Straighterline American GOV EXAM QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS

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Which of the following describes socialism as practiced today in
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Sweden?


Select one: |\




a. The government does not attempt to manage the overall
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economy, but owns a number of major industries and provides
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for people's basic economic needs.
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b. The government manages the overall economy through
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ownership of most major industries, and does not allow private
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property.
c. The economy operates almost exclusively on private
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transactions.
d. The government does little to manage the economy and owns
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no major industries, serving mainly to provide for people's basic
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economic needs. |\




e. Firms are largely free to make their own production,
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distribution, and pricing decisions, and individuals depend largely
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on themselves for economic security. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a
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What is a major limit on majoritarianism suggested by the text?
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Select one: |\

,a. The public as a whole takes an interest in only a few of the
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hundreds of policy decisions that U.S. officials make each year.
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b. The public lacks access to the information required to take
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informed political action on most issues dealt with by the
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government each year. |\ |\




c. The actions of special interest groups are ultimately more
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influential than the voting power of the public.
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d. The rapid turnover of government officials and members of the
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legislature prevents the majority public from making a sustained
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effort for any single issue.
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e. The most power tends to reside with a wealthy minority of the
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voting public, preventing the majority public from setting the
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issue agenda. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a
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What type of government suppresses individuality, forcing people
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to think and act in prescribed ways or risk punishment?
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Select one: |\




a. communistic
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b. socialistic
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c. authoritarian
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d. egalitarian
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e. republican - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔c
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From 1945 until the late 1960s, there was the highest degree of
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bipartisanship in the area of: |\ |\ |\ |\

,Select one: |\




a. economic regulation.
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b. taxation levels.
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c. civil rights.
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d. foreign affairs.
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e. environmental policy. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔d
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What new policy was established by the U.S. Supreme Court's
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landmark Gideon v. Wainwright ruling? |\ |\ |\ |\




Select one: |\




a. the right to trial by jury
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b. the need to charge an arrested suspect with a specific crime
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within 24 hours of arrest |\ |\ |\ |\




c. the requirement that police read a suspect his rights before or
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during arrest |\




d. government provision of free legal counsel to the accused if
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they are too poor to hire a lawyer
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e. the practice of allowing a suspect out on bail until the time of
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the trial - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔d
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Pluralism contends that, on most issues: |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




Select one: |\




a. corporate elites have more control over economic policy than
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do "the politicians in the visible government."
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, b. the will of the majority of the voting public determines
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government policy. |\




c. it is the preferences of special-interest groups that largely
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determine what government does. |\ |\ |\ |\




d. true authority lies with the elected politicians, and not with the
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public that put them in office.
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e. the diverse nature of the citizenry enhances the democratic
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process in policymaking. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔c
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One example of an authoritarian regime is:
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Select one: |\




a. Great Britain.
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b. France.
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c. the United States.
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d. China.
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e. Canada. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔d
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Political knowledge has been shown to be important
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Select one: |\




a.
in order to determine your political party affiliation.
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b. so that you understand what is being reported in the media.
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c. because it fosters civic participation.
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