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Unlike Great Britain and many other nations, the United States does not have an **blank**church that is officially supported by the government and recognized as a national institution.
[ "ecclesiastical", "adjudicated", "imperial", "incorporated" ]
established
The publication of statements known to be false that are malicious and tend to damage aperson's reputation is called **blank**
[ "obscenity", "symbolic", "slander", "fraud. " ]
libel
Freedom of assembly includes the right to do all of the following EXCEPT **blank**
[ "parade", "protest", "picket", "demonstrate. " ]
riot
The **blank** Amendment forbids forced self-incrimination, stating that no person shall becompelled to be a witness against himself.
[ "First", "Twenty-sixth", "Fourth", "Ninth " ]
Fifth
The concept that everyone should have the same chance is called equality of **blank**
[ "distribution", "fate", "rewards", "results" ]
opportunity.
The **blank** Amendment, adopted in 1870, guaranteed the right of African Americans to voteat least in principle.
[ "Nineteenth", "Thirteenth", "First", "Fifth " ]
Fifteenth
Alice Paul authored the Equal Rights Amendment, and unsuccessfully pushed for its passagebeginning in the **blank**
[ "1960s", "1970s", "1980s", "1940s. " ]
1920s
In public opinion polling, a sample as small as about **blank** people can faithfully representthe universe of Americans.
[ "10,000", "20,000", "5,000", "50,000 " ]
1,500
Today's news people work in an environment of **blank** toward government.
[ "friendship", "hostility", "trust", "acceptance " ]
cynicism
Most news organizations assign their best reporters to particular **blank**, which are specificlocations where news frequently emanates.
[ "digs", " theaters ", " lighthouses ", "chains " ]
beats
Reporters and their official sources usually have a(n) **blank** relationship.
[ "hostile", "disinterested", "adversarial", "conspiratorial" ]
symbiotic
Most news coverage is perhaps best described as **blank**
[ "thorough", "complex", "superlative", "metacognitive. " ]
superficial
A study by the Los Angeles Times in the mid-1980s found that reporters were **blank** as likelyto call themselves liberal as the general public.
[ "half", "one-third", "just", "not " ]
twice
More than any other development in the twentieth century, the rise of television broadcastinghas reinforced **blank** in the American political process.
[ "interest", "behavioralism", "participation", "democratization " ]
individualism
The watchdog orientation of the press can be characterized as **blank**
[ "liberal", "libertarian", "conservative", "partisan. " ]
reformist
Most Americans are **blank**
[ "liberal", "moderate-liberals", "conservative", "non-ideological. " ]
moderate
The dominant political party in America's first party system was the **blank**
[ "Whigs", "Republicans", "Democrats", "Federalists. " ]
Democratic-Republicans
The Democratic-Republicans were also known as the **blank**
[ "Madisonians", "Whigs", "Federalists", "Hamiltonians. " ]
Jeffersonians
Andrew Jackson was the first president identified as a(n) **blank**
[ "Independent", "Republican", "Democratic-Republican", "Whig. " ]
Democrat
The Republicans emerged as a powerful political party in the **blank**
[ "1890s", "1790s", "1930s", "1820s. " ]
1850s
The New Deal coalition made the **blank** party the minority party for decades.
[ "Socialist", "Federalist", "Whig", "Democratic " ]
Republican
A(n) **blank** is a party's official selection of a candidate to run for office.
[ "appointment", "conversion", "imprimatur", "endorsement " ]
nomination
**blank** opposes public financing of campaigns the most
[ "liberals", "conservatives", "challengers", "independents " ]
incumbents
According to the text, the most important factor affecting voter turnout is **blank**
[ "gender", "ideology", "race", "geography. " ]
education
the least important dimension of a candidate 's image is **blank** of these
[ "integrity", "reliability", "competence", "experience " ]
intelligence
The **blank** theorists argue that the power of the few is fortified by an extensive system ofinterlocking directorates, and that wealthy corporations prevail when it comes to majordecisions by government.
[ "pluralist", "hyperpluralist", "hyperelitist", "pyramid " ]
elitist
Interest group liberalism is criticized especially by **blank** theorists.
[ "pluralist", "elitist", "hyperelitist", "social-conservative " ]
hyperpluralist
A(n) **blank** group is composed of all people who might be group members because theyshare some common interest.
[ "interest", "actual", "single-issue", "latent " ]
potential
By 2000, the number of groups listed in the Encyclopedia of Associations was over **blank**
[ "5,000", "1,000", "10,000", "50,000. " ]
20,000
Many interest groups involve themselves in **blank** to help get those they consider to be theright people into office or to keep them there.
[ "lobbying", "litigation", "policymaking", "recruitment " ]
electioneering
Political action committee (PAC) money goes overwhelmingly to **blank**
[ "Independents", "challengers", "Democrats", "Republicans. " ]
incumbents
**blank** privileges refer to the free use of the mails enjoyed by Congress.
[ "Conmail", "Junket", "Procurement", "E-mail " ]
Franking
Studies have shown that presidential **blank** in an election have little effect on the success ofthe party's candidates for the House and Senate.
[ "junkets", "vetoes", "headwinds", "scandals " ]
coattails
**blank** members present and voting can halt a filibuster by voting for cloture.
[ "Seventy", "Eighty", "Fifty-one", "Seventy-five " ]
Sixty
To cut off debate and end a filibuster is known as **blank**
[ "franking", "coattails", "overriding", "hushing. " ]
cloture
A **blank** committee is one appointed for a limited, specific purpose, such as that set up toinvestigate the Watergate scandal.
[ "standing", "conference", "joint", "special " ]
select
Appropriations, Judiciary, and Armed Forces are all examples of **blank** committees.
[ "select", "conference", "joint", "rule " ]
standing
Legislative **blank** is the process of monitoring the bureaucracy and its administration ofpolicy.
[ "franking", "stonewalling", "overview", "supremacy " ]
oversight
The seniority system gave a decisive edge to House members from **blank** districts.
[ "Republican", "suburban", "older", "competitive " ]
safe
As Richard Neustadt has argued, presidential power is probably best understood as the powerto **blank**
[ "command", "control", "harass", "veto. " ]
persuade
Richard Neustadt has argued that presidential power is the power to **blank**
[ "instruct", "command", "educate", "control" ]
persuade.
Impeachment of a president means that the president is **blank**
[ "convicted of a crime", "removed from office", "tried by the Senate" ]
indicted by the House
A budget deficit occurs when expenditures exceed **blank**
[ "borrowing", "appropriations", "authorizations", "inflation. " ]
revenues
Beginning in 1985, federal income taxes were **blank** to the cost of living, so thatgovernment no longer got a larger percentage when inflation pushed incomes into higherbrackets while the tax rates stayed the same.
[ "raised", "added", "lowered", "flat-rated " ]
indexed
The purchasing of military hardware is known as **blank**
[ "regalia", "requisitioning", "appropriations", "mobilization. " ]
procurement
In 1965, **blank** was added to the Social Security program to provide hospital and physiciancoverage to the elderly.
[ "Medplan", "Healthmark", "Medicaid", "disability " ]
Medicare
Budget **blank** revises program authorizations to achieve required savings.
[ "impoundment", "realignment", "closure", "appropriation" ]
reconciliation
An **blank** bill is an act of Congress that establishes a discretionary government program oran entitlement, or that continues or changes such programs.
[ "omnibus", "impoundment", "appropriations", "enabling " ]
authorization
To actually fund a program, Congress must pass an **blank** bill.
[ "authorization", "expenditure", "omnibus", "impoundment " ]
appropriations
The Weberian theory of bureaucracies views them in the most positive light as **blank**
[ "acquisitive", "inefficient", "monopolistic", "democratic. " ]
hierarchical
There are roughly **blank** civilian and military federal government employees
[ "800,000", "3,000,000", "2,100,000", "500,000 " ]
4,000,000
Creating new agencies, developing guidelines, and coordinating resources to achieve a policygoal is called **blank**
[ "bureaucratization", "regulation", "actualization", "policymaking. " ]
implementation
Most of the government is composed of **blank**
[ "regulators", "lawyers", "elected legislators", "politicians. " ]
bureaucrats
The entry point for most litigation in the federal courts is in one of the **blank** courts.
[ "appellate", "Superior", "legislative", "municipal " ]
district
The Supreme Court consists of the chief justice and **blank** associate justices.
[ "ten", "six", "twelve", "nine " ]
eight
Judicial **blank** refers to how and whether court decisions are translated into real policy,affecting the behavior of others.
[ "restraint", "intent", "action", "review" ]
implementation
The view that judges should play a minimal role in policymaking is called judicial **blank**
[ "jurisprudence", "precedent", "objectivity", "neutrality. " ]
restraint
Inflation was generally highest during the **blank**
[ "1930s", "1960s", "1980s", "1990s. " ]
1970s
About **blank** of Americans recently reported that they agreed that success in life is prettymuch determined by forces outside our control.
[ "one-tenth", "three-fourths", "one-half", "seven-eighths " ]
two-thirds
The median American household income is approximately **blank**
[ "$27,000", "$32,000", "$59,000", "$60,000. " ]
$46,000
If the government takes a bigger bite from the income of a rich family than from the income ofa poor family, then the tax system is **blank**
[ "proportional", "regressive", "redistributive", "retrogressive. " ]
progressive
If one person earns twice as much as another, but each pays 15 percent of their income intaxes, then the tax system is **blank**
[ "progressive", "regressive", "redistributive", "egalitarian. " ]
proportional
If a poor family pays 50 percent of its income in taxes and a rich one 5 percent, then the taxsystem is **blank**
[ "progressive", "proportional", "redistributive", "retrogressive. " ]
regressive
To successfully dispose of nuclear wastes, they must be isolated from the environment for**blank** years.
[ "100", "1,000", "5,000" ]
10,000
The European Union is an example of a **blank** organization.
[ "nongovernmental", "domestic", "military", "diplomatic" ]
regional
Throughout most of American history, American foreign policy has centered on the concept of **blank**
[ "brinkmanship", "containment", "McCarthyism", "internationalism. " ]
isolationism
Defense spending now makes up about **blank** of the federal budget.
[ "one-third", "one-half", "three-fifths", "one-fourth " ]
one-fifth
The international economy today is one characterized by **blank**
[ "independence", "isolationism", "intransigence", "protectionism. " ]
interdependence
The one key word that could be used to describe today's international economy is **blank**
[ "protectionism", "isolationism", "self-sufficiency", "bankruptcy. " ]
interdependency
The judicial branch in most states operates on a **blank** system.
[ "single-level", "two-tier", "four-tier", "circular " ]
three-tier
not one of the row officers who usually run county services is **blank** of the following
[ "sheriff", "clerk", "assessor", "prosecutor " ]
commissioner
Particularly in rural areas, **blank** government is the administrative arm of most stategovernments, keeping records of births, deaths, and marriages, conducting a system of justiceand law enforcement, maintaining roads and bridges, and providing other services.
[ "regional", "municipal", "township", "commission " ]
county
All of the following were 20c art movements EXCEPT?: **blank**
[ "Bauhaus", "Dadaism", "Cubism", "Expressionism" ]
Impressionism
Which of the following exerted the most influence on Italy in the eighteenth century?: **blank**
[ "Dutch", "Spanish", "Turks", "English" ]
Austrians
In the 18c, Europe\'s largest city was?: **blank**
[ "Berlin", "Vienna", "Paris", "Rome" ]
London
The artistic movement that replaced the Baroque during the Enlightenment was?: **blank**
[ "Romanesque", "Neo-Classical", "Empirical", "Mannerism" ]
Rococo
Which communist country successfully asserted independence from Moscow\'s control soon after the end of the Second World War?: **blank**
[ "Bulgaria", "Poland", "Czechoslovakia", "Hungary" ]
Yugoslavia
The first European country to enter into direct trade with the Far East and establish colonies there was?: **blank**
[ "Spain", "France", "Britain", "Holland" ]
Portugal
The Treaty of Tordesillas (1494) granted Portugal the eastern trade route to the Indies as well as Brazil; lands to the west of Brazil were given to?: **blank**
[ "England", "Italy", "France", "Holland" ]
Spain
The best government, said which of the following men, is achieved by the separation of powers?: **blank**
[ "Locke", "Voltaire", "Diderot", "Hobbes" ]
Montesqiueu
The greatest number of victims under "The Terror" (1793-1794) were from which social group?: **blank**
[ "clergy", "nobility", "foreigners", "bourgeoisie" ]
peasants
By 1900, the leading industrial power in Europe was?: **blank**
[ "France", "Italy", "Britain", "Belgium" ]
Germany
The Quadruple Alliance included all of the following European powers EXCEPT?: **blank**
[ "Britain", "Austria", "Prussia", "Russia" ]
Italy
Which country was NOT ruled by a member of the Bonaparte family during the first decade of the 19c?: **blank**
[ "Holland", "Westphalia", "Poland", "Spain" ]
Prussia
Following the Thirty Years\' War, what country became dominant in Europe?: **blank**
[ "Sweden", "Spain", "Germany", "Bohemia" ]
France
The favorite classical author of Renaissance scholars was?: **blank**
[ "Virgil", "Homer", "Plato", "Euclid" ]
Cicero
The literary masterpiece that satirized the ideals of knighthood and chivalry was written by?: **blank**
[ "Rabelais", "Erasmus", "Castiglione", "Petrarch" ]
Cervantes
The Austrian annexation of Bosnia in 1908 threatened the nationalist aspirations of which of the following countries?: **blank**
[ "Turkey", "Rumania", "France", "Herzegovina" ]
Serbia
Which state existed in 1919, but NOT in 1914?: **blank**
[ "Denmark", "Sqitzerland", "Belgium", "Sweden" ]
Poland
Mark Twain's classic stories, such as Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, were primary examples of the ? trend in **blank**
[ "romantic", "gothic", "fantasy", "heroic" ]
realistic
Those who opposed ratification of the Constitution were called?: **blank**
[ "Democrats", "Whigs", "Republicans", "Federalists" ]
Anti-Federalists
Let every nation know, whether it **blank**
[ "colonialism", "neutrality", "non-involvement", "non-alignment" ]
containment
The combination of European musical influences with African musical influences dame together in 1890s New Orleans to form a **blank**
[ "gospel", "folk", "country", "blues" ]
jazz
In Congress, most of the criticism of the Mexican War came from the?: **blank**
[ "Democrats", "Federalists", "Republicans", "Populists" ]
Whigs
This Amendment to the Constitution abolished slavery?: **blank**
[ "Twelfth", "Fourteenth", "Fifteenth", "Sixteenth" ]
Thirteenth
Before the Civil War, the movement for women's rights was particularly strong among the?: **blank**
[ "Baptists", "Mormons", "Methodists", "Catholics" ]
Quakers
By the end of the 1920s, what had become the nation's largest industry?: **blank**
[ "steel", "railroads", "oil", "chemicals" ]
automobiles
**blank** of map shows the most detailed information about earth s natural features , such as rivers , lakes , and mountain ranges
[ "political", "demographic", "weather" ]
physical
The slogan Eight hours for work, eight hours for sleep, eight hours for what we will was used in the late 1800s to promote a major goal of **blank**
[ "farmers", "politicians", "industrialists" ]
organized labor
At the beginning of World War II, national debate focused on whether the United States should continue the policy of **blank**
[ "coexistence", "containment", "imperialism" ]
isolationism