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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Communism is a form of government where the government owns and controls all things. | True |
| What is the tendency to identify with and to support (often blindly) a particular political party known as? | partisanship |
| A government is the set of legal and political institutions that regulate the relationships among members of a society and between the society and outsiders. | True |
| AmeriCorps is a(n) ______________ . | network of national service programs |
| A democracy is a system of government that rests governing power in _____. | the people |
| _______________is a form of government similar to communism except that the government only owns and controls some things instead of all things. | Socialism |
| According to Pluralism where is the location of political power? | Interest Groups |
| In which form of government does a small group of elite people hold political power? | oligarchy |
| The foremost supporter of elite theory was Robert Dahl. | False |
| Most members of the United States Congress are white males that tend to resemble one another in terms of income and level of education. | True |
| preferences are not deeply held and do not remain the same over time. | Latent |
| African American men got the right to vote because of which Amendment | 15th |
| Which of the following is a good example of a tradeoff? | The government pleases environmental activists by preserving public lands but also pleases ranchers by allowing them to rent public lands for grazing purposes. |
| According to John Locke, all people have natural rights to | life, liberty, and property. |
| The First Amendment of the Constitution gives Americans | the right to express their opinions on matters of concern to them |
| The 2014 Supreme Court case of McCullen v. Coakley dealt with the issue of protesters and oil drilling companies. | False |
| Which of the following statements is incorrect? | The president of the United States is chosen directly by popular vote |
| Cell phones, automobiles, and homes are examples of which type of goods? | private |
| _____ is/are how a society makes its collective decisions. | Politics |
| Which of the following is an example of a totalitarian government | North Korea |
| AmeriCorps was created in 1963 by President John F. Kennedy and is often considered to be the domestic Peace Corp. | False |
| In theory, a________ government promotes individualism and the freedom to act as one chooses instead of being controlled, for good or bad, by government. | democratic |
| The elite theory of government maintains that ________. | wealthy, politically powerful people control government, and government has no interest in meeting the needs of ordinary people |
| The five most recent U.S. presidents have all graduated from a publicly funded state university (like the University of Texas). | False |
| Political and civic engagement is most common among younger people, especially those with lower education and financial resources. | False |
| The majority of the men and women in Congress engaged in either state or local politics, were business people, or before being elected to Congress. | practiced law |
| What is the tendency to identify with and to support (often blindly) a particular political party known as? | partisanship |
| Most members of the United States Congress are white males that tend to resemble one another in terms of income and level of education. | True |
| In a , people make all political decisions and pass laws themselves. | direct democracy |
| The government of the United States can best be described as a | Representative democracy |
| What goods are available to all without direct payment? | public goods |
| According to Pluralism where is the location of political power? | Interest Groups |
| Private schooling is a type of good called a | toll good |
| The Declaration of Independence states that liberty is a/an _____ right. | unalienable |
| The first American government was a | Confederation |
| A/an _____ power is explicitly named in the Constitution. | enumerated |
| The "layer cake" model is a metaphor for _____ because the different levels of government fell more or less into separate layers-each was supreme in its own band of influence. | dual federalism |
| What is the Bill of Rights? | first ten amendments to the Constitution that protect individual freedoms |
| Negative Rights limit | Government actions |
| The practice of counting slaves as fractional "persons" for representation in the House of Representatives is known as the _____ Compromise. | Three-Fifths |
| The idea of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness is found in the | Declaration of Independence |
| A criminalizes an act retroactively and is prohibited under the Constitution | ex post facto law |
| _____ is the case in which Chief Justice John Marshall established judicial review, giving the Supreme Court the power to overturn an act of Congress. | Marbury v. Madison |
| The Declaration of Independence was written (mostly) by Thomas Jefferson and | All of these are correct |
| The relationship between the states is covered in which article | Article IV |
| The "Layer Cake" model is a metaphor for Dual federalism because it was a system of mingled governing authority, with functions overlapping across national and state governments. | False |
| Originally, the president’s terms were not limited, but the ratification of the Twenty-Second Amendment in 1951 restricts a president to two terms. | True |
| According to the Great Compromise, how would representation in Congress be apportioned? | Representation in the House of Representatives would be based on each state’s population and every state would have two senators. |
| Originally, the president’s terms were not limited, but the ratification of the Twenty-Second Amendment in 1951 restricts a president to two terms. | True |
| The protections from government that every citizen is guaranteed is known as the | Bill of Rights |
| The Seventeenth Amendment allowed the public to vote for | senators |
| _____ was created to keep one branch of government from becoming too strong. | Checks and Balances |
| James Madison opposed listing a bill of rights in the Constitution and argued in Federalist Paper No. 84 that the Constitution itself was a bill of rights because Congress only had those powers enumerated to it. | False |
| According to Article 1, section 9, of the Constitution, The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended unless _____. | when in cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety may require it |
| James Madison was the sole author of the Federalist Papers. | False |
| The first voters under the new Constitution were | White, male landowners |
| The Articles of Confederation created a national government composed of | a unicameral Congress |
| Which amendment, passed in 1920, gave women the vote? | the Nineteenth |
| Amending the Constitution is | extremely difficult |
| Since the ratification of the U.S. Constitution, the President of the United States has always been limited to two terms in office. | False |
| Beginning with the __________________House of Burgesses in 1620, every colony elected its own legislature. | Virginia |
| The agreement that citizens will consent to be governed so long as government protects their natural rights is called ________. | the social contract |
| Texas cannot levy additional penalties on drivers from Arkansas caught speeding in the state that are not levied against residents of Texas. This constitutional prohibition on state power is known as: Correct! | Privileges and Immunities of Citizenship |
| While the term federalism is nowhere found in the Constitution, the Tenth Amendment reinforces this relationship. | True |
| The "layer cake" model is a metaphor for _____ because the different levels of government fell more or less into separate layers-each was supreme in its own band of influence. | dual federalism |
| The U.S. Supreme Court held in the 1905 case Jacobson v. Massachusetts that | the preamble is not a source of federal power or individuals’ rights. |
| Who is Martin Luther King, Jr. referring to when he refers to "a great American" | Abraham Lincoln |
| How many years had passed since the Emancipation Proclamation in Dr. King's speech? | One Hundred Years |
| What song does Dr. King want all of God's children to be able to sing with meaning? | My Country "Tis of Thee |
| The Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution because ________. | key states refused to ratify the Constitution unless it was added |
| The U.S. Education Amendments of 1972 that prohibits discrimination in education on the basis of sex is called | Title IX |
| The Amendment protects individuals against double jeopardy, a process that subjects a suspect to prosecution twice for the same criminal act. | Fifth |
| _____ segregation is discrimination established by laws. | De jure |
| The United States was the first nation to require a health warning on cigarette packages. | True |
| The _____ Amendment guarantees a speedy and public trial decided by an impartial jury. | Sixth |
| The term privacy does not appear in the Constitution or Bill of Rights | True |
| The motto “In God We Trust” has appeared intermittently on U.S. coins since the 1860s, yet it was not mandated on paper currency until | 1957 |
| The Fourth Amendment’s requirement for a warrant ________. | does not apply when there is a serious risk that evidence will be destroyed before a warrant can be issued |
| The glass ceiling is an invisible barrier caused by discrimination, prevents from rising to the highest levels of American organizations, including corporations, governments, academic institutions, and religious groups. | women |
| After the Civil War, the white majority built a system of segregation known as _____. | Jim Crow |
| The government may not establish an official religion, according to the _____ clause. | establishment |
| When governments enforce civil rights for some people, they often limit the _____ of others. | liberty |
| The first female cadets graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in | 1980 |
| The _____ Amendment abolished slavery. | Thirteenth |
| The equal protection clause became part of the Constitution as a result of ________. | the Fourteenth Amendment |
| "You have the right to remain silent" is the first of four _____ warnings. | Miranda |
| Wearing an article of clothing to show solidarity with a group is an example of | symbolic speech |
| Which of the following rights is not explicitly protected by some state constitutions? | the right to polygamous marriage |
| Which of the following provisions is not part of the First Amendment? | the right to keep and bear arms |
| In 2018, President Trump pardoned Jack Johnson, why did Obama decline to do it while he was in office? | allegations he physically abused women. |
| Today, the Mann Act | is still in force but the language of the law has been changed |
| Which people were prosecuted under the Mann Act (select all that apply) | Chuck Berry , Charlie Chaplin , Jack Johnson |
| It is important for people who look at the results of public opinion polls to a. all of these are correct b.look at who sponsored the poll c. look at what population the sample was taken from d.look at how the questions asked were worded | All of these are correct |
| Public opinion is the ability to gauge the ___________________of the public. | collective attitudes and beliefs |
| If your poll is to reflect public views accurately, your survey respondents must reflect the _____. | population |
| What are the five types of polls that your textbook Game of Politics identifies? Select the five correct ones the book discusses. | Tracking National or statewide Push Benchmark Exit |
| Political polls where not in presidential races until the 1970s and these polls lead directly to Nixon's involvement with the Watergate Scandal. | False |
| These can sway respondents by drawing upon implicit prejudices and stereotypes. | Loaded terms |
| A well-conducted, scientific poll will usually yield 100% accurate and reliable results. | False |
| Which of the following is not an agent of political socialization? | a U.S. senator |
| This type of sampling bias became a prominent issue in the 2016 Presidential election between Trump and Clinton, and can account for the reason many polls showed Clinton winning in the days leading up to the election. | social desirability bias |
| Learning about the Founding Fathers and reciting the Pledge of Allegiance are examples of how children are exposed to _________________ at school. | political socialization |
| Polling firms and polls have become integral to the media's coverage of campaigns and elections, providing fodder for analysts and journalists to discuss the horse race and determine who’s up and who’s down. | True |
| One of the most effective tools for assessing public opinion is public opinion polls. | True |
| To participate in any poll, one must be over the age of 18 and a registered voter. | False |
| According to the lecture video, if public opinion is to guide politics politcal leaders must pay attention all of these are correct the public must know what it wants public views must be effectively communicated | all of these are correct |
| According to the video lecture, Political socialization refers to the factors that shape our political opinions. These include (select all that are correct) all of these are correct friends and family race and gender education and religion | all of these are correct |
| Polls, like those conducted by Gallop, Pew Research, or on Twitter, are only concerned with elections and political candidates. | False |
| A/An _____ poll is a form of negative campaigning that masquerades as a regular opinion survey. | push |
| According to the lecture video, ____________ has/have become the most reliable predictor of public opinion in recent years. | party identification |
| A poll states that Bernie Sanders will receive 43 percent of the vote. There is an 8 percent margin of error. What do you think of the poll? | It is a non-representative poll and the margin of error is too high. |
| A random sample is not part of a scientific poll design. | False |
| Polling is at the heart of ___________ in which the media calls out every candidate’s move throughout the presidential (or other election) campaign. | horserace coverage |
| ]Today, the media has almost no influence on socialization and public opinion. | False |
| According to the video lecture, Political socialization refers to the factors that shape our political opinions. These include (select all education and religion all of these are correct race and gender friends and family | all of these are correct |
| A person's political socialization occurs mostly during which developmental period: | childhood |
| Which agency is responsible for regulating and monitoring polls to ensure they are accurate and free of errors? | There is no one to police these polls, people have to learn to determine a good poll versus a bad poll on their own |
| If Smith County sent out a set of questions about how the city uses tax revenue, via email only, to all of the people who own their own business in Tyler, the poll results would most likely suffer from a social desirability bias. | false |
| Learning about the Founding Fathers and reciting the Pledge of Allegiance are examples of how children are exposed to _________________ at school. | political socialization |
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