c. cloture; sixty - Answer A filibuster can be ended through __________; it requires the
approval of __________ senators.
Select one:
a. abrogation; fifty-one
b. censure; fifty-five
c. cloture; sixty
d. discharge; sixty-seven
d. political culture - Answer A set of values widely shared within a society is referred to as
which of the following?
Select one:
a. government
b. politics
c. public policy
d. political culture
d. property - Answer In Dred Scott v. Sandford, the Supreme Court declared that African
Americans were __________.
Select one:
a. separate but equal
b. citizens
c. eligible to vote
d. property
c. loses seats - Answer In mid-term elections, the president's party typically ___________ in
the House of Representatives.
Select one:
a. reapportions seats
b. helps independent candidates
c. loses seats
d. gains seats
,b. Congress is stronger and more influential than the presidency.
c. Many groups vie for power with no one group dominating politics.
d. Too many influential groups cripple government's ability to govern
c. elites - Answer The Founders created the Electoral College because they wanted the
president to be selected by __________.
Select one:
a. members of the Supreme Court
b. ordinary Americans
c. elites
d. Senators
b. political socialization - Answer The process through which an individual acquires his or her
knowledge, feelings, and evaluations regarding his or her political world is known as
Select one:
a. public opinion
b. political socialization
c. reapportionment
d. sampling error
religion - Answer The free exercise clause states that the national government will not
interfere with which of the following?
Select one:
a. education
b. business
c. speech
d. religion
a. free-rider - Answer The __________ problem occurs when people fail to join a group
because they can get the benefits the group offers without contributing to the group's efforts.
Select one:
a. free-rider
, deregulation - Answer Those who believe that regulations on business and industry are too
numerous and too complex are most likely to favor the policy of __________.
Select one:
a. incentive systems
b. deregulation
c. executive orders
d. command-and-control systems
The agreement of neither Congress nor other officials - Answer What do executive
agreements require?
Select one:
a. ratification by the House of Representatives
b. ratification by the Senate
c. ratification by both houses of Congress
d. The agreement of neither Congress nor other officials
all of the money the federal government has borrowed and has not yet repaid - Answer
What is the national debt?
Select one:
a. all of the money Congress has spent
b. all of the money the federal government has borrowed and has not yet repaid
c. the sum of all tax expenditures minus the sum of all tax receipts in a given year
d. the sum of all tax receipts minus the sum of all tax expenditures in a given year
filing amicus curiae briefs - Answer Which of the following is a way that interest groups
attempt to influence the Supreme Court's decisions?
Select one:
a. claiming disputes are justiciable
b. filing standing to sue briefs
c. lobbying legislators
d. filing amicus curiae briefs
approval of __________ senators.
Select one:
a. abrogation; fifty-one
b. censure; fifty-five
c. cloture; sixty
d. discharge; sixty-seven
d. political culture - Answer A set of values widely shared within a society is referred to as
which of the following?
Select one:
a. government
b. politics
c. public policy
d. political culture
d. property - Answer In Dred Scott v. Sandford, the Supreme Court declared that African
Americans were __________.
Select one:
a. separate but equal
b. citizens
c. eligible to vote
d. property
c. loses seats - Answer In mid-term elections, the president's party typically ___________ in
the House of Representatives.
Select one:
a. reapportions seats
b. helps independent candidates
c. loses seats
d. gains seats
,b. Congress is stronger and more influential than the presidency.
c. Many groups vie for power with no one group dominating politics.
d. Too many influential groups cripple government's ability to govern
c. elites - Answer The Founders created the Electoral College because they wanted the
president to be selected by __________.
Select one:
a. members of the Supreme Court
b. ordinary Americans
c. elites
d. Senators
b. political socialization - Answer The process through which an individual acquires his or her
knowledge, feelings, and evaluations regarding his or her political world is known as
Select one:
a. public opinion
b. political socialization
c. reapportionment
d. sampling error
religion - Answer The free exercise clause states that the national government will not
interfere with which of the following?
Select one:
a. education
b. business
c. speech
d. religion
a. free-rider - Answer The __________ problem occurs when people fail to join a group
because they can get the benefits the group offers without contributing to the group's efforts.
Select one:
a. free-rider
, deregulation - Answer Those who believe that regulations on business and industry are too
numerous and too complex are most likely to favor the policy of __________.
Select one:
a. incentive systems
b. deregulation
c. executive orders
d. command-and-control systems
The agreement of neither Congress nor other officials - Answer What do executive
agreements require?
Select one:
a. ratification by the House of Representatives
b. ratification by the Senate
c. ratification by both houses of Congress
d. The agreement of neither Congress nor other officials
all of the money the federal government has borrowed and has not yet repaid - Answer
What is the national debt?
Select one:
a. all of the money Congress has spent
b. all of the money the federal government has borrowed and has not yet repaid
c. the sum of all tax expenditures minus the sum of all tax receipts in a given year
d. the sum of all tax receipts minus the sum of all tax expenditures in a given year
filing amicus curiae briefs - Answer Which of the following is a way that interest groups
attempt to influence the Supreme Court's decisions?
Select one:
a. claiming disputes are justiciable
b. filing standing to sue briefs
c. lobbying legislators
d. filing amicus curiae briefs
