Unlike the Civil Rights Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) considers
a. the impact on local communities.
b. qualifications and standards.
c. quotas.
d. reverse discrimination.
e. excessive costs and undue hardships.
According to the text, a degree of tolerance toward political discussion without too
much oppressionis
a. what the U.S. Constitution called for.
b. what the Bill of Rights mandated.
c. rare in a unitary system.
d. what characterizes all free nations.
e. the minimum requirement of a democracy.
Verba and Nie found that about _________ of the population was never active in
politics in any way.
a. one-tenth
b. one-fifth
c. one-half
d. two-thirds
e. one-third
The federal government sued the New York Times to prevent it from publishing
a. accounts of Japanese Americans detained in U.S. concentration camps during World
WarII.
b. the Pentagon Papers.
c. secret grand jury findings on the Watergate scandal.
d. reports of Reagan’s arms-for-hostages dealings.
e. videotapes of G. Gordon Liddy orchestrating a break-in.
In which foreign military situation did the president not benefit from the “rally “round
the flag” effect?
a. Kennedy, after the Bay of Pigs
b. Reagan, when he invaded Grenada
c. George H. W. Bush, when he sent troops to fight Iraq
d. Clinton, when he sent troops to Bosnia
e. Ford, when an attempt was made to rescue an American ship
According to Democratic Senator Barbara Mikulski, the training grounds for national
political activists today are
a. state and local parties.
b. social movements.
c. sponsored parties.
d. solidary groups.
e. fluid interest groups.
One of the major constraints under which government agencies operate is the
a. obligation of leadership to restructure frequently.
b. power of issue networks to determine agency policy.
c. absence of competing forces in the public sector.
d. presence of a great many highly structured roles.
e. large number of regulations to which they must adhere.
Progressives called for electoral reforms, such as the initiative and the referendum, to
give
a. Congress a way of controlling the president.
b. citizens a direct say in making laws.
c. courts a system for prosecuting election fraud.
d. governors more power in relation to legislatures.
e. party regulars a say in nominating candidates.
Compared with the print media, the electronic media are
a. less competitive but more strictly regulated.
b. more competitive but less strictly regulated.
c. more competitive and more strictly regulated.
d. less competitive and less strictly regulated.
e. less competitive and completely free of regulation.
Exit polls are conducted
a. just after a voter registers to vote.
b. during the national conventions.
c. on election day at polling places.
d. after each presidential debate.
e. when voters change their party identification.
Of the following states, which has a blanket primary?
a. Minnesota
b. Georgia
c. Kentucky
d. Vermont
e. Alaska
The Federal Regulation of Lobbying Act of 1946 was __________ by the Supreme
Court.
a. expanded
b. declared unconstitutional
c. limited
d. never actually reviewed
e. amended
The first plan suggested at the Constitutional Convention called for the president to be
chosen by
a. state legislatures.
b. the Supreme Court.
c. popular election.
d. the electoral college.
e. Congress.
Voters want a balanced budget and less governmental spending, but they also believe
government should spend more on education and crime control. The authors say voters
are
a. baffled by polling questions.
b. hopelessly uninformed.
c. easily manipulated.
d. clearly confused.
e. not irrational.
Most blue-collar workers in the United States think of themselves as
a. working-class.
b. lower-class.
c. middle-class.
d. upper-class.
e. elites.
Scholars have identified __________ critical, or realigning, periods in American
politics.
a. two
b. three
c. four
d. five
e. six
Elite opinion was at work in the formulation of the strategy of containment by
a. John Foster Dulles.
b. Averell Harriman.
c. Maxwell Taylor.
d. George Kennan.
e. Henry Cabot Lodge.
The Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program was created to help
support the children of women
a. whose husbands had died laboring in factories.
b. whose husbands were disabled from mining accidents.
c. whose husbands had perished in disasters.
d. born out of wedlock.
e. injured by automobile accidents.
A laissez-faire economy
a. is restrictive but fair.
b. is supported by the general public.
c. is freely competitive.
d. is based on rapid industrialization.
e. mixes industry and agriculture.
Medicare became a cornerstone of Lyndon Johnson’s __________.
a. Square Deal
b. New Deal
c. Fair Deal
d. Great Society
e. New Frontier
“Amicus curiae” is usually translated as
a. no probably jurisdiction.
b. amicable, but curious.
c. without cause.
d. friend of the court.
e. no substantial federal question.
Social policy in the United States is dominated by a common belief among Americans
in the
a. ethic of self-reliance.
b. value of group harmony.
c. need to protect all citizens.
d. value of preferential hiring.
e. sense of community.
The National Urban League has credited civil rights laws for
a. improving the number of blacks enrolled in college.
b. decreasing the white-black poverty gap.
c. increasing the number of black homeowners.
d. failing to decrease the black-white unemployment ratio.
e. All of the above are correct.
This president faced the Bay of Pigs crisis.
a. Lyndon Johnson
b. Dwight Eisenhower
c. Harry Truman
d. John Kennedy
e. Richard Nixon
Purposive incentives are most likely to motivate people who join the
a. Illinois Farm Bureau.
b. National Organization for Women (NOW).
c. parent-teacher associations (PTAs).
d. American Association of Retired Persons (AARP).
e. Rotary Club.
Unlike in the House, the scheduling of legislation in the Senate is
a. controlled by the Rules Committee.
b. initiated by means of a discharge petition.
c. governed by closed rather than open rules.
d. determined by the majority and minority leaders.
e. determined ad hoc.
The “Blue Dog” Caucus consists of Democrats who happen to be
a. extremely liberal.
b. moderately conservative.
c. from the Southeastern United States.
d. from districts that feature coastal waterways.
e. senior to most of the members in their region.
When the Supreme Court rules that Amish people cannot be forced to send their
children to school, it
a. neither establishes religion nor protects its free exercise.
b. establishes religion without violating the First Amendment.
c. avoids establishing religion at the risk of impeding its free exercise.
d. both establishes religion and impedes its free exercise.
e. protects the free exercise of religion but opens itself to criticisms regarding
establishment.
When it comes to politics, Old Media is not being threatened by New Media.
Which of the following countries has even fewer political parties than the United
States?
a. Canada
b. Germany
c. Mexico
d. China
e. France
The first real test of a candidate vying for the nomination comes in
a. Florida.
b. California.
c. Pennsylvania.
d. Rhode Island.
e. Iowa.
The rise of the Internet will have little effect on political participation.
Discuss the procedures for Congress in the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
The power elite view argues that American democracy is controlled by elected
officeholders.
The more informed a person is about politics, the more likely he or she is to be
ideologically consistent in his or her thought.
Identify, define, and explain the three standards that the Supreme Court uses in
discrimination cases.
In Israel and the Netherlands, the names of candidates for the legislature do not even
appear on theballot.
The text includes the Weather Underground, a radical leftist organization active in the
1960s and 1970s, as an example of a legitimate political organization.
James Madison was convinced that ancient Greece provided the perfect model for
Americangovernment.
The authors suggest that public disenchantment with government is likely to vanish as
the government plays a larger role in people’s lives.
The Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 created the Senior Executive Service (SES) to
allow the president more flexibility in firing and transferring higher officials.
Americans are more likely than citizens of other counties to think that a belief in God is
an important aspect of moral life.
The federal government actively sought to address the issue of drug abuse before the
mid-twentiethcentury.
The two-party system of the United States is unique. What explanations do the authors
offer for why additional parties have not managed to emerge in significant and long
lasting ways?
The text suggests that members of Congress run for Congress by running against it.
To the Framers of the Constitution, the Congress was intended to be the most important
branch ofgovernment.
Power was more decentralized under the Old System of American politics.
Early academic studies of public opinion found that voters were generally informed
about issues and governmental processes.