TEST BANK
American Government: Political Development and
Institutional Change 12th Edition
by Cal Jillson, All Chapters 1 - 16
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANWERS RATED A+
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, TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Chapter 1 The Origins of American Political Principles
2. Chapter 2 The Revolution and the Constitution
3. Chapter 3 Federalism and American Political Development
4. Chapter 4 Political Socialization and Public Opinion
5. Chapter 5 The Mass Media and the Political Agenda
6. Chapter 6 Interest Groups: The Politics of Influence
7. Chapter 7 Political Parties: Winning the Right to Govern
8. Chapter 8 Voting, Campaigns, and Elections
9. Chapter 9 Congress: Partisanship, Polarization, and Gridlock
10. Chapter 10 The President: Executive Power in a Separation of Powers Regime
11. Chapter 11 Bureaucracy: Redesigning Government for the Twenty-First Century
12. Chapter 12 The Federal Courts: Activism versus Restraint
13. Chapter 13 Civil Liberties: Ordered Liberty in America
14. Chapter 14 Civil Rights: Where Liberty and Equality Collide
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, 15. Chapter 15 Government, The Economy, and Domestic Policy
16. Chapter 16 America’s Global Role in the Twenty-First Century
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, Chapter 1 The Origins of American Political Principles
Single-Select Multiple Choice
Question Answe A B C D
r
A custom, practice, or b policy institution legal procedure rule
organization, often
embedded in rules and
law, is called a
Which
^ .^ of these terms d Monarchy Polis Democracy Oligarchy
refers to the rule of an
elite few for their own
According
interests? to Plato, who a A A political The few None of these
should rule a properly philosopher- science- king wisest
constituted polis? king citizens
According to Aristotle’s d Oligarchy is a Democracy is Tyranny is any All of these
typology of governments, government a government government
which of these statements organized organized that is
accurately defines a type around a few around many oppressive to
of government? men who are men who are the people.
primarily primarily
motivated by motivated by
their narrow the broad
private and public interest.
Which one of the following c Paris
class and Berlin and Athens and Rome Oslo and
pairs of cities formed the London
interests. Madrid Copenhagen
centers of
© 2023 Taylor & Francis
American Government: Political Development and
Institutional Change 12th Edition
by Cal Jillson, All Chapters 1 - 16
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANWERS RATED A+
© 2023 Taylor & Francis
, TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Chapter 1 The Origins of American Political Principles
2. Chapter 2 The Revolution and the Constitution
3. Chapter 3 Federalism and American Political Development
4. Chapter 4 Political Socialization and Public Opinion
5. Chapter 5 The Mass Media and the Political Agenda
6. Chapter 6 Interest Groups: The Politics of Influence
7. Chapter 7 Political Parties: Winning the Right to Govern
8. Chapter 8 Voting, Campaigns, and Elections
9. Chapter 9 Congress: Partisanship, Polarization, and Gridlock
10. Chapter 10 The President: Executive Power in a Separation of Powers Regime
11. Chapter 11 Bureaucracy: Redesigning Government for the Twenty-First Century
12. Chapter 12 The Federal Courts: Activism versus Restraint
13. Chapter 13 Civil Liberties: Ordered Liberty in America
14. Chapter 14 Civil Rights: Where Liberty and Equality Collide
© 2023 Taylor & Francis
, 15. Chapter 15 Government, The Economy, and Domestic Policy
16. Chapter 16 America’s Global Role in the Twenty-First Century
© 2023 Taylor & Francis
, Chapter 1 The Origins of American Political Principles
Single-Select Multiple Choice
Question Answe A B C D
r
A custom, practice, or b policy institution legal procedure rule
organization, often
embedded in rules and
law, is called a
Which
^ .^ of these terms d Monarchy Polis Democracy Oligarchy
refers to the rule of an
elite few for their own
According
interests? to Plato, who a A A political The few None of these
should rule a properly philosopher- science- king wisest
constituted polis? king citizens
According to Aristotle’s d Oligarchy is a Democracy is Tyranny is any All of these
typology of governments, government a government government
which of these statements organized organized that is
accurately defines a type around a few around many oppressive to
of government? men who are men who are the people.
primarily primarily
motivated by motivated by
their narrow the broad
private and public interest.
Which one of the following c Paris
class and Berlin and Athens and Rome Oslo and
pairs of cities formed the London
interests. Madrid Copenhagen
centers of
© 2023 Taylor & Francis
