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ANG 4
American National Government Exam 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Durig elections _____ regiemes allow for viable opposition, while the leaders of _____ regimes do not permermit themselves to lose. | Democratic; authoritarian |
| the united states holds its national elections | every four years |
| a midtterm election is when | there is not a presidential election |
| elections within the united states are the responciblity of | state and local govenment |
| the purpose of a primart election is | to determine candidates |
| the practice of people voting directly for proposed law is called | referandum |
| which of the following publuc officials are subject to recall elections? | ALL THE ABOVE |
| as a result of the unitd states cencus every ten years what are redrawn? | Legislative districts |
| the term for drawing district boundaries to give an unfair advantage to or one party is called | gerrymandering |
| Benign gerrymandering is when | attempts to draw district boundares so as to create districts made up primarily of disadvantaged or underepresentated minorities. |
| who was responcible for the printing of ballots for elections prior to the 1890s | Political Parties |
| the term "straight ticket refers to | voting for candidates within the same party who are running for multipule positions. |
| The electoral college is the last remaining form of ____ voting | inirect |
| if bill clinton won the plurality of votes in CA in the 1992 presidential election and CA had 52 represenatives to congress, how many electoral votes from CA did clinton win? | 54 |
| One of the reasons for John Kennedy's defetet of Nixion i the presidential election of 1960 was | Kenedy did better on TV than Nixion |
| the current office holder running for re election is called | the incumbent |
| the first noinating convention held by a major political party | the 1832 presidential election |
| the purpose of delegates is | political activists selected to vote at party's national convention and determines nomenee |
| which of the following are important to modern political campaigns | Media mail and telephone |
| all of the following are true of town meeting except | TRUE: -clinton pioneered it -reach mass audiences -no journalists |
| By using donor list or magazine subscription lists, candidates are able to engage in | mailing list |
| all of the following are truee of PACs except | -private groups -have been important since the great depression -give money to campaigns |
| retrospective voting is when | basing voting decsions based on past reactions |
| Which of the following represent the main groups that are represenated by PACs | bussiness and professioonal groups |
| according to the supreame court the right of the people to sen their money to run for office is protected by | the first amendment |
| money donated to a party to sponsor party building and voter registration is considered | soft money |
| the word "Bureaucracy" translated literaly means | office or desk rule |
| in 1968 the federal govenment not including military personel had _____ employees | 3 million |
| Implementation is | the execution of a plan |
| which of the following statements about administratev rule making is true | -produces regulation by government agencies -such rules take force after a period of public commitment -once rules are approved they are published by the federal register and have the force of law. |
| a way to reduce government costs by relocating government programs to private groups or corporations is known as | privitization |
| when federal government is downsized by delegating the implementation of programs to state and local governments it is called | devultion |
| when you add together the federal programs that were terminated during the presidencies of both Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush, total to | ZERO!!!!!!!!!! |
| National Performance Review was organized to do which of the folllowing | Cut spending efficency |
| the main goal of all of the followng federal agences wass to help stregthen the economy Except; | FEMA FEMA!!!!! FEMA!!!!!!!!!!! |
| A lack of communication between the domestic and foreign security agencies became evident | september 11th attacks |
| the largest number of people working for the federal government overseas work for he Dep of | Dep of defence |
| which of the Cabinet department's primary mission is that of diplomacy? | State Department |
| the coodination of the comication and activites of the fedral agencies that are involved in domestic security is the role of the department of | homeland security |
| which fo the following federal agencies was critisized for failing to successfullly respond to Hurricane Katrina in 2005? | FEMA FEMA!!!!!! FEMA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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