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According to the Supreme Court, when is it legal to take private property for public use? -
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Correct Answers For the building of roads
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For the creation of jobs
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For the enhancement of government revenues (for example, taxes).
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For the creation of public parks
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agents of socialization - Correct Answers Social groups, prevailing political conditions,
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families and the media
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Attitudes - Correct Answers Life values and experiences
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Before a voter can cast a ballot, what is he or she required to do in virtually all states? -
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Correct Answers Before a voter can cast a ballot, she must register to vote.
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Beliefs - Correct Answers Closely held ideas that support our values and expectations
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about life and politics
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Besides making campaign contributions, what can interest groups do to influence
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elections on a large scale? - Correct Answers Interest groups can inform voters and the
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public (perhaps through voter guides with candidate ratings) to make them aware of the
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candidates' positions on key issues.
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Bicameral legislature consisting of two chambers. - Correct Answers Virginia Plan
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ccording the Supreme Court's ruling in Brandenberg v. Ohio, political speech can be
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restricted only if it does which of the following? - Correct Answers Creates a danger of
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imminent lawless action.
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Citizens form their opinions about issues and political candidates in two ways, relying on
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heuristics and/or doing research. Which of the following would be considered relying on
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heuristics - Correct Answers Voting for a candidate based on party allegiance.
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Deciding about a candidate based on her/his prior occupation.
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Discrimination is: - Correct Answers Generally allowed by the courts so long as it is IIll IIll IIll IIll IIll IIll IIll IIll IIll IIll IIll IIll IIll IIll IIll IIll IIll IIll
rational and The differential treatment of groups based on characteristics they possess.
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For what reason were majority-minority districts created? - Correct Answers Majority-
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minority districts were created to avoid gerrymanders that diluted the voting power of
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minorities.
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,For your personal protection, you carry a stun gun. For what reasons would this be
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allowable under the Second Amendment? - Correct Answers You carry the stun gun for
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personal protection
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A stun gun is a bearable arm
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How can social desirability impact public opinion polls? - Correct Answers Social
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desirability can make people afraid to answer questions truthfully.
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Social desirability can distort the polls causing them to be inaccurate.
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How did the Fourteenth Amendment change the interpretation of the Constitution? -
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Correct Answers It led to greater involvement by federal courts in areas previously
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reserved to the states.
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How did the ratification of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments help
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expand individual rights? - Correct Answers The Thirteenth Amendment outlawed the
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practice of slavery, allowing individuals to escape involuntary servitude.
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The Fifteenth Amendment expanded voting rights to men of color.
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The Fourteenth Amendment granted citizenship and equal protection to former slaves
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and those naturalized in the United States.
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How did the ruling in Roe v. Wade serve to expand the individual rights of women? -
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Correct Answers This ruling found that a woman has an unrestricted right to terminate
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pregnancy through an abortion only in her first trimester.
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This ruling found that women had a constitutional right to terminate pregnancies through
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abortion.
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How did the Supreme Court case Obergefell v. Hodges (2015) expand the rights of same-
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sex couples? - Correct Answers The Court ruled that same-sex couples had a right to
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be issued marriage licenses in states that issued them to other types of couples.
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The Court ruled that due to the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection clause, states
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had to recognize the same-sex marriages of other states.
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The Court's ruling effectively overturned the use of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)
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by the individual states.
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How did the Supreme Court interpret the Necessary and Proper Clause in McCulloch v.
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Maryland? - Correct Answers It recognized that Congress could create a national bank
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even though it did not have an enumerated power to do so.
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How do checks and balances keep the branches of government from abusing its power? -
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Correct Answers Checks and balances allow each branch of government the ability to
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restrict other branches of government.
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, Checks and balances require the different branches of government to work together.
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How do political actors use popular approval ratings? - Correct Answers When
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presidents have high approval ratings, they use their popularity to try to accomplish
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personal policy goals.
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Members of the Supreme Court are not usually affected by popular or unpopular approval
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ratings.
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Members of the House of Representatives have more pressure to shift to the preferences
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of public opinion to sustain high approval ratings.
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Approval ratings do not harm members of the Senate as much as the House of
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Representatives as senators have more time to recover if they make an unpopular
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decision.
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How do the branches of the government operate under the concept of checks and
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balances? - Correct Answers The branch of government must cooperate to to function,
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and each branch can restrict the other branches' powers
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How does a civil liberty differ from a civil right? - Correct Answers Liberty means being
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left alone, while a right requires some type of action.
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A liberty is a proscription, while a right is a prescription.
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Liberties are associated with the private sphere, while rights are associated with the
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public sphere.
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How does apportionment influence the makeup of Congress? - Correct Answers It
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determines the allocation of seats in the House of Representatives based on the equal
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proportions method
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How does ones political ideology give us insight into his public opinion? - Correct
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Answers Political ideologies helps others more accurately predict what a person's
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governmental priorities are, helps others understand one's philosophy about the role of
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government, and if a person understands ideology, can accurately predict more public
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opinion
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How does the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) differ from the Age
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Discrimination Act of 1975? - Correct Answers The ADEA prohibits against
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discrimination in employment, while the Age Discrimination Act protects against age
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discrimination in programs receiving federal funding.
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How does the Bill of Rights reflect the influence of the Enlightenment ideas on the
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Constitution? - Correct Answers The Bill of Rights explicitly listed individual freedoms
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