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STRAIGHTERLINE AMERICAN
GOVERNMENT EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
Based on his conception of responsible citizenship, John Stuart Mill felt that the
best form of government was:
a. Authoritarianism
b. Anarchism
c. Communism
d. Democracy
e. Socialism - correct-answer - Democracy
According to the Declaration of Independence, governments get their "just
powers" from:
a. God Almighty
b. the consent of the governed
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c. the various factions
d. the teachings of Jesus Christ
e. the benevolence of a just king - correct-answer - the consent of the governed
Which of the following is NOT one of the core values of American political culture:
a. individualism
b. equality
c. cooperation
d. liberty
e. self-government - correct-answer - cooperation
Prussian-military theorist Carl von Clausewitz referred to politics as:
a. like making sausage
b. the burden of citizens
c. a means to an end
d. war by other means
e. a necessary evil - correct-answer - war by other means
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The Bill of Rights:
a. reduced the restrictiveness of constitutionalism
b. enhanced the powers of the executive
c. further checked the power of the majority
d. enhanced the majoritarian nature of government
e. restricted the power of corporate influence in the government - correct-answer
- further checked the power of the majority
Roughly two-thirds of all lobbyists in the nation's capital represent:
a. activist organizations
b. labor unions
c. business firms
d. foreign-based political action groups
e. nonprofit organizations - correct-answer - business firms
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The United States has certain rules in place to keep politics within peaceful
bounds. These rules include all of the following EXCEPT:
a. autocracy
b. democracy
c. constitutionalism
d. free markets
e. none of these answers is correct - correct-answer - autocracy
Compared to two decades ago, contemporary Americans are, on average:
a. far better informed about political affairs
b. at about the same level of being informed about political affairs
c. getting most of their news from traditional media sources such as newspapers
d. much more knowledgeable about the functioning of America's political
institutions
e. paying more attention to news sources that have an obvious ideological bias -
correct-answer - paying more attention to news sources that have an obvious
ideological bias
STRAIGHTERLINE AMERICAN
GOVERNMENT EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
Based on his conception of responsible citizenship, John Stuart Mill felt that the
best form of government was:
a. Authoritarianism
b. Anarchism
c. Communism
d. Democracy
e. Socialism - correct-answer - Democracy
According to the Declaration of Independence, governments get their "just
powers" from:
a. God Almighty
b. the consent of the governed
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c. the various factions
d. the teachings of Jesus Christ
e. the benevolence of a just king - correct-answer - the consent of the governed
Which of the following is NOT one of the core values of American political culture:
a. individualism
b. equality
c. cooperation
d. liberty
e. self-government - correct-answer - cooperation
Prussian-military theorist Carl von Clausewitz referred to politics as:
a. like making sausage
b. the burden of citizens
c. a means to an end
d. war by other means
e. a necessary evil - correct-answer - war by other means
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The Bill of Rights:
a. reduced the restrictiveness of constitutionalism
b. enhanced the powers of the executive
c. further checked the power of the majority
d. enhanced the majoritarian nature of government
e. restricted the power of corporate influence in the government - correct-answer
- further checked the power of the majority
Roughly two-thirds of all lobbyists in the nation's capital represent:
a. activist organizations
b. labor unions
c. business firms
d. foreign-based political action groups
e. nonprofit organizations - correct-answer - business firms
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The United States has certain rules in place to keep politics within peaceful
bounds. These rules include all of the following EXCEPT:
a. autocracy
b. democracy
c. constitutionalism
d. free markets
e. none of these answers is correct - correct-answer - autocracy
Compared to two decades ago, contemporary Americans are, on average:
a. far better informed about political affairs
b. at about the same level of being informed about political affairs
c. getting most of their news from traditional media sources such as newspapers
d. much more knowledgeable about the functioning of America's political
institutions
e. paying more attention to news sources that have an obvious ideological bias -
correct-answer - paying more attention to news sources that have an obvious
ideological bias
