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The Voting Rights Act of 1965

Which historic method of voter disenfranchisement was outlawed throughout U.S. with the passage of the 24th Amendment?

Federalist Number 10 main thesis on factions is that

Who called factions the most fatal disease? 

Warrants are issued on:

In the 26th Amendment, the minimum voting age in the United States was reduced from______ years of age to ______

What principle holds that the people are the ultimate source of governing authority?

Liberty is the principle that individuals should always be free to act as they choose.

Which is the first case to recognize a right to privacy?

The Internet’s impact on political participation has only been negative.

Referring to the chart under which President was there both the highest and lowest level of trust in government?

Which is an important 2nd Amendment case?

Conflict is:

The news media are also known as the press.

Where in the Constitution do you find the phrase “a right to privacy”?

Economic groups outnumber noneconomic groups in part because

Which case held that the exclusionary rule applied to state courts?

How often do people vote for the candidate that comes from the party that they identify with?

Why is it important to listen?

Representative Smith votes with his constituents, not his own views. What type of representation is this?

Yellow journalism is characterized by

Ppl havoc, turn over cars, start fires, etc. to protest killing of man by police. Is this political participation?

Who is usually responsible for enforcing the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

The partisan function of the media is where it

The founders of the United States

Emerald City is a direct democracy. It can be said that the:

Where it is harder to register to vote, voter turnout is most likely

Alexander Hamilton's Federalist Party

Who ran as an independent for President and received about 20% of the popular vote?

The accuracy of polling is reduced when

Voter turnout in the United States

_________ is the act of charging a government official with a high crime or misdemeanor:

You share your thoughts on Kim Kardashian’s clothes or which baseball team is better. Is this public opinion?

In Bostock v. Clayton County, Supreme Court held that gender identity & sexual orientation are protected for jobs.

A poll shows 55% approve of Biden on the economy, with a +/- 5% margin of error. This means that

The right to privacy was instrumental in which decision?

Who said: War is politics by other means?

A Super PAC can contribute unlimited amounts of money so long as they coordinate with the campaign.

________ is the single most important civic duty for most Americans.

When we say that the news media serve as gatekeepers, we mean they decide which stories to report and not report on.

Economic liberals believe that

Goods that are available to all without charge and that can be used by many people at the same time are known as:

Under our Constitution

What matters most in determining whether an action is political participation is whether the action is legal or not?

People rarely shift their party loyalty.

Prime Minister (UK) in WW2 & said: “A lie gets halfway around the world before truth has a chance to put on its shoes."

Protests are a form of:

Political participation is the involvement in activities to influence public policy or the leadership.

Cultural (social) liberals believe that

PACs contribute

In party-centered campaigns

Sierra Club is best described as what kind of interest group?

"I may not agree with a word you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." This quote is attributed to:

Warrants are always required before a search may legally be conducted.

Although political socialization occurs throughout our lives, it is most heavily influenced by adulthood.

Which is a type of outside lobbying?

Critical thinking is:

The Fairness Doctrine

Conventional political participation, forms of political participation that are in bounds of accepted & normal behavior

Which media type uses blogs, texting, and online tools to blur the line between news consumer and producer?

In the 1830s, Alexis de Tocqueville implied that the United States was a:

For nearly all its history, the United States has had

The New York Times brings attention to air pollution, causing public concern. This shows the ____

Critical thinking is important because it gives country's people ability to justify actions when they act irresponsibly.

What is our most successful protest or social movement?

The Keating Memorandum provided guidance on the applicability of state marijuana laws.

The Civil Rights Act of 1968 addressed

It is a problem when news organizations hide contradictory information but this is not an obstacle to critical thinking.

All of the following are safety net programs EXCEPT

Political Science can help with critical thinking by providing us:

The combination of interest groups, Congress, and the bureaucracy is sometimes known as:

An interest group is

In open primaries all registered voters can vote, except for independents.

Police keep you in jail for unreasonable time without bringing you in front of judge. Which right has been violated?

The term Yellow Journalism comes from a newspaper comic.

Which president signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into law?

Rights of persons accused of crimes were among the fist civil liberties to apply to the states.

Confirmation bias is where people are readily willing to accept things that fit into their preconceived notions.

Who said: Education is not the learning of facts but the training of the mind to think?

Inside lobbying includes

Americans’ involvement in community activities is higher than in most other democracies.

Nathan reported bank robbery but was detained & held for 52 hours without charge or magistrate appearance. This violates

Outside lobbying

Parties that propose changes and run against not just other parties but also against partisanship, itself are called:

According to the reading, protests are also known as

After you are granted immunity from criminal prosecution, the gov seeks to compel you to testify against your brother.

No black person served in the Texas legislature until after the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed.

Today, giant corporations are not allowed to own media outlets, since this would create a partisan press.

The Watergate scandal illustrates the

It is not important that the opinions you get from questioning the sample represent the opinions of the population.

Which of the following may be an exception to Miranda warnings?

The separate but equal doctrine was overruled by:

A survey of 1,000 voters shows Candidate A at 40%, B at 42%, and C at 8%, with a ±3% margin of error. Who is in the lead

Politically relevant opinions become public opinion when they

"You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law." This is:

Political parties in the U.S. originated in large part as a political feud between

An individual good is also known as a private good.

Following the case of Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, a new type of advocacy group emerged, known as:

The Fourth Amendment protects us from

The first major cable news network is

In most countries, their political culture largely forms their national identity

Partisanship is a poor predictor of people's opinion on important policy issues, such as climate change.

According to the video on the Boston Tea Party, the colonists protested because they seldom got to enjoy tea.

A political party is

Politics is:

Economic groups focus on which of the following:

The Teamsters and the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) are examples of:

The winner-take-all system is also known as the ________ system.

Thomas Jefferon's party was the:

Black men obtained the right to vote in the:

The principle that opinions of the majority of ppl carry more influence with government than minority is known as:

In what ways is voting limited in its ability to influence public policy?

What election was the first to show the influence of political parties on U.S. politics?

Most important requirement to critical thinking is willingness to listen to others who share your opinion & desire facts

The right to protest is not protected by the Constitution, since the Constitution talks about assembly and not protest.

You vote for candidates from both Democratic Party and the Republican Party, rather than just one. This is an example of

Political Science is:

You are a Catholic high school that employees 200 people. You only hire ppl who are apart of Catholic Church. Can you?

Republicans are most likely to pay regular attention to

Salience refers to:

Which election highlighted many of the problem of the partisan press?

In the United States, it is our political culture that largely forms our national identity

Using terms like "death tax" or "estate tax", "Illegal immigrant" or "undocumented worker" are examples of ______.

Which state has had the most executions?

Generally, how is an interest group different than a political party?

Supreme Court currently holds that there is an individual right to possess a firearm, independent from military service:

The Motor Voter Act tried to help with:

The early partisan press was subsidized by

Astros’ fans havoc and turn over cars, start fires, etc. to celebrate the World Series. Is this political participation?

Women obtained the right to vote under which Amendment.

The process by which individuals acquire their political opinions is called

Generally, because of the way its electoral system is structured, third-parties have flourished in the United States.

A PAC is a political party that raises and distributes funds for election purposes.

The news media

The Tea Party's key initial issue was

Which interest group was influential in Edgewood ISD v. Kirby?

The Civil Rights Act of 1964

The major reason for the continued existence of the two-party system is

Which element of U.S. political culture may make it difficult to pass laws to help those in need?

According to the 5th Amendment, states must use grand juries in criminal cases. 

In order to become a better critical thinker, it is more important to listen than to speak.

Which sculpture symbolizes the difficulties associated with critical thinking?

Who was the first to refer to the U.S. as a nation of joiners?

What brought about the gradual decline of the early partisan press (around the end of the19th century)?

Who said: There is nothing in legislative history of Constitution showing that Founders intended to limit gun ownership.

The right to marry was extended to same-sex couples in:

Citizens are more likely to vote when they have high levels of:

Loving v. Virginia protects

Which of the following is NOT a primary socializing agent?

Which constitutional amendment protects the individual against self-incrimination?

Why do policy makers give lobbyists access?

Split-ticket voting is where

You say you won’t vote for Trump in a survey but plan to. What is your public opinion of Trump?

Which of the following is an example of a factional party?

The general election is where a party chooses its candidate for public office.

Which environmental interest group did the video on Lobbying discuss the most?

The news media's common-carrier role is based on the idea that

The news can be defined as

Which of the following statements about Social Security is true?

Objective journalism