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The impact of illegal immigrant labor on the economy is
a. positive because the number of the jobs in the economy are not fixed.
b. positive because immigrants spend money on goods and services.
c. negative because immigrants require services paid for by taxpayers.
d. positive because immigrants pay state taxes.
e. All of the above are true.
If a case is remanded, it
a. is sent to the supreme court of the state in question.
b. is sent back to the court that originally heard the case.
c. can only be of a civil naturecriminal cases cannot be remanded.
d. must be decided within the calendar year.
e. is not subject to any further action by the courts.
An independent regulatory agency exists ____________ and is responsible for creating
rules and regulations _______________.
a. within a major cabinet department; within a specific policy area
b. within a major cabinet department; across a variety of policy areas
c. outside of a major cabinet department; within a specific policy area
d. outside of a major cabinet department; across a variety of policy areas
e. Both B and D.
The first draft of the Declaration of Independence was written by
a. John Locke.
b. John Adams.
c. Thomas Jefferson.
d. George Washington.
e. Benjamin Franklin.
People's attitudes toward a candidate
a. are affected by emotions such as trust toward a candidate.
b. can be influenced by a recent political scandal.
c. can be affected by the candidate's personality or image.
d. can be influenced by the candidate's stance on economic issues.
e. All of the above are true.
Public uttering of a _______ statement that harms someone's reputation is _______.
a. false; constitutionally protected speech
b. false; libel
c. true; neither slander nor libel
d. true; slander
e. true; libel
During which period is public opinion most likely to shift toward conservatism?
a. successful Republican governance
b. successful Democratic governance
c. poor Republican governance
d. poor Democratic governance
e. Both B and D.
In general, the Republicans have been known as the party of
a. liberal political ideas.
b. social welfare programs.
c. business.
d. the working class.
e. racial and ethnic minorities.
The Department of Defense
a. is smaller than the State Department.
b. was created in 1947, to gather all military activities under one department secretary.
c. is headed by the military joint chiefs of staff.
d. has consistently grown in size under every president.
e. is staffed entirely by uniformed personnel.
All of the following are true of the history of Asian Americans except
a. they are currently among the poorest racial minority groups.
b. Chinese Americans were denied citizenship until the late nineteenth century.
c. Chinese were banned from immigrating to the United States for a sixty-year period.
d. Japanese were at one time banned from immigrating to the United States.
e. many Japanese Americans were confined to internment camps during World War II.
The Supreme Court began incorporating the Bill of Rights to the states in 1925, with a
case involving ___________, and has done so as recently as 2010, with a case
involving ____________.
a. cruel and unusual punishments; due process
b. the right to bear arms; freedom of religion
c. freedom of the press; due process
d. freedom of speech; the right to bear arms
e. freedom of speech; freedom of assembly
Respondents are given misleading information in the questions they are asked in order
to persuade them to vote against a candidate in
a. convention polls.
b. publicity polls.
c. push polls.
d. scientific polls.
e. pundit polls.
Which of the following is true about women's rights?
a. The struggle for women's rights first began in earnest at a convention in Seneca Falls,
New York, in 1848.
b. Women's voting rights are found in the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution.
c. Women's suffrage is the right to equal pay for equal work.
d. Options A and B are true.
e. All of the above are true.
The Internet
a. was developed entirely within the private market.
b. began as a commercial enterprise, but was later controlled by government.
c. was stolen from the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
d. descended directly from U.S. Defense Department programs.
e. None of the above.
Alexis de Tocqueville, an observer of nineteenth-century American society, indicated
that Americans rely on courts
a. to resolve political questions.
b. very rarely when compared to Europe.
c. only if there is no other alternative.
d. to resolve economic questions, but not political ones.
e. to provide a form of entertainment.
The charge that some affirmative action programs discriminate against non-minorities is
called
a. racial profiling.
b. reverse discrimination.
c. quota-busting.
d. anti-bias civil rights.
e. adverse minority preference.
Which of the following statements regarding unemployment is true?
a. When unemployment is increasing, it is a sign of a recession.
b. Unemployment figures that estimate the number of unemployed are prepared by the
U.S. Department of Labor.
c. The published unemployment numbers fail to reflect the number of discouraged
workers and "hidden unemployed."
d. Unemployment is defined as the inability of those in the workforce to find a job.
e. All of the above are true.
The concept of senatorial courtesy refers to the
a. Senate approving judges only if they belong to the same party that is in control of the
Senate.
b. practice of allowing senators to have the exclusive right to nominate candidates for
the federal district courts in their state.
c. practice of allowing members of the House to participate in the nomination process.
d. practice of allowing senators to veto candidates for federal district courts in their
state.
e. Senate's deferring to the president and routinely approving his or her nominees.
A constitutional amendment can be proposed by
a. a national convention called by Congress at the request of two-thirds of the
statelegislatures.
b. a two-thirds vote in each chamber of Congress.
c. the legislatures in two-thirds of the states.
d. a majority vote in both chambers of Congress, provided the amendment is not vetoed
by the president.
e. Options A and B are true.
The white primary in southern states allowed
a. all races to participate in elections on an equal basis.
b. whites to exclude African Americans from voting in Democratic primaries.
c. voters to select ballots for each party based on different skin colors.
d. African Americans the opportunity to vote for the first time.
e. whites to exclude African Americans from voting in the general elections.
All of the following are true except
a. in unitary systems, the power is held by the central government.
b. in confederal systems, the power is held by the subdivisional units or states.
c. in federal systems, the power is held jointly by the national government and the
subdivisional units or states.
d. in federal systems, the power is held by the national government.
e. Options A, B, and C are true.
The southern states at the Constitutional Convention were concerned with
a. a northern majority in Congress.
b. taxes that might be imposed on exports.
c. the possibility of the Constitution abolishing slavery.
d. the possibility of a ban on the slave trade.
e. All of the above.
The concept of universal suffrage refers to
a. the right of all adults to vote for a representative in government.
b. the right of all citizens to run for office.
c. the right of universal healthcare for all.
d. the belief that all persons deserve a fair trial.
e. a system of relationships between the states.
Which of the following statements about the president's veto power is most accurate?
a. The president's veto is final and gives him or her complete control over legislation.
b. Because vetoes are usually overridden, the power has become unimportant.
c. The threat of a veto gives the president significant influence over Congress and
legislation.
d. The veto has been used by Congress to stop the president from signing legislation.
e. Because vetoes are rarely overridden, the power has become unimportant.
The number of justices on the Supreme Court
a. is set by the Constitution.
b. is set by the president.
c. used to be six, but is currently nine.
d. used to be fifteen, but is currently nine.
e. Both A and C.
The issue of global warming
a. creates conflict between environmentalists and industrial interest groups.
b. creates conflict between wildlife conservation groups and hunters.
c. has transformed electoral politics in states like California.
d. Options A and C are true.
e. All of the above are true.
Which of the following groups tends to be overrepresented in the electorate?
a. wealthier people
b. people under the age of sixty-five
c. very young voters aged eighteen to twenty-four
d. the poor and homeless
e. Hispanics
Intelligence activities
a. consist mostly of overt information gathering.
b. are administered by the Department of Education since the main focus is intelligence
gathering.
c. play a rather small role in foreign policy formation.
d. include covert actions carried out in secret that most Americans rarely find out about.
e. Options A and D are true.
Which of the following statements is true regarding terrorism?
a. The 9/11 attacks were the only attacks on civilians by Islamic extremists.
b. The Basque terrorists in Spain have no clear objectives.
c. Al Qaeda affiliates have not been active in Islamic nations, preferring to focus on
westerntargets.
d. Al Qaeda's ultimate goals are limited to forcing the United States to withdraw from
the Middle East.
e. None of the above.
The writ of habeas corpus is
a. the right to be brought before a court and have the reasons for detention explained.
b. the right to legal counsel.
c. the right to remain silent.
d. the requirement that for a murder conviction, the police must find the dead body.
e. the right to reasonable bail.
Explain how the Fourteenth Amendment and incorporation theory affected the Bill of
Rights.
Answer:Students' answers may vary.
Discuss the ways in which public opinion influences policymakers and the limits to this
means of the public controlling government actions.
Answer:Students' answers may vary.
Should federal judges serve for lifetime or be term-limited? Thoroughly explain your
answer.
Answer:Students' answers may vary.
What do the government responses to the 2007 recession and the elections of 2008,
2010, and 2012 tell us about the public's ideological makeup and attitudes toward
government size and policies?
Answer:Students' answers may vary.
Describe the manner(s) in which Congress attempts to control the bureaucracy.
Answer:Students' answers may vary.
Discuss the growth of the Hispanic voting bloc and its effect in recent elections and
discuss what effects this trend may have on future elections.
Answer:Students' answers may vary.
Explain what symbolic speech is and give examples of Supreme Court decisions on this
type ofspeech.
Answer:Students' answers may vary.
Explain the constitutional basis for a right to privacy and detail how this right has
developed and evolved.
Answer:Students' answers may vary.
Compare and contrast the trustee and instructed-delegate theories of representation.
Answer:Students' answers may vary.
Consider the role of demography in the constitutional process, by discussing the
demographic makeup of Convention delegates, Federalists and Anti-Federalists, and
supporters of ratification in the public at large. Weighing this information, discuss
whether the constitutional process did or did not favor certain groups over others.
Answer:Students' answers may vary.
Consider the actions of the British government toward its colonies and the "unalienable
rights" listed in the Declaration of Independence and discuss the ways in which British
actions prior to the Revolutionary War did or did not violate these rights.
Answer:Students' answers may vary.
Explain the concepts of iron triangles and issue networks. What could be done to
change the irontriangles?
Answer:Students' answers may vary.
How has the right to vote been expanded since the Constitution was written?
Answer:Students' answers may vary.
Using the concepts of de jure and de facto discrimination, compare the experiences of
two of the following racial minority groups: African Americans, Latinos, Asian
Americans, and American Indians.
Answer:Students' answers may vary.
Explain the consequences of a policy that required the deportation of all unauthorized
immigrants.
Answer:Students' answers may vary.
Describe the history of political parties in the United States.
Answer:Students' answers may vary.
Describe the concepts of separation of powers and checks and balances and give
examples of these checks in each branch of government.
Answer:Students' answers may vary.
Describe the history of the term gerrymandering and how it has been used in practice.
Answer:Students' answers may vary.
Explain the free rider problem faced by interest groups and how they combat this
problem.
Answer:Students' answers may vary.
Describe the barriers to voting faced by African Americans after the Civil War.
Answer:Students' answers may vary.
