chapter 5,6,7,8,9 & 10 review

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The only state that still permits the firing squad as a possible form of execution is?

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Survey methodology did not become a powerful research tool until the?

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Every western European country has banned capital punishment, except?

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The goal of the statistical theory of sampling is?

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The accuracy of the population sample used for public opinion polls depends on?

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One of the nation's oldest polls, the_____________, was started in the 1930's, and was most notably wrong in 1948 when it predicted that Thomas Dewey, the Republican candidate, would defeat the Democratic candidate incumbent, Harry Truman in the presidential election.

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Today, college students are much more ______________ than the general public

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When elementary schools introduce students to authority figures outside the family, like the teacher, they prepare students for the value of _; when they stress norms of democratic decision making and respecting the opinions of others, they teach _.

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As a general trend, college-educated individuals are more likely to choose?

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Which of the following statements concerning ideological “moderates” is correct?

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The civil rights guarantee of “equal protection of the laws” is located in the ?

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A primary election in which voters must declare their party affiliation before they are given the primary ballot is a(n) ________ primary.

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The outcome of the1800 presidential election between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr was so close that the election was decided by the?

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__________, candidate for president in 1992, ran as an independent and won 19 percent of the popular vote.

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__________ captured the presidency in 1968 and won five of the eleven southern states in the old Confederacy, signaling an electoral realignment that has seen Republican candidates for president do very well in the south.

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From 1860 to 1930

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In response to the increase in the number of citizens eligible to vote in the 1820s and 1830s, political parties

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Which of the following statements best describes the attitude of the American people toward political parties?

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Who was the leader of the Federalists?

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The early Republicans (also known as the Democratic Republicans) were led by

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Those that supported the new Constitution were called , and those who opposed it were called .

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A method of delegate selection that begins with local meetings and culminates in a state convention is also known as the

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A state moves its primary to an earlier date to encourage presidential candidates who would otherwise have skipped that state to campaign there. This is known as

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Successful candidates for party nominations for the presidency owe their nominations primarily to

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There are a total of _________ votes in the electoral college.

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In 2000, Republican George W. Bush won the presidency despite

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The number of electoral votes needed to win the presidency

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If no presidential candidate receives a majority of the electoral college votes, the election is decided by

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A voter who determines which candidate he or she will vote for very early in the campaign most likely has based that decision on

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Which of the following statements about unconventional participation is not true?

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Which of the following was the first known act of unconventional participation in America?

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Americans are less likely to __________ than citizens of other countries

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A practical test of whether or not a government is democratic is whether

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A legal action brought by a person or group on behalf of a number of people in similar circumstances is also known as a(n)

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A direct primary is a

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Most referenda are placed on the ballot by

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Characteristics frequently associated with nonvoters are

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A 2009 study showed that half of all voters are unaware that they can

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The majoritarian model of democracy favors

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The primary goal of interest groups is to

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Alexis de Tocqueville believed that the American tendency to join associations

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_________ believe that interest groups further democracy by broadening representation within the system.

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An important idea of pluralist theory is that

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When the air you breathe is made cleaner as a result of lobbying done by an interest group to which you do not belong, you are an example of

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__________ make sure that people in government know what their members want and that their organizations know what the government is doing.

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The lobbyist’s primary job involves

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A strategy that relies on a group representative’s personal contact with policymakers is

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Most lobbyists believe that public testimony before congressional committees

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The most common form of grassroots lobbying involves

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__________ weaken parties more because it allows voters to float between parties rather than require the voters to participate in the party in which they are registered.

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In 2011, President Obama announced his candidacy for reelection

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Supporters of the new technological journalism make all but the following defense of the new era?

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A poll of Americans who had seen or heard of Michael Moore’s 2007 documentary Sicko found that _________ changed their mind and said health-care reform was more necessary.

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So far, the only major paper with a long-standing successful practice of charging its online readers for content is

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Since 2009, most prominent weekly news magazines

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The Internet was started

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EXAM REVIEW!!

chapter 5,6,7,8,9 & 10 review

The only state that still permits the firing squad as a possible form of execution is?

Survey methodology did not become a powerful research tool until the?

Every western European country has banned capital punishment, except?

The goal of the statistical theory of sampling is?

The accuracy of the population sample used for public opinion polls depends on?

One of the nation's oldest polls, the_____________, was started in the 1930's, and was most notably wrong in 1948 when it predicted that Thomas Dewey, the Republican candidate, would defeat the Democratic candidate incumbent, Harry Truman in the presidential election.

Today, college students are much more ______________ than the general public

When elementary schools introduce students to authority figures outside the family, like the teacher, they prepare students for the value of _________; when they stress norms of democratic decision making and respecting the opinions of others, they teach _________.

As a general trend, college-educated individuals are more likely to choose?

Which of the following statements concerning ideological “moderates” is correct?

The civil rights guarantee of “equal protection of the laws” is located in the ?

A primary election in which voters must declare their party affiliation before they are given the primary ballot is a(n) ________ primary.

The outcome of the1800 presidential election between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr was so close that the election was decided by the?

__________, candidate for president in 1992, ran as an independent and won 19 percent of the popular vote.

__________ captured the presidency in 1968 and won five of the eleven southern states in the old Confederacy, signaling an electoral realignment that has seen Republican candidates for president do very well in the south.

From 1860 to 1930

In response to the increase in the number of citizens eligible to vote in the 1820s and 1830s, political parties

Which of the following statements best describes the attitude of the American people toward political parties?

Who was the leader of the Federalists?

The early Republicans (also known as the Democratic Republicans) were led by

When elementary schools introduce students to authority figures outside the family, like the teacher, they prepare students for the value of _; when they stress norms of democratic decision making and respecting the opinions of others, they teach _.

Those that supported the new Constitution were called , and those who opposed it were called .