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The _______ Constitutional Amendment removed race as a voting qualification.
What is Fifteenth
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According to the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1974, what is the maximum amount that a group can contribute to a candidate in an election period?
What is $5,000
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What do “delegate” representatives do?
What is Vote for their constituents’ desires
100
In a(n) __________ only voters registered as members of the party can participate in the selection process for that party.
What is closed primary
100
America is often characterized as a melting pot because of its wide variety of which of the following?
What is Ethnic and religious groups
200
Members of Congress work almost _______ hours a day when Congress is in session.
What is 11
200
Which of the following limits the president to two elected terms?
What is Twenty-second Amendment
200
The Seventeenth Amendment provides for the direct election of _______.
What is U.S. Senators
200
The power to originate tax bills established in the Constitution was solely given to which of the following?
What is The House
200
_______ are associations of people who hold common views and who work together to influence what government does.
What is Interest groups
300
Radio and television stations are required by the FCC to include public service programming for what reason?
What is They operate in the public interest.
300
A congressional aide who analyzes bills, drafts laws, writes speeches, and prepares position papers is called a/an _______.
What is legislative assistant
300
Which FCC regulation required stations to devote a “reasonable” percentage of air time to a fair discussion of public issues?
What is The fairness doctrine
300
Article II, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution, names the president as the commander-in-chief. This means that the President is which of the following?
What is Civilian head of U.S. military forces
300
President Theodore Roosevelt developed the _______________ of the presidency
What is stewardship theory
400
The iron triangle is a combination of _____________, ___________, and _____________ seen as extremely influential in determining the outcome of political decisions.
What is interest group representatives, legislators, government administrators
400
The size of an interest group is the most important factor in determining what?
What is Effectiveness
400
In recent years interest groups have been deeply involved in the financing of political campaigns. This has been done usually through what means?
What is Political action committees
400
_______ is the concept of getting national government spending in a member’s district.
What is Pork barrel politics
400
The ________ elections purpose is to choose the candidates who will hold public office and ___________ the primary election.
What is general; follows
500
On February 19, 1942, Roosevelt decreed that 112,000 persons of Japanese descent living in the Pacific Coast region (70,000 of whom were American citizens) be removed from their homes, stripped of their jobs and property, and to be sent ______.
What is to detention camps
500
Persons, government agencies, or groups that are not parties to a case, but nonetheless have an interest in its outcome, can make their views known by filing a/an _________________ brief with the court.
What is amicus curiae
500
What is the biggest difference between distributive and redistributive policies?
What is Distributive policies provide considerable benefits for a few people and relatively small costs for many whereas redistributive policies produce considerable benefits to some segments of society but high costs to others.
500
Which of the following is the correct order of events regarding how a bill becomes a law in the U.S. House of Representatives?
What is The bill is introduced in the House and referred to a House committee that holds hearings and recommends passage. Then the Rules Committee sends the bill to the House floor. The House debates and passes the bill, and then the Senate and House confer and offer the same legislation. Finally, the president signs it into law.
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Peter Griffin is outraged by the closing of his local Quahog brewery as a result of recent legislation. Consequently, he has organized a group in Quahog and is encouraging them to contact their legislators. This is an example of which of the following?
What is Grass roots lobbying
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