According to WD&B Bureaucracy is an outgrowth of which of the following?
a. Representative Democracy
b. The Imperial Presidency
c. Bargaining
d. Effective Persuasion
Ans: a. Representative Democracy
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According to the data depicted in Figure 5.1 (Cause for Concern?: What Americans [Don't] Know About Politics), what percentage of Americans can name the chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court?
a. about 10 percent b. about 20 percent c. about 25 percent d. about 30 percent
Why was Governor James E. Ferguson impeached and convicted in 1917?
a. He was found to have embezzled $2 million from state funds. b. He was accused of misuse of public funds following his call for a special legislative session. c. He was found to have attempted to sell a Senate seat. d. He refused to make appointments to the University of Texas's board of regents.
What executive branch department was most recently created?
a. the Department of Health and Human Services b. the Department of Homeland Security c. the Department of Labor d. the Department of Education
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. A powerful tool to shape the behavior of governmental leaders in a republican system of government is the election. 2. The distinction between an interest group and a social movement is neat and clean. 3. Alexis de Tocqueville was struck by America’s passion for individuality. 4. In a pluralistic society, the distribution of power among many competing groups serves to keep any one of them in check. 5.The power elite is limited to the top-ranking elected officials in government.