Frq Chapter 11-14

Question 0

Explain how credit claiming and campaign finance contribute to incumbency advantage

Answer 0

Credit claiming-
Look at what I’ve done (people tend to vote for people who are experienced and do good things)
Campaign finance- buy more advertisement and get more awareness

Question 1

Identify two factors that contribute to incumbency advantage

Answer 1

Credit claiming and campaign finance

Question 2

Discuss one consequence of incumbency advantage for us political process

Answer 2

It becomes stagnant there is a lack of fresh ideas and there would be the same kind of policy with no change.

Question 3

Discuss two reasons why the framers created bicameral legislature

Answer 3

To compromise between big states and small states, they wanted lawmaking to be a slow process and deliberate, and it is a check on majority tyranny

Question 4

Identify one power unique to the House of Representatives and explain why the framers have it to them

Answer 4

Infinite spending bills, impeach officials in executive judicial court, choose president in electoral collage has no majority—> represents the people cause they are closely tied to them

Question 5

Identify one power unique to the senate and explain why the framers gave it

Answer 5

Advice and consent, treaty ratification, hold trial of impeachments of officials
–> done by a group of people not closely tied to the people and by intrest of the states

Question 6

Define congressional reapportionment and explain one reason why it is important to the state

Answer 6

Redistributing house seats to the number of seats state has in house of reps. ( gain seats more influence less seat less influence) and ( more electoral votes more seats and less electoral votes less seats )

Question 7

Define congressional redistricting

Answer 7

Redrawing of boundaries of the congressional district with in states

Question 8

Explain two goals o politicians when they gerrymander during redistricting

Answer 8

Increase minority to make it fair, make it eater for members of own party strength in the house by winning house seats

Question 9

Describe to limits that the United States Supreme Court has placed on congressional redistricting

Answer 9

Each district must have same number of constituents as in any other state (equally populated)
No district is based sole on race or minority

Question 10

Describe two advantages the majority party in the U.S. has in lawmaking

Answer 10

Majority party holds, and they have all the leaders of the committee seats

Question 11

Describe two differences between house and senate rules that may make it likely that legislation may pass in one chamber but not in the other

Answer 11

Rules are strict and more formal in the house, while in the senate it is less stricter and less formal, senate can use filibusters and holds while the house when debating is limited

Question 12

Explain how the differences identified in b can lead to the passage of a bill in one but not the other

Answer 12

Filibusters make it less likely to pass a bill in the senate and a hold will hold the bill in the senate and it will not get voted on while in the house of reps the vote on it weeks ahead

Question 13

Specialization for congressional committee

Answer 13

It allows them to be experts on a given area, makes you less dependent on outside sources

Question 14

Logrolling on congressional committees

Answer 14

Congress support each other’s bill, more likly to get majority vote in it

Question 15

Party representation on committees

Answer 15

Reflects the actual division o seats in the chamber, you’d expect to have half o the committee seats

Question 16

Identify two ways party leadership in congress influences legislative process

Answer 16

Enforce party (discipline) I'm going to take you out of your favorite committee 
Agenda setting through rules committee

Question 17

Identify two characteristic of a valid scientific public opinion poll

Answer 17

Random sample, representative of general population, un bias
Fairly large sample
Small margin of error

Question 18

Explain how public opinion effect congress voting

Strong public opinion

Answer 18

Influence how they vote because thy want to reflect the wishes of their constituents (instructed delegate(

Question 19

Explain how public opinion effect congress voting

Competing re election

Answer 19

Tight race, vote toward public opinion might get vote from consitituent

Question 20

Legislator voting record limit by public opinion

Answer 20

Didn’t want to be seen as a flip flipper and want to be consistent

Question 21

Party leadership limit influence of public opinion

Answer 21

Loose party support or gain party super by voting for their constituents

Question 22

Two factors that decrease presidential approval ratings

Answer 22

Scandel you loose respect

Unsuccessful war effort - people die for no reason

Question 23

Identify two factors increase apricot ratings

Answer 23

Succesful war effort people gather around the flag

Good economy

Question 24

Describe constitutional conflict between president and congress about deductions to go to war

Answer 24

Congress is the only one allowed to declare war | President is the cammander and chief of the military

Question 25

Describe to provisions of the wars power act

Answer 25

President must notify congress 48 hours of committing troops and they are limited to 60 days unless said other wise

Question 26

Other powers of congress in war making

Answer 26

Stop or on the funding for the wars Treaty checking by senate Impeach president in feel president overstepping bounds of power

Question 27

Two problems of divided government poses for the president in make ing federal appoint ment

Answer 27

President is opposite of congress part it is harder to get the senate to confirm your nominees Narrows the field of choice for nominees

Question 28

Identify and explain two way president over comes appoint ment process form divided government

Answer 28

Bullet proof candidates like minority or women | Threatening to veto, deal maker with congress log rolling

Question 29

Identify two formal constitutional powers of president makeing foreign. Policy

Answer 29

Sign forign treaty with other country, commander and chief of military, appoint. And receive ambassadors, grant and hold recognition

Question 30

Two formal constitutional powers of congress to foreign policy

Answer 30

Declare war sore oval president ambassadors Power of the purse Regulate commerce with other country

Question 31

Two informal powers president has over congress

Answer 31

Executive agreement with forign country, has more access to info then congress that they don't have acces too

Question 32

Environmental protection agency does what

Answer 32

They are an environment agency for clean air and water | They madate inspections of testing water for dirt water

Question 33

Federal commissions fcc does what

Answer 33

Electronic media regulation | They fine people who fail to show desincy on teliviosion and sell licens

Question 34

Federal reserve board does what

Answer 34

Monitory policy | They regulate money in circulation and set up bank intros rates

Question 35

Stare decisis

Answer 35

Is when the court follows president | Which they will differ to older cars for current case

Question 36

Judicial activism

Answer 36

More likely to strike down on laws and checking other the other two branches of government

Question 37

Process of writ of certiorari

Answer 37

If 4 of the 9!judges want to accept the appeal the higher court will ask the lower court to send up record s for case review