoral college provides for each state to cast _____ electoral vote(s) for each senator and representative it has.

• Question 4

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	When the president uses the prestige and visibility of the office to guide or mobilize the American people, we say that he/she is using the

• Question 5

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	In his first term in office, Barack Obama vetoed

• Question 6

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	When Congress formally sets aside money for a specific use, it is called a(n)

• Question 7

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	A laissez-faire economy is one which is

• Question 8

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	In terms of bureaucracy, divided government appears to have the greatest effect on

• Question 9

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	One way that appropriations committees have lost their power is because Congress changed many programs from permanent authorization to __________ authorization.

• Question 10

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	The National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 requires

• Question 11

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	Fee shifting is the practice of

• Question 12

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	One unintended consequence of the Supreme Court’s heavy caseload is an increase in the influence wielded by

• Question 13

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	Courts do not issue _________ opinions.

• Question 14

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	Brown v. Board of Education is an example of a

• Question 15

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	If California and Arizona sue each other over water usage from the Colorado River, the case can be heard only

• Question 16

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	Welfare policies in which a relatively few number of people benefit but almost everyone pays are characterized by

• Question 17

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	Which industry is the most vocal regarding the topic of pesticides and has made their voice heard in Congress so that very few pesticides have been taken off the market?

• Question 18

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	Which region of the United States was most impacted by acid rain?

• Question 19

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	Which of the following is NOT true about AFDC?

• Question 20

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	The form of pollutant thought to be caused by the burning of high-sulfur coal by Midwestern steel mills and electric power plants is

• Question 21

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	When describing how well the American public is informed on foreign affairs, it is accurate to say

• Question 22

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	The National Security Council includes all of the following EXCEPT the

• Question 23

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	In September of 2002, President George W. Bush issued a document formally announcing that the doctrine of __________ would guide American foreign policy in regard to the war on terror.

• Question 24

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	The Supreme Court ruled that Harry Truman overstepped the bounds of wartime executive power when he

• Question 25

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	Which worldview did Walter Lippmann argue against in his book The Cold War?

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