Straighterline American GOV final exam questions with answers

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Which of the following describes socialism as practiced today in
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Sweden? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a. The government does not
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attempt to manage the overall economy, but owns a number of
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major industries and provides for people's basic economic needs
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What is a major limit on majoritarianism suggested by the text? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a. The public as a whole takes an
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interest in only a few of the hundreds of policy decisions that U.S.
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officials make each year.
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Which of the following is NOT one of the core values of American
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political culture? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔c. cooperation
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_______ described politics as a conflict over "who gets what,
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when, and how." - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔c. Harold Lasswell
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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? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔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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The average incomes of minimum-wage workers in the United
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States and Europe reflect a greater influence of which of the
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,following in the United States, when compared to Europe? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔c. corporate power |\ |\ |\ |\




The United States has certain rules in place to keep politics
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within peaceful bounds. These rules include all of the following
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EXCEPT: - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a. autocracy
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Compared to two decades ago, contemporary Americans are, on
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average, - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔e. paying more attention to
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news sources that have an obvious ideological bias.
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Which of the following is an accurate description of the
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prevalence of college education in the United States? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔b. Among adults twenty-five years of age and older,
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roughly one in four is a college graduate.
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To the framers, the great danger of democratic government was
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the risk of - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a. tyranny of the majority.
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President John Adams publicly indicated that - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔b. the Constitution was designed for a governing
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elite.


The direct election of U.S. senators came about due to -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔b. political pressure from the Progressives
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, The term of office for a U.S. senator is ________ years, while that
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of a member of the U.S. House is ________ years. - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔a. six; two |\ |\ |\




Where is the Bill of Rights found in the Constitution? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔c. the first ten amendments |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




Marbury v. Madison is a landmark Supreme Court decision
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because it - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔b. set the precedent for
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judicial review. |\




Which of the following aspects of U.S. government might be used
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as part of an argument that the U.S. is less democratic than
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some other democracies? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔e. its
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staggered terms of office of members of the legislature
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The type of government created in the United States in 1787 can
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be called: - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔c. a constitutional democratic
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republic
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In 1787, most countries in the world had a(n) __________ form of
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government. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔c. unitary |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




________ opposed the ratification of the U.S. Constitution -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔b. Patrick Henry |\ |\ |\ |\




________ is an illustration of cooperative federalism. - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔b. Medicaid |\ |\