AP Gov final

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

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

Congressional whips serve what main function?

Each state has __________ senators elected every __________ years.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Constitutional Convention created what form of legislature?

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

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

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

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

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

keep tabs on the activities of the executive branch.

Which statement is true of the House of Representatives?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Which of the following is an assumption of pluralism?

What type of group is a trade association?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Which of the following groups is most underrepresented in Congress?

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

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

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

The House minority leader __________.

26. How do interest groups lobby the courts?

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

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

What is demography

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Elitist critics of pluralism have noted that __________.

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