Chapter 1: Power and the Challenges of the Twenty-First Century

1/ Theory is not useful, it is just philosophy that does not have any practical purposes for solving todays issues. F 2/ Tolstoy wrote in Anna Karenina that all happy families are the same. T 3/ Generally speaking the youngest child will have a different relationship with their parents than the oldest child. T 4/ Power is the ability to get someone to do what you want them to do. T 5/ The Introduction does not mention abortion as an issue facing us in politics. T 6/ Religion has no role in marriage. F 7/ The establishment clause of the U.S. Constitution prevents the establishment of an American Church. F 8/ Democracy works all the time for every situation that may cause a problem in our lives. F 9/ The United States today is an Imperial Power. F 10/ Economists study money and political scientists study: - Power. 11/ The invention of government was conceived because of the effects of: - Anarchy/ depression. 12/ Conflict comes from people having a different understanding of right and wrong issues under this classification except: - Taxes/ Abortion. 13/ Orthodox believe in: - An absolute right and wrong. 14/ Conflict comes from people having a different understanding of goals for society except in issues involving: - Taxes/ Abortion 15/ NIMBY stands for: - Not in my back yard.

Chapter 2: The U.S Constitution Part One, the Establishment of a New Central Government
1/ In 2006, President George Bush appointed 2 members to the Supreme Court. F 2/ Democratic Senators use original intent as a criterion for voting on Supreme Court nominees. F 3/ There was not economic dimension to the failure of the Articles of confederation. F 4/ The Massachusetts Plan was known as the great compromise. F 5/ Thomas Jefferson was part of the Washington, D.C. delegation. F 6/ The Constitution was unanimously ratified after the close of the Constitutional convention. F 7/ The failure of the Article of confederation was all economic in origin. F 8/ King George III thought the Articles of confederation were a good idea. F 9/ The Founding Fathers wanted a national religion in order to have unity in faith. F 10/ The Constitution starts with a preamble. T 11/ The first 3 words of the constitution are: - We the people 12/ We the people illustrates what pillar of American Society. - popular Sovereignty 13/ A system of justice illustrates another pillar of American Society. - rule of law 14/ The blessing of liberty illustrates another pillar of American Society. - Tolerance. 15/ The Devine Right of kings gives justification to the monarchy using: - Religion. 16/ The legislative powers of the nation are invested in: - Congress. 17/ Article I of the Constitution; - Outlines the power of Congress.

18/ A person has to be at least this age to serve in House of Representatives: - 25. 19/ Article II of the Constitution outlines the powers of: - Presidency. 20/ Article III of the Constitution outlines the powers of: - Supreme Court.

Chapter 3: The Bill of Rights

1/ Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and John Adams were anti- Federalists. F 2/ The Federalist Papers gave arguments for ratifying the Constitution. T 3/ The small states were against ratification. F 4/ The first ten amendments are called the Bill of Rights. T 5/ The first Amendment is a recipe for political opposition to the Government. T 6/ Americans have the freedom to own guns. T 7/ The Fifth Amendment requires that Americans talk to the police. F 8/ There are three ways to amend the Constitution. F 9/ Federalist No.10 is not very famous and not very useful in convincing people on the ratification debate. F 10/ Thomas Jefferson said about the Constitution in hopes that they will amend it whenever they shall find the work wrong. T 11/ The First Amendment includes protections except for: - Searches. 12/ Lobbying is protected under the: - First Amendment. 13/ Protection from unreasonable searches is found in: - Fourth Amendment 14/ The Congress has the power to collect income taxes because of:

- Sixteenth Amendment 15/ Originally U.S. Senators were selected by State Legislatures however, this was changed by: - Seventeenth Amendment. 16/ Prohibition was enacted by the passage of the Twenty-Third Amendment which outlawed: - Beer. 17/ The limit of people to serve two terms for President was begun by the passage of: - Twenty-Second Amendment. 18/ Women earned the vote by passage of the Twentieth Amendment which passed in: - 1920 19/ The Fourteenth and the Fifteenth Amendments gave voting and citizenship to: - Ex-slaves who are men. 20/ How many amendments have been to the Constitution: - 27.

Chapter 4: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties: Their Differences

1/ A Civil right prevents action from the government. F 2/ The Founding Fathers thought slavery would die out by 1860. F 3/ Eli Whitney invented the Cotton Engine. T 4/ The British wanted to support the Confederacy because of slavery. F 5/ The Supreme Court helped enforce slavery and Jim Crow laws. T 6/ Martin Luther King, Jr. used economic pressure to change segregation policies in the South. T 7/ Civil Rights used non-violent methods to influence policy changes. T 8/ The Republican party was the party of Lincoln and therefore supported the Civil Rights bills passed in Congress. F

9/ George Wallace and Strom Thurmond both ran for President to try to capture the backlash from the Civil Rights movement. T 10/ Slavery was enforced by the government from the adoption of the Constitution to the Civil War. T 11/ The South needed slaves to work on plantations that grew primarily: - Cotton. 12/ The Federal government enforced slavery from 1789 to: - 1862. 13/ Martin Luther King, Jr. organized trying to change the segregation laws of: - Southern states. 14/ School segregation was ended due to the Supreme Court opinion of: - Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka. 15/ Thurgood Marshalls legal career started when he worked for: - NAACP. 16/ Segregation that is enforced by laws is called: - De jure. 17/ Segregation that is enforced because of conditions or environment is called: - De facto. 18/ The first civil rights bill after the Civil War was passed in: - 1957. 19/ The Majority Leader who was responsible for the first Civil Rights bill to become law was from: - Texas. 20/ How many treaties did the Federal government sigh with Native American tribes? - 70.

Chapter 5
1. Federalism is the study of the relationships between governmental units. T 2. The Federal system is the most popular system of government. F 3. Confederacy system of government is the strongest form of government. F

4. Jefferson Davis was the President of the Confederate States of America T 5. The relationship between different levels of government is articulated in a Constitution. T 6. States are superior to the central government in the United States. F 7. The Great Depression was a problem solved by the State governments. F 8. The Merrill Act gave states the land to create a state university. T 9. Traditionally state government had superiority in educational policy. T 10. Segregation of the South during the hundred years after the Civil War (18641959) was possible because of Federalism. T 11. Countries that have a unitary system of government are all of these except. Germany 12. The case of McColloch v. Maryland illustrates the concept of Federal law is the supreme law of the land. 13. The case of Gibbon v. Ogden helped define the legal concept Refines the boundary of interstate commerce versus intrastate commerce. 14. New Federalism was a phrase coined by President Ronald Reagan 15. Federal research money was the most plentiful at universities during 1960s 16. The Head Start Program was part of what liberal Democratic Presidents program Lyndon Johnsons Great Society 17. The Works Programs Administration (WPA) was part of what liberal Democratic Presidents program. Franklin D. Roosevelts New Deal 18. No Child Left Behind was the result of legislation from George W. Bush 19. Welfare reform was the result of legislation from William Clinton 20. What is not a model of Federalism? Teritary

Chapter 6
1. Public opinion polls are not scientifically based. F 2. Public opinion supported the invasion of Iraq in 2002. T 3. Public opinion polls helped Harry Truman defeat Thomas Dewey in 1948. F 4. There are not any properties of public opinion, people do not think rationally. F 5. Family has very little influence on how people form their opinions. F 6. Friends have the most influence on opinions. F 7. Gender determines voting behavior between men and women. F 8. Race has little or no effect on voting behavior. F 9. American political culture does not have any values. F 10. Forty percent of eligible voters vote on any given election. T 11. The Central Limit Theorem helps with Proves polling, if done correctly, is scientific. 12. Which is not a property of public opinion? Bias 13. Which office do we not vote directly for? presidency 14. Which group is the most loyal to the Democratic party? African- Americans 15. Verba and Nie developed a scale of participation. Which is one of the categories of their scale? Inactives 16. Public opinion polls should be consumed fresh just like sushi 17. Which is not a property of public opinion? Capability 18. Which group is not allowed to vote?

Felons 19. Voting machines are not used because They can be tampered with through hacking. 20. Voting is All of the above.

Chapter 7
1. There is a provision in the Constitution that calls for the development of political parties. F 2. There are several political parties in the United States. F 3. Everyone in the United States is a member of a political party. F 4. Political philosophy is the most important party function. F 5. Harry Truman was a Republican. F 6. Dwight Eisenhower was a Republican. T 7. Organizing and running elections is not a function of the political parties. F 8. Political parties draw legislative districts in states. T 9. Political parties operate the government. T 10. Interest groups do not lobby the Congress. F 11. Who was a recruited candidate for the Presidency? Dwight Eisenhower 12. Which is a political party in the United States? A and b 13. Why do we have only two parties in the United States? Only two parties consistently win elections.

14. The most powerful interest group is American Association of Retired Persons 15. The last candidate that thought of being recruited for the Presidency was Colin Powell 16. Thomas Jeffersons party was called Democratic-Republicans 17. The Republican party was the anti-slavery party during what war? Civil War 18. George Washington belonged to what party? He was not a member of a party when elected 19. The American Israeli lobbying group is known as AIPAC 20. The major business lobbying group is Chamber of Commerce

Chapter 8
1. An election is a process in which we choose our leaders. T 2. The Presidential election is not a geographically based election. F 3. The Constitution provides detailed rules for organizing an election. F 4. Balancing a ticker for the Presidency and Vice Presidency refers to gender. F 5. The Constitution describes who is eligible to vote. T 6. John F. Kennedy was the youngest man ever to be elected to the Presidency. T 7. Theodore Roosevelt was the youngest man ever to be elected to the Presidency. F 8. Party Bosses decide who is going to be on the ballot. F 9. We directly vote for the President of the United States. F

10. We do not directly vote for the President of the United States. T 11. Which of the following is not used by parties to pick candidates? Telethons 12. The Iowa Caucus is important because Demographically Iowa is the most similar to the US 13. New Hampshire is an important primary because It is first 14. National Party Conventions are important because The party leaders can get together and pick a candidate. 15. A Candidates first step in running for office is Gathering signatures for qualifying to be put on the ballot. 16. PAC stands for Political Action Committee 17. PACs usually A and b 18. Since World War II, the most important Presidential election has been ( in political terms) 1960 19. The most important aspect of American campaigning today is Television commercials 20. The most important Congressional Campaign since World War II has been 1974

Chapter 9: The Congress

1. Senators have a two year term of office. F 2. A person must be 30 years old to be a Representative in the House of Representatives. F 3. A person must be 30 years old to be a Senator. T

4. Congressmen pay for their postage. F 5. After the Civil War, the congress was more powerful than the President. T 6. After World War II, the Congress was more powerful than the President. F 7. The Republican Party has always had a majority in Congress. F 8. The leader of the Senate is known as the Speaker. F 9. There has never been a woman Speaker of the House. F 10. The first African-American Senator was elected in 2000. F 11. Which is not a committee in Congress? Adjunct Committee 12. The leader of the Senate is called Majority Leader 13. Congress gets its power from the Constitution in Article I, Section 8 14. Congress gets its law-making function from Article I, Section 7 15. The Speaker is leader of the House of Representatives 16. The most famous Majority Leader of the Senate since World War II is Lyndon B. Johnson

17. How many steps are there in how a bill becomes a law? Nine 18. How many U.S. Senators are there? 100 19. How many Representatives to the House are there? 435 20. A filibuster is a tactic used by The Senate to postpone a vote on a bill.

Chapter 10: The Presidency

1. The President serves one six-year term. 2. The President can serve as many terms as he can. 3. The President has to be a white male. 4. The President has to be married. 5. The President has to be 35 years old. 6. The President has to be a resident of the country for 14 years. 7. The President and Vice President must come from different states. 8. The President is Chief of State just like the British Prime Minister. 9. President Kennedy was the youngest man ever to serve as President. 10. The President has the power to appoint all of the workers in the Federal government. F F F F F T T F F F

11. Which President served in Congress before he was elected? Lyndon Johnson 12. Which President was a Governor before he was elected? George W. Bush 13. Which is a function of the President? Commander in Chief 14. Which is not a function of the President? Head of a Church 15. The Presidents use of Air Force One is a function of the Chief of State 16. The President has the power to Give pardons 17. Which is not part of the Presidents power game? Party game 18. Civilian control of the military is an example of the Presidents role as Commander in Chief 19. Presidents U.S. Grant and Dwight Eisenhower both graduated from West Point. What President graduated from the Naval Academy? Jimmy Carter 20. Which President has won the Nobel Peace Prize while in office? Theodore Roosevelt 21. How many terms did Franklin Roosevelt serve? 3

Chapter 11 The judiciary

1. America has one set of laws called Common Law. F

2. The President appoints Supreme Court Justices every four years. F 3. Justices serve six year terms. F 4. The Constitution requires a Justice of the Supreme Court be a lawyer. F 5. Chief Justice Marshall was the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. F 6. The Supreme Court is the last bastion of democracy in our system. F 7. A Justice must be a male. F 8. Each Justice is elected every four years. F 9. Stare decisis is Latin for the previous decision must stand. F 10. Common law and statutory law are the type of law you see on the courtroom programs on day time television. F 11. The first African-American Justice appointed to the Supreme Court was: Thurgood Marshall 12. The Supreme Court Case that was instrumental in giving them the power to interpret the Constitution was: Marbury v. Madison 13. Who was not a Chief Justice of the United States? Abe Fortas 14. The Supreme Court works with _____ to settle the law. No one 15. Which is not a Federal Court? Criminal 16. The Supreme Court gets its power in the Constitution from Article III 17. The first step for the Supreme Court to hear a case is to write a(n) Certiorati 18. Justices call upon _____ to decide a case. The Court record

19. Which is not part of the three step process the Supreme Court uses in hearing a case? Call the jury 20. What is not a limit on the Judiciary? Presidential veto

Chapter 12 The Bureaucracy

1. The bureaucracy does not touch our daily lives. 2. Social Security is not part of the bureaucracy. 3. Bureaucracy cares about your personal circumstances. 4. Bureaucracies only exist in government. 5. There are four universal properties of bureaucracies. 6. One of the properties of bureaucracies is they are democratic. 7. Merit is a property of bureaucratic management. 8. The Department of Motor Vehicles is not a bureaucracy. 9. Your credit card company is a bureaucracy. 10. Max Weber is famous for studying bureaucracies. 11. Which is not property of bureaucracies? Democratic 12. Which is a model of bureaucracies? Garbage can model 13. The acquisitive models premise is Bureaucracies get bigger as they get older F F F F T F F F T T

14. The monopolistic models premise is Bureaucracies become more inefficient as they get older 15. Which is not a bureaucracy? None of the above 16. In 1789 there were how many departments in the Cabinet? Three 17. The spoils system started under the Presidency of Andrew Jackson 18. The Pendleton Act was designed to create Civil Service ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Chapter 13 The Public Policy Process: Domestic Policy

1. Eighty percent of young people read a newspaper every day. 2. Ninety percent of young people vote on important issues to themselves. 3. Forty percent of young people vote for John Kerry for President in 2004. 4. Young voters made George W. Bush President in 2000. 5. Young voters are always liberal. 6. Young voters are always religious. 7. There are ten steps to public policy. 8. Implementation is a step in the public policy process. 9. Evaluation is not a step in the public policy process. F F T F F F F T F

10. A crisis spurs the government into forming a public policy. 11. Which is not a step in the public policy process? Television advertisements 12. President Johnson wanted a program to fight B and c

13. Medicare became a public policy because Johnson failed to Spend time on his program to fight cancer, heart attacks and strokes 14. The first President to bring Medicare to the attention of the American people was Lyndon Johnson 15. An advantage of advocating a program for old people is Everyone will become a member of this class 16. Medicare became an important issue in the election of 1964 17. Sixty-five as a retirement age was originally picked by Otto Von Bismarck and adopted by Franklin D. Roosevelt 18. The major problem with Medicare is It is a demographic time bomb 19. What did not contribute to the failure of President Bushs failed Social Security Reform Act? Social security does not need reform. 20. The President who holds the record for most legislation passed is Lyndon Johnson 21. The economic school of thought that calls for governmental intervention is Keynesianism -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Chapter 14 Public Policy and Nuclear Weapons

1. North Korea does not have an atomic bomb. 2. South Korea does not have an atomic bomb 3. NPT stands for the Nuclear Power Treaty. F T F

4. Great Britain and the United States formed a partnership to develop nuclear power T 5. Klaus Fuchs was a spy for the Soviet Union. 6. President Johnson was the first President to drop an atomic bomb. 7. Nuclear bombs were used in Vietnam. 8. Nuclear bombs are being used in Iraq. T F F F

9. The United States used atomic bombs in World War II because Japan is an Asian country. F 10. The Iranians and Israelis have atomic weapons. 11. MAD stands for: Mutually Assured Destruction 12. Leo Szilard was: The scientist who first conceived the possibility of a nuclear chain reaction. 13. Henry Stimson was: Was Harry Trumans Secretary of War. 14. The government bought Los Alamos for: 440,000 dollars F

15. Who was contracted to run Los Alamos? University of California 16. If the United States would not have dropped the atomic bombs on Japan it has been estimated the occupation force after the invasion of Japan would have numbered: 2 million 17. The United States also used atomic weapons in Korea The U.S. did not use atomic weapons in Korea 18. Robert McNamara was John F. Kennedys Secretary of Defense 19. Americans play poker, Russians play Chess 20. The closet the Russians and Americans came to a nuclear conflict during the Cold War was during the: Cuban Missile Crisis.