Question

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

Answer 1

Ans: advertising, credit claim, position taking

Answer 2

Answer: FALSE

Answer 3

a

Answer 4

FALSE

Answer 5

Answer: C

Answer 6

A

Answer 7

Students could take a variety of views here but should clearly define what they mean by representation (i.e., delegate, trustee, or something else), make a clear argument about how the importance of parties has influenced representation, and provide evidence for this claim. Students might note that ideological sorting among voters may reduce cross-pressures on members, making delegate-style representation easier. They might also note that a need to respond to a polarized activist base could make deliberation and compromise, and thus the trustee model of representation, more challenging.

Answer 8

Answer: a

Answer 9

c

Answer 10

Elections help to select leaders, though elections really only provide a choice for the best candidate on the ballot, given that many qualified possible candidates may choose not to run because of the strain of such campaigns. Elections also provide indirect policy direction. Indeed, the consistency between preferences of citizens voiced in election outcomes and actual policy is rather strong. Another function of elections is citizen development because citizens typically feel as though they are part of the system and, consequently, have greater political efficacy. The intensity of campaigns also helps to inform the public about key issues and may help to educate them about government generally. Finally, elections aid the political system more generally by containing conflict in society--getting people to voice discontent as a safety valve or to actively change government--and by providing legitimacy by recognizing rightful winners and providing them the right to govern.

Answer 11

Ans: e. requiring delegate selection procedures to be open

Answer 12

Ans: B) National Organization for Women

Answer 13

c

Answer 14

a. Nonalignment policy is a refusal of a state to participate in the struggle between major powers or superpowers.

Answer 15

An ideal response will:
1, Explain the economic effects of amnesty proposals in the current setting—for example, increased tax revenues from immigrants.
2, Explain the political effects of amnesty, such as increasing the number of representatives in Congress in the border states, in addition to increasing their influence in presidential elections. Further, explain how amnesty could also create a political backlash against politicians by conservative groups in American society such as the Tea Party.
3, Explain why the student would or would not support such a move using evidence from the chapter to support the position.
4, Provide a clear and effective conclusion.

Answer 16

c. People changing their mind between polling and voting 

Answer 17

The ideal answer should:
a. Discuss how the history of American politics reflects an ongoing struggle over the balance of power between the legislative and executive branches of government and how the legislative branch is losing the battle because it is unable to defend its institutional interests and often delegates broad authority to the president.
b.Explain the three distinct circumstances identified by political scientists in which legislators are likely to expand the president's power through legislation, which are the ally principle, technical complexity, and times of crisis, noting that Congress willingly cedes authority in the first two situations, knowing that it may be used to advance policy objectives with which they disagree.
c. Assess how the president has continued to gain power at the expense of Congress because of the advantages he or she has in terms of ex ante and ex post influence over the budget, noting that Congress relies heavily on the budget proposals of the president and that the president has ample opportunities to redirect federal spending, including the powers of rescission and deferral.

Answer 18

Right answer summary: district courts

Answer 19

D

Answer 20

TRUE

Answer 21

An ideal response will:
1. Provide information on the proportion of the U.S. workforce belonging to unions (13%).
2. Include information on why union membership has fallen in the United States, including the shift from an industrial to a service and information economy.
3. Include information on sectors where unions have expanded, such as health care, the public sector, and the service sector.

Answer 22

Answer: B

Answer 23

a

Answer 24

e) both c and d

Answer 25

A

Answer 26

Ans: This is so there is never a tie vote. The constitution does not state this so congress set it.

Answer 27

Answer: TRUE

Answer 28

Provisions such as equal protection of the laws and the due process clause allow various elements of the Bill of the Rights to be incorporated to the states.

Answer 29

d

Answer 30

c. reforms of presidential nominations that foster more inclusion.

Answer 31

A) focused on education economic progress, while Du Bois emphasized civil rights and black leadership

Answer 32

b. Federalist No. 10