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The results show an example of a __________ opinion.

a. consensus

b. divided

c. dubious

d. favorable

e. unified

An individual or organization on the Internet that generates original articles is

a. a revenue producer.

b. a content aggregator.

c. a content provider.

d. collecting the bulk of advertising revenue.

e. None of the above.

Fiscal policy

a. is popular with conservatives.

b. is an approach to stabilize the economy through control of the money supply.

c. is controlled by the Federal Reserve Bank.

d. is an approach to stabilizing the economy through government spending and taxing.

e. requires that, during economic slowdowns, the government tighten its belt on

spending.

Most interest groups have a bias toward

a. the middle and upper classes.

b. the middle and lower classes.

c. the common good.

d. the political right.

e. the political left.

Regarding the notion of the United States as a “Christian nation,” the founders believed

that

a. the official religion of the United States should be that of the majority of the people.

b. the United States serves a divine mission and biblical purpose.

c. all religion should be prohibited.

d. mixing religion and government is a recipe for disaster.

e. Both C and D.

In presidential elections

a. voters elect the president directly.

b. the number of electors equals each state’s number of senators (two) plus its number

ofrepresentatives.

c. electors have always voted for the candidate who won their state’s vote.

d. Options A, B, and C are true.

e. None of the above is true.

Which of the following regarding immigration is true?

a. Today, most immigrants to the United States come from Europe.

b. Major issues include debate about whether illegal immigrants should be given

amnesty and be allowed to become U.S. citizens.

c. The number of multi-racial persons has been declining in recent years.

d. All Hispanics are from Mexico.

e. Options C and D are true.

Successful interest groups and their representatives try to cultivate long-term

relationships with

a. foreign ambassadors.

b. legislators and government officials.

c. federal judges.

d. business leaders.

e. police commissioners and chiefs of police.

Since the end of the Cold War

a. nearly all of the world’s nuclear weapons have been dismantled.

b. terrorists have successfully detonated a nuclear device.

c. the number of countries with nuclear weapons has declined.

d. the United States and Russia have maintained Cold War level nuclear stockpiles.

e. the United States and Russia have reduced their nuclear stockpiles.

The Supreme Court cases, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission and

McDonald v. Chicago, were victories for the

a. political left.

b. political right.

c. gun control advocates.

d. government reform advocates.

e. Options A and C are true.

The Stolen Valor Act, which criminalized false claims of having received military

honors,

a. was ruled a violation of free speech by the Supreme Court.

b. was upheld as a reasonable restriction of speech by the Supreme Court.

c. was recently repealed by Congress.

d. only affects elections in Ohio.

e. None of the above.

The free exercise clause, protecting freedom of religious practice, is found in the

a. Fifth Amendment.

b. First Amendment.

c. establishment clause.

d. Second Amendment.

e. religious amendment.

The new forms of media

a. have brought Americans closer to each other politically.

b. such as talk radio have been dominated by liberals.

c. like blogs have often changed people from liberals to conservatives.

d. like blogs, talk radio, and cable news channels have increased political polarization.

e. All of the above are true.

The FDIC can take over a private bank by

a. purchasing the bank directly from its owner.

b. purchasing preferred stock in the bank to keep the bank afloat while a new owner is

found.

c. stacking government employees on the bank’s board of directors.

d. taking the bank’s profits and giving them to depositors.

e. closing the bank and opening a shopping mall in that location.

Unsafe and unsanitary work conditions in the early 1900s were a problem leading to the

development of

a. the feminist movement.

b. the consumer movement.

c. the civil rights movement.

d. the anti-lobbying movement.

e. mostly conservative, pro-business special interest groups.

The number of persons held in jail or prison for every 100,000 persons in a particular

population group is known as the

a. prison rate.

b. imprisonment numbers.

c. capacity figures.

d. incarceration rate.

e. recidivism rate.

A century ago, most immigrants came to the United States from __________, while

today most come from ___________.

a. China; Mexico and Central America

b. Western Europe; former Soviet states

c. Asia; Latin America

d. Europe; Latin American and Asia

e. Latin America; Eastern Europe

The existence of interest groups

a. shows that public interest groups and civil rights make up a large percentage of

interest groups lobbying Congress.

b. shows that leaders are from the lower social-economic groups.

c. demonstrates the validity of the elite theory model of U.S. political system.

d. can be problematic for democracy because members of the middle or upper classes

often dominate interest groups.

e. is required by the Constitution.

Executive privilege

a. involves the ability of the president and executive branch officials to withhold certain

information from Congress and the courts.

b. means that members of the executive branch cannot be prosecuted for official acts.

c. is the concept that has been applied to the president’s use of the pocket veto.

d. allows the president discretion in making political appointments.

e. was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in 1974.

Using the voting-age population to measure voter turnout is flawed because it

a. contains felons who have lost the right to vote.

b. contains non-citizen immigrants, who cannot vote.

c. does not contain potential voting citizens living abroad.

d. All of the above.

e. None of the above.

Those who __________ tend to be more conservative than those who do not, while

____________ tend to be still more conservative.

a. attend church weekly; Jewish voters

b. consider themselves fundamentalists; evangelicals

c. attend church weekly; fundamentalists

d. consider themselves Protestants; Catholics

e. None of the above.

Tracking polls are used

a. on a daily basis to determine last-minute changes in the mood of the electorate.

b. by the government to determine if a candidate is receiving illegal campaign

contributions.

c. to encourage voter turnout.

d. primarily in countries that have a multi-party political structure.

e. by the media throughout the election year.

The voting age of eighteen was set by

a. Congress.

b. the Twenty-Sixth Amendment.

c. the Nineteenth Amendment.

d. the Supreme Court.

e. the states.

The Freedom of Information Act

a. requires government agencies to notify the media if they are exceeding their budget

for the fiscal year.

b. requires federal agencies to disclose information on file about an individual to that

individual upon his or her request.

c. provides for a statute of limitations on the Government in the Sunshine Act.

d. requires executive agencies to release information to congressional oversight

committees.

e. was repealed after 9/11.

All of the following rights and liberties were guaranteed by the Constitution prior to

the enactment of the Bill of Rights except

a. the prohibition of ex post facto laws.

b. the prohibition of bills of attainder.

c. the right to freely exercise one’s religion.

d. the writ of habeas corpus.

e. Both A and B.

A budget prepared by the president and submitted to Congress is called the

a. executive budget.

b. presidential budget.

c. administrative budget.

d. presidential expenditures report.

e. executive expenditures report.

Reported voter turnout _________ as age __________.

a. increases; increases

b. increases; decreases

c. stabilizes; increases

d. stabilizes; decreases

e. decreases; increases

Independent executive agencies are

a. the most recent cabinet departments.

b. responsible for regulating major aspects of the economy.

c. federal agencies that are not part of cabinet departments, but report directly to the

president.

d. responsible directly to Congress.

e. staffed entirely by political appointees.

The dominant culture in U.S. political culture comes from Western European

civilization. Which of the following values is not among those of the dominant culture?

a. individualism

b. private property

c. economic equality

d. Judeo-Christian ethics

e. All of the above are true.

With regard to the system of courts, delegates to the Constitutional Convention decided

to do all of the following except

a. allow presidents to nominate Supreme Court justices.

b. create both a Supreme Court and a system of lower courts.

c. allow the Senate to confirm justices to the Supreme Court.

d. allow Congress to establish lower courts.

e. create a Supreme Court.

The population of the United States is expected to

a. shrink as immigration slows.

b. shrink due to a low fertility rate.

c. continue to grow due to immigration.

d. continue to grow due to a high fertility rate.

e. Both A and B.

If the U.S. Constitution had no Bill of Rights

a. rights would be dependent on the political process.

b. unpopular rights would be in danger.

c. popular rights would be safe.

d. some rights would be protected by state constitutions.

e. All of the above are true.

In 2011, ________________ threatened to refuse to raise the debt ceiling in order to

__________________.

a. Senate Republicans; win significant spending cuts

b. Senate Republicans; win the privatization of Social Security

c. House Republicans; increase the portion of the budget dedicated to military spending

d. House Republicans; win the privatization of Social Security

e. House Republicans; win significant spending cuts

The Federal Reserve System was created by Congress to

a. designate certain governmental powers as reserved for the federal government.

b. provide a secondary military force in times of war.

c. pay off the national debt.

d. serve as the nation’s central banking organization.

e. None of the above.

Discuss the process of political socialization in children, being sure to highlight the

sources of socialization and the ways in which children might be a source of

socialization for others.