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AP Gov
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| 1682691524 | When the media focus on the "who" of politics, who does that refer to? | Voters, candidates, groups, and parties | 0 | |
| 1682691525 | The largest item in the United States government budget, consuming more than one-fifth of the federal budget is ______. | Social Security | 1 | |
| 1682691526 | T/F: Compared to other democracies, the United States has a high rate of voter participation. | False | 2 | |
| 1682691527 | T/F: Ronald Reagan said, "As government expands, liberty and justice for all is increased." | False | 3 | |
| 1682691528 | T/F: Individualism includes a belief that people can and should get ahead on their own. | False | 4 | |
| 1682691529 | T/F: Pluralist theory hinges on the assumption that power is dispersed in American government. | True | 5 | |
| 1682691530 | What was the primary goal of the colonists in the American Revolution? | To restore the rights they deserved as British subjects | 6 | |
| 1682691531 | The Constitution was ratified by _______. | special conventions in each of the states. | 7 | |
| 1682691532 | What power did Congress have under the Articles of Confederation? | To maintain an army and navy | 8 | |
| 1682691533 | Describe the American colonial period | Britain generally confined itself to governing the colonies' foreign and trade policies. | 9 | |
| 1682691534 | What constitutional limitation prevents states from lowering the voting age to 16? | There is no constitutional limitation preventing states from lowering their voting age to 16. | 10 | |
| 1682691535 | The American Revolution was different from the French, Russian, and Iranian revolutions in that it ______. | produced surprisingly little societal change. | 11 | |
| 1682691536 | When was the Bill of Rights added to the Constitution? | After the ratification process, to fulfill a promise to those who supported ratification | 12 | |
| 1682691537 | Describes one of the ways the Constitution dealt with slavery | It recognized slavery by providing for the return of escaped slaves. | 13 | |
| 1682691538 | T/F: Those who supported the ratification of the Constitution were known as Loyalists. | False | 14 | |
| 1682691539 | T/F: The United States has the world's oldest two-party system. | True | 15 | |
| 1682691540 | T/F: The direct election of Senators by the people of the individual states protects against tyranny of the majority. | False | 16 | |
| 1682691541 | T/F: The Equal Rights Amendment never became part of the Constitution. | True | 17 | |
| 1684091882 | In 1776, Congress appointed a committee to draw up a plan for a permanent union of the states; this plan is known as _______. | the Articles of Confederation. | 18 | |
| 1684091883 | Why did Great Britain impose a series of taxes on the American colonies in the 1760s and 1770s? | To raise revenue for colonial administration and defense | 19 | |
| 1684091884 | In 1786, delegates from five states met in Annapolis, Maryland, to ________. | discuss the problems the country faced under the Articles of Confederation. | 20 | |
| 1684091885 | What were Madisonian principles in the Constitution were based on? | the need to restrain both minority and majority power. | 21 | |
| 1684091886 | Ratification of the Constitution required ______. | approval by special conventions in nine of the thirteen states. | 22 | |
| 1684091887 | T/F: The delegates at the Constitutional Convention disagreed with Thomas Hobbes' argument in Leviathan that a strong absolute ruler was necessary to restrain man's bestial tendencies. | True | 23 | |
| 1684091888 | The Declaration of Independence expressed the belief that _______. | people have a right to overthrow their government when they suffer deep injustices. | 24 | |
| 1684091889 | T/F: The Declaration of Independence was written primarily by James Madison. | False | 25 | |
| 1684091890 | The failure of the Equal Rights Amendment showed that ______. | a national majority in favor of an amendment is not sufficient to add it to the Constitution. | 26 | |
| 1684091891 | T/F: The Connecticut Compromise provided for proportional representation in the Senate and equal representation in the House of Representatives. | False | 27 | |
| 1684091892 | What, according to James Madison, is the most common and durable source of factions? | The unequal distribution of property | 28 | |
| 1684141966 | What is an entity that connects the people to their government and transmits the people's concerns to policymakers known as? | A linkage institution | 29 | |
| 1684141967 | What is at the heart of the populist movement? | The people | 30 | |
| 1684141968 | What does the gross domestic product (GDP) represent? | The total value of all goods and services produced annually in the United States | 31 | |
| 1684141969 | T/F: The health of a government can only be determined by the amount of 20. political participation by its citizens. | False | 32 | |
| 1684141970 | T/F: There is never a shortage of political issues. | True | 33 | |
| 1693417967 | A form of governmental structure in which the national government is weak and most or all power is in the hands of its components (e.g., states) is known as ________ | a confederation. | 34 | |
| 1693417968 | What are the powers of the federal government that are explicitly mentioned in the Constitution called? | enumerated powers | 35 | |
| 1693417969 | Congress derives its implied powers from which clause in the Constitution? | elastic clause | 36 | |
| 1693417970 | The Constitution requires that states give ________ to the public acts, records, and civil judicial proceedings of every other state. | full faith and credit | 37 | |
| 1693417971 | T/F: The No Child Left Behind Act is an example of dual federalism. | False | 38 | |
| 1693417972 | T/F: One of the reasons the Founders favored federalism was its tendency to concentrate power. | False | 39 | |
| 1693417973 | T/F: Federal spending has been depressed since the onset of the financial crisis of 2008. | False | 40 |
