Democrats generally opposed voter ID laws because

Voter ID laws are more likely to depress turnout among minorities.

Strict Scrutiny refers to

A test used by the S.C. that places the burden of proof on the Gov't

The 1898 decision in United States v. Wong Kim Ark is important because it

secured the right of citizenship to American-born Chinese children.

The routes to power undertaken by Hitler, Mussolini, and Chavez are similar in that:

They were outsiders with a flair for capturing public attention......

The highest-valued alternative given up by making a choice.

In the Bakke (1978) case, the Supreme Court ruled that

quotas/separate standards for minorities were unconstitutional....

“The Battle of Michigan Avenue” at the 1968 Democratic National Convention, according to Z. and L., mortally wounded:

The party-insider presidential selection system

According to Z and L, Democracies are more likely to die…?

Elected officials, who subvert the very process that brought them to power.

Z. and L. define democracy as:

A system of government with regular, free and fair elections,....

The routes to power undertaken by Hitler, Mussolini, and Chavez are similar in that:

They were outsiders capturing public attention but each of them rose to pwr

Aesop’s parable of the horse, the stag, and the hunter on p. 11 of HDD is included because:

It demonstrates the potential cost of allying one’s self w/ charismatic ...

The Civil Rights Act of 1964

outlawed job discrimination by all private and public employers......

Native Americans were collectively naturalized

With an act of Congress in 1924.

How did the Dred Scott vs Sanford decision help to precipitate the Civil War?

Scott reinforced the institution of slavery and ruled all Black people...

During his second term, President Obama issued executive orders

granting quasi-legal status and work permits to millions of individuals...

Which of the following is NOT one of the three big microeconomic questions?

Why are goods and services produced?

Which of the following best describes, Free Market?

An economic system where people do what’s best for them for personal gain.

A representative democracy (also known as as republic) is a system of government that

gives citizens a regular opportunity to elect government officials.

Franklin v. Gwinnett County Public Schools (1992) is important because it

asserted that violations of Title IX of the 1972 Education Act could be...

Which of the following statements about the 1964 Civil Rights Act is most accurate?

The '64 Civil Rt Act addressed, discrimination in public accomodation...

The Fair Housing Act of 1968

Had little effect on housing segregation but more impact after the FHA '88

In Grutter v. Bollinger (2003) the Court ruled that

diversity in education is a compelling state interest.

Share of ownership of a company

The two most basic “democratic norms” in the American political system are:

Mutual toleration and forbearance

When did the federal gov't acknowledge that denial of Civil Rights was a “grave injustice” for the Japanese Americans?

in the Civil Liberties Act of 1988

Why didn’t Henry Ford,... run as the Democratic nominee for President in 1924?

Democratic party leaders soundly rejected him and his candidacy

The Fourteenth Amendment

Guaranteed equal protection and due process.

The ruling in Plessy v Ferguson (1896

Established the ‘separate but equal’ rule

seeks to redress past injustices by making special efforts to provide...

Preferred Stock generally

Doesn't have voting rt, generally will not find them trading on exchange.

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1
The government in which the president is constitutionally independent from the legislature is
Constitutional monarchy
Republic
Parliamentary
Presidential
2
Democrats generally opposed voter ID laws because
Voter ID laws prevent noncitizens from voting.
Voter ID laws increase turnout overall, particularly among those groups...
Voter ID laws were declared unconstitutional in 2008.
Voter ID laws are more likely to depress turnout among minorities.
3
Strict Scrutiny refers to
A set of regulations determining which school received grants in aid
A test used by the S.C. that places the burden of proof partially on Gov't
A test used by the S.C. that places the burden of proof on the Gov't
The apportionment of voters in districts in such a way as to give unfair...
4
The 1898 decision in United States v. Wong Kim Ark is important because it
secured the right of citizenship to American-born Chinese children.
declared the Chinese Exclusion Act unconstitutional.
allowed Chinese immigrants re-entry after 1943.
denied the right to own property to Japanese immigrants.
5
The routes to power undertaken by Hitler, Mussolini, and Chavez are similar in that:
They all came from establishment parties and worked their way to the top
They were outsiders with a flair for capturing public attention......
They all seized office violently using combination ofmilitary/police forces
They used insider political knowledge and opposition research to undercut..
6
What are the three categories that business structure typically falls under?
All Listed
Sole proprietorship
A Partnership
A Corporation
7
This country is an example of Mixed Economy
China
United States
North Korea
8
Opportunity cost is
The highest-valued alternative given up by making a choice.
All the alternatives given up by making a choice.
Paid by society not by an individual.
Zero for services, because services do not last for very long, and positive
9
In the Bakke (1978) case, the Supreme Court ruled that
quotas/separate standards for minorities were unconstitutional....
all affirmative action policies were unconstitutional.
quotas/separate admissions standards for minorities were constitutional...
all affirmative action policies subject to strict scrutiny by the courts
10
“The Battle of Michigan Avenue” at the 1968 Democratic National Convention, according to Z. and L., mortally wounded:
The power of executive orders
Article II of the Constitution
The filibuster
The party-insider presidential selection system
11
According to Z and L, Democracies are more likely to die…?
At the hands of men with guns
Elected officials, who subvert the very process that brought them to power.
By the voters.
12
Z. and L. define democracy as:
A system of government whereby the wealthy are rewarded with benefits...
A classless society where people labor out of a sense of collective respon.
A system of government with regular, free and fair elections,....
An anarcho-syndicalist commune where different members take turns acting...
13
The routes to power undertaken by Hitler, Mussolini, and Chavez are similar in that:
They seized office using a combination of military and police forces
They all came from establishment parties and worked their way to the top
They were outsiders capturing public attention but each of them rose to pwr
Used political knowledge and opposition research to undercut their rival
14
The use of any unreasonable and unjust criteria of exclusion is known as
Equal protection
Strict Scrutiny
Affirmative Action
Discrimination
15
Aesop’s parable of the horse, the stag, and the hunter on p. 11 of HDD is included because:
It demonstrates how to succeed in democratic politics...
It demonstrates the potential cost of allying one’s self w/ charismatic ...
The Horse is the master of the Hunter because the Hunter needs the Horse...
The Stag has outwitted both the Hunter and the Horse...
16
Consumers use goods and services to satisfy their…
Wants and Needs
Hunger and Thirst
Opportunity cost
None of the above
17
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
eliminated the Department of Justice and replaced......
prohibited the Justice Department from implementing federal court orders...
outlawed job discrimination by all private and public employers......
created an independent circuit of federal courts devoted entirely.....
18
Native Americans were collectively naturalized
Immediately following the ratification of the Constitution in 1789.
With the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
With the addition of the Twenty-Third Amendment in 1961.
With an act of Congress in 1924.
19
A government that’s power is divided between a monarch and parliament is best described as
Absolute monarchy
Constitutional Monarchy
Presidential
Republic
20
How did the Dred Scott vs Sanford decision help to precipitate the Civil War?
Scott established the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments
Scott upheld the institution of slavery...
Scott reinforced the institution of slavery and ruled all Black people...
Scott declared that enslaved people were citizens of the United States.
21
The Montgomery Bus boycott began after ________ refused to give up her seat for a White man.
Rosa Parks
Lucretia Mott
Orbal Faubus
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
22
During his second term, President Obama issued executive orders
providing full citizenship to millions of individuals who entered the U.S.
providing voting rights and health care benefits to all undocumented...
ending all deportations of undocumented immigrants.
granting quasi-legal status and work permits to millions of individuals...
23
Which of the following is NOT one of the three big microeconomic questions?
How are goods and services produced?
Why are goods and services produced?
What goods and services are produced?
For whom are goods and services produced?
24
In this passage below, Adam Smith is describing the basic economic concept of
Opportunity cost
Paradox of Value
Utility
Division of Labor
25
The McGovern-Fraser Committee, following the '68 DNC, recommended this policy which was put in place in 1972 by
Party-insider presidential selection system
Staggered national elections
Smoke-filled backroom selection system
Binding presidential primaries
26
Which of the following best describes, Free Market?
An economic system where the government plays a major role.
An economic system where people do what’s best for them for personal gain.
An economic system that relies on habit or custom, with little innovation.
27
A representative democracy (also known as as republic) is a system of government that
gives citizens a regular opportunity to elect government officials.
gives citizens the ability to debate important constitutional decisions.
allows citizens to make, veto, or judge statutes personally.
allows citizens to vote directly on laws and policies
28
Franklin v. Gwinnett County Public Schools (1992) is important because it
narrowed the free speech rights that students enjoyed at school.
permitted public schools to experiment with gender segregation.
ruled that busing was unconstitutional.
asserted that violations of Title IX of the 1972 Education Act could be...
29
Which of the following statements about the 1964 Civil Rights Act is most accurate?
The '64 Civil Rt Act addressed, discrimination in public accomodation...
The 1964 Civil Rights Act was mostly symbolic...
The 1964 Civil Rt Act effectively ended all de facto forms of segregation..
The '64 Civil Rt Act banned literacy & other tests as a condition of voting
30
The Fair Housing Act of 1968
Dramatically increased housing segregation
Dramatically reduced housing segregation.
little effect on housing segregation because it was ruled unconstitutional
Had little effect on housing segregation but more impact after the FHA '88
31
In Grutter v. Bollinger (2003) the Court ruled that
the law school could not consider diversity in admissions.
affirmative action could not be used in admissions decisions.
racial categories could not be used in admissions.
diversity in education is a compelling state interest.
32
Adam Smith, believed that government should stay out of the economy, this term can be best described as
Liberalization
Laissez-Faire
Communism
Dirigisme
33
Define Stock:
Doesn't have voting rt, you generally will not find them trading on EXG.
Share of ownership of a company
Gives one vote at the shareholder meeting for every shared owned
34
The two most basic “democratic norms” in the American political system are:
Survival of the fittest and Social Darwinism
Mutually assured destruction and due process of law
Communal concern and individual liberty
Mutual toleration and forbearance
35
When did the federal gov't acknowledge that denial of Civil Rights was a “grave injustice” for the Japanese Americans?
in 1944, when President Roosevelt closed the internment camps
after the Allied victory over the Japanese empire in 1945
in the Civil Liberties Act of 1988
in the 1974 case Lau v. Nichols
36
Why didn’t Henry Ford,... run as the Democratic nominee for President in 1924?
Voters were concerned about his business conflicts of interests
World War II was raging and Ford didn’t want to undercut FDR
He failed to register enough signatures for candidacy
Democratic party leaders soundly rejected him and his candidacy
37
The Thirteenth Amendment
Abolished Slavery
Guaranteed equal protection of the laws.
Guaranteed voting right for African American men
Granted women the right to vote
38
Terms best describes, Basic organization of a group of people into a sovereign state with defined borders...
State
Nation
Nation-State
Territory
39
The Fourteenth Amendment
Guaranteed equal protection and due process.
Guaranteed voting right for African American men
Abolished Slavery
Expanded voting rights to women
40
What are the two major types of bonds that are issued today?
Common and Government Bonds
Stock and Government Bonds
Government and Corporate Bonds
Preferred and Common Bonds
41
During an inflation, the cost of living is ________ and the value of the dollar is
Falling; Falling
Rising, Falling
Falling; Rising
Rising, Rising
42
The ruling in Plessy v Ferguson (1896
Ruled that equal protection clause applied to the Fed. gov't & state gov't
Declared the segregation by race was unconstitutional
Upheld the Civil Rights Act of 1875.
Established the ‘separate but equal’ rule
43
Which way do we tend to think Democracies are dying?
At the hands of men with guns
Elected officials, who subvert the very process that brought them to power.
By the voters.
44
...A limited government role in helping individuals economically, supports traditional values and lifestyles, favor
Conservatism
Liberalism
Populist
Authoritarian
45
Question in Image
a constitutional monarchy
a totalitarian system
an oligarchy
a federal system
46
Which amendment to the Constitution guarantees voting rights for African American men?
15th
17th
14th
13th
47
Affirmative action
has always relied on voluntary compliance from the schools and workplaces..
seeks to redress past injustices by making special efforts to provide...
is the slow process of eliminating discriminatory barriers.
has more to do with encouraging the private sector to diversify....
48
A market is any place where buyers and sellers meet to ___________ goods and services.
Exchange
Embezzle
Dacoity
Ship
49
Preferred Stock generally
Share of ownership of a company
Gives one vote at the shareholder meeting for every shared owned.
Doesn't have voting rt, generally will not find them trading on exchange.
50
Father Charles Coughlin, Huey Long, George Wallace, and Sen. Joseph McCarthy are all examples of:
American extremist demagogues
American labor leaders
American political reformers
American capitalist leaders
51
Which way do we tend to think Democracies are dying?
Elected officials, who subvert the very process that brought them to power.
By the voters.
At the hands of men with guns
52
Title IX of the 1972 Education Act has had a major effect on
University athletic programs.
School busing
Religious freedom on campus
School Integration
53
Civil Rights are
A provision of the 14th Amend. that guarantees citizens the equal.....
Obligation imposed on government to take positive action to protect citizen
Gov't policies or programs that seek to redress past injustices....
Areas of freedom constitutionally protected from government interference.
54
In 1999, Hugo Chavez and the chavistas were first elected into office in which country:
El Salvador
Columbia
Venezuela
Brazil
55
Who is considered the “Father of Economics”?
Lawrence Klein
Hernando DeSoto
Karl Marx
Adam Smith
56
All of the following categories are factors of production EXCEPT:
Entrepreneurship
Money
Land
Capital
57
Legally enforced segregation in public schools is a form of ______ discrimination.
De Jure
Suspect
Stare Decisis
De Facto
58
To what does the term Jim Crow refer?
The Civil Rights movement of the mid-20th century.
Northern Whites who sympathize with African Americans.
White politicians from northern states moved to South during Reconstruction
The system of racial segregation in the South after Reconstruction
59
What is considered the First Gatekeeper in the American government?
Electoral College
Congress
President
Mobilization of voters
60
Direct democracy is best defined as
a system that allows citizens to vote directly for laws and policies
the competition between interest groups for governmental power.
a system that allows citizens to elect representatives...
the system of government run by one person.
61
“Smoke-filled back rooms”, the old convention system, and the Electoral College are examples of:
Gatekeeping by political parties
Constitutional hardball
Treating political opponents as enemies
Mass mobilization of voters
62
Among the goals of Martin Luther King, Jr.’ “I Have A Dream” speech was
To establish the movement’s moral claims.
To argue in favor of civil rights for the African American community.
To pressure the federal government into defending Black civil rights.
All listed
63
In 1870, Congress declared that _____ immigrants were ineligible to become U.S. citizens.
Chinese
Russian
Mexican
Italian
64
Economics a social science that studies, choices that indiv., businesses, govt., & entire societies make in the presence
Necessity.
Poverty
Scarcity
Efficiency
65
Which of the following best summarizes the Supreme Court’s ruling in Brown v Board of Education (1954)?
Racially segregated schools can never be equal.
States that segregate must spend less money on all-White schools.
School segregation is unethical but does not violate the 14th Amendment.
States that segregate must spend more money to make A.A. schools equal.
66
This country is an example of a Command Economy
France
North Korea
United States
Canada
67
Term...supports active federal government in promoting individual welfare and supporting civil rights, and accepts peace
Populist
Conservatism
Authoritarian
Liberalism
68
The Law of Demand states that when the price goes up, people buy __; when the price goes down, people buy ____.
More; Less
Less; More
More; More
Less; Less
69
The key to markets is the concept of ____________ exchange.
Voluntary
Unavoidable
Compulsory
Unwilling
70
Which is not 1 of the ways that political parties can prevent authoritarian demagogues from gaining power in a democracy
Keep them off mainstream party tickets
Arrest them and jail them before they gain power
Making common cause with rivals in support of democratic elections
Refusing to endorse or align with them
71
Which of the follow, best describes a Populist?
Anti-establishment politicians figures who, claiming to represent....
a political and moral philosophy based on the rights of the individual...
The government tightly controls all aspects of the state.....
The ideology of governing a nation as a republic with an emphasis......
72
What is the motivating force behind the free-market system?
Competition
The Government
The Market
Self-Interest
73
Which of the following democracies successfully practiced “gatekeeping” according to Z. and L.?
Russia and Austria
Belgium and Finland
Columbia and Argentina
Germany and Italy
74
The two most basic “democratic norms” in the American political system are:
Survival of the fittest and Social Darwinism
Communal concern and individual liberty
Mutual toleration and forbearance
Mutually assured destruction and due process of law
75
The rights of disabled individuals to access public businesses is guaranteed by the
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Amended Civil Rights Act of 1991.
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
Federal courts, not laws passed by Congress.
76
What factors induced King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy to appoint Benito Mussolini as prime minister?
All Listed
Divisions among establishment politicians
Fear of Socialism
Threat of violence (e.g. Fascist Blackshirts)
77
10 yrs. after Brown v BOE (1954), only 1% of Black children in the south attended school with White children be
CR demonstrations basically stopped after the court issued its ruling.
Most Americans lost interest in school segregation after Brown v BOE.
The SC detailed timeline for integration called for such slow progress.
Implementation of the Court’s decision required congress and admin. action.
78
The Twenty-Fourth Amendment expanded the civil rights of immigrants in which of the following ways?
All listed
Allowed for assistance when voting to non-English speakers.
Mandated bilingual ballots
Dismantled Literacy tests
79
The following is not one of the ways that political parties can prevent ...demagogues from gaining power in a democracy?
Making common cause with rivals in support of democratic elections
Refusing to endorse or align with them
Arrest them and jail them before they gain power
Keep them off mainstream party tickets

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