Question 1

Morality policy advocates can be successful in reshaping a policy when their arguments are

Accepted Answer

A) less about absolute moral values and more about incremental,instrumental problems. 
B) deeply compelling to a targeted interest group. 
C) focused on the scriptures found in the Old Testament. 
D) in line with the religious convictions of state legislators. 
A) less about absolute moral values and more about incremental,instrumental problems. 
B) deeply compelling to a targeted interest group. 
C) focused on the scriptures found in the Old Testament. 
D) in line with the religious convictions of state legislators.

Question 2

With respect to morality policies,often helps match incremental policy reforms with public opinion.

Accepted Answer

A) bicameralism 
B) federalism 
C) the Solicitor General 
D) the U.S.Justice Department 
A) bicameralism 
B) federalism 
C) the Solicitor General 
D) the U.S.Justice Department

Question 3

Which of the following is generally NOT true regarding morality policy and the use of statewide initiatives?

Accepted Answer

A) The clear relationship of an argument to a person's basics values can lead to excitement about the issue. 
B) The simplicity of the arguments allows virtually anyone to be well informed. 
C) Having a morality policy initiative on the ballot can turn off voters,thus decreasing election turnout. 
D) Morality initiatives can change the nature of a candidate's election. 
A) The clear relationship of an argument to a person's basics values can lead to excitement about the issue. 
B) The simplicity of the arguments allows virtually anyone to be well informed. 
C) Having a morality policy initiative on the ballot can turn off voters,thus decreasing election turnout. 
D) Morality initiatives can change the nature of a candidate's election.

Question 4

Which of the following stirs up public debate over the core values that help define our personal identities?

Accepted Answer

A) Ethical policies 
B) Morality policies 
C) Election policies 
D) Belief policies 
A) Ethical policies 
B) Morality policies 
C) Election policies 
D) Belief policies

Question 5

A Pigouvian approach to minimizing minor 'sin' might be

Accepted Answer

A) placing an excise tax on cigarettes. 
B) charging gamblers a negative externality when they enter a casino. 
C) allowing abortion clinics to use public hospitals. 
D) considering all behaviors to be morally reprehensible. 
A) placing an excise tax on cigarettes. 
B) charging gamblers a negative externality when they enter a casino. 
C) allowing abortion clinics to use public hospitals. 
D) considering all behaviors to be morally reprehensible.

Question 6

What has been used extensively and successfully in many states by opponents of gay marriage?

Accepted Answer

A) Ballot measures 
B) Legislative lobbying 
C) Gubernatorial vetoes 
D) State supreme court opinions 
A) Ballot measures 
B) Legislative lobbying 
C) Gubernatorial vetoes 
D) State supreme court opinions

Question 7

The 1973 U.S.Supreme Court decision regarding the regulation of state abortion laws is commonly referred to as

Accepted Answer

A) Roe v.Wade. 
B) Baker v.Carr. 
C) Marbury v.Madison. 
D) Miranda v.Arizona. 
A) Roe v.Wade. 
B) Baker v.Carr. 
C) Marbury v.Madison. 
D) Miranda v.Arizona.

Question 8

Which of the following is NOT true regarding post-Roe abortion politics?

Accepted Answer

A) Post-Roe abortion politics began with pro-life forces trying to ban the procedure outright in their state legislatures. 
B) As the 1970s progressed,pro-life reformers grew tired of symbolic victories. 
C) Pro­life groups eventually tapped into their sympathizers' moral outrage by engaging in extensive direct political action to stop abortions,often one procedure at a time. 
D) In 1976 the U.S.Supreme Court struck down all seven of Missouri's new abortion restrictions as unconstitutional,thus discouraging states to pass more restrictions. 
A) Post-Roe abortion politics began with pro-life forces trying to ban the procedure outright in their state legislatures. 
B) As the 1970s progressed,pro-life reformers grew tired of symbolic victories. 
C) Pro­life groups eventually tapped into their sympathizers' moral outrage by engaging in extensive direct political action to stop abortions,often one procedure at a time. 
D) In 1976 the U.S.Supreme Court struck down all seven of Missouri's new abortion restrictions as unconstitutional,thus discouraging states to pass more restrictions.

Question 9

Which early twentieth­century British economist's work has informed morality politics by arguing that negative externalities should be regulated with taxation?

Accepted Answer

A) Chester Arthur 
B) Arthur Laffer 
C) Arthur Schlesinger 
D) Arthur Pigou 
A) Chester Arthur 
B) Arthur Laffer 
C) Arthur Schlesinger 
D) Arthur Pigou

Question 10

Many early settlers in what would become the United States believed that public policy in the states ought to outlaw

Accepted Answer

A) free education. 
B) property trespassing. 
C) racial discrimination. 
D) violations of basic religious principles. 
A) free education. 
B) property trespassing. 
C) racial discrimination. 
D) violations of basic religious principles.

Question 11

A state's abortion regulations largely reflect the

Accepted Answer

A) decisions of the U.S.Supreme Court. 
B) basic values of those who live there. 
C) number of abortions performed in the state. 
D) opinions of key elected officials,such as the governor. 
A) decisions of the U.S.Supreme Court. 
B) basic values of those who live there. 
C) number of abortions performed in the state. 
D) opinions of key elected officials,such as the governor.

Question 12

Which of the following is central to morality policy making?

Accepted Answer

A) Legislators 
B) Interest groups 
C) Governors 
D) Religious extremists 
A) Legislators 
B) Interest groups 
C) Governors 
D) Religious extremists

Question 13

Since the 1960s,the legal and social status of homosexuals in the United States has

Accepted Answer

A) improved dramatically,through steady,but quiet,political headway. 
B) yet to appear on the agendas of state and local governments. 
C) remained relatively constant,with minor gains and losses for advocates of gay rights. 
D) substantially decreased,with the Supreme Court upholding various anti-sodomy laws. 
A) improved dramatically,through steady,but quiet,political headway. 
B) yet to appear on the agendas of state and local governments. 
C) remained relatively constant,with minor gains and losses for advocates of gay rights. 
D) substantially decreased,with the Supreme Court upholding various anti-sodomy laws.

Question 14

A close congruence between majority public opinion and public policy is known as

Accepted Answer

A) policy equilibrium. 
B) policy shock. 
C) halted policy. 
D) even-handed politics. 
A) policy equilibrium. 
B) policy shock. 
C) halted policy. 
D) even-handed politics.

Question 15

French observer Alexis de Tocqueville considered to be America's first political institution.

Accepted Answer

A) state legislatures 
B) governors 
C) state courts 
D) religion 
A) state legislatures 
B) governors 
C) state courts 
D) religion

Question 16

Most potential morality policy issues are

Accepted Answer

A) constantly being debated. 
B) pushed aside by legislators. 
C) not on the active political agenda at any given time. 
D) highly complex and almost never visible to the public. 
A) constantly being debated. 
B) pushed aside by legislators. 
C) not on the active political agenda at any given time. 
D) highly complex and almost never visible to the public.

Question 17

Which of the following events regarding abortion regulation thrust the question of abortion-on-demand squarely into public debate?

Accepted Answer

A) The American Medical Association's ruling that abortion decisions should be made by doctors in order to prevent midwives from performing the procedure. 
B) The decision by Sherri Finkbine of Houston,Texas,to make a well­publicized appeal to change a hospital's abortion policy. 
C) The U.S.Supreme Court's 1973 ruling,Roe v.Wade,striking down state abortion bans. 
D) The Roman Catholic Church's decision to become permanently involved in the morality debate over abortion­ on-demand. 
A) The American Medical Association's ruling that abortion decisions should be made by doctors in order to prevent midwives from performing the procedure. 
B) The decision by Sherri Finkbine of Houston,Texas,to make a well­publicized appeal to change a hospital's abortion policy. 
C) The U.S.Supreme Court's 1973 ruling,Roe v.Wade,striking down state abortion bans. 
D) The Roman Catholic Church's decision to become permanently involved in the morality debate over abortion­ on-demand.

Question 18

Which of the following is true regarding the death penalty in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries?

Accepted Answer

A) Anti-death penalty reformers refrained from using moral arguments. 
B) By 1880,executions were banned in a majority of the states. 
C) Reformers found tremendous political success by advocating limits to the death penalty rather than banning it. 
D) For each of their arguments,death penalty reformers suggested general,big-ticket changes. 
A) Anti-death penalty reformers refrained from using moral arguments. 
B) By 1880,executions were banned in a majority of the states. 
C) Reformers found tremendous political success by advocating limits to the death penalty rather than banning it. 
D) For each of their arguments,death penalty reformers suggested general,big-ticket changes.

Question 19

Which of the following statements is true regarding moral arguments?

Accepted Answer

A) Both sides in a moral debate generally have enough support in a state or community to make them equally useful when discussing policy. 
B) Typically,only one side in a morality policy debate makes a moral argument. 
C) The most dominant moral arguments in American policy debates have statistical support and are steeped in fact-based logic. 
D) It is clear that certain advocates are able to make their moral arguments relevant in any policy debate while others are not. 
A) Both sides in a moral debate generally have enough support in a state or community to make them equally useful when discussing policy. 
B) Typically,only one side in a morality policy debate makes a moral argument. 
C) The most dominant moral arguments in American policy debates have statistical support and are steeped in fact-based logic. 
D) It is clear that certain advocates are able to make their moral arguments relevant in any policy debate while others are not.

Question 20

What positive moniker did groups opposed to abortion-on-demand adopt in the 1970s?

Accepted Answer

A) Pro-choice 
B) Pro-life 
C) Pro-fetus 
D) Anti-murder 
A) Pro-choice 
B) Pro-life 
C) Pro-fetus 
D) Anti-murder

Morality policy advocates can be successful in reshaping a policy when their arguments are

With respect to morality policies,often helps match incremental policy reforms with public opinion.

Which of the following is generally NOT true regarding morality policy and the use of statewide initiatives?

Which of the following stirs up public debate over the core values that help define our personal identities?

A Pigouvian approach to minimizing minor 'sin' might be

What has been used extensively and successfully in many states by opponents of gay marriage?

The 1973 U.S.Supreme Court decision regarding the regulation of state abortion laws is commonly referred to as

Which of the following is NOT true regarding post-Roe abortion politics?

Which early twentiethcentury British economist's work has informed morality politics by arguing that negative externalities should be regulated with taxation?

Many early settlers in what would become the United States believed that public policy in the states ought to outlaw

A state's abortion regulations largely reflect the

Which of the following is central to morality policy making?

Since the 1960s,the legal and social status of homosexuals in the United States has

A close congruence between majority public opinion and public policy is known as

French observer Alexis de Tocqueville considered to be America's first political institution.

Most potential morality policy issues are

Which of the following events regarding abortion regulation thrust the question of abortion-on-demand squarely into public debate?

Which of the following is true regarding the death penalty in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries?

Which of the following statements is true regarding moral arguments?

What positive moniker did groups opposed to abortion-on-demand adopt in the 1970s?

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Morality policy advocates can be successful in reshaping a policy when their arguments are

With respect to morality policies,often helps match incremental policy reforms with public opinion.

Which of the following is generally NOT true regarding morality policy and the use of statewide initiatives?

Which of the following stirs up public debate over the core values that help define our personal identities?

A Pigouvian approach to minimizing minor 'sin' might be

What has been used extensively and successfully in many states by opponents of gay marriage?

The 1973 U.S.Supreme Court decision regarding the regulation of state abortion laws is commonly referred to as

Which of the following is NOT true regarding post-Roe abortion politics?

Which early twentieth­century British economist's work has informed morality politics by arguing that negative externalities should be regulated with taxation?

Many early settlers in what would become the United States believed that public policy in the states ought to outlaw

A state's abortion regulations largely reflect the

Which of the following is central to morality policy making?

Since the 1960s,the legal and social status of homosexuals in the United States has

A close congruence between majority public opinion and public policy is known as

French observer Alexis de Tocqueville considered to be America's first political institution.

Most potential morality policy issues are

Which of the following events regarding abortion regulation thrust the question of abortion-on-demand squarely into public debate?

Which of the following is true regarding the death penalty in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries?

Which of the following statements is true regarding moral arguments?

What positive moniker did groups opposed to abortion-on-demand adopt in the 1970s?

Introduction to State and Local Politics

Federalism: State and Local Politics Within a Federal System

Participation,elections,and Representation

State and Local Direct Democracy

Political Parties

Interest Groups

State Legislatures

Governors and the State Bureaucracy

State Courts and the Criminal Justice System

Fiscal Policy

The Structure of Local Governments

Local Land Use and Environmental Politics

Social Welfare and Health Care Policy

Education Policy

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Which early twentiethcentury British economist's work has informed morality politics by arguing that negative externalities should be regulated with taxation?