FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT GOVERNMENT TEST 3

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FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT GOVERNMENT TEST 3

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-Guarantee passing score -372 Questions and Answers -format set of multiple-choice -Expert-Verified Explanation Question 1: Which of the following have been critical of the federal bureaucracy because they feel that it leads to the welfare state and the concentration of power in Washington, D.C.?

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Republicans and conservatives

Question 2: The Civil Service Reform Act

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was an attempt to reform the inefficiency and corruption that appeared to result from the "spoils system"

Question 3: The War Powers Resolution of 1973 is an example of

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reassertion of congressional authority.

Question 4: The Articles of Confederation were ratified by the states in

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1781.

Question 5: Cabinet departments account for _____% of the federal workforce.

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60

Question 6: An example of a government corporation would be the

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Tennessee Valley Authority Question 7: The president who reached out to public opinion by using his office as a "bully pulpit" was

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Teddy Roosevelt Question 8: What happens if no presidential candidate receives a majority of the electoral vote?

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The election is thrown into the House of Representatives Question 9: The president, under Article II, has the power to make treaties limited by

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the advise and consent of the Senate.Question 10: The impeachment trial in the Senate of a president is presided over by the

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Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

Question 11: The chief justice

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presides at the conference.

Question 12: Plea Bargaining is a process by which

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a defendant pleads guilty in exchange for a lighter sentence.

Question 13: During the 1999-00 term, the Supreme Court handed down verdicts in _____ cases.

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74 Question 14: In the 107th Congress, the Senate has _____ committees and ________ subcommittees.

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16, 68

Question 15: Most traditional criminal offenses (murder, theft, arson) are defined and tried at

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state level.Question 16: Most presidents in the last two decades have been judged rather harshly. This may be because

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all of the above.Question 17: The chair of a committee can prevent action on a bill, but the full House can force a bill to be reported to the floor through the use of a

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discharge petition.

Question 18: Presided over by the Speaker

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House only Question 19: The Supreme Court has had _______ African-American members in its history.

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2 Question 20: The Supreme Court will hear a case if ________ justices vote to do so.

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4

Question 21: According to Thomas Cronin, a president has a number of ways to get his bills passed by Congress including

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all of the above.

Question 22: Federal judges can be removed

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only by impeachment.

Question 23: A WRIT OF CERTIORARI by the Supreme Court orders

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a lower court to send it the record of a case for review.

Question 24: The first truly national legislature in the colonies was the

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First Continental Congress.Question 25: The Pendleton Act established the principle of ________ federal hiring.

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merit Question 26: Which of the following is a correct statement concerning the bureaucracy in the United States?

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all of the above Question 27: The firing of public office-holders of a defeated political party, and their replacement with loyalists of the victorious political party, is called the

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spoils system.

Question 28: Nearly one-third of all federal employees work for the

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Postal Service.