Applying the pluralist approach, which of the following explains the direction of influence on public policy?
a. Elites influence the masses to make them believe a policy choice is good.
b. Interest groups work to influence public policy to favor their interests.
c. Masses influence the elites to make the best public policy for the general public.
d. Elites influence the masses through interest groups for their own good.
C
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The concept of national sovereignty became relevant
a. with the development of feudalism. b. with the decline of the cold war. c. at the end of WWI. d. with the rise of the communes in the 12th century. e. at the beginning of absolutism in the 16th century.
A republic is a form of government in which power derives from which of the following?
a. The majoritarian consensus of elites b. The citizens, but their representatives make policy and govern c. A supreme mandate from the masses, rather than from divine right d. The benevolence of the leaders e. Sectarian violence
Refer to Figure 11.1. Based on history, you have the best chance of becoming president if you hold what office immediately prior to running?
a. congressional representative b. state legislator c. vice president d. governor
The Removal Act of 1830 encouraged tribes to sign removal treaties by a. creating independent farmers out of Native Americans
b. granting citizenship to any Native American who moved west of the Mississippi. c. giving the U.S. military the power to forcibly remove Native Americans from their lands in the southeast. d. establishing a process that granted land west of the Mississippi to Native American tribes that agreed to give up their homelands.