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Question 1 of 48

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__________ is best defined as a set of beliefs that include a limited role for the national government in helping individuals and in the economic affairs of the nation, and support for traditional values and lifestyles.

Select one of the following:

  • Capitalism

  • Conservatism

  • Progressivism

  • Liberalism

  • Socialism

Explanation

Question 2 of 48

1

Generally, government serves at least three essential purposes: it resolves conflict, it defends the nation and its culture against other nations, and it __________.

Select one of the following:

  • directs the creation of critical infrastructure

  • regulates industry

  • enforces the law

  • provides a national currency

  • provides public services

Explanation

Question 3 of 48

1

The founders of the United States believed that direct democracy __________.

Select one of the following:

  • would require too many elections

  • might lead to voter apathy

  • would deteriorate into mob rule

  • might cost too much to operate

  • would ignore the opinions of the majority

Explanation

Question 4 of 48

1

Most politicians who might have called themselves __________ in the past have labeled their philosophy progressivism instead.

Select one of the following:

  • socialists

  • liberals

  • libertarians

  • conservatives

  • tea partiers

Explanation

Question 5 of 48

1

The term theocracy means

Select one of the following:

  • "rule by the people"

  • "rule by the best"

  • "government by the wealthy"

  • "rule of law"

  • "rule by the deity"

Explanation

Question 6 of 48

1

__________ has a constitutional monarch.

Select one of the following:

  • North Korea

  • The United States

  • China

  • The United Kingdom

  • Iran

Explanation

Question 7 of 48

1

__________ defines politics as the process of determining "who gets what, when, and how" in a society.

Select one of the following:

  • President James Madison

  • North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un

  • Political Philosopher John Locke

  • President Lyndon Johnson

  • Political Scientist Harold Lasswell

Explanation

Question 8 of 48

1

The Magna Carta clearly established the principle of __________.

Select one of the following:

  • theocracy

  • a right to privacy

  • totalitarianism

  • limited government

  • divine right

Explanation

Question 9 of 48

1

__________ can best be defined as the individuals and institutions that make society's rules and also possess the power and authority to enforce those rules.

Select one of the following:

  • A republic

  • Government

  • Parliament

  • Democracy

  • Autocracy

Explanation

Question 10 of 48

1

The word democracy comes from the Greek demos, meaning __________, and kratia, meaning __________.

Select one of the following:

  • "demonstrate"; "power"

  • "mob"; "rights"

  • "the people"; "rule"

  • "representative"; "congress"

  • "direct"; "elections"

Explanation

Question 11 of 48

1

The __________ Plan that was proposed at the Constitutional Convention favored small states. It called for a legislature in which each state would have only one vote.

Select one of the following:

  • New Jersey

  • New York

  • Connecticut

  • Virginia

  • Massachusetts

Explanation

Question 12 of 48

1

America's first written constitution, the __________, called for the laws to be made by an assembly of elected representatives from each town.

Select one of the following:

  • Fundamental Order of Connecticut

  • Massachusetts Body of Liberties

  • Mayflower Compact

  • Pennsylvania Charters of Privileges

  • Pennsylvania Frame of Government

Explanation

Question 13 of 48

1

In a compromise reached during the Constitutional Convention, it was agreed that each slave would count as __________ of a person in determining representation in the House of Representatives.

Select one of the following:

  • one-half

  • three-fifths

  • one-third

  • two-thirds

  • four-fifths

Explanation

Question 14 of 48

1

After the British Parliament passed the Stamp Act, James Otis, Jr. __________.

Select one of the following:

  • declared that there could be "no taxation without war"

  • wrote Common Sense

  • proposed that the colonies impose a sugar tax on Britain

  • declared that there could be "no taxation without representation"

  • wrote A Handbook for Dumping Tea

Explanation

Question 15 of 48

1

The first permanent English settlement in North America was __________.

Select one of the following:

  • founded in Plymouth, Massachusetts

  • the Massachusetts Bay Colony

  • in what is now Connecticut

  • in Jamestown, in what is now Virginia

  • founded in Pennsylvania

Explanation

Question 16 of 48

1

On April 19, 1775, Redcoats fought against Minutemen in the towns of __________ and __________, the first battles of the American Revolution.

Select one of the following:

  • Washington; Philadelphia

  • Baltimore; Albany

  • Plymouth; Jamestown

  • Lexington; Concord

  • Boston; Richmond

Explanation

Question 17 of 48

1

__________ classic pamphlet, Common Sense, presented a rousing argument in favor of independence and helped serve any remaining ties of loyalty to the British monarch.

Select one of the following:

  • Alexander Hamilton's

  • Thomas Jefferson's

  • Benjamin Franklin's

  • Roger Sherman's

  • Thomas Paine's

Explanation

Question 18 of 48

1

For the most part, the delegates to the Constitutional Convention were __________.

Select one of the following:

  • representative of the population as a whole

  • uneducated

  • poor

  • from the best-educated and wealthiest classes

  • ordinary farmers and merchants

Explanation

Question 19 of 48

1

The president checks Congress by __________.

Select one of the following:

  • exercising the power of judicial review

  • controlling taxes and spending

  • appointing federal judges

  • holding a veto power

  • exercising the power of impeachment

Explanation

Question 20 of 48

1

A federal official may be impeached by the __________.

Select one of the following:

  • Supreme Court

  • Senate

  • House of Representatives

  • attorney general

  • president

Explanation

Question 21 of 48

1

Select from the dropdown list to complete the text.

( Federalism, Unitary System, Confederal System, Division of Powers, Expressed Powers, Police Powers, Supremacy Clause, Fiscal Federalism ): A system of shared sovereignty between two levels of government, one national and one subnational, occupying the same geographic region.

Explanation

Question 22 of 48

1

Select from the dropdown list to complete the text.

( Unitary System, Federalism, Confederal System, Division of Powers, Expressed Powers, Police Powers, Supremacy Clause, Fiscal Federalism ): A centralized governmental system in which local and subdivisional governments exercise only those powers given to them by the central government.

Explanation

Question 23 of 48

1

Select from the dropdown list to complete the text.

( Confederal System, Federalism, Unitary System, Division of Powers, Expressed Powers, Police Powers, Supremacy Clause, Fiscal Federalism ): A league of independent sovereign states, joined together by a central government that has only limited powers over them.

Explanation

Question 24 of 48

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Select from the dropdown list to complete the text.

( Division of Powers, Federalism, Unitary System, Confederal System, Expressed Powers, Police Powers, Supremacy Clause, Fiscal Federalism ): A basic principle of federalism established by the U.S. Constitution, by which powers are divided between the national and state governments.

Explanation

Question 25 of 48

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Select from the dropdown list to complete the text.

( Expressed Powers, Federalism, Unitary System, Confederal System, Division of Powers, Police Powers, Supremacy Clause, Fiscal Federalism ): Constitutional or statutory powers that are expressly provided for by the U.S. Constitution; also called enumerated powers.

Explanation

Question 26 of 48

1

Select from the dropdown list to complete the text.

( Police Powers, Federalism, Unitary System, Confederal System, Division of Powers, Expressed Powers, Supremacy Clause, Fiscal Federalism ): The power of a government body that enables it to create laws for the protection of the health, safety, welfare, and morals of the people.

Explanation

Question 27 of 48

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Select from the dropdown list to complete the text.

( Supremacy Clause, Federalism, Unitary System, Confederal System, Division of Powers, Expressed Powers, Police Powers, Fiscal Federalism ): Article VI, Clause 2, of the Constitution, which makes the Constitutional and federal laws superior to all conflicting state and local laws.

Explanation

Question 28 of 48

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Select from the dropdown list to complete the text.

( Fiscal Federalism, Federalism, Unitary System, Confederal System, Division of Powers, Expressed Powers, Police Powers, Supremacy Clause ): The allocation of taxes collected by one level of government (typically the national government) to another level (typically state or local governments).

Explanation

Question 29 of 48

1

Political scientist Harold Lassell defined __________ as the process of determining "who gets what, when, and how" in a society.

Select one of the following:

  • government

  • power

  • politics

Explanation

Question 30 of 48

1

When the government's ability to exercise power is widely viewed as legitimate, we say that the government __________.

Select one of the following:

  • has authority

  • presidential

  • direct

Explanation

Question 31 of 48

1

The system of government in the United States is best described as a __________ democracy.

Select one of the following:

  • parliamentary

  • presidential

  • direct

Explanation

Question 32 of 48

1

The principle difference between an absolute monarchy and a dictatorship is that __________.

Select one of the following:

  • unlike a dictatorship, an absolute monarchy allows freedom of speech and religion

  • dictators may be women, but monarchs never are

  • an absolute monarchy is based on traditional, but a dictatorship is not

Explanation

Question 33 of 48

1

Which of the following best describes a social contract?

Select one of the following:

  • The set of ideas, values, and attitudes about government and politics held by a community or a nation

  • A voluntary agreement among individuals to create a government and to give that government adequate power to secure the mutual protection and welfare of all individuals

  • An economic system based on the private ownership of wealth-producing property, free markets, and freedom of contract

Explanation

Question 34 of 48

1

Because of the political value of __________, Article I, Section 9, of the U.S. Constitution prohibits the government from granting titles of nobility.

Select one of the following:

  • equality

  • liberty

  • multiculturalism

Explanation

Question 35 of 48

1

Today's Republican Party differs from the party that existed a century ago in that it __________.

Select one of the following:

  • no longer has strong support from business interests

  • is less reliant on the support of religious conservatives

  • no longer enjoys the support of most African Americans

Explanation

Question 36 of 48

1

American liberalism took its fully modern form in the __________.

Select one of the following:

  • 1960s, during the administration of Lyndon Johnson

  • 1990s, during the administration of Bill Clinton

  • 2000s, during the administration of Barack Obama

Explanation

Question 37 of 48

1

The majority of American colonist came from__________.

Select one of the following:

  • Germany and Spain

  • France and Ireland

  • England and Scotland

Explanation

Question 38 of 48

1

Before the mid-1700s, the majority of American colonist were __________.

Select one of the following:

  • secretly planning to declare their independence from Britain

  • loyal to the British monarch and viewed Britain as their homeland

  • politically indifferent

Explanation

Question 39 of 48

1

Under the Articles of Confederation, the new nation ___________.

Select one of the following:

  • could not declare war

  • could enter into treaties and alliances

  • could regulate interstate commerce

Explanation

Question 40 of 48

1

The three-fifths compromise reached at the Constitutional Convention had to do with __________.

Select one of the following:

  • how slaves would be counted in determining representation in Congress

  • the imposition of export taxes

  • the regulation of commerce

Explanation

Question 41 of 48

1

All of the existing amendments to the Constitution have been proposed ___________.

Select one of the following:

  • by a two-thirds vote in the Senate and in the House of Representatives

  • by a vote in three-fourths of the state legislatures

  • at national constitutional conventions

Explanation

Question 42 of 48

1

In a unitary system, __________.

Select one of the following:

  • subdivisional governments exercise only those powers given to them by the central government

  • sovereign states are joined together by a central government that has only limited powers over them

  • there are no local or subdivisional governments

Explanation

Question 43 of 48

1

There are __________ governmental units in the United States today.

Select one of the following:

  • 51

  • nearly 3,000

  • almost 90,000

Explanation

Question 44 of 48

1

Article I, Section 8, of the U.S. Constitution enumerates twenty-seven powers that Congress may exercise. Two of these __________ powers are the power of coin money and the power to regulate interstate commerce.

Select one of the following:

  • concurrent

  • expressed

  • inherent

Explanation

Question 45 of 48

1

The relationships among the states in our federal system of government are sometimes referred to as __________ federalism.

Select one of the following:

  • picket-fence

  • cooperative

  • horizontal

Explanation

Question 46 of 48

1

The era of __________ federalism came to an end in 1930s.

Select one of the following:

  • dual

  • new

  • competitive

Explanation

Question 47 of 48

1

The welfare reform legislation passed by Congress in 1996 is an example of __________ federalism.

Select one of the following:

  • dual

  • cooperative

  • new

Explanation

Question 48 of 48

1

Block grants __________.

Select one of the following:

  • are targeted for specific purposes by law

  • are federal grants given to a state for broad areas, such as criminal justice or mental-health programs

  • give the states less discretion that categorical grants over how funds will be spent

Explanation

Question 49 of 48

1

The prohibition of "cruel and unusual punishments" is included in the

Select one of the following:

  • Fourth Amendment

  • Fifth Amendment

  • Sixth Amendment

  • Eight Amendment

  • Tenth Amendment

Explanation

Question 50 of 48

1

The right to bear arms described in the Second Amendment was incorporated in

Select one of the following:

  • 1868

  • 1925

  • 1949

  • 1965

  • 2010

Explanation

Question 51 of 48

1

According to the additional readings, in all, _____ of the thirteen colonies had established official religions by the time of the American Revolution.

Select one of the following:

  • three

  • five

  • seven

  • nine

  • eleven

Explanation

Question 52 of 48

1

_____ are limitations on government action, setting forth what the government can not do.

Select one of the following:

  • Bills of attainder

  • Civil rights

  • The Miranda warnings

  • Ex post facto laws

  • Civil liberties

Explanation

Question 53 of 48

1

The _____ provides the right to have the "Assistance of Counsel" in criminal prosecutions.

Select one of the following:

  • Fifth Amendment

  • Sixth Amendment

  • Seventh Amendment

  • Eight Amendment

  • Ninth Amendment

Explanation

Question 54 of 48

1

The protection against "Unreasonable searches and seizures" is found in the

Select one of the following:

  • Third Amendment

  • Fourth Amendment

  • Fifth Amendment

  • Eight Amendment

  • Tenth Amendment

Explanation

Question 55 of 48

1

In the 1947 ruling on the establishment clause (Everson v. Board of Education), the Supreme Court

Select one of the following:

  • Upheld a New Jersey law that allowed the state to pay for bus transportation of students who attended parochial schools.

  • Ruled that the state of New Jersey could no longer require the teaching of evolution in the public schools.

  • held that the First Amendment prohibits clergy of different religions from serving in each branch of the armed forces.

  • held that all government aid to parochial schools is constitutional under the First Amendment.

  • held that all government aid to parochial schools is prohibited under the First Amendment.

Explanation

Question 56 of 48

1

A _____ punished individuals for committing an act that was legal when the act was committed.

Select one of the following:

  • bill of attainder

  • "National Security Letter"

  • writ of habeas corpus

  • ex post facto law

  • warrant based on probable cause

Explanation

Question 57 of 48

1

Which of the following is not part of the test the Supreme Court developed in California v. Miller (1973) to determine if a book or film is legally obscene?

Select one of the following:

  • The work tends to excite an "unwholesome sexual desire," under present-day community standards.

  • The work taken as a whole lacks serious literary or artistic value.

  • The work depicts or describes, in an offensive way, a form of sexual conduct specifically prohibited by law.

  • The work taken as a whole is offensive or disturbing.

  • The work taken as a whole lacks serious political or scientific value.

Explanation

Question 58 of 48

1

A _____ is an order requiring that an official bring a specified prisoner into court and show the judge why the prisoner is being held in jail.

Select one of the following:

  • ex post facto law

  • writ of habeas corpus

  • bill of attainder

  • warrant based on probable cause

  • exclusionary rule

Explanation

Question 59 of 48

1

In _____, the Supreme Court held that the "right to privacy...is broad enough to encompass a woman's decision to terminate a pregnancy," subject to certain regulations.

Select one of the following:

  • Roe v. Wade (1973)

  • Miller v. California (1973)

  • Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)

  • Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)

  • Miranda v. Arizona (1966)

Explanation

Question 60 of 48

1

Many of our liberties were added by the _____ ratified in 1791.

Select one of the following:

  • ex post facto laws

  • writes of habeas corpus

  • Bill of Rights

  • bills of attainder

  • Miranda Warnings

Explanation

Question 61 of 48

1

The Bill of Rights becomes part of the Constitution in

Select one of the following:

  • 1776

  • 1787

  • 1791

  • 1896

  • 1925

Explanation

Question 62 of 48

1

_____ requires that illegally obtained evidence not be admissible in court.

Select one of the following:

  • The Miranda warnings

  • The exclusionary rule

  • Probable cause

  • Double jeopardy

  • National Security Letters

Explanation

Question 63 of 48

1

"...the right of the people to keep and bear Arms..." is found in the _____ to the U.S. Constitution.

Select one of the following:

  • Second Amendment

  • Third Amendment

  • Fifth Amendment

  • Eighth Amendment

  • Tenth Amendment

Explanation

Question 64 of 48

1

The Fourteenth Amendment was added to the Constitution in

Select one of the following:

  • 1776

  • 1787

  • 1791

  • 1868

  • 1925

Explanation

Question 65 of 48

1

The reserved powers of the states are derived from the

Select one of the following:

  • Second Amendment

  • Third Amendment

  • Seventh Amendment

  • Ninth Amendment

  • Tenth Amendment

Explanation

Question 66 of 48

1

The Sixth Amendment

Select one of the following:

  • prohibits cruel and unusual punishments

  • guarantees the right to counsel at various stages in some criminal proceedings.

  • includes a protection against self-incrimination.

  • prohibits double jeopardy

  • establishes the exclusionary rule

Explanation

Question 67 of 48

1

The First Amendment to the Constitution

Select one of the following:

  • addresses the right to bear arms

  • states that "Congress shall make no law... abridging the freedom of speech."

  • guarantees the right to a speedy and public trial

  • addresses the right of trial by jury

  • states that "Congress shall protect the right to privacy of all persons"

Explanation

Question 68 of 48

1

_____ is a published report of a falsehood that tends to injure a person's reputation or character.

Select one of the following:

  • libel

  • slander

  • symbolic speech

  • seditious speech

  • obscenity

Explanation

Question 69 of 48

1

The Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution was ratified in _____, giving women the right to vote.

Select one of the following:

  • 1848

  • 1869

  • 1918

  • 1920

  • 1936

Explanation

Question 70 of 48

1

A law based on a suspect classification is subject to _____ scrutiny by the courts.

Select one of the following:

  • ordinary

  • intermediate

  • exacting

  • strict

  • minimal

Explanation

Question 71 of 48

1

The Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution

Select one of the following:

  • granted freedom to the slave

  • required an end to segregation

  • established the separate-but-equal doctrine

  • outlawed "Jim Crow" laws

  • granted former slaves the right to vote.

Explanation

Question 72 of 48

1

Nancy Pelosi was the first woman to

Select one of the following:

  • be elected to the U.S. Senate

  • serve as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations

  • run for vice President of the United States

  • serve as a governor

  • be elected Speaker of the House of Representatives

Explanation

Question 73 of 48

1

The Supreme Court established the separate-but-equal doctrine in

Select one of the following:

  • Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954)

  • Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)

  • Brown II (1955)

  • United States v. Virginia (1996)

  • Craig v. Boren (1976)

Explanation

Question 74 of 48

1

One of the tactics used by the civil rights protestors in the 1960s was _____, the deliberate and public refusal to obey laws considered unjust.

Select one of the following:

  • "Jim Crow"

  • suffrage

  • affirmative action

  • civil disobedience

  • internment

Explanation

Question 75 of 48

1

Racial segregation that occurs not as a result of deliberate intentions but because of social and economic conditions and residential patterns is called _____ segregation.

Select one of the following:

  • de facto

  • de jure

  • de minimis

  • ex post facto

  • de novo

Explanation

Question 76 of 48

1

"Jim Crow" laws

Select one of the following:

  • were segregation laws, separating the white community from the black community.

  • were justified by the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954).

  • were prohibited by the Thirteenth Amendment

  • required an end to segregation

  • were designed to achieve racial equality

Explanation

Question 77 of 48

1

Our First Amendment rights are considered _____ rights.

Select one of the following:

  • contingent

  • suspect

  • conditional

  • fundamental

  • tentative

Explanation

Question 78 of 48

1

In Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954), the Supreme Court held that segregation by race _____ was unconstitutional.

Select one of the following:

  • on buses

  • in restaurants

  • in public education

  • in housing

  • on railroads

Explanation

Question 79 of 48

1

AARP promotes the interest of

Select one of the following:

  • consumers.

  • manufacturers.

  • labor.

  • senior citizens.

  • gun owners.

Explanation

Question 80 of 48

1

The Right to Life organization is a _____ interest group.

Select one of the following:

  • consumer

  • identity

  • ideological

  • single-issue

  • government

Explanation

Question 81 of 48

1

The largest and most powerful labor interest group today is

Select one of the following:

  • the AFL-CIO

  • AARP

  • the NAM

  • the NRA

  • MADD

Explanation

Question 82 of 48

1

There are various reasons why people join interest groups. Some people find that they gain considerable satisfaction in taking action from within that group. Such satisfaction is referred to as a _____ incentive.

Select one of the following:

  • free-rider

  • purposive

  • pluralist

  • solidary

  • material

Explanation

Question 83 of 48

1

It has become increasingly common for those who leave positions with the federal government to become lobbyists or consultants for the private interest groups they helped to regulate. This is called

Select one of the following:

  • the "heroes to zeroes" complex

  • the "free rider" problem

  • "Potomac fever."

  • the "revolving door" syndrome

  • "lobbying addiction"

Explanation

Question 84 of 48

1

Some people enjoy the camaraderie and sense of belonging that comes from associating with other people who share their interests and goals. That enjoyment can be called a _____ incentive for joining an interest group.

Select one of the following:

  • free rider

  • purposive

  • pluralist

  • solidary

  • material

Explanation

Question 85 of 48

1

Individuals who can enjoy the outcome of an interest group's efforts without having to contribute are called

Select one of the following:

  • social loafers

  • lobbyists

  • social climbers

  • entrepreneurs

  • free riders

Explanation

Question 86 of 48

1

The _____ is a professional interest group.

Select one of the following:

  • National Farmers Union

  • Club for Growth

  • National Rifle Association

  • American Medical Association

  • National Urban League

Explanation

Question 87 of 48

1

A purposive incentive for joining an interest group is best described as

Select one of the following:

  • pleasure in associating with like-minded individuals

  • satisfaction resulting from working for a cause in which one believes

  • a practical benefit such as discounts, subscriptions, or group insurance.

  • the ability to enjoy the outcome of a group's efforts without having to contribute.

  • the opportunity to compete for public office.

Explanation

Question 88 of 48

1

The right to form interest groups and to lobby the government is protected by the _____ right of the people "to petition the government for a redress of grievances."

Select one of the following:

  • First Amendment

  • Third Amendment

  • Fifth Amendment

  • Seventh Amendment

  • Ninth Amendment

Explanation

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