Political Science Final

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The supremacy clause in Article VI of the Constitution includes the following rule ______: All laws must be in agreement with the Constitution.
Redrawing district lines for partisan advantage is called ______: Gerrymandering
The USA always has two strong parties. This is because _______: Americans have middle class attitudes
What is an example of Congress's implied powers?: Establishing a national bank
The collection of interest groups, think tanks, policy experts, news reporters, and congressional committees that try to influence agencies are called ______: Issue networks
Americans believe that the government should be forced to follow rigid rules in how they do their business. In general, this is because we believe that ______: Rigid rules deter tyranny
Which of today's political parties is most associated with liberal or progressive political attitudes?: Democratic
According to Locke, when we sign the social contract, ________: We entrust our executive power to the government in exchange for security
In principle, a civil servant is supposed to be ______: politically neutral.
In Brown vs. Board of Education, a unanimous court overturned Plessy vs. Ferguson. Their justification was that ______: Our cultural history of slavery made separation of races inherently unequal
An example of a good-faith exception to the exclusionary rule would be if police ______: use a defective search warrant they believed to be valid.
What was the general failure of the Articles of Confederation?: The weak central government could not effectively coordinate the states.
In the common view, before 1787, a confederal form of government seemed to combine the advantages of ______: small republics for internal rule, and a large nation for defense.
The 1973 Supreme Court definition of obscenity denies free-speech protection to materials or activities that ______: lack serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value.
According to Rousseau, the inner division and conflict people feel is caused by ______: Social institutions
remedies ordered by the courts include all of the following except ______: ORDERS TO STOP HYPOTHETICAL WRONGS
Someone who believes in an eternal unchanging standard of right and wrong is often called _____: Absolutist
The kind of punishment not allowed by the 8th Amendment is _______: cruel and unusual.
What is not a consistently important feature of Americans' shared political culture?: Equality of Income
Race has become a suspect classification. This means that ______: Any law making a racial distinction is subject to strict scrutiny
Single member districts make it difficult for third parties to succeed because ______: Under this winner-take-all system, losers get nothing.
A group of people seeking to influence government and sharing a common interest different from the interest of the whole nation is called a ____: faction
The Bill of Rights to the Constitution was initially intended to limit the power of ______: the federal government
if four out of the nine US Supreme Court justices agree to hear an appeal, the issue a writ of ______: CERTIORARI
The most influential source of opinions is ______: The family
Usually, if a candidate wins the most votes in a state, how many electoral votes does he or she get?: All of the electoral votes.
Montesquieu believed that the most essential requirement for popular participation in ruling was _______: An active, dedicated, educated citizenry who put the country first.
Logrolling refers to a process of ______: vote trading among members of Congress.
Reapportionment is ______: The allocation of House seats to each state, after each census.
Characteristics positively associated with voting and political efficacy include all of the following EXCEPT ______: Greater youth
The possibility that the Bill of Rights might restrict some state actions came about with the adoption of ______: The 14th Amendment
According to the War Powers Act:: President must report within 48 hours, and Congress has 60 days to decide.
Locke and Madison viewed that _____________ are used as fuel to achieve a common good.: Passions like greed and ambition
Attempts at perfect unity with other people will likely ________: Be challenged by the selfishness of the body
The key to structuring the judicial and executive offices was to satisfy the interests of the individuals who would fill them, in a way that worked for the common good. This was done by:: channeling their desire for fame so that they would consider the national interest, in the long term.
according to supply-side tax cutters, the best way to increase tax revenues is to ______: LOWER TAX RATES IN ORDER TO STIMULATE INVESTMENT AND JOB CREATION
The Bill of Rights has been extended to restrict many state actions using the equal protection clause of _________: The 14th Amendment
According to Federalist #10, "...pure democracy, by which I mean a society consisting of a small number of citizens who assemble and administer the government in person _______": Can admit no cure for the mischiefs of faction
The Congressional Research Service is an example of ______: A staff agency employed to help congress do its work.
Since Wickard v. Filburn, the interstate commerce that the federal government can regulate is interpreted to include ______: Almost any kind of economic activity
A liberal today may not favor ______: Minimal governmental regulation of business
one way in which sharia -islamic law- differs from western democratic notions of law is ______: SHARIA INCLUDES ALL HUMAN ACTION WITHIN ITS SCOPE
The source of bureaucratic "pathologies" is usually ______: individuals or interest groups in the citizenry.
The limit of private property set by the law of nature is _______: No one may take more than he or she can eat before it spoils
The Framers hoped that executive and judicial branch officials would slow the action of Congress. They understood that their purpose in doing this as helping to ensure that ______: The efficiency of governmental programs, so that America would run like a profitable business.
Dividing power between the states and the national government is today referred to as ______: federalism
Representation, which Madison called the republican principle, could be used to ______: Moderate conflict by forcing candidates for office to satisfy a wide range of different interests.
The argument that tainted evidence cannot be used in court if citizens' rights are to be maintained leads to ______: the exclusionary rule
Executive Privilege refers to the president's claim to ______: Require the most candid advice from people in the know.
In Locke's state of nature, passions ______: Employ force without right, bringing about a state of war.
A filibuster is ______: An attempt to prevent the passage of a bill by halting action through unlimited debate.
At National Party Conventions, parties do everything except ______: Seek group endorsements
In Locke's origin of government, if they cease to act for the common good, _______: People may invoke the "right of revolution."
Congress exercises supervision over agencies through all of the following EXCEPT:: appointments of agency heads.
In Locke's account of nature, legitimate private property was acquired by means of ______: Mixing one's labor with things held in common.
The purpose of most caucuses in Congress is to ______: Advocate a political ideology or to advance a regional interest.
the main recommendation of proponents of monetarism is ______: TO KEEP THE MONEY SUPPLY IN CONSTANT PROPORTION TO THE COUNTRY'S PRODUCTIVITY
One problem the president has in controlling large federal agencies is teh tendency of their secretaries to "go native." This expression refers to ______: The tendency of new members and administrators to begin to see the world according to agency norms.
the precedent for the supreme court's power of judicial review was established in ______: MARBURY V MADISON
The First Amendment states that Congress shall make no law prohibiting the "free exercise" of religion, but it may ______: bind religious institutions to laws that bind all others.
A supporter of equality of results as a way of redressing past civil-rights inequities would be most likely to advocate _______: Affirmative Action enrollment and hiring plans
planners advocate wage and price controls because ______: MARKET FORCES ALONE DO NOT ADEQUATELY CONTROL SOME LARGE ECONOMIC ORGANIZATIONS
Fearing oppression through the majority rule, the Framers designed the Constitution especially to check the power of ______: Congress.
The term "intergovernmental lobby" refers to lobbying activities by:: State and local officials at the national government.
Leadership carries more power in the House than the Senate because ______: due to its size, House rules closely regulate debate, amendments, and the scheduling of business.
the chief judicial weapon in our government's system of checks and balances is known as ______: judicial review
Which of the following is true about a bill in Congress?: A bill not passed during the life of one Congress is dead
The distinction of governmental functions in the Constitution is:: Mixed. Each branch holds part of the other branch's functions.
Public interest groups tend to have less money than corporate interest groups. What political strategies work to their advantage?: Litigation and Advertising
The primary purpose of political parties is to ______: win elections
the federal reserve board affects the money supply primarily by ______: CHANGING THE TERMS UPON WHICH BANKS LEGALLY LEND MONEY
Political authority over the bureaucracy is ______: shared between the president and congress.
Which of the following is NOT a goal that the separation of powers was designed to achieve?: Preventing the ambitious from getting into office
Nixon is associated with the _________: imperial presidency.
The State of the Union message ______: gives a broad view of what the president wishes the legislature to accomplish during the session.
In recent decades, those who favor a free market are usually ______: conservative
Madison's idea for an extended republic, expounded in Federalist #10, says that:: In a large country, the greater number of factions will make it more difficult for any one or combination of them to monopolize power.
The most important qualification for appointment to the White House is ______: personal and political loyalty.
According to Locke, the equal freedom of individuals by nature was based upon ______: The inability of external forces to destroy our freedom to choose.
the legal term stare decisis ______: NAMES THE RULE BEHIND THE FORCE OF LEGAL PRECEDENTS
Which one of the following sorts of speech is protected by the Constitution?: publication of material many consider indecent.
A federal grant designed for a specific purpose defined by a federal law is called ______: a categorical grant
"fiscal policy" includes ______: spending and taxing
The test the Supreme Court has applied to laws making distinctions between the sexes is called ______: The reasonableness standard
because the establishment or reorganization of important industries is not cost-effective, proponents of economic planning advocate _______: GOVERNMENT INVESTMENT AND INCENTIVES TO SUPPORT OR RESTRUCTURE NEW OR VITAL INDUSTRIES
True or False: "Culture War" refers to the confrontation between new and established immigrants to the United States: False
the real value of money comes from ______: PEOPLE'S BELIEF THAT IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE VALUABLE and ITS RELATIVE SCARCITY
The Enumerated, Explicit, or Express, Powers are to be found in ______: Article I, section 8 of the Constitution
According to Locke, the ultimate source of government authority is ______: The consent of the governed.
Executive agreements are ______: Agreements made between the president and another country that do not have the be approved by the Senate
The writ of habeus corpus ______: guarantees access to the judicial system to the accused.
the supreme court justice who looks to the original intent of the authors of the constitution is called a ______: STRICT CONSTRUCTIONIST
The purpose of guaranteeing an alleged criminal a speedy trial is to more quickly ______: release the innocent.
The Great Compromise finally allocated representation among the states on the basis of ______: Population in the House and Equality in the Senate
A person treating the American flag contemptuously is ______: protected by the right to exercise free speech.

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