Patterson and McClure argue that the impact of the nightly network newscasts on political campaigns has been to
A) distort and trivialize them.
B) explain and simplify them so the average voter is able to make an intelligent choice.
C) concentrate on the issues, thereby serving campaigns in a highly positive manner.
D) point out when candidates are engaging in negative campaigns and therefore should be ignored.
E) basically ignore them.
A
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What did the experiences of walnut growers and poultry men in 1959 illustrate about the success of interest groups?
A. Groups developed in response to economic development, so there would be competition. B. Small groups with intense interests have an organizational advantage. C. Large groups with diffuse interests have an organizational advantage. D. The universe of interest groups was biased toward those who had money and resources.
Which of the following is NOT a political problem that state governments must address?
A. racial tensions B. poverty C. drugs D. foreign policy
The importance of the Great Compromise was that it
A. created a legislature similar in structure to that under the Articles of Confederation. B. established a single, "one-state, one-vote" formula under which all states would benefit. C. strengthened the power of larger states at the expense of smaller states. D. granted equal power to the three branches of the new central government. E. ensured support for a strong national government from small as well as large states.
What was the Supreme Court's first ruling restricting abortion rights after the passage of Roe v. Wade?
A) Laws prohibiting the public funding of abortions were constitutional. B) States could require a doctor to ascertain the viability of a fetus before permitting an abortion if the woman was more than 20 weeks pregnant. C) It permitted the requirement that teenagers obtain parental consent. D) Laws could require that a married woman must obtain the consent of her husband to have an abortion. E) Laws restricting anyone other than married women from having abortions were constitutional.