American Government CLEP End Term Exam
2025 – A+ Graded Submission – 100% Verified
Q&A for Success
Which of the following best describes the relationship between socioeconomic status and participation
in politics?
(A) The lower one's socioeconomic status, the more likely it is that one will run for public office.
(B) The higher one's socioeconomic status, the greater the probability of active involvement in the
political process.
(C) Adults who are unemployed have a greater personal interest in policy and tend to participate more
actively in politics than do employed adults.
(D) People in the lower socioeconomic status are the most likely to vote.
(E) There is no relationship between socioeconomic status and political participation. - ✔✔(B) The
higher one's socioeconomic status, the greater the probability of active involvement in the political
process.
One important change in political culture since the Second World War is that United States citizens have
become
(A) less trusting of governmental institutions and leaders
(B) less likely to think of themselves as ideologically moderate
(C) less likely to support civil rights
(D) more likely to believe that their actions can influence government policy
(E) more trusting of non governmental institutions and leaders - ✔✔(A) less trusting of governmental
institutions and leaders
. All of the following statements correctly describe judicial appointments at the federal level EXCEPT:
(A) Congress nominates and confirms all appointments to the federal judiciary
(B) Federal judicial appointments are typically evaluated by the American Bar Association or the
Federalist Society.
,(C) If a senator is a member of the president's party, tradition may allow the senator to exercise an
informal veto over an individual being considered from the senator's state.
(D) Presidents seldom recommend for judicial appointment individuals from the opposition political
party.
(E) Federal judgeships are often considered by presidents as patronage positions. - ✔✔(A) Congress
nominates and confirms all appointments to the federal judiciary
In the Constitution as originally ratified in 1788, the provisions regarding which of the following most
closely approximate popular, majoritarian democracy?
(A) Election of members of the House of Representatives
(B) Election of members of the Senate
(C) Election of the president
(D) Ratification of treaties
(E) Confirmation of presidential appointments - ✔✔(A) Election of members of the House of
Representatives
Throughout most of the twentieth century, which of the following was most likely to occur in midterm
congressional elections?
(A) The party of the president typically lost seats in Congress, regardless of whether the president was a
Republican or a Democrat.
(B) The party of the president typically gained seats in Congress, regardless of whether the president
was a Republican or a Democrat.
(C) The Democratic Party gained seats in Congress, whereas the Republican Party lost seats.
(D) The Republican Party gained seats in Congress, whereas the Democratic Party lost seats.
(E) Voter turnout was typically higher than in presidential elections. - ✔✔(A) The party of the president
typically lost seats in Congress, regardless of whether the president was a Republican or a Democrat.
31. Which of the following political philosophers most influenced the writing of the United States
Constitution?
(A) Plato
(B) Machiavelli
(C) Locke
, (D) Rousseau
(E) Marx - ✔✔(C) Locke
Which of the following is a difference between the House of Representatives and the Senate?
(A) Seniority is more important in the Senate than in the House.
(B) Leadership is more centralized in the Senate than in the House.
(C) The Senate has the exclusive power to ratify treaties.
(D) The Senate has more committees than does the House.
(E) The Senate may veto laws passed by the House, but the House may not veto senatorial legislation. -
✔✔(C) The Senate has the exclusive power to ratify treaties.
Which of the following was a consequence of the New Deal legislation passed during the Great
Depression under the administration of Franklin D. Roosevelt?
(A) States gained additional powers to pass legislation to relieve the economic problems of the
Depression.
(B) The federal government became a more important agent of change than in previous presidential
administrations.
(C) New presidential appointments to federal courts limited the judicial powers of the Supreme Court.
(D) Social policy became the primary concern of state governments.
(E) Presidents have been much more likely to defend their creation of emergency acts by claiming
executive privilege. - ✔✔(B) The federal government became a more important agent of change than in
previous presidential administrations.
The differences between the political attitudes of men and women are referred to as
(A) the political gap
(B) the gender gap
(C) partisan politics
(D) party loyalty
(E) the median voter theory - ✔✔(B) the gender gap
2025 – A+ Graded Submission – 100% Verified
Q&A for Success
Which of the following best describes the relationship between socioeconomic status and participation
in politics?
(A) The lower one's socioeconomic status, the more likely it is that one will run for public office.
(B) The higher one's socioeconomic status, the greater the probability of active involvement in the
political process.
(C) Adults who are unemployed have a greater personal interest in policy and tend to participate more
actively in politics than do employed adults.
(D) People in the lower socioeconomic status are the most likely to vote.
(E) There is no relationship between socioeconomic status and political participation. - ✔✔(B) The
higher one's socioeconomic status, the greater the probability of active involvement in the political
process.
One important change in political culture since the Second World War is that United States citizens have
become
(A) less trusting of governmental institutions and leaders
(B) less likely to think of themselves as ideologically moderate
(C) less likely to support civil rights
(D) more likely to believe that their actions can influence government policy
(E) more trusting of non governmental institutions and leaders - ✔✔(A) less trusting of governmental
institutions and leaders
. All of the following statements correctly describe judicial appointments at the federal level EXCEPT:
(A) Congress nominates and confirms all appointments to the federal judiciary
(B) Federal judicial appointments are typically evaluated by the American Bar Association or the
Federalist Society.
,(C) If a senator is a member of the president's party, tradition may allow the senator to exercise an
informal veto over an individual being considered from the senator's state.
(D) Presidents seldom recommend for judicial appointment individuals from the opposition political
party.
(E) Federal judgeships are often considered by presidents as patronage positions. - ✔✔(A) Congress
nominates and confirms all appointments to the federal judiciary
In the Constitution as originally ratified in 1788, the provisions regarding which of the following most
closely approximate popular, majoritarian democracy?
(A) Election of members of the House of Representatives
(B) Election of members of the Senate
(C) Election of the president
(D) Ratification of treaties
(E) Confirmation of presidential appointments - ✔✔(A) Election of members of the House of
Representatives
Throughout most of the twentieth century, which of the following was most likely to occur in midterm
congressional elections?
(A) The party of the president typically lost seats in Congress, regardless of whether the president was a
Republican or a Democrat.
(B) The party of the president typically gained seats in Congress, regardless of whether the president
was a Republican or a Democrat.
(C) The Democratic Party gained seats in Congress, whereas the Republican Party lost seats.
(D) The Republican Party gained seats in Congress, whereas the Democratic Party lost seats.
(E) Voter turnout was typically higher than in presidential elections. - ✔✔(A) The party of the president
typically lost seats in Congress, regardless of whether the president was a Republican or a Democrat.
31. Which of the following political philosophers most influenced the writing of the United States
Constitution?
(A) Plato
(B) Machiavelli
(C) Locke
, (D) Rousseau
(E) Marx - ✔✔(C) Locke
Which of the following is a difference between the House of Representatives and the Senate?
(A) Seniority is more important in the Senate than in the House.
(B) Leadership is more centralized in the Senate than in the House.
(C) The Senate has the exclusive power to ratify treaties.
(D) The Senate has more committees than does the House.
(E) The Senate may veto laws passed by the House, but the House may not veto senatorial legislation. -
✔✔(C) The Senate has the exclusive power to ratify treaties.
Which of the following was a consequence of the New Deal legislation passed during the Great
Depression under the administration of Franklin D. Roosevelt?
(A) States gained additional powers to pass legislation to relieve the economic problems of the
Depression.
(B) The federal government became a more important agent of change than in previous presidential
administrations.
(C) New presidential appointments to federal courts limited the judicial powers of the Supreme Court.
(D) Social policy became the primary concern of state governments.
(E) Presidents have been much more likely to defend their creation of emergency acts by claiming
executive privilege. - ✔✔(B) The federal government became a more important agent of change than in
previous presidential administrations.
The differences between the political attitudes of men and women are referred to as
(A) the political gap
(B) the gender gap
(C) partisan politics
(D) party loyalty
(E) the median voter theory - ✔✔(B) the gender gap
