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1Democracy and AmericanPoliticsMultiple-Choice Questions1. Who wrote the classic textPolitics?a. Plato–Consider This: Plato’s classic work isRepublic.b. Marxc. Aristotled. LockeAnswer:cTest Bank Item Title:TB_Q1.1.1Topic:What is Democracy?Learning Objective:LO 1.1: Explain democracy as the standard by which American governmentand politics can be evaluated.Page Reference:4Skill Level:Remember the FactsDifficulty:Easy2. Inherent in the idea of self-rule is the idea that government should serve __________.a. the rich–Consider This: While the rich often receive greater representation, self-rule does notonly allow for a single group’s representation.b. all citizensc. the well-educatedd. the most needyAnswer:bTest Bank Item Title:TB_Q1.1.2Topic:What is Democracy?Learning Objective:LO 1.1: Explain democracy as the standard by which American governmentand politics can be evaluated.

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Page Reference:4Skill Level:Understand the ConceptsDifficulty:Easy3. A government in which a minority holds power over the majority is generally referred to as a(n)__________.a. kleptocracyb. monarchy–Consider This: Monarchy is rule over the people by one.c. oligarchyd. sovereigntyAnswer:cTest Bank Item Title:TB_Q1.1.3Topic:What is Democracy?Learning Objective:LO 1.1: Explain democracy as the standard by which American governmentand politics can be evaluated.Page Reference:4Skill Level:Remember the FactsDifficulty:Easy4. Using the framework set forth by the authors of the textbook, how would you characterize thevotes by African Americans in the 1960 and 1964 presidential elections with respect to overcomingSouthern resistance to African American political participation?a. astructural factor–Consider This: Structural factorsmay haveinfluenced the votes, butstructuralfactors are not the way in which those votes can be characterized.b. a political linkagec. a governmental factord. a governmental actionAnswer:bTest Bank Item Title:TB_Q1.2.4Topic:How Do Government and Politics Work?Learning Objective:LO 1.2: Construct an analytical framework for examining how governmentand politics work.Page Reference:13Skill Level:Analyze ItDifficulty:Difficult5. If people are to form authentic and rational attitudes about public policies and leaders they requirewhich of the following?a. freedom of religious beliefsb. accurate and insightfully interpreted political information

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c. narrowly framed interpretations of political events–Consider This: Narrowly framedinterpretations of political events works in opposition to the formation of authentic and rationalattitudes about public policies and leaders.d. continuous polling by public officials to find out political attitudesAnswer:bTest Bank Item Title:TB_Q1.1.5Topic:What is Democracy?Learning Objective:LO 1.1: Explain democracy as the standard by which American governmentand politics can be evaluated.Page Reference:7Skill Level:Understand the ConceptsDifficulty:Moderate6.What is thecoreideathat shapesdemocracy?a.Minorities have the full power of decision making over all matters that affect them.b. The people may not be right but the people are never wrong.–Consider This: While the focus ofdemocracy is certainly on “the people” and the choices made by the people, there is no indication oragreement that the people are never wrong.c.Ordinary people are capable ofmaking choices about self-governance.d.Policy is determined by tyranny of the majority.Answer:cTest Bank Item Title:TB_Q1.1.6Topic: What is Democracy?Learning Objective:LO 1.1: Explain democracy as the standard by which American governmentand politics can be evaluated.Page Reference:3Skill Level:Remember the FactsDifficulty:Easy7. The idea of all citizens making decisions in an open assembly about how best to run society ismost closely associated with which of the following views of democracy?a. theframers’view of democracyb. indirect democracy–Consider This: Direct democracy is the idea of rule by common peopleexercised directly in open assemblies.c. the ancient Greeks’ view of democracyd. representative democracyAnswer:cTest Bank Item Title:TB_Q1.1.7Topic:What is Democracy?Learning Objective:LO 1.1: Explain democracy as the standard by which American governmentand politics can be evaluated.Page Reference:5Skill Level:Remember the Facts

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Difficulty:Easy8. If a governmental system isbased on the idea of popular sovereignty, what is the basis of power?a. Power should be exercised by an educated elite.b.The ultimate source of authority rests with the people.c. A democratic system is based on the concept of material equality.–Consider This: While popularsovereignty only works if politicallibertyand equality exist, material equality is not the basis ofpower.d. Majority rule is unacceptable because it leads to tyranny.Answer:bTest Bank Item Title:TB_Q1.1.8Topic:What isDemocracy?Learning Objective:LO 1.1: Explain democracy as the standard by which American governmentand politics can be evaluated.Page Reference:5Skill Level:Remember the FactsDifficulty:Easy9.What does political equality mean?a. Each person carries the same weight in voting and other political decision making.b. The opinions and preferences of citizens are combined into a binding decision through theprinciple of majority rule.–Consider This: Theoretically, the will of the citizens will affect a decisionmade by majority rule, but this is not the meaning of political equality.c. The will of the majority is not the ultimate determinant of what government does.d. Each person should have the same opportunities to succeed in society.Answer:aTest Bank Item Title:TB_Q1.1.9Topic:What is Democracy?Learning Objective:LO 1.1: Explain democracy as the standard by which American governmentand politics can be evaluated.Page Reference:7Skill Level:Remember the FactsDifficulty:Easy10. When the government guarantees equal access to the benefits of citizenship by all groups theyare ensuring __________.a. majority ruleb.civil liberties–Consider This: Civil liberties includes the freedoms of speech, press, conscience,and association.c.civil rightsd.popular sovereigntyAnswer:c

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Test Bank Item Title:TB_Q1.1.10Topic:What is Democracy?Learning Objective:LO 1.1: Explain democracy as the standard by which American governmentand politics can be evaluated.Page Reference:8Skill Level:Remember the FactsDifficulty:Moderate11.Which of the following refers to basic freedoms essential to the formation and expression ofmajority opinion and its translation into public policies?a. tyranny of themajorityb.political equality–Consider This: Political equality refers to the equality of weight that eachcitizen holds in their opinion, and therefore, their vote.c. popular sovereigntyd. political libertyAnswer:dTest Bank Item Title:TB_Q1.1.11Topic:What is Democracy?Learning Objective:LO 1.1: Explain democracy as the standard by which American governmentand politics can be evaluated.Page Reference:9Skill Level:Remember the FactsDifficulty:Moderate12.Under which circumstance is political equality violated?a. if citizens are free to argue and debateb. if citizens are free to form and express their political opinions–Consider This: Citizens’ ability toform and express their political opinions is a benchmark of democracy.c. if some people can speak out but others cannotd. if people are encouraged to participate in politicsAnswer:cTest Bank Item Title:TB_Q1.1.12Topic:What is Democracy?Learning Objective:LO 1.1: Explain democracy as the standard by whichAmerican governmentand politics can be evaluated.Page Reference:7Skill Level:Understand the ConceptsDifficulty:Moderate13. Which of the following would be an indication of majority tyranny?a.when the majority uses law to suppress therights of the minorityb.when the majority votes for an autocratic leader

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c.when the minority uses law to suppress the liberties of the majority--Consider This: Based on thesimple idea of a majority versus a minority, it is nearly impossible for a minority to actively suppressthe liberties of a majority.d.when the minority uses stalling tactics to delay the implementation of the will of the majorityAnswer:aTest Bank Item Title:TB_Q1.1.13Topic:What is Democracy?Learning Objective:LO 1.1: Explain democracy as the standard by which American governmentand politics can be evaluated.Page Reference:10Skill Level:Understand the ConceptsDifficulty:Moderate14.The framework presented to understand American politics is a set ofinterrelated actors andinfluences that operate in which of the following interconnected realms?a. institutions, interests, and citizens--Consider This: Institutions, interests, and citizens are all partof the interconnections in question, but they are not the framework of American politics.b. the media, the courts, and the internecine political institutionsc. composition, opposition, and despotismd. structuralfactors, political linkages, and governmental sectorsAnswer:dTest Bank Item Title:TB_Q1.2.15Topic:How Do Government and Politics Work?Learning Objective:LO 1.2: Construct an analytical framework for examining how governmentand politics work.Page Reference:12–13Skill Level:Understand the ConceptsDifficulty:Moderate15.What didJim Crow laws represent?a.the official system of integration in the South--Consider This: Jim Crow was the technically legalway that African Americans were continually treated as second-class citizens.b.the voter registration system in the South that frequently disenfranchised blacksc.the official system of segregation in the Southd.the official social contract used in the SouthAnswer:cTest Bank Item Title:TB_Q1.2.16Topic:How Do Government and Politics Work?Learning Objective:LO 1.2: Construct an analytical framework for examining how governmentand politics work.Page Reference:15Skill Level:Understand the Concepts

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Difficulty:Easy16. Using the analytical framework presented by the authors,which of the following would beconsidered government factors?a. what government does–Consider This: What the government does is considered to begovernment action.b. Congress, the president, the federal bureaucracy, and the Supreme Courtc. those enduring features of American life that influence which issues are importantd. all political actors, institutions, and processes that transmit the wants and demands of people andgroups in our society to government officialsAnswer:bTest Bank Item Title:TB_Q1.2.17Topic:How DoGovernment and Politics Work?Learning Objective:LO 1.2: Construct an analytical framework for examining how governmentand politics work.Page Reference:15Skill Level:Understand the ConceptsDifficulty:Moderate17.Political actors,institutions, and processes that transmit the demands of the people are known aswhich of the following?a. political linkage factorsb. government actionsc.structural factorsd. government factors--Consider This: Government factors refers to the actual public officials andinstitutions that comprise government.Answer:aTest Bank Item Title:TB_Q1.2.18Topic: How Do Government and Politics Work?Learning Objective:LO 1.2: Construct an analytical framework for examining how governmentand politics work.Page Reference:15Skill Level:Understand the ConceptsDifficulty:Moderate18. The actions of the National Rifle Association(NRA)to prevent the passage of gun controllegislation best illustrate which part of the analytical framework used by your textbook?a.governmentb.government action--Consider This: The NRA is not considered to be government, but rather, aninterest group that may have quite a bit of influence upon government action.c.structured.political linkage

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Answer:dTestBank Item Title:TB_Q1.2.19Topic:How Do Government and Politics Work?Learning Objective:LO 1.2: Construct an analytical framework for examining how governmentand politics work.Page Reference:15Skill Level:Understand the ConceptsDifficulty:Moderate19.What constitutes government action?a. public officialswhohave formal, legal responsibility in making policyb. political actorswhodo not hold official public officec. what issues become important in politics and government--Consider This: Issues that areimportant to politics and government are considered political linkage.d. what government doesAnswer:dTest Bank Item Title:TB_Q1.2.20Topic: How Do Government and Politics Work?Learning Objective:LO 1.2: Construct ananalytical framework for examining how governmentand politics work.Page Reference:13Skill Level:Understand the ConceptsDifficulty:Easy20.Political linkages are particularly suited to which of the following?a. communicating the mostfundamental and enduring factors that influence politics–ConsiderThis: While political linkage is a communicator on some level, it is not concerned with the mostfundamental and enduring factors that influence politics.b.transmitting the desires of people to representatives in governmentc. overseeing the policymaking activities of Congress and the presidencyd. influencing the distribution of income and wealth in societyAnswer:bTest Bank Item Title:TB_Q1.2.21Topic:How Do Government and Politics Work?Learning Objective:LO 1.2: Construct an analytical framework for examining how governmentand politics work.Page Reference:13Skill Level:Understand the ConceptsDifficulty:Moderate21. According toAristotle, Jefferson, Rousseau, and Dahl, which of the following would present alarge threat to political equality?a. a democracy with a large difference between the rich and the poor

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b. a democracy with a large and educated ruling class where political power is concentratedc. a democracy with a small difference between the rich and the poor–Consider This: The greaterthe disparity between economic groups, the greater the potential conflict in democracy arises.d. a democracy with a large and educated ruling class where economic power is concentratedAnswer:aTest Bank Item Title:TB_Q1.1.23Topic:What is Democracy?Learning Objective:LO 1.1: Explain democracy as the standard by which American governmentand politics can be evaluated.Page Reference:9Skill Level:Apply What You KnowDifficulty:Moderate22.Freedom of speech, religion, association, and the press are examples of which of the following?a. civil rights–Consider This: Civil rightstypically refers to political equality and equal treatmenttogether.b. state mandatesc. nonexclusionary rightsd. political libertiesAnswer:dTest Bank Item Title:TB_Q1.1.24Topic:What is Democracy?Learning Objective:LO 1.1: Explain democracy as the standard by which American governmentand politics can be evaluated.Page Reference:9Skill Level:Apply What You KnowDifficulty:Moderate23.With regard to the 1965 Voting Rights Act, which of the following is best classified as agovernmentfactor?a. the growing electoral power of African Americans outside the Southb. the Supreme Court, which was becoming increasingly supportive of civil rightsc. the rules established by the Constitution–Consider This: The Constitution is always consideredto be a structural type of factor.d. Jim Crow lawsAnswer:bTest Bank Item Title:TB_Q1.2.25Topic:How Do Government and Politics Work?Learning Objective:LO 1.2: Construct an analytical framework for examining how governmentand politics work.Page Reference:14Skill Level:Apply What You KnowDifficulty:Moderate

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24.Representative democracy best describes government in which of the following?a. ancient Greece–Consider This: Ancient Greeks practiced direct democracy.b. eighteenth-century Europec. the United Statesd. North KoreaAnswer:cTest Bank Item Title:TB_Q1.1.26Topic:What is Democracy?Learning Objective:LO 1.1: Explain democracy as thestandard by which American governmentand politics can be evaluated.Page Reference:5Skill Level:Apply What You KnowDifficulty:Moderate25.Which of the following would be considered a free election?a. one in which voters directly select policyb. one in which election rules favor the incumbent partyc. one in which the costs of the campaign were paid for with public funds–Consider This: “Free”does not refer to financial cost in discussions of free elections.d. one in which there is no coercion of voters or election officialsAnswer:dTest Bank Item Title:TB_Q1.1.27Topic:What is Democracy?Learning Objective:LO 1.1: Explain democracy as the standard by which American governmentand politics can be evaluated.Page Reference:6Skill Level:Apply What You KnowDifficulty:Moderate26.Some people claim that the media increasingly peddle ideologically biased political news. If this istrue, which of the following necessary conditions for popular sovereignty is jeopardized?a. that government policies reflect the wishes of the peopleb. that government leaders are selected in competitive electionsc. that elections are free and fair–Consider This: Free and fair elections mean that no coercion ofvoters takes place and that election rules do not favor some candidates over the other.d. that high-quality information is availableAnswer:dTest Bank Item Title:TB_Q1.1.28Topic:What is Democracy?Learning Objective:LO 1.1: Explain democracy as the standard by which American governmentand politics can be evaluated.Page Reference:7

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Skill Level:Analyze ItDifficulty:Difficult27.Why do some political thinkers believe that democracy is superior to other forms ofgovernment?a. because it encourages dreams that can never beachievedb. because it is incapable of promoting progress on important decisionsc. because it protects human rightsd. because it subverts the views of the masses–Consider This: Recall that democracy presupposespopular sovereignty and participation by all groups, thus producing this superiority.Answer:cTest Bank Item Title:TB_Q1.1.29Topic:What is Democracy?Learning Objective:LO 1.1: Explain democracy as the standard by which American governmentand politics can be evaluated.PageReference:3Skill Level:Analyze ItDifficulty:Difficult28. What is the effect of low levels of political participation in a democratic society?a.thequality of information to voters declines–Consider This: The quality of informationto votersrelies mostly upon the quality of the media, not levels of citizens’ political participation.b.popular sovereignty is reduced and democracy is weakenedc.the political parties gain power and government becomes more efficientd.partisanship increases and voters become more ideologicalAnswer:bTest Bank Item Title:TB_Q1.1.30Topic:What is Democracy?Learning Objective:LO 1.1: Explain democracy as the standard by which American governmentand politics can be evaluated.Page Reference:6Skill Level:Analyze ItDifficulty:Difficult29.Why iscitizen engagementin the political process an important condition of popularsovereignty?a.Citizen engagementconveys the will of the people.b.Citizen engagementprevents leaders from being responsible to the public.c.Citizen engagementhelps to ensure that the public is well-informed about policy issues.–Consider This: A well-informed public is the responsibility of party leaders, government officials,and the news media.d.Citizen engagementprotects the public from overly responsive political leaders.

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Answer:aTest Bank Item Title:TB_Q1.1.31Topic:What is Democracy?Learning Objective:LO 1.1: Explain democracy as the standard by which American governmentand politics can be evaluated.Page Reference:6Skill Level:Analyze ItDifficulty:Difficult30.Why is it important for democratic citizens to have high-quality information?a. High-quality information ensures that public opinion will coalesce around public policy solutionsthat are agreeable to most Americans.–Consider This: Ideally, high-quality information will help toensure that public opinion aligns with public policy solutions that are agreeable to most Americans,but this is simply not reality.b. High-quality information is a prerequisite for voting in most states.c. Political leaders respond only to informed public opinion, and the public cannot be informedwithout high-quality information.d. High-quality information enables the formation of political opinions that are consistent with one’svalues and interests.Answer:dTest Bank Item Title:TB_Q1.1.32Topic:What is Democracy?Learning Objective:LO 1.1: Explain democracy as the standard by which American governmentand politics can be evaluated.Page Reference:7Skill Level:Analyze ItDifficulty:Difficult31.Why is direct democracy untenable in the United States?a. It exudes socialism.b. It yields inferior policy results.c. The U.S. population is too heavily concentratedin California.–Consider This: The location ofthe population is less important than the size of the population.d. The U.S. population is too large.Answer:dTest Bank Item Title:TB_Q1.1.33Topic:What is Democracy?Learning Objective:LO 1.1: Explain democracy as the standard by which American governmentandpolitics can be evaluated.Page Reference:5Skill Level:Analyze ItDifficulty:Moderate

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2The ConstitutionMultiple-Choice Questions1.At the Constitutional Convention, the delegates agreed that slaves would be counted as__________ of a person for determining population for representation in the House ofRepresentatives.a.four-fifths–Consider This: It was determined that slaves would represent just over one-half of afree citizen.b.one-fourthc.one-thirdd.three-fifthsAnswer:dTest Bank Item Title:Topic:The ConstitutionalConvention and a New Framework for GovernmentLearning Objective:LO 2.4: Describe and evaluate the framework for the government that theConstitutional Convention created.Page Reference:31Skill Level:Remember the FactsDifficulty:Easy2.Which of the following was the key inspiration for the American Revolution?a.to increase trade with Great Britainb. topreserve an existing way oflifec.to promote expansion to the west–Consider This: The main goal of the Revolution was lessrelated to growth and expansion of a new country, and more related to maintaining traditional rightsthat seemed threatened by British policies.d.to protect fledgling state’s rightsAnswer:bTest Bank Item Title:

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Topic:The American Revolution and the Declaration of IndependenceLearning Objective:LO 2.1: Assess the enduring legacies of the American Revolution and theDeclaration of Independence.Page Reference:19Skill Level:Remember the FactsDifficulty:Moderate3. It was the weaknesses of the first constitution, known as the __________, that prompted the callfor a constitutional convention by the various states.a. Magna Cartab. Articles ofConfederationc. Confederacy ofNewly Independent Statesd. Declaration of Independence–Consider This: The Declaration of Independence preceded thefirst constitution.Answer:bTest Bank Item Title:Topic:Factors Leading to the Constitutional ConventionLearning Objective:LO 2.3: Analyze the developments that led to the Constitutional Convention.Page Reference:24Skill Level:Remember the FactsDifficulty:Easy4.The colonists rebelled against the unilateral imposition by the British government of which of thefollowing?a.a military draftb.curfewsc.religious laws–Consider This: Freedom of religion was one of the prime reasons that Americancolonists left England.d.taxesAnswer:dTest Bank Item Title:Topic:The American Revolution and the Declaration ofIndependenceLearning Objective:LO 2.1:Assess the enduring legacies of the American Revolution and theDeclaration of Independence.Page Reference:19Skill Level:Remember the FactsDifficulty:Easy5. TheDeclaration of Independencewas debated and adopted by which of the followinginstitutions?a. the U.S.Congressb.Constitutional Congress–Consider This: The Constitutional Congress convened in 1787, afterthe Declaration of Independence was adopted.

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