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- 1. Multiple Choice
Which of the following best describes a trend in the line graph?
Hispanic voters are less likely to vote than white voters.
Although the number of Hispanics becoming eligible to vote is increasing, the number of Hispanics who are voting is decreasing.
Hispanics are more likely to vote Democratic.
Since 1988, the number of Hispanic eligible voters and actual voters have increased.
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is an accurate conclusion based on the information in the graph and your knowledge of voter behavior?
Significant growth in the number of Hispanic eligible voters has helped make the U.S. electorate more racially and ethnically diverse.
Hispanic voters tend to vote Republican more often than they vote Democratic.
The debate over immigration will probably not encourage Hispanics to vote in larger numbers.
The Hispanic vote is not an important bloc of voters for either political party.
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which of the following most accurately describes voter behavior in the United States?
The voting population added by the passage of the 26th Amendment shows the highest percentage of participation in U.S. elections.
Voters who are not active participants in a religious group are more likely to vote than active members.
Single people are more likely to participate in elections than those who are married.
Persons with white-collar jobs show a higher percentage of participation in elections than those with blue-collar jobs.
- 4. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is an accurate statement about the president's veto power?
A bill that has received a pocket veto may be passed over the pocket veto by a 2/3 majority of both houses of Congress.
Congress often shows consideration for the president's veto by revising a vetoed bill and passing it in a form acceptable to the president.
The veto demonstrates that the president has little power over the legislature.
Presidents whose party is not the dominant party in the House and Senate frequently have a veto overridden by Congress.
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which of the following statements best describes a concurring opinion of a Supreme Court decision?
It is written by a justice who agrees with the majority opinion but disagrees with the reasoning behind the majority opinion.
It must be written by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
It is an example of judicial activism, in which the justice who writes it is always trying to "create" new law through the courts.
It is an opinion of a justice or justices who disagree with the majority opinion and have more to say.
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which of the following would most likely be used to support American civil liberties?
Declaration of Independence
Bill of Rights
Judiciary - Article III of the U.S. Constitution
Supreme Court decision in Marbury v. Madison
- 7. Multiple Choice
When the President has been impeached, the impeachment case must be tried in the
Senate
House of Representatives
Senate and House
Senate and House with the Supreme Court presiding
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is an accurate comparison of the Federalist and Anti-Federalist views on government?
A
B
C
D
- 9. Multiple Choice
Which of the following best describes a trend in the line graph above?
There is a lower percentage of incumbency in the House than in the Senate.
There is a higher percentage of incumbency in the Senate than in the House.
There is a higher percentage of incumbency in the House than in the Senate.
Incumbency rates in the Senate are more stable than incumbency rates in the House.
- 10. Multiple Choice
Which of the following conclusions may be drawn about incumbency based on the data in the graph above?
Incumbency rates in the Senate are almost always higher than incumbency rates in the House.
Senate incumbency rates were at their lowest in 1982.
House incumbency rates were at their highest in 1990.
In the past 30 years, more than half of incumbents have won reelection.
- 11. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is an advantage to an incumbent when running for reelection?
name recognition
the incumbent may be perceived as stale
the incumbent has a voting record
voter fatigue at the ballot
- 12. Multiple Choice
Which of the following best describes the purpose of primary elections?
They narrow down the field of candidates within a political party.
They allow the "coat-tail effect" to occur.
They give the voters more choice in the general election.
They lead to increased participation of third party candidates.
- 13. Multiple Choice
The primary purpose of major U.S. political parties is to control the government by
affecting public policy
defining party principles
winning elections through peaceful legal actions
pushing legislation through Congress
- 14. Multiple Choice
Senatorial elections
occur within single-member districts
attract less media attention than elections of representatives
promote frequent personal contact with senatorial constituencies
provide for a continuous body in the Senate
- 15. Multiple Choice
The pivotal Supreme Court decision which ruled that wearing black armbands in school to protest war was a form of symbolic speech, and therefore was protected by the 1st Amendment was
Gitlow v. New York (1925)
Texas v. Johnson (1989)
Tinker v. Des Moines (1969)
Shaw v. Reno (1993)
- 16. Multiple Choice
Which of the following has the least influence in creating the political opinions and identities of most Americans?
the mass media
political opinions of family and friends
the official party platforms of the major political parties
demographic factors (occupation, age, etc)
- 17. Multiple Choice
Which of the following best describes the average person's political participation in the United States?
voting in local elections
voting in presidential elections
a basic understanding of government
ignoring government altogether
- 18. Multiple Choice
The membership of the House of Representatives
is a continuous body
is dependent on the national census
is permanently restricted to 435 members
is elected in 50 statewide at-large elections
- 19. Multiple Choice
Which statement best summarizes Madison's argument?
Government is necessary because mankind is imperfect, but there must be constitutional constraints on political authority.
One of the strongest arguments in favor of the Constitution is the fact that it establishes a government capable of controlling the violence and damage caused by factions.
An independent judicial branch with federal judges holding their office for life, subject to good behavior, is necessary to the future of the nation.
The Constitution and laws of Congress would be invalidated if they were inconsistent with the states.
- 20. Multiple Choice
Which of the following constitutional principles limits the power of the national government in Madison's argument?
federalism and minority rule
popular sovereignty and state's rights
conservatism and majority rule
separation of powers and checks and balances
- 21. Multiple Choice
Based on the quote, with which of the following statements would the author most agree?
Each branch of government should be responsible for the appointment of members of the other branches.
In a government of diverse powers, it is essential that each branch have a degree of control over the others.
Each branch of government should be totally independent from the other branches of government and they should have no authority over each other.
Government should be based on the protection of states' rights by creating a separation of powers based on legislative, executive and judicial branches.
- 22. Multiple Choice
Which of the following best describes a major defect of the electoral college?
The Senate, not the people, decides the elections for president if no one wins a majority of the electoral college votes.
Electors are not legally pledged to their candidate.
The candidate winning the popular vote never wins.
Federal law apportions an equal number of electoral college votes to each state.
- 23. Multiple Choice
Which of the following best describes the voting process in America?
The federal government regulates voter registration so that it is equal in all states.
State governments regulate voter registration within their respective state.
All individuals over the age of 16 register to vote when they get their driver's license.
Anyone may vote regardless of registration status due to all states adopting same-day registration laws.
- 24. Multiple Choice
Which of the following most accurately describes the Senate?
The Senate is the larger, more powerful house of Congress, and so they veto more bills.
Membership in the Senate is determined by the population of the respective states.
The most influential member of the Senate is the majority leader.
Revenue bills must originate in the Senate.
- 25. Multiple Choice
The Supreme Court case that established the implied powers of Congress and upheld the Supremacy clause was
Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)
Mapp v. Ohio (1961)
Marbury v. Madison (1803)
McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)
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