POS2041 Test 1

5 Written Questions

1. The belief that one's political participation really matters—that one's vote can actually make a difference.
2. rights that are created in an effort to establish equality, like the right to vote and be
   free from discrimination
3. Cooperation among federal, state, & local governments; "marble cake" federalism
4. Federal and state governments remain clearly separate and independent (layer cake analogy)
5. set of beliefs and values (2 main: Liberal/Conservative)

5 Matching Questions

1. 3/5 Compromise
2. Title IV
3. Jim Crow Laws
4. Conditionally Protected Speech
5. Probability Sampling

1. a Limited rights of blacks. Literacy tests, grandfather clauses and poll taxes limited black voting rights
2. b no person, on the basis of sex, should be denied any opportunity pertinent to education or any activity receiving federal funding.
3. c Every 5 slaves counted as 3 free people; for representation in the House. North/South compromise
4. d obscenity, hostile speech, many banned in school books, commercial speech (no cigarette advertising on tv/radio)
5. e a method used by pollsters to select a representative sample in which every individual in the population has an equal probability of being selected

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. Compromise made by Constitutional Convention in which states would have equal representation in one house of the legislature and representation based on population in the other house
   1. New Federalism
   2. Great Compromise
   3. 3/5 Compromise
   4. Dual Federalism
2. Political speech, the truth, racist speech is okay as long as it is not deemed likely to incite lawless action
   1. Lemon Test
   2. Conditionally Protected Speech
   3. Great Compromise
   4. Absolutely Protected Speech
3. a polling technique in which the questions are designed to shape the respondent's opinion
   1. Government
   2. Public opinion
   3. 3/5 Compromise
   4. Push polling/Measurement Error
4. The struggle for power over leadership, organization, and policies of government
   1. Unitary
   2. Title IV
   3. Politics
   4. Lemon Test
5. the impression conveyed by polls that something is important to the public when actually it is not
   1. Illusion of Saliency
   2. Public opinion
   3. Lemon Test
   4. Political efficacy

5 True/False Questions

1. Lemon Test → 1) The government's action must have a secular legislative purpose; 2)The government's action must not have the primary effect of either advancing or inhibiting religion; 3) The government's action must not result in an "excessive government entanglement" with religion

   True        False

2. Unitary → characterized by or constituting a form of government in which power is held by one central authority (Like France)

   True        False

3. New Federalism → system in which the national government restores greater authority back to the states

   True        False

4. Government → the institution through which a society makes and enforces its public policies

   True        False

5. Unfunded Mandates → 1) The government's action must have a secular legislative purpose; 2)The government's action must not have the primary effect of either advancing or inhibiting religion; 3) The government's action must not result in an "excessive government entanglement" with religion

   True        False