a. the West
b. the Midwest
c. the Northeast
d. the South
Answer: d
Test Bank Item Title: TB_Q4.3.26
Topic: Where We Live
Learning Objective: LO 4.3: Evaluate the importance of where
we live on American politics.
Page Reference: 107
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Diiculty Level: Moderate
27. The Framers of the Constitution did not endorse a national
church because __________.
a. they believed that religious liberty lourishes when there is no
oicial faith
b. they were Deists
c. they were not people of faith themselves
d. they wished for the people to be allowed to vote for a national
church
Topic: Who We Are
Learning Objective: LO 4.4: Analyze how such social and
demographic factors as race and ethnicity, religion, gender,
family structures, education, and age afect American politics.
Page Reference: 115
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Diiculty Level: Diicult
28. The political importance of Hispanics has been somewhat
blunted because __________.
a. Hispanics are not a united voting bloc
d. most Hispanic Americans classify themselves as white
e. some 13 million Hispanics live in California
d. they are the slowest-growing minority group in the United
States
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Topic: Who We Are
Learning Objective: LO 4.4: Analyze how such social and
demographic factors as race and ethnicity, religion, gender,
family structures, education, and age afect American politics.
Page Reference: 112
Skill Level: Analyze It
Diiculty Level: Diicult
29. Race can be deined as a group of human beings with distinctive
physical characteristics determined by genetic inheritance, but
some scholars deine it as __________.
a. less genetically determined than ethnically determined
b. more culturally determined than genetically determined
c. more demographically determined than physically determined
d. strictly physical with no genetic components
Topic: Who We Are
Learning Objective: LO 4.4: Analyze how such social and
demographic factors as race and ethnicity, religion, gender,
family structures, education, and age afect American politics.
Page Reference: 110
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Diiculty Level: Moderate
30. Ohio is part of what sectional grouping of states?
a. the Rust Belt
b. the Bible Belt
c. the Battleground States
d. the Snow Belt
Topic: Where We Live
Learning Objective: LO 4.3: Evaluate the importance of where
we live on American politics.
Page Reference: 108
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Diiculty Level: Moderate
31. Why is the South becoming less distinct?
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a. because it is becoming more balanced between Democrats
and Republicans
b. because of the large number of people moving to the South
from other regions
c. because of the large number of people leaving the South
d. because it is becoming more racially homogenous
Topic: Where We Live
Learning Objective: LO 4.3: Evaluate the importance of where
we live on American politics.
Page Reference: 107
Skill Level: Analyze It
Diiculty Level: Diicult
32. African Americans constitute what percentage of the U.S.
population?
a. 5 percent
b. nearly 13 percent
c. approximately 20 percent
d. more than 25 percent
Topic: Who We Are
Learning Objective: LO 4.4: Analyze how such social and
demographic factors as race and ethnicity, religion, gender,
family structures, education, and age afect American politics.
Page Reference: 112
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Diiculty Level: Easy
33. Compared to the white population, the African American
population is much __________.
a. more geographically concentrated
b. more geographically dispersed
c. younger
d. older
Topic: Who We Are
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Learning Objective: LO 4.4: Analyze how such social and
demographic factors as race and ethnicity, religion, gender,
family structures, education, and age afect American politics.
Page Reference: 112
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Diiculty Level: Moderate
34. African Americans had little political power until after
__________.
a. the Vietnam War
b. World War II
c. World War I
d. the Civil War
Topic: Who We Are
Learning Objective: LO 4.4: Analyze how such social and
demographic factors as race and ethnicity, religion, gender,
family structures, education, and age afect American politics.
Page Reference: 112
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Diiculty Level: Easy
35. James Madison warned that one of the greatest sources of
faction is __________.
a. ethnicity
b. immigration
c. religion
d. unequal distribution of property
Topic: How Much We Own
Learning Objective: LO 4.5: Describe the importance of
income, wealth, occupation, and social class in American
politics.
Page Reference: 121
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Diiculty Level: Moderate
36. In years past, social scientists who described the United States
as an ethnic melting pot now describe it as a __________.
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a. bag of nuts
b. fruitcake
c. ham sandwich
d. salad bowl
Topic: Unity in a Land of Diversity
Learning Objective: LO 4.6: Evaluate the degree to which
America has achieved a measure of unity in a land of diversity.
Page Reference: 126
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Diiculty Level: Moderate
37. Women gained the right to vote in the United States less than
100 years ago. The best characterization of women’s voting
pattern since the Nineteenth Amendment was passed would be
__________.
a. they started quickly and have remained at that level
b. they started quickly and have slowed down since
c. they started slowly and have continued slowly
d. they started slowly but have gained momentum since
Topic: Who We Are
Learning Objective: LO 4.4: Analyze how such social and
demographic factors as race and ethnicity, religion, gender,
family structures, education, and age afect American politics.
Page Reference: 116
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Diiculty Level: Moderate
38. In the 1960s, southern segregationists used the creed of
__________ to justify their views.
a. states’ rights
b. manifest destiny
c. American exceptionalism
d. equal opportunity
Topic: Who We Are
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Learning Objective: LO 4.4: Analyze how such social and
demographic factors as race and ethnicity, religion, gender,
family structures, education, and age afect American politics.
Page Reference: 112
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Diiculty Level: Moderate
39. In what way are Asian Americans and Hispanics similar?
a. Both groups have median incomes above the national median
income.
b. Both groups show signiicant diferences in culture, language,
and political experience.
c. Both groups are culturally homogenous.
d. Both groups are becoming more politically active.
Topic: Who We Are
Learning Objective: LO 4.4: Analyze how such social and
demographic factors as race and ethnicity, religion, gender,
family structures, education, and age afect American politics.
Page Reference: 112 – 113
Skill Level: Analyze It
Diiculty Level: Diicult
40. In the 2012 election, Republican Mitt Romney took what
position toward eforts to reduce income inequality?
a. He emphasized the need for government to take steps to
reduce income inequality.
b. He opposed eforts to reduce income inequality on the basis
that inequality spurs innovation in society.
c. He disputed the existence of a growing gap between the rich
and poor.
d. He opposed eforts to reduce income inequality on the basis
that such eforts would make everyone worse of.
Topic: Introduction
Learning Objective: Introduction
Page Reference: 102
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Diiculty Level: Moderate
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41. In the 2012 presidential election, Republicans garnered the
majority of votes from which of the following groups?
a. Hispanics
b. Protestants
c. women
d. young voters
Topic: Who We Are
Learning Objective: LO 4.4: Analyze how such social and
demographic factors as race and ethnicity, religion, gender,
family structures, education, and age afect American politics.
Page Reference: 115
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Diiculty Level: Easy
42. Based on the poll conducted by the Pew Global Attitudes
Project, which country shows the highest level of agreement on
the need to further restrict immigration?
a. China
b. India
c. Japan
d. Mexico
Topic: Geography and National Identity
Learning Objective: LO 4.2: Assess the role of geography in
building a national identity.
Page Reference: 106
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Diiculty Level: Moderate
43. Which of the following is true of religion in the United States?
a. The United States has a tremendous variety of religious
denominations.
b. Most Americans are not religious.
c. Religion in the United States is dominated by
fundamentalists.
d. Religion in the United States is dominated by the Catholic
Church.
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Topic: Where We Live
Learning Objective: LO 4.4: Analyze how such social and
demographic factors as race and ethnicity, religion, gender,
family structures, education, and age afect American politics.
Page Reference: 115
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Diiculty Level: Diicult
44. Recent changes to the age of the American population are most
likely to put a strain on which of the following?
a. immigration services
b. Medicare
c. national security
d. public schools
Topic: Who We Are
Learning Objective: LO 4.4: Analyze how such social and
demographic factors as race and ethnicity, religion, gender,
family structures, education, and age afect American politics.
Page Reference: 119
Skill Level: Apply What You Know
Diiculty Level: Diicult
45. If the 2010 census had employed statistical sampling, how
would the count have changed?
a. It would have produced a more accurate count of inner-city
Hispanics and African Americans.
b. It would have produced a more accurate count of non-
Hispanic whites.
c. It would have produced a more accurate count of the
population aged 18 and younger.
d. It would not have had a signiicant impact on the count.
Topic: Who We Are
Learning Objective: LO 4.4: Analyze how such social and
demographic factors as race and ethnicity, religion, gender,
family structures, education, and age afect American politics.
Page Reference: 114
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Skill Level: Apply What You Know
Diiculty Level: Diicult
46. Fundamentalists typically take which of the following positions?
a. support of airmative action
b. opposition to gun control
c. opposition to public education funding
d. support of women’s rights
Topic: Who We Are
Learning Objective: LO 4.4: Analyze how such social and
demographic factors as race and ethnicity, religion, gender,
family structures, education, and age afect American politics.
Page Reference: 115
Skill Level: Apply What You Know
Diiculty Level: Diicult
47. __________, the total value of someone’s possessions, is more
concentrated than __________.
a. Wealth; debt
b. Income; wealth
c. Wealth; income
d. Income; assets
Topic: How Much We Own
Learning Objective: LO 4.5: Describe the importance of
income, wealth, occupation, and social class in American
politics.
Page Reference:121
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Diiculty Level: Moderate
48. In 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the Defense of
Marriage Act (DOMA) legislation which __________.
a. barred the federal government from recognizing same-sex
marriages
b. barred states from creating their own policies on same-sex
marriage
c. legalized same-sex marriage at the federal level
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d. prohibited same-sex marriage at the state level
Topic: Who We Are
Learning Objective: LO 4.4: Analyze how such social and
demographic factors as race and ethnicity, religion, gender,
family structures, education, and age afect American politics.
Page Reference: 117
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Diiculty Level: Moderate
49. If the rich and the poor of all religions sometimes vote on the
basis of their religion but sometimes vote on the basis of their
wealth, it is an illustration of __________.
a. additive cleavages
b. cross-cutting cleavages
c. polarizing cleavages
e. reinforcing cleavages
Topic: Introduction
Learning Objective: Introduction
Page Reference: 104
Skill Level: Apply What You Know
Diiculty Level: Diicult
50. According to the Democratic Party, how does economic
inequality impact society?
a. It has no impact on society.
b. It has a positive efect on society because it motivates people
to pursue the American dream.
c. It has a negative impact because it puts the less privileged at
a disadvantage and distorts democracy.
d. It has a positive efect on society in that it draws attention to
the plight of the poor.
Topic: Introduction
Learning Objective: Introduction
Page Reference: 102
Skill Level: Analyze It
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