Module 5: 11,12,13,15

the great compromise succesfully resolved differences between ___

large and small states

While each state has two senators, members of the House are apportioned ________.

according to the state’s population

The process of redistricting can present problems for congressional representation because _______

districts are often drawn to benefit partisan groups

Which of the following is an implied power of Congress?

the power to regulate the sale of tobacco in the states

Senate races tend to inspire ______

broad discussion of policy issues

The saying “All politics is local” roughly means _______

the local constituents tend to care about things that affect them

A congressperson who pursued a strict delegate model of representation would seek to ________

legislate in the way he or she believed constituents wanted, regardless of the anticipated outcome

The increasing value constituents have placed on descriptive representation in Congress has had the effect of _____

increasing the number of minority members in Congress

House leaders are more powerful than Senate leaders because of ____

the majoritarian nature of the House—a majority can run it like a cartel

. A select committee is different from a standing committee because _____

a select committee is convened for a specific and temporary purpose, while a standing committee is permanent

Stopping a filibuster requires that _____

the chamber votes for cloture

Saying a bill is being marked up is just another way to say it is being ____

amended

The key means of advancing modern legislation is now ____

the actions of the leadership

The leader of the House of Representatives is the ______

Speaker

Many at the Continental Congress were skeptical of allowing presidents to be directly elected by the legislature because ______

they feared the opportunities created for corruption

Which of the following is a way George Washington expanded the power of the presidency?

He appointed the heads of various federal departments as his own advisors.

How did the election of 1824 change the way presidents were selected?

The selection of the candidate with fewer electoral votes triggered the rise of party control over nominations

Which of the following is an unintended consequence of the rise of the primary and caucus system?

Sometimes candidates unpopular with the party leadership reach the top.

The people who make up the modern president’s cabinet are the heads of the major federal departments and ______

must be confirmed by the Senate

A very challenging job for new presidents is to ___

nominate and gain confirmation for their cabinet and hundreds of other officials

President Theodore Roosevelt’s concept of the bully pulpit was the office’s _____

premier position to pressure through public appeal

The passage of the Tenure of Office Act of 1867 was just one instance in a long line of _____

struggles for power between the president and the Congress

Which of the following is an example of an executive agreement?

The president signs legally binding nuclear arms terms with Iran without seeking congressional approval.

Which of the following problems are associated with the Electoral College?

All of above

The Supreme Court’s power of judicial review _______

enables it to declare acts of the other branches unconstitutional

The Supreme Court most typically functions as ___

an appeals court

In Federalist No. 78, Alexander Hamilton characterized the judiciary as the ________ branch of government.

least dangerous

Of all the court cases in the United States, the majority are handled ____

at the state level

Both state and federal courts hear matters that involve ____

both civil and criminal law

A state case is more likely to be heard by the federal courts when ____

it involves a federal question

Besides the Supreme Court, there are lower courts in the national system called __

district and circuit courts

In standing by precedent, a judge relies on the principle of ______

stare decisis

The justices of the Supreme Court are ___

nominated by the president and confirmed by the Senate

The Supreme Court consists of ________

one chief justice and eight associate justices

A case will be placed on the Court’s docket when ________ justices agree to do so.

four

One of the main ways interest groups participate in Supreme Court cases is by ______

filing amicus curiae briefs

The lawyer who represents the federal government and argues cases before the Supreme Court is the __

solicitor general

When using judicial restraint, a judge will usually __

defer to the decisions of the elected branches of government

When a Supreme Court ruling is made, justices may write a ________ to show they agree with the majority but for different reasons

concurring opinion

Which of the following is a check that the legislative branch has over the courts?

all of the above

During George Washington’s administration, there were ________ cabinet positions.

four

The “spoils system” allocated political appointments on the basis of ______

party loyalty

Two recent periods of large-scale bureaucratic expansion were ____

the 1930s and the 1960s

The Civil Service Commission was created by the ___

Pendleton Act of 1883

The Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 created the Office of Personnel Management and the ________

Merit Systems Protection Board

Which describes the ideal bureaucracy according to Max Weber?

an apolitical, hierarchically organized agency

Which of the following models of bureaucracy best accounts for the way bureaucracies tend to push Congress for more funding each year?

the acquisitive model

An example of a government corporation is ____

Amtrak

The Freedom of Information Act of 1966 helps citizens exercise oversight over the bureaucracy by _____

opening government records to citizen scrutiny

When reformers speak of bureaucratic privatization, they mean all the following processes except ________

whistleblowing