GOVERNMENT 2305 COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWES \PREPARATION TEST GRADE A+ 2024
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A social contract can be defined as
an agreement between people and their leaders in which the people agree to give up
some liberties in exchange for the protection of others.
According to data collected by the National Association of Elected and Appointed
Officials, the number of Latinos elected to public office has grown by almost
________ in the last decade.
40 percent
All of the following are considered public goods EXCEPT
access to government-provided health care.
Between 1810 and 1850, how many people managed to escape slavery via the
Underground Railroad?
around 100,000
Colleges and universities use affirmative action policies to ensure a student body
that is diverse in
race, color, economic status, and place of origin.
Conservatism advocates which of the following principles?
recognition and protection of states' rights
How old was Martin Luther King Jr. when he took the leadership of the civil rights
movement in Montgomery, Alabama?
27
In 1848, Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton organized the first meeting of
the U.S. women's rights movement at
Seneca Falls, New York.
In the Greek city-states, or poleis, which of the following groups were denied
citizenship rights?
women and slaves
In what city was Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated in 1968, setting off riots in
more than 100 cities?
Memphis, Tennessee
Laws passed immediately after the Civil War by southern states that limited the
rights of "freedmen," or former slaves, were known as
Black Codes.
Liberalism advocates which of the following principles?
separation of church and state
Political culture can be defined as the
people's collective beliefs and attitudes about political processes and government.
What does the Greek term demokratia translate to mean?
people power
What is another name for indirect democracy, where citizens elect
representatives who decide policies on their behalf?
representative democracy
, What is the current size of the population of the United States?
300 million
What year saw the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act, which
enhances the federal prohibition of discrimination against people with
disabilities?
1990
What year were women granted the right to vote in the United States?
1920
Which Court ruling created the separate but equal doctrine, which upheld state
laws that mandated racial separation in schools and all public accommodations?
Plessy v. Ferguson
Which Supreme Court decision ended the federal government's support for
separate but equal practices in the southern states?
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
Which U.S. president was the first to define and use the term affirmative action?
John F. Kennedy
Which aspect of racial discrimination became the primary target of the NAACP
(National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) in its first decades
of existence?
separate but equal doctrine
Which constitutional amendments were passed in the aftermath of the Civil War,
and codified the victory of the North?
Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth
Which country of origin does the largest percentage of Asian Americans derive
from?
China
Which is the largest minority group in the United States?
Latinos
Which minority group enjoys the highest median income?
Asian Americans
Which of the following minority groups are still struggling for legal equality
today?
Gay and Lesbian groups
Which of the following tactics was/were used in southern states during the Jim
Crow era to deny African Americans their voting rights?
white primaries, literacy tests, poll taxes, and grandfather clauses
Which of the following terms matches this description? "A quality conferred on
government by citizens who believe that its exercise of power is right and
proper."
legitimacy
In Which of the following values is considered the most essential quality of
American democracy?
equality
Which of these types of governmental structure essentially controls every aspect
of citizens' lives?
totalitarian
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