The group that casts the ballots that actually elect a president is
A) the electorate.
B) superdelegates.
C) the Electoral College.
D) state legislators.
E) the Senate.
Former slaves were granted citizenship as well as the privileges and immunities thereof,
and states were barred from depriving anyone of life, liberty, or property without due
process of law through the ________ Amendment.
A) Twelfth
B) Thirteenth
C) Fourteenth
D) Fifteenth
E) Seventeenth
Roger Williams questioned
A) the right of colonists to settle on Indian lands.
B) God’s merciful providence.
C) the Puritans’ merciful ways.
D) the Puritans’ right to split from the Anglican Church.
E) the Old Testament.
In 1781, the thirteen colonies adopted the ________ as the basis of their government.
A) Constitution
B) Treaty of Paris
C) Articles of Confederation
D) Declaration of Independence
E) New Jersey Plan
The 1936 election was predicted correctly by
A) George Gallup.
B) the Literary Digest.
C) the National Election Study.
D) Harris Interactive.
E) Zogby International.
Suppose you are injured on the job and decide to sue your employer for negligence. In
that case, you will be referred to as the ____ in court.
A) defendant
B) plaintiff
C) appellant
D) attorney general
E) accused
The Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments are collectively known as the
A) Civil Liberties Amendments.
B) Bill of Rights.
C) Susan B. Anthony Amendments.
D) Frederick Douglass Amendments.
E) Civil War Amendments.
The modified version of the George W. Bush administration’s initial bailout plan passed
by Congress in 2008 was called the ______________________.
A) Emergency Economic Stability Act
B) Troubled Asset Relief Program
C) Works Progress Administration
D) American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
E) Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act
The number of women and minorities on the federal bench went up most dramatically
during the ________ administration.
A) Ronald Reagan
B) George H.W. Bush
C) Jimmy Carter
D) George W. Bush
E) Bill Clinton
How long is the early voting period in Texas?
A) One month
B) Two weeks
C) One week
D) Three days
E) There is no early voting in Texas
The freedom of the press is a concept rooted in the _____ Amendment of the U.S.
Constitution.
A) First
B) Second
C) Third
D) Fourth
E) Fifth
The first chief justice of the Supreme Court was
A) Thomas Jefferson.
B) James Wilson.
C) John Jay.
D) John Marshall.
E) James Madison.
_____ is considered the founder of modern-day public opinion polling.
A) Walter Lippmann
B) Alfred M. Landon
C) George Gallup
D) John Zogby
E) William E. Harris
According to the text, proponents of the 2010 immigration law in Arizona contend all of
the following EXCEPT
A) Arizona is fully within its rights to enact the legislation.
B) Arizona can take action on issues that are not addressed by Congress.
C) Arizona is better equipped at handling the modern immigration problem than the
national government.
D) this law addresses the specific needs of Arizona.
E) the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in favor of states’ rights to immigration reform in
similar cases.
What appointment usually is the first made by an incoming governor?
A) speaker of the House
B) Senate president
C) secretary of state
D) attorney general
E) commissioner on environmental quality
Which of the following is a “push” factor that influences an individual’s decision to
cross an international border?
A) Presence of an existing ethnic community
B) Political instability
C) Desire to change careers
D) Political freedom
E) Marrying someone of a different nationality
The Supreme Court ruled that a school voucher program allowing parents to send their
children to the school of their choice was
A) constitutional, even though it favored Jewish schools over others.
B) unconstitutional because it favored Jewish schools over others.
C) constitutional because it was anti-religion.
D) unconstitutional because it violated the free expression clause.
E) constitutional because it was neutral toward religion.
Third parties take root as a result of
I. sectionalism.
II. specific issues.
III. economic protest.
III. charismatic personalities.
IV. differences in ideology.
A) II only
B) I and III
C) I, II, and III
D) II, III, and IV
E) I, II, III, and IV
The Second Amendment was added to the Constitution to
A) make sure that every citizen was armed.
B) make it impossible for Congress to disarm state militias.
C) guarantee that hunters could hunt.
D) assure that the military and police officers could carry weapons.
E) insure that citizens could forcibly overthrow an oppressive government.
The power of the House of Representatives to charge politicians with “Treason, Bribery,
or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors” is known as
A) the authority to indict.
B) impeachment.
C) accusation.
D) removal authority.
E) federal charging.
Who is given extensive powers to govern a home-rule city?
A) The governor
B) The city
C) The county
D) Home-rule special districts
E) The local Board of Governors
The emergence of the Tea Party movement led to a party realignment of the
A) Democrats.
B) Republicans.
C) independents.
D) libertarians.
E) It is too early to know if the movement is a lasting force.
Domestic policy includes all of the following issues EXCEPT
A) public education.
B) adult health care.
C) protection against poverty.
D) the implications of war.
E) child health care.
The rise of Spanish language television and news programming is an example of
A) narrowcasting.
B) the fairness doctrine.
C) public broadcasting.
D) the equal time rule.
E) media consolidation.
Most health care policies are implemented by
A) the House of Representatives.
B) the Senate.
C) Congress.
D) administrative agencies.
E) the courts.
In 1991, the U.S. military attacked
A) Iraq.
B) Saudi Arabia.
C) Israel.
D) Korea.
E) Panama.
Among the reasons women first became involved in the 1960s women’s rights
movement was their
I. work in the student protest movement.
II. work in the civil rights movement.
III. awareness of the lax enforcement of the Nineteenth Amendment.
IV. recognition of the need for an ERA.
A) I only
B) IV only
C) I and II
D) II and IV
E) II, III, and IV
Among the reasons that people do not vote include
I. feeling uninformed.
II. bad weather.
III. being too busy.
IV. having an illness or emergency.
A) I and II
B) III and IV
C) I, III, and IV
D) II, III, and IV
E) I, II, III and IV
Interest groups lobby the federal courts through
I. direct contact with judges and justices.
II. contributions to judicial campaigns.
III. sponsoring lawsuits and filing amicus curiae briefs.
IV. paying for trips for judges.
A) III
B) I and II
C) II and IV
D) III and IV
E) I, III, and IV
In ________ the Supreme Court ruled that material can only be considered obscene if it
is utterly without redeeming social importance.
A) Roth v. U.S.
B) Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire
C) Near v. Minnesota
D) U.S. v. Miller
E) Reno v.American Civil Liberties Union
Which of the following is the BEST example of a redistributive policy?
A) Medicaid or Medicare
B) Road construction
C) Pension programs
D) The Clean Air Act
E) Anti-monopoly legislation
The United States entered World War I due to
A) economic concerns about losing European markets.
B) popular demands to intervene to save the British.
C) treaty obligations with Britain and France.
D) the German policy of unrestricted submarine warfare.
E) pressure from allies.
Which of the following is true?
A) Those with the highest levels of education tend to vote for Democrats more
frequently than for Republicans.
B) As a whole, women identify more with the Republican Party than the Democratic
Party.
C) Married people more frequently identify as Republicans than they do Democrats.
D) Conservatives identify equally as Republicans and Independents.
E) Most wealthy people identify with the Democratic Party.
The entire array of organizations through which information is collected and
disseminated to the general public is known as mass media.
Which of the following is NOT an activity engaged in by interest groups?
A) Lobbying
B) Electioneering
C) Litigation
D) Fund-raising
E) Agency administration