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POLI 2051 Midterm Exam Questions Correct Answers New Update (A+ Pass) A law passed by Congress and the adoption of a regulation by an agency are examples of which of the following? - public policies Free speech and a free press are essential to which principle of traditional democratic theory? ...

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POLI 2051 Midterm Exam Questions Correct
Answers New Update (A+ Pass)

A law passed by Congress and the adoption of a regulation by an agency are examples of which of the

following? - ✔✔public policies


Free speech and a free press are essential to which principle of traditional democratic theory? -

✔✔enlightened understanding


The U.S. preference for __________ economic policies helps to explain why we have a smaller and more

limited government than do most other advanced industrialized countries. - ✔✔laissez-faire


The ways in which people get involved in politics make up their political __________. - ✔✔participation


What best describes a linkage institution? - ✔✔a channel through which people's concerns become part of

the political agenda


What condition occurs when interests conflict and no coalition is strong enough to form a majority and

establish policy, yet each may be strong enough to thwart the will of the others? - ✔✔policy gridlock


What determines whom we select as our governmental leaders and what policies these leaders pursue? -

✔✔politics


What kind of public policy involves the legislative enactment of taxes and expenditures? - ✔✔budgetary

choice


What makes up the government's policy agenda? - ✔✔the issues that attract the serious attention of

public officials and other political actors




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What most closely exemplifies equality in voting? - ✔✔one person, one vote


Which theory argues that special interest groups have essentially become sovereign, and the government

is merely their servant? - ✔✔hyperpluralism


Who is at the center of all theories of elitism? - ✔✔big business


(2)In Federalist 10, who wrote, "The most common and durable source of factions has been the various

and unequal distribution of property"? - ✔✔James Madison


John Locke's belief that government derives its authority from the people influenced the Declaration of

Independence, which says, "Governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from

_______________. - ✔✔the consent of the governed


The Articles of Confederation required __________ consent from the states for ratification. -

✔✔unanimous


The meaning of the Constitution can change through __________. - ✔✔judicial interpretation


What did the Connecticut Compromise help to establish? - ✔✔the Senate and the House of

Representatives


What is the name given to the rights that are inherent in all human beings and not dependent on

government? - ✔✔natural rights


What was a fear of the Anti-Federalists during the Constitutional Convention and subsequent debate? -

✔✔that a strong national government would infringe on the rights of the states


Which constitutional plan called for representation in Congress to be based on state population? -

✔✔Virginia Plan


Which of the following accurately describes the Constitutional Convention? - ✔✔A disproportionate

number of delegates were economic elites.


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