Pols-2301 Final Exam Review Dr. Easterly Lamar University Exam 2024 Update
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What issue led to the demise of the Whig Party? - ANSWER-Slavery
What type of government is called hidden government because people often do NOT know it exists? - ANSWER-special districts
What was the primary venue for ci...
Pols-2301 Final Exam Review
Dr. Easterly Lamar University
Exam 2024 Update
What issue led to the demise of the Whig Party? - ✔✔✔ANSWER-Slavery
What type of government is called hidden government because people often do
NOT know it exists? - ✔✔✔ANSWER-special districts
What was the primary venue for citizen participation in national politics until the
early 1900s? - ✔✔✔ANSWER-U.S. House elections
What were the MOST common favors political bosses distributed to loyal party
members during the era of political machines? - ✔✔✔ANSWER-Jobs. Traditional
party machines depended heavily on patronage, their power to control government
jobs. With thousands of jobs to dispense, party bosses were able to recruit armies
of political workers, who in turn mobilized millions of voters.
,When congressional districts are drawn to favor one political party over another, it
is referred to as - ✔✔✔ANSWER-Gerrymandering
When deciding how to vote, people will use mental shortcuts. Political scientists
call these shortcuts - ✔✔✔ANSWER-cues
________ is a strategy that attempts to mobilize the widest and most favorable
climate of opinion. - ✔✔✔ANSWER-going public
________ states currently require all voters to show some form of identification
before voting at the polls. - ✔✔✔ANSWER-thirty six
_________ dominated the secession convention of 1861 - ✔✔✔ANSWER-
Lawyers and slaveholders
A candidate who received 20 percent of the overall vote could - ✔✔✔ANSWER-
win the election only if the election were held in a plurality system.
A criticism of interest group pluralism is - ✔✔✔ANSWER-its class bias in favor
of those with greater financial resources
A major benefit of ranked-choice voting is that it - ✔✔✔ANSWER-eliminates the
"spoiler" effect that occurs when votes for a third-party or minor candidate are
discarded.
, A private group that raises and distributes funds for use in election campaigns is
called a(n) - ✔✔✔ANSWER-Leadership, money, an agency or office, and
members.
A representative democracy is a system of government that - ✔✔✔ANSWER-
gives citizens a regular opportunity to elect top government officials.
A wealthy businessperson who is very liberal is an example of the -
✔✔✔ANSWER-the fact that group memberships never fully explain all of an
individual's political views.
A(n) ________ occurs when a voter can wait until the day of the primary to choose
which party to enroll in to select candidates for the general election. -
✔✔✔ANSWER-open primary
According to French political philosopher Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu,
placing the executive, legislative, and judicial powers in different governmental
bodies worked very well in - ✔✔✔ANSWER-the roman republic
According to the online processing model, members of the public may appear to be
politically uninformed because - ✔✔✔ANSWER-by the time they actually voice
an opinion on an issue, they are likely to have forgotten much of the information
that helped them arrive at their opinion.
Although __________ percent of the population was of African descent at the time
of the Founding, only about _________ percent of this group was free from slavery
- ✔✔✔ANSWER-20, 1.5
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