Quiz Preview 7: Political Science - American Government And Politics

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In the 2006 elections, about half of the states that were using new electronic voting systems:

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An attempt to talk a bill to death and thus prevent it from coming to a vote in the Senate is a

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What is the most common method in the states for the selection of judges?

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One method that presidents have utilized to gain tighter control over the bureaucracy is to reorganize its structure

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Which of the following best describes the death penalty in the United States?

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Describe the history of the term gerrymandering and how it has been used in practice.

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Which of the following statements is true of right-to-work laws?

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Segregation didn't officially end until when?

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While working on the Constitution, what aspect of the new government most concerned James Madison?

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Which of the following is a reason for the decline in favorabilities of both political parties?

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The political scientist who stated that the authoritative allocation of values is a minimum prerequisite of any society was

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Watergate, a bungled burglary, and the subsequent cover-up led to the resignation of Richard Nixon from the presidency

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__________ appointments happen when Congress is not in session

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An important battleground for the meaning of the Eighth Amendment has been cases concerning which of the following?

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In 1980, who was defeated by Ronald Reagan?

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Rawls insists that social and economic inequalities in a well-ordered society will never arise.

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President George W. Bush signed the CAFTA-DR into law, despite opposition from which group?

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Ideas of political change and challenges to British ideology were largely a result of American acceptance of the political ideas of ______.

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The efforts of Senators and Representatives to bring federal money home to their districts in the form of extra spending on various projects are called

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Cooperative federalism is a theory that ______.

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How many constitutions are citizens of the United States subject to?

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All of the following were used by southern states to disenfranchise black voters EXCEPT

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Business and labor are often at odds with each other. Each has a stake in getting the government to regulate the other. In what ways has government regulated business and labor?

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The president has the advantage over Congress in:

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In 2011 and 2012, an economic crisis hit Europe, and two countries in particular were at the center of that crisis. They were ________ and ________.

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To what does gross domestic product (GDP) refer?

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The appointment of Justice Sonia Sotomayor by President Obama is an example of __________.

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Which of the following countries spend(s) LESS than the United States on education (as a percentage of GDP)?

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When did national security directives emerge?

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In regards to the US Supreme Court, what is the "Rule of Four"?

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The powers of the Speaker of the House, as illustrated by the relationship between House Speaker John Boehner and other Republicans, are __________.

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Proponents of the new technique of deliberative polling contend that

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In Philadelphia v. New Jersey (1978), the Supreme Court _____ a state law prohibiting the importation of most solid and liquid waste materials from other states

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Sally and Dan, employees at FLT Inc, have applied for a management position at the company. Sally has better qualifications and is more experienced than Dan. However, Dan is selected for the position instead of Sally due to the selection committee's biased attitude toward women. This scenario illustrates the concept of _____

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Which ruling of the Supreme Court did President Andrew Jackson refuse to implement?

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The debate over President Obama's Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 involved

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Which is the largest social policy of the federal government?

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What is political socialization?

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The change in leadership in North Korea has resulted in

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An alternative to the current primary system in the United States recommends that the nation vote in primaries in four blocks, starting with the 13 states with the smallest population, then the next 13, next 12, and largest 12 . This plan is known as the _________

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In its ruling in the Bakke case, the Supreme Court held that

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Members of one or both parties from either the Senate or the House of Representatives are included on this type of committee that performs a specialized function.

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In what way are Asian Americans and Hispanics similar?

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Which of the following is implied by the term pack journalism?

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Which state did not ratify the Constitution until 1790, after the new government had already taken effect?

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Mass confidence in Congress

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What was the purpose of the Equal Rights Amendment? Why was it/might it have been unsuccessful? If it had been ratified, how would the outcome be different than the rights of women today?

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Which of the following is a political linkage that can be used to understand why poverty in the United States only barely declined during recent periods of strong economic growth?

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When Madison proposed independent executive and judicial branches that could contain efforts by the states to subvert national policy, which of the following was he establishing?