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Political Science Test 3. Fall 2007. Chapter 9. Question 01. Definition : The programs of the administration of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The New Deal. Question 02. According to the text, Struggle for Democracy , political parties contribute to democracy by
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Political Science Test 3 Fall 2007
Question 01 • Definition: The programs of the administration of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. • The New Deal
Question 02 • According to the text, Struggle for Democracy, political parties contribute to democracy by • making office holders accountable to voters
Question 03 • According to the authors of Struggle for Democracy, the Founders were hostile to political parties… • even though they themselves formed two distinct political parties.
Question 04 • Definition: The political position that holds that the federal government has a substantial role to play in the economic regulation, social welfare, and overcoming racial inequality. • liberal
Question 05 • According to the text, Struggle for Democracy, American politics is primarily what? • issue-centered
Question 06 • Definition: A party’s statement of its positions on the issues of the day. • party platform
Question 07 • Definition: The political position that holds that the federal government ought to play a very small role in economic regulation, social welfare, and overcoming racial inequality. • conservative
Question 08 • When did the present-day competition between the two specific parties, that is, Republicans verses Democrats, first take place? • 1856
Question 09 • What was the essence of the major shift of alliances between the two major parties since 1964? • Anti-integration Southern Democrats shifted from the Democratic to the Republican Party
Question 10 • With the change of identification from party affiliation to the ideological paradigm of Liberal verses Conservative what problems arise? • The identification is largely subjective and doesn’t always accurately reflect true ideology
Question 11 • Definition: The proportion of eligible voters who actually vote in a given election is called what? • turnout
Question 12 • Definition: The tendency to vote for the incumbents when times are good and against them when times are bad. • electoral reward and punishment
Question 13 • Definition: Political activity, including voting, campaign activity, contacting officials, and demonstrating. • participation
Question 14 • Definition: Two words that mean “The right to vote.” (Please review all options) • suffrage & franchise
Question 15 • According to both texts (Struggle for Democracy and The Lanahan Reader) and according to class lectures about what percentage of Americans vote in each presidential election? • fifty percent
Question 16 • Definition: Expenditures by political parties on general public education, voter registration, and voter mobilization is called what? • soft money
Question 17 • Definition: State elections in which delegates to national presidential nominating conventions are chosen. • primary elections
Question 18 • In the early years of the United States, the franchise to vote was held by what group? • property-owning white males
Question 19 • According to the authors of Struggle for Democracy, in democracies, the chief means by which citizens control the government is (are) supposed to be what? • elections
Question 20 • Until the presidential election of 2000 what was the position of the courts regarding elections? • Courts only influenced elections by disallowing classes of ballots, such as absentee or from a specific machine.
Question 21 • Who made this documentary about Senator Barry Goldwater? • His granddaughter
Question 22 • What did President Kennedy and Senator Goldwater plan for the federal election of 1964? • They planned to tour the country in one plane debating each other while they both campaigned for president.
Question 23 • What was Senator Goldwater’s ethnic background? • Jewish and Episcopalian
Question 24 • What was the theme of the 1964 presidential campaign advertisement made by the Democrats regarding Senator Barry Goldwater’s candidacy for president? • It showed a little girl picking flowers which implied Senator Goldwater would start a nuclear war.
Question 25 • What role did Senator Goldwater play in the Watergate scandal and the resignation of Pres. Richard Nixon? • He delivered the news to President Nixon that he must resign
Question 26 • In Reading Number 28, from Pork: A Time-Honored Tradition Lives On by Paul Starobin, according to the author when did federal politicians first begin to legislate “pork”? from the very beginning
Question 27 • 27. In Reading Number 29, from In Praise of Pork by John Ellwood and Eric Patashnik, what is the definition offered by the author for the term “pork”? • Congressional spending on projects that bring money and jobs to particular districts which aid reelection.
Question 28 • 28. From Reading Number 30, The Congressional Experience, by David Price, the author quotes E. J. Dionne as explaining why campaigns have become more negative recently. Which option offers that reason? • There has been a sharp decline in popular faith in government.
Question 29 • From Reading Number 31, Presidential Power and the Modern Presidents, by Richard Neustadt. What President does President Truman believe does/did not know how the office of the president works? • Eisenhower
Question 30 • From Reading Number 32, The Imperial Presidency, by Arthur Schlesinger, to what does the author attribute the growth in presidential power? • foreign policy
Question 13 • From Reading Number 34, The Rise of the PlebiscitaryPresidency, by Craig Rimmerman, what did he believe the response of the Framers would be to a president who is controlled by public opinion? • they would be appalled
Question 32 • From Reading Number 36, The White House Staff: [Chief of Staff], by Bradley Patterson, which option best describes the function of the Chief of Staff? • (he/she) has comprehensive control over the activities of the White House staff
Question 33 • From Reading Number 37, A Government of Strangers, by Hugo Heclo: What is this reading about? • The friction that exists between political appointees and career bureaucrats working in the federal government.
Question 34 • 34.From Reading Number 38, In the Web of Politics, by Joel Aberbach and Bert Rockman: What two groups are in conflict in this reading? • Political appointees vs. career government workers
Question 35 • 35. From Reading No. 41, The Federalist 78, by Alexander Hamilton: What is the primary concern of Hamilton? • The Framers wanted the federal judiciary to be totally independent of the other two branches.
Question 36 • 36. From Reading Number 45, Pursuit of Justices, by David Yalof, what is the over arching theme of the article? • the president should/must consult with a variety of individuals and organizations on higher court appointments
Question 37 • 37. From Reading Number 76, Latino Politics in America, by John García, what political event does the author state demonstrates the emerging relevance of the Latino vote? • the closeness of the 2000 presidential election
Question 38 • From Newsweek, “Saving Face,” by Owen Matthews and Sami Kohen, for what country is Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoganthe head of state? • Turkey
Question 39 • From Newsweek, “Saving Face,” by Owen Matthews and Sami Kohen,what group is attacking across international borders causing the need for this prime minister to consult with President Bush? • Kurdish rebels
Question 40 • 40. From Newsweek, “Schooling the Candidates,” by Evan Thomas,why does Canada, Finland, Japan, Singapore and South Korea have better schools than America according to the author? • they have better teachers