AP Gov final

Question 1

Aspecial joint committee created to reconcile differences in bills passed by the House and Senate is called a_committee.

Accepted Answer

conference

Question 2

Party leaders from the two chambers of Congress sometime use_ legislation that addressed and perhaps unrelated subjects,

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omnibus

Question 3

“Letter from a Birmingham Jail,” penned by Martin King, Jr, is a classic defense of which form of political protest?

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a. civil disobedience

Question 4

What is the name given to federal projects, grants, and contracts available to state and local governments, businesses

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pork

Question 5

Most of the real work of Congress goes on in __________, which dominates congressional policymaking in all its stages.

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committees

Question 6

How do Internet pollsters, such as Knowledge Networks, ensure participation in Web-based surveys?

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e. People are paid a small sum every time they participate.

Question 7

The House minority leader __________.

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is the principal member of the minority party in the House

Question 8

What is an event called that is purposely staged for the media and that is significant just because the media are there?

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c. a media event

Question 9

Which of the following is an assumption of pluralism?

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c. Interest groups are integral to government decisions.

Question 10

The Constitutional Convention created what form of legislature?

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bicameral

Question 11

people actively involved in politics at the time are collectively referred to as __________agenda.

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policy

Question 12

14. In 1960, one newspaper was sold for every two adults, but by 2008, one paper was sold for every __________ adults.

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c. five

Question 13

__________ argue that it has been increasingly difficult to accomplish major policy change in Washington.

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hyperpluralists

Question 14

o increase turnover in the membership of Congress, some reformers have proposed ______ for representatives and senators.

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term limitations

Question 15

In the House of Representatives, a bill goes to the Rules Committee __________.

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after it is amended or rewritten in its full committee

Question 16

In the House of Representatives, who is second in authority to the Speaker of the House?

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majority leader

Question 17

Congressional whips serve what main function?

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persuade party members to toe the party line

Question 18

Nearly one-half of House personal staff and one-third of all Senate personal staff work in Congress member soffices in__

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their constituencies

Question 19

No bill can be passed unless both House and Senate agree on it; each body can thus __________ the policies of the other.

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veto

Question 20

The role of religion in influencing political ideology is determined more by __________ than by religious denomination

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e. religiosity

Question 21

Why are there currently 435 members in the House of Representatives?

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The Constitution requires a specific ratio of representative to constituent

Question 22

Members of Congress differ from the larger American population in they are disproportionately__________.

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white, upper-middle-class, middle-aged, and male, white, upper-middle-class, Protestant, and female

Question 23

“Pork” legislation may aid the district of a member of Congress by __________.

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increasing jobs and revenue with federally funded projects

Question 24

15. In 1934, Congress created which body to regulate the use of the airwaves?

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c. Federal Communications Commission

Question 25

What best explains the overwhelming advantage incumbents possess in seeking reelection over opposition candidates?

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name recognition, access to media, and franking privilege

Question 26

Which statement is true of the House of Representatives?

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Members are elected every two years apportioned to states based population

Question 27

Each state has __________ senators elected every __________ years.

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two, six

Question 28

Which value most accurately describes the number of adult Americans who voted in the presidential election of 2012?

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d. 1/2 of adult American citizens

Question 29

this was a question with a graph so just know how to read graphs

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ok, ok

Question 30

Partisan __________ occurs when members of both parties move away from mid and share increasingly less common ground.

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polarization

Question 31

12. Television radio newspapers magazines the Internet and others are collectively referred to as the_

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b. mass media

Question 32

Congress missed the fact that various agencie with responsiblity for supervising these incidents represent failure of __

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oversight

Question 33

7. According to decades of survey data, which ideological label do more Americans choose for themselves?

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conservative

Question 34

When the the political agenda itself, is increasingly shaped by technology, it is known a____

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c. high-tech politics

Question 35

The textbook talk on three important agents that can socialize Americans to participate in the political process. ____

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c. the media, the schools, and the family

Question 36

The __________ holds the only legislative office mandated by the Constitution.

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Speaker of the House

Question 37

10. Which Republican president called for the government to “get off the backs of the American people”?

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c. Ronald Reagan

Question 38

26. How do interest groups lobby the courts?

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c. by bringing lawsuits to the courts on behalf of classes of citizens

Question 39

17. Which of the following is a consequence of the rise of television broadcasting?

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Candidates are better of running for office by appealing to people directly

Question 40

what political scientist attribute the relatively restrain scope of goverment activitie in the US compard to most Euro

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a. the predominance of conservative thinking in America

Question 41

A _ is a group of members of Congress who share some interest or characteristic

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caucus

Question 42

What technique is the key to the accuracy of public opinion polls?

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c. random sampling

Question 43

__________ is defined as the activities of members of Congress that help constituents as individuals

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Casework

Question 44

11. Differences in press coverage between President Reagan and President Obama show __________.

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a. a diminishing audience for national news and presidential messages

Question 45

How did Madison propose to overcome the problem of factions in Federalist No. 10?

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. by adopting a system of direct democracy

Question 46

__________ committees exist in both the House and Senate, may be temporary or permanent

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Select/Special

Question 47

This individual keeps close contact with all members of his or her party,

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majority/minority whip

Question 48

keep tabs on the activities of the executive branch.

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Committee staffers

Question 49

What type of group is a trade association?

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a. an economic interest group

Question 50

The true leader of the Senate is the __________, elected by the majority party.

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majority leader

Question 51

25. How do lobbyists typically seek to influence members of Congress?

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d. by providing specialized expertise

Question 52

Which of the following groups is most underrepresented in Congress?

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women

Question 53

What is demography

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a. the science of human populations

Question 54

television coverage of Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama addressing Congress on economic, and draws what major conclusion?

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b. Today, presidents rarely achieve large television audiences.

Question 55

Which of the following is an example of a business interest group?

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c. the Chamber of Commerce

Question 56

which of the following is one of the seven principles on which news management in the Reagan White House operated?

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c. Stay on the offensive.

Question 57

The vice president’s only constitutionally defined job is to serve as __________ of the Senate.

Accepted Answer

president

Question 58

Which of the following is an example of the free-rider (or collective action) problem?

Accepted Answer

an environmental group struggling to raise funds for a clean air” campaign

Question 59

Elitist critics of pluralism have noted that __________.

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b. resources and political power are unequally distributed within society

Question 60

__________ is the only formal method for ending a filibuster and requires the approval of __________ senators.

Accepted Answer

Cloture, sixty

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