Unit 5 AP Gov Test

When was the House of Representatives current size of 435 members established?

Article I, Section II, Clause III of the U.S. Constitution

The Reapportionment Act of 1929

Apportionment Act of 1911

The 1925 Consensus

Article I, Section II, Clause III of the U.S. Constitution?

What is the name of the era in which the more Americans began to identify themselves as independents rather than Democrats or Republicans?

The New Deal Era

The Jacksonian Era

The Republican Party Era

The Era of Divided Government

The Era of Divided Government

What type of organizations have representation in Washington D.C. lobbying towards causes that benefit their organizations?

Political Action Committees

Institutional Interest Groups

Membership Interest Groups

Political Machines

Membership Interest Groups?

How do third party candidates qualify for federal funding?

The party received at least 10% of the votes in the previous election

The party received at least 5% of the votes in the previous election

The candidate was on the ballot in the previous election

The party was not on the ballot during the previous election

The party received at least 5% of the votes in the previous election

Which limitation did the Federal Election Campaign Act not implement?

$5000 limitation on PAC donations to individual candidates

$1000 limitation on individual donations to candidates

$1000 limitation on individual donations to PACs

$5000 limitation on personal contributions to PACs

$1000 limitation on individual donations to PACs?

What is it called when a candidate is defined by the area that they are coming from?

Bandwagon

Statism

Locationalism

Regionalism

Regionalism

What are districts called where the incumbent wins the election with more than 55 percent of the votes?

Single-Member Districts

Incumbent Districts

Marginal Districts

Safe Districts

Safe Districts

What benefit do incumbent candidates have that allows them to send mail to their constituents without paying postage?

Franking Privileges

Pork-barrel Legislation

Postal Privileges

Federal Funding

Franking Privileges

Which is not one of the three major steps leading to the election of a President?

Primaries and Caucuses

National Conventions

General Election

Campaigning

Campaigning

Which type of primary only allows registered party members to cast votes?

Blanket primary

Open primary

Closed primary

Closed Primary

What two parties formed the first political party system in the United States?

The Federalist Party and the Democratic-Republican Party

The Federalist Party and the Whig Party

The Whig Party and the Democratic Party

The Anti-Federalist Party and the Republican Party

The Federalist Party and the Democratic-Republican Party

Which amendment made it so that senators are elected directly by the people?

21st Amendment

16th Amendment

22nd Amendment

17th Amendment

17th Amendment

What Amendment changed the rules for electors, making it so they would cast one vote for the presidency and one vote for the vice presidency?

12th Amendment

18th Amendment

11th Amendment

17th Amendment

12th Amendment

What is the name of the third party whose political agenda included reform to the coinage of money as well as taxation?

The Green Party

The American Independent Party

The Populist Party

The Bull-Moose Progressives

The Populist Party

Which political party was supported by agrarian interests and believed that the economy should be based on agriculture?

The Anti-Federalist Party

The Democratic-Republican Party

The Federalist Party

The Whig Party

The Democratic-Republican Party

What happens when no candidate receives the minimum number of electoral votes in a presidential election?

The House of Representatives elects the president

The candidate with the most popular votes wins the election

The current president remains in office

The Senate elects the president

The House of Representatives elects the president

Which is not a method used by politicians to raise money to fund their campaigns?

Interest Groups and PACs

State-funded contributions

Direct mail solicitations

Special Events

State-funded contributions

What is an organization looking to influence public policy known as?

Cooperation

Institution

Faction

Interest group

 

Interest group

Political party members with political views that differ from the mainstream party views are known as:

Party loyalists

Plank members

Rank and File members

Fringe members

Fringe members

What happens when the president does not sign a bill that is passed by Congress early in the legislative session?

The bill goes back to Congress for revision

The bill dies

It is vetoed

It becomes a law without the president’s signature

It becomes a law without the president’s signature

Where is a bill sent when it is passed by both the House of Representatives and the Senate, but still contains some differences?

The Rules Committee

A Joint Committee

A Conference Committee

A Sub-Committee

A Conference Committee

Following the election of Richard Nixon in 1968, what political party era did the United States enter?

The New Deal Era

Era of Divided Government

The Progressive Era

The Republican Party Era

Era of Divided Government

What term is used to refer to the likelihood that people will vote and participate in elections?

Voter Intensity

Voting Behavior

Voter Demographics

Political Efficacy

Voter Intensity

What organization used patronage and often failed to follow the will of the people?

Social Services

Caucuses

Political Machines

Interest Groups

Political Machines