American Government

1.The elites in a society:

a.are those with college degrees.

b.must be locally elected officials.

c.are software designers and computer engineers.

d.are the people who get a disproportionately large part of the society's valued resources.

2.Which of the following was not an influence on the Framers?

a.Plato's Republic

b.the Magna Carta

c.John Locke's Second Treatise on Government

d.the Mayflower Compact

3.The Federalists favored a __________ central government to curb the power of the common people and of the states.

a.stronger

b.weaker

c.neutral

d.none of the above

4.Conventions in __________ states had to approve the Constitution.

a.five

b.seven

c.nine

d.eleven

5.These rights have been extended to state criminal trials and to other settings, such as educational and social service hearings.

a.Rights of Free Speech

b.Civil Rights

c.Due Process Rights

d.Civil Liberties

6.The number of total congressional employees is close to:

a.35000

b.5000

c.25000

d.15000

7.The case of __________ helped to reinforce the doctrine of "national supremacy."

a.Plessy v. Ferguson

b.McCullough v. Maryland

c.Marbury v. Madison

d.Dred Scott v. Sandford

8.Among major American metropolitan areas, only __________ has three separately owned daily newspapers.

a.New York City

b.Chicago

c.San Francisco

d.Boston

9.Use of the Internet for grassroots organizing, political commentary, and fund-raising has become a standard due to developments in the __________ presidential campaigns.

a.1996

b..2000

c.2004

d.2008

10.In the pluralist model, bargaining among groups is carried on by:

a.one leader.

b.few leaders.

c.many leaders.

d.voting.