
Semester Quiz 2
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- Q1Which of the following constitutional provisions gives Congress and the president expressed powers over national defense?Article VIIArticles I and IIArticle VIArticles II and III30s
- Q2Which of the following best describes the argument made in Federalist No. 10Factions are healthy because they represent different political viewpointsFactions are necessary to protect the minority from tyranny of the majorityFactions are inevitable, but republican governments can control themFactions can be eliminated through a system of checks and balances45s
- Q3Which of the following poll questions is most likely to lead to a valid result, assuming the poll is taken using scientific methods?Do you agree or disagree with the unjustified shooting of unarmed American citizens?Do you agree or disagree with the way Donald Trump is doing his job as president?Would you support a tax plan that benefits the rich at the expense of the poor?Do you agree that stem cell research has the potential to improve outcomes for patients suffering from cancer?45s
- Q4Which of the following is an argument that the Electoral College favors small states?Voter turnout is very high in small states, making them more important than large statesSmall states have at least three votes in the Electoral College, and this gives them influence disproportionate to their populationsSmall states are often the deciding factor in presidential elections, and candidates focus on them more than on large statesLarge states, like California and Texas, are easy to predict, so they have little impact on the outcome of presidential elections45s
- Q5Suppose the Green Party won 5 percent of the votes throughout the country in congressional races. How many seats in Congress would the Green Party likely win?No seats in either house of CongressFive percent of the seats in both the House of Representatives and the SenateTwenty two seats in the House of Representatives and none in the SenateFive seats in the Senate, no seats in the House of Representatives45s
- Q6The Tobacco Division of the Department of Agriculture, interest groups representing cigarette manufacturers, interest groups representing farmers and subcommittees in the House and Senate work to create tobacco policy. This is an example ofAn iron triangleThe policy agendaGrassroots lobbyingInterest Group Pluralism45s
- Q7A poll conducted by JMC Analytics finds that Roy Moore i ahead in the Alabama Special Election by five percentage points. According to the poll, Moore holds a 48-42 lead. This excerpts is an example of:agenda settinghorse-race journalismpartisan reportingbiased journalism45s
- Q8Which of the following concepts was not included in the original COnstitution as drafted in 1787 and ratified in 1788?The Constitution should be able to be amended to address future generations and needsThe new central government must have more power than its predecessor hadCongress has implied powers to carry out its expressed powersThe Supreme Court should have the right to overturn laws passed by Congress45s
- Q9Which of the following statements best describes the impact of McCulloch v Maryland?The Court ruled that the necessary and proper clause allows the national government to create banks, strengthening national power.The Court upheld a division of power between states and the national government by allowing states to tax national banks within their bordersThe Court ruled that creating a national bank fell within the national government's enumerated powers, confirming national powerThe Court ruled that states have authority over commercial activity within their borders, weakening national power.45s
- Q10In closing the achievement gap between rural and urban schools, the federal government would be best served by ablockgrantcross over sanctionformula grantproject grant45s