True/False

Question 1

The Sixteenth amendment is known as the Income Tax Amendment

Answer 1

TRUE

Question 2

Thomas Jefferson was a strong defender of states’ rights.

Answer 2

TRUE

Question 3

Full Faith and Credit means that states have the freedom to ignore the laws of other states.

Answer 3

FALSE

Question 4

Implied Powers are spelled out in the Constitution’s text but aren’t derived from Enumerated Powers.

Answer 4

FALSE

Question 5

Politically speaking, the right prefers bigger Government, while the left would prefer it to be smaller.

Answer 5

FALSE

Question 6

Two of the four obligations that the Constitution places on the national government in relation to the states are: The national government must honor the territorial rights of the state, and it may not intervene if a state needs help in suppressing domestic violence.

Answer 6

FALSE

Question 7

Robert E. Lee defended the rights of Virginia while John C. Calhoun defended South Carolina.

Answer 7

TRUE

Question 8

An exception to the “full faith and credit” clause is that states are not required to give full faith and credit in every case of divorce.

Answer 8

TRUE

Question 9

State and national powers are derived from the Articles of Confederation and local power is derived from state power.

Answer 9

FALSE

Question 10

States may distinguish between residents and nonresidents concerning state university tuition and drivers licenses

Answer 10

FALSE

Question 11

The convention was first used by the Anti-Federalist party in 1831.

Answer 11

FALSE

Question 12

A caucus is a large meeting of a party’s top leaders at the White House.

Answer 12

FALSE

Question 13

In a political campaign, a political party, and candidate try to attract vote support in an election.

Answer 13

TRUE

Question 14

Most of today’s dictatorships has a one-party system of government

Answer 14

TRUE

Question 15

The spoils system involves the practice of giving jobs to friends and supporters.

Answer 15

TRUE

Question 16

Widespread protest at the 1968 Democratic National Convention led to major campaign reforms.

Answer 16

TRUE

Question 17

The two major purposes of a political party are to nominate the party’s candidates for president and Vice President, and to approve the party platform.

Answer 17

TRUE

Question 18

A splinter party is usually formed over a personality conflict or policy conflict within a major party.

Answer 18

TRUE

Question 19

By shifting the power focus from the party organization to campaign organization, primaries have served to strengthen political parties.

Answer 19

False

Question 20

The major parties tend to increase extremism and separate diverse interests when it comes to broad principles.

Answer 20

FALSE

Question 21

Constituents are elected officials of a particular district.

Answer 21

FALSE

Question 22

A straight ticket is when people vote for all candidates in one party.

Answer 22

TRUE

Question 23

Pole watchers are individuals who are appointed by political parties and candidates to observe the polls on Election Day.

Answer 23

TRUE

Question 24

Campaign money raised for a specific candidate in federal elections and spent according to federal law is called tough cash.

Answer 24

FALSE

Question 25

Absentee voters are the first in line for Election Day.

Answer 25

FALSE

Question 26

ALF-CIO is the largest health care group in the country.

Answer 26

FALSE

Question 27

A representative sample contains the opinions of people inn a survey group

Answer 27

TRUE

Question 28

Straw poles are informal poles

Answer 28

TRUE

Question 29

Domestic policy includes diplomacy, trade relations, and war.

Answer 29

FALSE

Question 30

The sum of government goals and actions made in response to the actions is called public policy

Answer 30

TRUE

Question 31

Another name for an interest group is “influence group”.

Answer 31

FALSE

Question 32

The media would never give certain info more extensive or prominent coverage to manipulate the public.

Answer 32

FALSE

Question 33

Three of the five categories of interest groups are economic, single-interest, and civic.

Answer 33

TRUE

Question 34

With opinion polls, different wording of specific questions never really leads people to make different responses.

Answer 34

FALSE

Question 35

Some public opinion issues have lasting interest while other are short-lived.

Answer 35

TRUE

Question 36

The selection of party leadership is made in a pro-Tempore

Answer 36

FALSE

Question 37

One delegate and four resident commissioners represent US territories and the District of Columbia.

Answer 37

FALSE

Question 38

Single-member districts have one representative elected at a given region.

Answer 38

TRUE

Question 39

A census is an official count of every member of government occurring every 10 years.

Answer 39

FALSE

Question 40

A house member is not required to reside in the congressional district he or she represents.

Answer 40

FALSE

Question 41

The Constitution began with a discussion of Congress in Article I because the framers valued Congress as a counterbalance to executive power.

Answer 41

TRUE

Question 42

Cloture has nothing to do with Filibusters

Answer 42

FALSE

Question 43

Generally, the Congress was more powerful in the twentieth century, but the president was in the nineteenth century

Answer 43

FALSE

Question 44

Keeping district boundaries the same, so as to not favor a political party, is called gerrymandering.

Answer 44

FALSE

Question 45

Junkets are seemingly unnecessary trips to abroad, taken by politicians.

Answer 45

TRUE

Question 46

Pocket veto has nothing to do with the president

Answer 46

FALSE

Question 47

The 22nd amendment restricted the amount of terms a president can have.

Answer 47

TRUE

Question 48

A president is considered a “lame duck” when he loses popularity with the American people

Answer 48

FALSE

Question 49

The line-item veto allows the president to veto parts of the Constitution which he doesn’t agree with.

Answer 49

FALSE

Question 50

The president is kept in the dark regarding military covert operations in order to keep him safe.

Answer 50

FALSE

Question 51

According to the Constitution one of the two responsibilities of the Vice President is to take over for the President at the end of his term.

Answer 51

FALSE

Question 52

The Founding Fathers (or framers) always envisioned the president as the leader of his political party

Answer 52

FALSE

Question 53

There are currently fifteen cabinet offices

Answer 53

TRUE

Question 54

The Brownlow report resulted in the creation of the Executive Office of the President.

Answer 54

TRUE

Question 55

The Vice President presides over the House of Representatives and can vote only to break a tie.

Answer 55

FALSE

Question 56

Three of the six main presidential powers are chief executive, commander-in-chief, and judiciary leader

Answer 56

FALSE

Question 57

Each cabinet member heads a major department of the legislative branch.

Answer 57

FALSE

Question 58

With the passage of the 25th amendment, any Vice President vacancy is to be filled through nomination by the president and confirmation by a majority vote in both houses of Congress.

Answer 58

TRUE

Question 59

Andrew Jackson and Bill Clinton are the only presidents ever to be impeached.

Answer 59

FALSE

Question 60

With the passage of the 22nd Amendment, the Vice President was restricted to two terms.

Answer 60

FALSE