AP Terms SAT Prep Unit Five: Political Participation

Question 1

30. What best describes congressional "pork barreling"?

Accepted Answer

Congress members funding local projects to aid their re-elections

Question 2

12. Which of the following acts prohibits federal employees from engaging in certain forms of political activity?

Accepted Answer

The Hatch Act

Question 3

13. What three groups combine to form an "iron triangle"?

Accepted Answer

Congressional committee, a federal agency, and an interest group

Question 4

19. Interest group lobbying falls mostly under which category of democracy described in AP Unit One?

Accepted Answer

Pluralist democracy

Question 5

23. Which campaign finance law is also known as McCain-Feingold?

Accepted Answer

The Bipartisan Campaign Act of 2002

Question 6

2. Which of the following is NOT an example of the presidential bully pulpit?

Accepted Answer

Refusing to allow a cabinet secretary to testify before Congress

Question 7

7. Which SCOTUS decision struck down malapportionment with regards representative districts?

Accepted Answer

Baker v Carr

Question 8

14. Iron triangles and issue networks are similar in makeup, but a major difference is

Accepted Answer

that issue networks are more influenced by media agenda setting.

Question 9

1. What terms describes the presidential bully pulpit?

Accepted Answer

Informal power of the president; used to influence public opinion

Question 10

20. What of the following groups would likely be least effective in lobbying Congress?

Accepted Answer

The American Wilderness Coalition

Question 11

5. Which of the following is NOT true concerning presidential primaries and caucuses?

Accepted Answer

Voter turnout is higher in caucuses than in presidential primaries

Question 12

24. What type of political donations, used for "party building", were banned by McCain-Feingold?

Accepted Answer

Soft money

Question 13

22. Which part of the mass media are candidates for office increasingly using to reach voters?

Accepted Answer

social media

Question 14

4. What state historically hosts the first presidential caucus every four years?

Accepted Answer

Iowa

Question 15

27. Which SCOTUS decision led to the creation of SuperPACs, leading to a massive increase in campaign spending?

Accepted Answer

Citizen United v FEC

Question 16

3. What term denotes a meeting of party members to select a candidate for elected office?

Accepted Answer

caucus

Question 17

25. Finish this verification required by the "stand by your ad" provision of McCain-Feingold: "I'm (name), and I

Accepted Answer

approve this message."

Question 18

18. The term most closely associated with individuals and groups seeking to influence policy making is

Accepted Answer

Lobbyists

Question 19

10. Which of the following is the best description of hard money?

Accepted Answer

Limited amounts of money that individuals may donate to candidates

Question 20

29. Which of the following is the biggest limitations on the actions of Super PACs?

Accepted Answer

Super PACs cannot give money directly to candidates

Question 21

16. Members of which branch of government would be most likely to face "litmus testing" (a test of ideological purity)?

Accepted Answer

The judicial branch

Question 22

6. Gerrymandering can affect each of the following EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

The winners of US Senate races

Question 23

15. Which of these cabinet departments would most likely be associated with an iron triangle?

Accepted Answer

The Department of Agriculture

Question 24

8. Concerns about the impacts of gerrymandering often include potential violations of which pair of amendments?

Accepted Answer

The First and Fourteenth Amendments

Question 25

9. Which of the following SCOTUS cases involved the creation of majority-minority districts?

Accepted Answer

Shaw v Reno

Question 26

11. Which campaign finance law banned soft money contributions to political parties?

Accepted Answer

The Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act

Question 27

21. Orders from the federal government that state/local governments must follow to get federal funding are called

Accepted Answer

mandates

Question 28

26. A way politicians got around restrictions imposed by the BCRA (Mc-F) was to use ads regulated under IRS rules as

Accepted Answer

527 ads

Question 29

17. On which of the following issues is a presidential judicial nominee most like to be litmus tested by Democrats?

Accepted Answer

Abortion

Question 30

28. What is the biggest impact of Citizens United/Super PACs on American elections?

Accepted Answer

Super PACs allow corporations and unions to participate in elections

AP Terms SAT Prep Unit Five: Political Participation

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AP Terms SAT Prep Unit Five: Political Participation

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