AP GOV UNIT 4
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| Besides the family, what are two additional agents of socialization? | show 🗑
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| show | Radical and Reactionary
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| show | Elections, media, interest groups, personal contact with the public
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| show | A budget deficit is the shortfall between the amount the government spends and collects in taxes in a given year. The national debt is the running total of all money the government owes.
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| show | Fiscal policy refers to the government’s tax and spending policy. Monetary policy refers to the regulation of the money supply, interest rates, and inflation.
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| What two entities control fiscal policy in the United States? | show 🗑
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| show | Medicare and Social Security
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| show | The Pres. must inform Congress within 48 hours of sending troops to a foreign conflict. Congress must give their consent if troops stay for more than 60 days. If Congress doesn’t give their consent w/in 60 days, the Pres. must withdraw the troops.
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| show | Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Cap and Trade
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| show | Mandatory spending makes up a big part of the national budget. Interest groups fight for their favored programs. The public would oppose the loss of funding. for certain pr Democrats and Republicans have different budget priorities
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| show | Mandatory spending is established by law and funding for those programs is not optional. Discretionary spending may be adjusted from year to year.
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| What two offices assist the President and Congress with the federal budget every year? | show 🗑
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| What are two tenets of Keynesian Economics during a time of recession? | show 🗑
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| What are two tenets of Supply Side Economics? | show 🗑
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| Describe two ways interest groups are involved in the policy-making process? | show 🗑
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| show | Liberty/Freedom, Equality of Opportunity, Individualism, Limited Government, Democracy, Civic Duty
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| What are two steps in conducting a scientific poll? | show 🗑
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| show | Individual income taxes, FICA/Payroll taxes, and corporate income taxes
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| What are two responsibilities of the Federal Reserve? | show 🗑
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| show | Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security
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| Name two different means tested policies. | show 🗑
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| What are two ideas that have been proposed to reform Social Security? | show 🗑
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| show | Transportation, Education, Agriculture, Research, etc.
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| show | Conservative Ideology
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| Who controls monetary policy in the United States? | show 🗑
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| This tax benefit is available to low-income working families who meet the qualifications. | show 🗑
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| Which health care program is available to all individuals over the age of 65? | show 🗑
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| What term describes a benefit program that requires certain income qualifications and is geared toward aiding low-income individuals? | show 🗑
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| show | The Democratic Party
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| What is the largest discretionary spending item in the U.S. budget? | show 🗑
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| show | Keynesian Economics
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| show | Containment
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| The War Powers Act was passed to limit the president’s war making abilities due to the escalation of which war? | show 🗑
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| show | The Patriot Act
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| show | The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
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| show | Environmental Impact Statement
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| show | The liberal viewpoint
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| show | Libertarian
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| show | Supply side economics
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| show | Clean Air Act
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| Which 2001 law continued to increase the federal government’s role in education and placed a greater emphasis on standardized tests? | show 🗑
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| Outside of the entitlement programs, name one an additional mandatory spending item. | show 🗑
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| What is the primary conflict between the President and Congress in terms of defense policy? | show 🗑
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| show | The Republican Party
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| show | Political Socialization
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| What is the number one agent of socialization? | show 🗑
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| A cohesive set of beliefs about politics, policy, and the role of government is referred to as what? | show 🗑
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| show | Moderate
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| show | Libertarian
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| show | Liberal Ideology
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| What is the most accurate form of assessing public opinion? | show 🗑
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| This type of sample ensures every member of the population being polled has an equal chance of being sampled: | show 🗑
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| show | Straw poll
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| An accurate poll of the United States population can ask as little as how many people? | show 🗑
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| A person who favors a reduction in government assistance and is a strong pro-life advocate would likely be a member of which political party? | show 🗑
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| show | Exit poll
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| When taking a scientific poll, what is one factor that may skew the results? | show 🗑
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| The liberal ideological viewpoint most closely aligns with which major party? | show 🗑
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| show | Economic equality
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| Women tend slightly toward which ideology? | show 🗑
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| show | Conservative
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| Americans generally believe that government officials are held to the same standard of law and should not seize power above what has been already been granted to them in the Constitution. This value is known as what? | show 🗑
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| A person’s ideology will likely change as they get older. What is one factor that may influence one’s ideological viewpoint as they age? | show 🗑
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| show | The Democratic Party
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| We are constantly measuring the approval rating of the president. This is known as what kind of poll? | show 🗑
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| show | Sampling error
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| The focus on personal rights and responsibilities is tied to which political value? | show 🗑
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| What type of tax charges a greater rate of taxation on those with a higher income than those with a lower income? | show 🗑
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| show | Entitlement Programs
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| This tax benefit is available to low-income working families who meet the qualifications. | show 🗑
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| show | Means tested program
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| Many conservatives advocate a change in our current income tax to this type, which would charge the same rate of taxation regardless of income: | show 🗑
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| show | Military/Defense
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| show | Keynesian Economics
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| show | Containment
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| show | The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
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| If the government wanted to construct a highway, they would first be required to publish one of these, which would assess the possible environmental repercussions. | show 🗑
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| show | The liberal viewpoint
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| show | Libertarian
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| show | Interest on the national debt
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| What is Congress’ primary role in the policy making process? | show 🗑
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| show | The Republican Party
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| What is one effect that divided government has on the policy making process? | show 🗑
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