Question 1

One of the main arguments against interest groups is that they do NOT represent people equally.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

PACs tend to donate more money to

Accepted Answer

A) Democrats. 
B) Republicans. 
C) challengers. 
D) outsiders. 
E) incumbents. 
A) Democrats. 
B) Republicans. 
C) challengers. 
D) outsiders. 
E) incumbents.

Question 3

The gray lobby has disposable income, discretionary time, and effective organization.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

The existence of a multiplicity of interests often leads to

Accepted Answer

A) incoherent policies. 
B) inefficiency. 
C) delay as lawmakers try to appease conflicting interests. 
D) All of the above 
E) None of the above 
A) incoherent policies. 
B) inefficiency. 
C) delay as lawmakers try to appease conflicting interests. 
D) All of the above 
E) None of the above

Question 5

Interest groups sometimes begin as

Accepted Answer

A) social movements 
B) parties. 
C) special interest groups. 
D) factions. 
E) public interest groups. 
A) social movements 
B) parties. 
C) special interest groups. 
D) factions. 
E) public interest groups.

Question 6

After gaining the right to vote, American women tended to vote ________ than their Western European counterparts.

Accepted Answer

A) more often 
B) more compassionately 
C) across party lines 
D) less often 
E) None of the above 
A) more often 
B) more compassionately 
C) across party lines 
D) less often 
E) None of the above

Question 7

Single-issue interest groups are generally willing to compromise.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Aside from race, the most important factor in explaining views on issues, partisanship, and ideology is

Accepted Answer

A) ethnicity. 
B) income. 
C) religion. 
D) citizenship. 
E) gender. 
A) ethnicity. 
B) income. 
C) religion. 
D) citizenship. 
E) gender.

Question 9

Individuals often have a sense of identification with their state.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

The population of African Americans living in suburbs is about what percent today?

Accepted Answer

A) 60% 
B) 50% 
C) 40% 
D) 30% 
E) 10% 
A) 60% 
B) 50% 
C) 40% 
D) 30% 
E) 10%

Question 11

Evangelical Protestants have the highest percentage of voter turnout.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Divisions within society that cut across demographic categories to produce groups that are more heterogeneous are called

Accepted Answer

A) cross-cutting cleavages. 
B) reinforcing cleavages. 
C) manifest destinies. 
D) cross-political dispositions. 
E) None of the above 
A) cross-cutting cleavages. 
B) reinforcing cleavages. 
C) manifest destinies. 
D) cross-political dispositions. 
E) None of the above

Question 13

What are people who share a common attitude toward an issue called when they join together to influence the government for specific ends?

Accepted Answer

A) a movement 
B) a political action committee 
C) an audit panel 
D) an interest group 
E) a pluralism board 
A) a movement 
B) a political action committee 
C) an audit panel 
D) an interest group 
E) a pluralism board

Question 14

The study of the characteristics of populations is called

Accepted Answer

A) geography. 
B) population studies. 
C) political science. 
D) demography. 
E) social studies. 
A) geography. 
B) population studies. 
C) political science. 
D) demography. 
E) social studies.

Question 15

The idea that the United States should be a continent-spanning nation was called

Accepted Answer

A) expansion destiny. 
B) colonial destiny. 
C) manifest destiny. 
D) national destiny. 
E) exceptional destiny. 
A) expansion destiny. 
B) colonial destiny. 
C) manifest destiny. 
D) national destiny. 
E) exceptional destiny.

Question 16

The most important resource that interest groups and political action committees can offer candidates for Congress is

Accepted Answer

A) money. 
B) votes. 
C) information. 
D) volunteers. 
E) None of the above 
A) money. 
B) votes. 
C) information. 
D) volunteers. 
E) None of the above

Question 17

The Constitutional idea of pluralism envisions a plurality of groups

Accepted Answer

A) helping raise taxes. 
B) competing with the government. 
C) extending suffrage to more citizens. 
D) competing with each other. 
E) helping lower taxes. 
A) helping raise taxes. 
B) competing with the government. 
C) extending suffrage to more citizens. 
D) competing with each other. 
E) helping lower taxes.

Question 18

State identities have begun to erode, in part, because we elect members of Congress and the President at the national level.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

The framers of the Constitution did NOT sanction a national church because

Accepted Answer

A) they could not agree upon a denomination so they left it to the states. 
B) they wished for the people to be allowed to vote for a national church. 
C) they believed that religious liberty flourishes when there is no official faith. 
D) they were not of faith themselves. 
E) they were deists. 
A) they could not agree upon a denomination so they left it to the states. 
B) they wished for the people to be allowed to vote for a national church. 
C) they believed that religious liberty flourishes when there is no official faith. 
D) they were not of faith themselves. 
E) they were deists.

Question 20

Which of the following is NOT an interest group?

Accepted Answer

A) League of Women Voters 
B) AARP 
C) Common Cause 
D) Democratic Party 
E) Sierra Club 
A) League of Women Voters 
B) AARP 
C) Common Cause 
D) Democratic Party 
E) Sierra Club

Exam 5: The US political Landscape

One of the main arguments against interest groups is that they do NOT represent people equally.

PACs tend to donate more money to

The gray lobby has disposable income, discretionary time, and effective organization.

The existence of a multiplicity of interests often leads to

Interest groups sometimes begin as

After gaining the right to vote, American women tended to vote ________ than their Western European counterparts.

Single-issue interest groups are generally willing to compromise.

Aside from race, the most important factor in explaining views on issues, partisanship, and ideology is

Individuals often have a sense of identification with their state.

The population of African Americans living in suburbs is about what percent today?

Evangelical Protestants have the highest percentage of voter turnout.

Divisions within society that cut across demographic categories to produce groups that are more heterogeneous are called

What are people who share a common attitude toward an issue called when they join together to influence the government for specific ends?

The study of the characteristics of populations is called

The idea that the United States should be a continent-spanning nation was called

The most important resource that interest groups and political action committees can offer candidates for Congress is

The Constitutional idea of pluralism envisions a plurality of groups

State identities have begun to erode, in part, because we elect members of Congress and the President at the national level.

The framers of the Constitution did NOT sanction a national church because

Which of the following is NOT an interest group?

Constitutional Democracy

Constitutional Foundations

American Federalism

Political Culture and Ideology

Political Parties

Public Opinion, Participation, and Voting

Campaigns and Elections

The Media and US politics

Congress

The Presidency

The Federal Bureaucracy

The Judiciary

Civil Liberties

Civil Rights

Public Policy

Making Economic Policy

Making Social Policy

Making Foreign Defense Policy

State and Local Politics

State Constitutions

Parties and Elections in the States

State Legislatures

State Governors

Judges and Justice in the States

Local Governments and Metropolitics

Making State and Local Policy

Staffing and Financing State and Local Governments

Filters