What is the greatest freedom of the individual that is consistent with the freedom of other individuals in society?
a. Authority
b. Legitimacy
c. Liberty
d. Order
What is c. Liberty
100
What is a large organization that is structured hierarchically to carry out specific functions?
a. Interest Group
b. Bureaucracy
c. Political Party
d. National Committee
What is b. Bureaucracy
100
What is a group of persons, called electors, that officially elects the president and the vice president of the United States?
a. Ratifications
b. Checks and Balances
c. The Electoral College
d. Voters
What is c. The Electoral College
100
What is the first act in a criminal proceeding, in which the defendant is brought before a court to hear the charges against him or her and enter a plea of guilty or not guilty?
a. Writ of Habeas Corpus
b. Arraignment
c. Gag Order
d. Libel
What is b. Arraignment
100
What is a group consisting of members sharing common social characteristics including groups that play an important part in the socialization process helping to shape attitudes and beliefs?
a. Agenda Setting
b. Media
c. Peer Group
d. Opinion Group
What is c. Peer Group
200
What is a group or bloc in a legislature or political party acting in pursuit of some special interest or position?
a. Faction
b. Lobbyist
c. Social Movement
d. Labor Movement
What is a. Faction
200
What is the meeting held every for years by each major party to select presidential and vice-presidential candidates and write a platform?
a. National Committee
b. Party Platform
c. Party Organization
d. National Convention
What is d. National Convention
200
What is a political theory holding that in a democracy, the government ought to do what the majority of the people want?
a. Elite Theory
b. Limited Government
c. Majoritarian
d. Universal Suffrage
What is c. Majoritarian
200
What is a voluntary agreement among individuals to secure their rights and welfare by creating a government and abiding by its rules?
a. Natural Rights
b. Civil Rights
c. Civil Liberties
d. Social Contract
What is d. Social Contract
200
What is the selection, retention, and promotion of government employees on the basis of competitive examinations?
a. Civil Service Commission
b. Spoils System
c. Service Reform Act
d. Merit System
What is d. Merit System
300
What are those personal freedoms including freedom of religion and of speech, that are protected for all individuals in a society?
a. Civil Rights
b. Civil Liberties
c. Equality
d. Political Culture
What is b. Civil Liberties
300
What is a model of federalism in which the states and the national government cooperate in solving problems?
a. Dual Federalism
b. Cooperative Federalism
c. New Federalism
d. Single Federalism
What is b. Cooperative Federalism
300
What is the aggregate of individual attitudes or beliefs shared by some portion of the adult population?
a. Political Socialization
b. Consensus
c. Divided Opinion
d. Public Opinion
What is d. Public Opinion
300
What is the right to vote, a vote given in favor of a proposed measure, candidate, or the like?
a. Libel
b. Civil Rights
c. Suffrage
d. Civil Liberty
What is c. Suffrage
300
What is a political system in which states or regional governments retain ultimate authority except for those powers they expressly delegate to a central government?
a. Confederation
b. State
c. Unicameral Legislature
d. Federalism
What is a. Confederation
400
What is a separate opinion prepared by a judge who supports the decision of the majority of the court but for different reasons?
a. Unanimous Opinion
b. Majority Opinion
c. Concurring Opinion
d. Dissenting Opinion
What is c. Concurring Opinion
400
What is the economic and political expression of working-class interests?
a. Service Sector
b. Labor Movement
c. Social Movement
d. Public Interest
What is b. Labor Movement
400
What is a political ideology based on skepticism or opposition toward most government activities?
a. Liberalism
b. Libertarianism
c. Socialism
d. Conservatism
What is b. Libertarianism
400
What is a written defamation of a person's character, reputation, business, or property rights that must be observed by a third party?
a. Actual Malice
b. Gag Order
c. Libel
d. Slander
What is c. Libel
400
What is the constitutional provision that makes the Constitution and federal laws superior to all conflicting state and local laws?
a. Police Power
b. Concurrent Powers
c. Supremacy Clause
d. Necessary and Proper Clause
What is c. Supremacy Clause
500
Who was an individual in favor of the adoption of the U.S Constitution and the creation of a federal union with a strong central government?
a. Federalist
b. Anti-Federalist
c. Democrat
d. Republican
What is a. Federalist
500
What is an order that requires jailers to bring a prisoner before a court or judge and explain why the person is being held?
a. Writ of Habeas Corpus
b. Arraignment
c. Gag Order
d. Exclusionary Rule
What is a. Writ of Habeas Corpus
500
What is a primary election in which any voter can vote in either party primary?
a. Closed Primary
b. Indirect Primary
c. Open Primary
d. Direct Primary
What is c. Open Primary
500
What is racial segregation that occurred because of patterns of racial residence and similar social conditions?
a. De Facto Segregation
b. Busing
c. Seperate-But-Equal
d. Civil Disobedience
What is a. De Facto Segregation
500
What is an order issued by a higher court to a lower court to send up the record of a case for review?
a. Opinion
b. Remand
c. Writ of Certiorari
d. Writ of Habeas Corpus