The Political Process
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- Q 1/20Score 0In the modern political system, which of the following statements accurately portrays a major disagreement between Democrats and Republicans?29Republicans favor greater regulation of the economy.Republicans are more likely to favor social policy that contradicts traditional values.Democrats are more likely to support expensive social programs to assist the poor.Democrats favor greater use of military force abroad.
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- Q1In the modern political system, which of the following statements accurately portrays a major disagreement between Democrats and Republicans?Republicans favor greater regulation of the economy.Republicans are more likely to favor social policy that contradicts traditional values.Democrats are more likely to support expensive social programs to assist the poor.Democrats favor greater use of military force abroad.120s
- Q2Republicans sometimes oppose a progressive tax system under which people who earn more money are charged a greater percentage of their income in taxes. Which reason would Republicans most likely use to justify this opposition?it is unfair to charge different people different ratesthe government does not have the right to collect taxesthe rich should pay higher taxes than the poor, but voluntarilythe rich should pay lower taxes than the poor, because they work harder120s
- Q3In the modern political system, Democrats and Republicans are referred to as being on which sides of the political spectrum, respectively?conservative and liberalleft and rightnorth and southconservative and progressive120s
- Q4Relative to Republicans, Democrats are more likely to favor which of the following selections?lower taxes on the poor to prevent the government from growing too largehigher taxes on the middle class to pay for military expenditureslower taxes on the rich to promote spending in the economyhigher taxes on the rich to pay for social programs120s
- Q5Which of the following statements most accurately portrays the social views of Democrats and Republicans?While Democrats favor traditional values, Republicans encourage society to change.While Republicans would place no restrictions on social behavior, Democrats would make certain nontraditional activities, like same-sex marriage, permanently illegal.While Republicans favor traditional values, Democrats are more accepting of nontraditional lifestyles and values.While Democrats favor traditional values, Republicans favor no restrictions on social behavior.120s
- Q6In general, Republicans often oppose new social programs and expenditures because they prefer a government that is which of the following selections?spends most of its money on educationis small in size and number of responsibilitiesis ignorant of the plight of its citizensintervenes actively in society120s
- Q7Henry and Kahlil just published an in-depth report in a city newspaper on the management style of Cynthia, a candidate for state Governor. This is an example of which of the following?the media influencing the political processinterest groups influencing the political processindividuals influencing the political processnone of these120s
- Q8Large corporations, unions, and other political interest groups hire full-time lobbyists in order to do which of the following?avoid conflicts of interestconvince legislators to make legislation favorable to their interestsensure the legislative process is free from outside influenceprotect the interest of the general public120s
- Q9The easiest and most common way most citizens actively participate in the political system at the federal level is by which of the following?voting in national electionsrunning for political officewatching political news programslobbying their congressperson on specific policy issues120s
- Q10The Naples Daily News recently published a report detailing whether each claim made by each candidate in a recent debate was rated “true”, “false”, or “somewhat true”. This is an example of which of the following?labor unions influencing the political processinterest groups influencing the political processindividuals influencing the political processthe media influencing the political process120s
- Q11Which of the following activities demonstrates active participation in the political system by an individual?Emanuel discusses the dangers of global warming with a group of friends.Emanuel reads an article in the local paper about the upcoming School Board elections.Emanuel applies for a loan to open up a small business in his area.Emanuel writes his local congressman to express his support for a bill to increase federal spending on environmental protection.120s
- Q12A lobbyist working on behalf of a large agricultural conglomerate might try to influence the votes of a legislator through which of the following activities?refusing to sell their goods in the legislator's districtredirecting investment away from the legislator's districtrun television ads publicly attacking the legislatormaking campaign donations to the legislator120s
- Q13The image shown is a wartime poster distributed by the U.S. government during World War II to promote the purchase of bonds to fund the war effort. This image is best described as which of the following selections?propagandasymbolismbiasmedia120s
- Q14In 2019, the House of Representatives created a bill to treat bump-stock-type devices as machine-guns, and to ban the possession or transfer of other devices designed to accelerate the rate of fire of a semiautomatic firearm. Which of the following best describes this scenario?public spherepublic agendapublic policypublic opinion120s
- Q15Between his Inauguration Day on January 20, 2017 and the following presidential election on November 3, 2020, President Trump's job approval rating fluctuated between a high of 49% and a low of 35% with an average rating of 41%. Which of the following does this scenario best represent?public policypublic opinionpublic spherepublic agenda120s
