The Impact of the Fourteenth Amendment Order 5990948 The Impact of the Fourteenth Amendment 1. The Bill of Rights guaranteed rights and liberties for citizens by proscribing what the federal government could do. The Fourteenth Amendment brought those proscriptions to state action through (A) legislation (B) incorporation (C) federalism (D) judicial review (E) indoctrination 2. The Fourteenth Amendment was the linchpin in the legislation that […]

Order Political Parties and Elections Assignment Order 5989234 Order Political Parties and Elections Assignment 1. The primary incentive for the creation and continuation of political parties is (A) to organize so as to win majorities in multiple settings (B) to allow ideas and issues to coalesce around a central structure (C) to formulate coalitions to pass legislation (D) to gain control of the machinery of […]

Order Including Political Action Committees Order 5989234 Order Including Political Action Committees 1. The link of interest groups and the political process often causes (A) more citizens to be heard (B) a stronger relationship between citizens and elected officials (C) policy gridlock (D) a disconnect between citizens and elected officials (E) the enactment of more policies through legislation 2. The most frequent method that interest […]

Buy Formal and Informal Arrangements of Power Order 5989231 Buy Formal and Informal Arrangements of Power 1. The news media’s goals are often at odds with those of politicians because (A) politicians want their actions and policies placed in a favorable light (B) politicians do not trust the media (C) the media don’t trust politicians (D) the media only look for scandal and negative activity […]

The Largest Legislative Considerations Discussion Order 5897332 The Largest Legislative Considerations Discussion 1. States are authorized to redraw congressional districts following each U.S. Census and often create districts favorable to the party in power in a process called (A) realignment (B) gerrymandering (C) reapportionment (D) logrolling (E) redistribution 2. Congressional votes along party lines declined after the turn of the twentieth century, and ticket splitting […]

The Public’s Poor Perception of Congress Order 5989098 The Public’s Poor Perception of Congress 1. All of the following are types of committees in Congress EXCEPT (A) Ad hoc (B) Select (C) Party (D) Standing (E) Conference 2. For a law to be passed, there are _ steps between the introduction of a bill and sending it to the president’s desk. (A) three (B) four […]

The Executive Office of the President Discussion Order 5909344 The Executive Office of the President Discussion 1. The president’s right to withhold information from Congress is (A) national security privilege (B) nondisclosure privilege (C) executive privilege (D) presidential privilege (E) executive prerogative 2. Executive orders are (A) responsibilities delegated by the president (B) responsibilities delegated to the president (C) equivalent to law for executive branch […]

The Departments of Agriculture Discussion Order 5789879 The Departments of Agriculture Discussion 1. The creation of the federal bureaucracy is due to the constitutional management of (A) Congress creating executive branches (B) the president delegating executive authority (C) the judiciary interpreting laws (D) the states retaining the same authority as the federal government (E) Both A and D 2. In the nineteenth century, the rotation […]

The Hyperpolitical Nature Of Their Jobs Order 5899094 The Hyperpolitical Nature Of Their Jobs 1. Indirect administration is a way for federal bureaucracies to operate programs (A) but incur costs from private contractors (B) but reduce the federal bureaucracy (C) but at a political cost to officeholders (D) but deny private companies access to the programs (E) but not add any new programs 2. Bureaucrats […]

The Relationship Among the Four Institutions Order 5988021 The Relationship Among the Four Institutions 1. Judicial review — the ability of the Supreme Court to decide the constitutionality of laws — was established in which of the following cases? (A) Stuart v. Laird (B) Gibbons v. Ogden (C) McCulloch V. Maryland (D) Marbury v. Madison (E) Scott V. Sandford 2. Until the Civil War, the […]