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AMERICAN GOVERNMENT (1-30)


  1. A republic is

  1. A kind of direct democracy.

  2. A system described by Aristotle in which elites rule.

  3. Another term for indirect democracy.

  4. Best exemplified by the New England town meeting.


  1. Slavery is an historical example of

  1. The “iron law of oligarchy.”

  2. America’s commitment to the value of the individual.

  3. The power of interest group “vetoes.”

  4. The tension between majority rule and minority rights.


  1. Pluralists argue that the existence of many powerful groups means that

  1. Major policy changes occur often in government.

  2. Compromise is unimportant in the workings of government.

  3. Most groups win and lose to about the same degree.

  4. A few very powerful individuals control government.


  1. The Articles of Confederation showed that people

  1. Appreciated the need for a strong central government.

  2. Identified themselves as Americans.

  3. Favored a federal system of government.

  4. Feared a powerful central government.


5. The writers of the Constitution were torn between

  1. Natural rights and states rights.

  2. Wanting to solve the problems of a weak central government and fears of making central government strong.

  3. Direct and indirect democracy.

  4. The NFL and the NBA.


6. Having a written constitution reflected the Founders’

  1. Use of social contract theory.

  2. Glowing evaluations of British government.

  3. Desire to emulate the Napoleonic Code.

  4. Appreciation of the contributions of common law.


7. The separation of powers is most closely associated with

  1. A federal system of government.

  2. A republican form of government.

  3. A government of limited powers.

  4. A confederal system of government.




  1. According to Locke, people’s natural rights

  1. Originiate in written constitutions.

  2. Can only be taken away by individuals with more property.

  3. Are protected by a government of unlimited power.

  4. Exist from the moment when people are born.


  1. The Federalists Papers are

  1. The minutes of the Constitutional Convention.

  2. Essays arguing for the ratification of the Constitution.

  3. Essays arguing against ratification of the Constitution.

  4. Essays arguing for the ratification of the Bill of Rights.


  1. Single issue groups differ from public interest groups in that single issue groups

  1. Lobby government for the economic benefit of their members.

  2. Nominate candidates for elective office.

  3. Are usually unwilling to compromise.

  4. Rely heavily on computers and WATS lines.


  1. American political parties started from scratch, grew to be very powerful by the end of the 1800s, and have been in decline ever since.

  1. True

  2. False


  1. In a system of proportional representation,

  1. The candidate who gets the most votes wins an election.

  2. The party with the most registered voters wins elections.

  3. The party that gets the most people to vote for it wins.

  4. The party wins a number of legislative seats equal to the percentage of the popular vote in attracts.


  1. A system that limits voting in a Republican primary to registered Republicans is called

  1. A closed primary.

  2. An open primary.

  3. A run-off primary.

  4. A cocktail party.


  1. Which amendment gave the vote to former slaves and other blacks?

  1. The thirteenth.

  2. The fourteenth.

  3. The fifteenth.

  4. The sixteenth.





  1. Which feature of the Electoral College gives large states an advantage?

  1. Proportional representation.

  2. Same-day registration.

  3. Winner-take-all allocation of votes.

  4. One vote per state in the House of Representatives.


  1. The Supreme Court has ruled that the Constitution protects which of the following?

  1. The privacy of major campaign donors.

  2. Politicians who fail to recognize that they have conflicts of interest in certain matters.

  3. The availability of soft money for presidential candidates.

  4. Donating money as a form of expression.


  1. Which of the following is true about PAC influence on congressional voting?

  1. It tends to be greatest on controversial issues.

  2. It is checked by the constituency interests of members.

  3. It tends to be on issues that get a lot of media coverage.

  4. It is reinforced by party membership.


  1. Bills voted on by full committees then go to

  1. Particular subcommittees.

  2. Conference committees.

  3. The president for his signature or veto.

  4. The full House or Senate.


  1. Since the turn of the century, the presidency has grown because

  1. We have had very ambitious people in the White House.

  2. Congress found it could not be the major policy maker the Founders expected it to be.

  3. Of the impact of rally events.

  4. People have looked to the president for leadership in getting government to provide more services.


  1. The personal presidency began to take shape during the New Deal when

  1. Congress took major initiatives to fight the Depression.

  2. People began to see that government was of little use in fighting the Depression.

  3. People saw legislative leadership as a way to deal with national needs.

  4. Public policies put the national government in direct contact with many people for the first time.


  1. The bureaucracy is supposed to

  1. Make policies the civil servants think are necessary.

  2. Spend a lot of money doing jobs it decides to do.

  3. Execute policies made by Congress and the president.

  4. Operate only on partisan standards of action.


  1. Which of the following explains the creation of independent regulatory commissions?

  1. A traditional American concern for bureaucratic responsiveness.

  2. A desire to promote neutral competence.

  3. Revelations of agency mismanagement from whistleblowers.

  4. A desire to extend the patronage system.


  1. Judicial reviews refers to

  1. Congress’s authority to exercise oversight over the courts.

  2. The president’s power to appoint people to the courts.

  3. The court’s authority to nullify acts of government.

  4. Supreme Court reviews of cases decided by lower courts.


  1. In McCulloch v. Maryland, the Supreme Court

  1. Applied the “supremacy clause.”

  2. Defined the “equal protection of the law” clause.

  3. Limited the applicability of the “due process” clause.

  4. Interpreted the “necessary and proper” clause.


  1. Which is known for markedly expanding individual rights?

  1. The Marshall Court.

  2. The Taney Court.

  3. The Warren Court.

  4. The Burger Court.


  1. In interpreting laws and the Constitution, the courts

  1. Usually develop new understandings of them.

  2. Always use the principle of stare decisis.

  3. Act in an activist manner.

  4. Make law.


  1. Stare decisis refers to court decisions based on

  1. The intentions of the Founders.

  2. Judicial notions of right and wrong.

  3. Past decisions.

  4. The pressing need of litigants.


  1. Freedom of speech is valuable because it

  1. Leads people to disagree with each other violently.

  2. Helps people to participate in government.

  3. Limits people’s chances to develop their potential.

  4. Legitimate the hecklers’ veto.






  1. The Supreme Court’s decision in the Brown case

  1. Sustained the precedent set in the Plessy case.

  2. Used the equal protection clause against segregation.

  3. Applied the Fifteenth Amendment to the states.

  4. Fostered de jure segregation.


  1. Which amendment gives women the right to vote?

  1. The Thirteenth.

  2. The Eighteenth.

  3. The Nineteenth

  4. The Twenty-First.





















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