Morone, By The People, Fifth Edition

Morone, By The People, Fifth Edition

© Oxford University Press, 2020.

Chapter 1: The Spirit of American Politics

Test Bank

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 01 Question 1

1) How many public officials, in total, do Americans elect?

Feedback: factual

*a. 500,000

• 300,000
• 700,000
• 100,000

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Title: Chapter 01 Question 2

2) On how many occasions did Americans inaugurate presidential candidates who got fewer popular votes than their opponents?

Feedback: factual

• Ten

*b. Five

• Three
• Thirteen

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 01 Question 3

3) How long are the Supreme Court justices’ terms?

Feedback: factual

• They are elected for a term of two years.

*b. They are appointed for life.

• They are elected every four years.
• They are appointed for a term of ten years.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 01 Question 4

4) The Supreme Court in 1857 ruled that black people were

Feedback: factual

• equal in all respects.

*b. inferior.

• allowed to vote.
• unable to marry.

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Title: Chapter 01 Question 5

5) In a republic, who is in charge?

Feedback: conceptual

*a. The people

• The president
• The Supreme Court
• The bureaucracy

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Title: Chapter 01 Question 6

6) Early America did not live up to the ideal expressed in the first three words of the Constitution, “We the People.” Which of the following groups were actually included in government?(MCQ's Answer are marked with *) 1 / 4

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• Slaves
• Women

*c. White men

• American Indians

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Title: Chapter 01 Question 7

7) What percentage of House Members win reelection?

Feedback: factual

• 85%
• 78%

*c. 95%

• 23%

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 01 Question 8

8) What does the term military-industrial complex mean?

Feedback: conceptual

*a. A network of influence and money flowing between defense contractors, military figures in the Pentagon, and defense policy officials in Congress and the White House

• A complex that housed military and industrial officials
• The collaborative efforts between the military and industrial suppliers
• A military base located in Virginia

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 01 Question 9

9) The idea that those who carry out day-to-day operations of government are in control is known as

Feedback: factual

• pluralist theory.
• elite theory.
• social movement theory.

*d. bureaucratic theory.

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Title: Chapter 01 Question 10

10) The major difference between political theories is

Feedback: conceptual

• who wrote them.

*b. who is in charge.

• who is elected president.
• the major institutions at work.

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Title: Chapter 01 Question 11

11) Benjamin Franklin believed Americans must be _______ to maintain their republic.

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*a. vigilant and active

• quiet and inactive
• willing to run for office
• willing to serve in the military

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Title: Chapter 01 Question 12

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• Multicultural existence

*b. People can influence government through interest groups

• People can influence government through individual advocacy
• One can believe in numerous religions

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Title: Chapter 01 Question 13

13) Where does pluralist theory say that influence is displayed in government?

Feedback: conceptual

• Religious groups

*b. Interest groups

• Political groups
• Unions

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Title: Chapter 01 Question 14

14) According to pluralist theory, where is political power located?

Feedback: conceptual

*a. Interest groups

• Political machines
• Religious groups
• Bureaucracy

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Title: Chapter 01 Question 15

15) Where does elite theory place the location of political power?

Feedback: conceptual

• Richest in government, the judicial branch, and the military
• Richest in college institutions, businesses, and the Central Intelligence Agency
• Richest in unions, corporations, and banks

*d. Richest in government, corporations, and the military

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 01 Question 16

16) What is the source of influence according to those who support elite theory?

Feedback: conceptual

• Status based on economic influence and religious background

*b. Status based on economic influence and leadership position

• Status based on economic influence and academic background
• Status based on economic influence and party affiliation

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Title: Chapter 01 Question 17

17) Those who support social movement theory believe that the location of political power is

Feedback: conceptual

• controversial uprisings and movements.
• religious uprisings and movements.

*c. popular uprisings and movements.

• economic uprisings and movements.

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Title: Chapter 01 Question 18

18) According to social movement theory, government is influenced by

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• strength of student demands.
• strength of union demands.
• strength of private demands.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 01 Question 19

19) Which of the following movements was an example of social movement theory?

Feedback: conceptual

• Tea Party
• Occupy Wall Street
• Civil rights movement

*d. All of the above

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 01 Question 20

20) What theory holds that all political outcomes—elections, the passage of a law, even mass rallies—are the aggregate of the public’s individual interests?

Feedback: conceptual

• Political-choice theory

*b. Rational-choice theory

• Mass-choice theory
• Public-choice theory

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 01 Question 21

21) The four “I’s” the textbook focuses on are

Feedback: factual

• Ideas, institutions, interests, idiosyncrasies
• Ideas, institutions, intelligence, individuals

*c. Ideas, institutions, interest, individuals

• Internationalism, institutions, interest, individuals

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Title: Chapter 01 Question 22

22) Which person brought forward the idea of a “military-industrial complex”?

Feedback: applied

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

*b. Dwight Eisenhower

• Harry Truman
• John F. Kennedy

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 01 Question 23

23) Which of these persons was an American civilian in Iraq after the United States toppled Saddam Hussein in 2003 and founded a public service organization to provide first aid, food, and health care to ordinary Iraqis hurt in the war?

Feedback: factual

• Helen Williamson
• Steven Johnson

*c. Marla Ruzicka

• Henry James

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 01 Question 24

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