The Constitution requires that the government conduct and "actual enumeration" of the population every ten years, known as

In the United States the principle for our structure of limited government is found

The basic premise of Federalism is that

The Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution

What technique is the key to the accuracy of public opinion polls?

The "establishment clause" in the First Amendment

The principle of "judicial review" refers to

The process through which individuals acquire their political orientations and views on government is known as

The Supremacy Doctrine based on Article VI of the Constitution asserts the superiority of

A limited government is based on the principle of

People who feel that they were unfairly denied their right to admission, employment or promotion because of an affirmative action program placed someone of another race, or sex ahead of them, claim

The Civil Rights Movement led by Martin Luther King was based on the philosophy of

To ensure that majority rule does not become oppressive, modern democracies

The clause in Article I, section 8 of the Constitution that grants Congress the power to do whatever they consider appropriate to execute its delegated/enumerated powers is called

The 14th Amendment

When we speak of Civil Liberties in the US, we are mostly referring to the

The longevity of the American Constitution can be attributed to

The Tenth Amendment declares that the powers not delegated to the national government by the Constitution, nor prohibited to the states, are

The case of Gideon v. Wainwright affirmed that states must

The right to privacy as it pertains to abortion applies to all the following cases except

Each branch of the government has a way to exercise some control over the other branches according to the principle of

Recent Supreme Court decisions on abortion, though still upholding the basic right, have granted more regulatory discretion to

The term "enumerated powers" mean

According to the Supreme Court in the case Adarand Construction v. Pena, if any federal, state, or local government wants to implement affirmative action policies, such policies will be subjected to "strict scrutiny" which means that there must be a compelling interest shown and they must be narrowly tailored.

The exclusionary rule holds that

Incorporation theory

Reserved Powers of state governments include the power to

In 1992, the Supreme Court announced a decision concerning abortions in the case Planned Parenthood v. Casey. The Court's ruling declared all of the following provisions unconstitutional EXCEPT

The question(s) before the Supreme Court in McCulloch v. Maryland

The Civil Rights Act of 1964

One of the arguments against Federalism is

In a unitary system, the flow of power is

In the case McCulloch v. Maryland, the Supreme Court

Civil Rights

"implied powers" come from

The Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution

States may not

Barriers that prevented African Americans from voting included

The heart of the controversy that led to the Civil War was the issue of

The Bill of Rights as ratified in 1791, provided for

A person alleging that the local police force unlawfully and illegally seized personal property in their garage against their will is alleging a violation of search and seizure found in what amendment?

In the case Brown v. Board of Education (1954), the Supreme Court held that

Which of the following statements best describes the principle of separation of powers

Of the following, which is a form of political participation

In Plessy V. Ferguson, the Supreme Court ruled that

As a result of the Bakke v. UC Regents case in 1978, which dealt with affirmative action policies

In a representative democracy also known as indirect democracy

Advocacy of positive government action to improve the welfare of individuals is called

The concept of checks and balances allows the

One of the major provisions of the Voting Rights Act 1965 was

The incorporation doctrine is based on which Amendment to the US Constitution

The level of confidence in the findings of a public opinion poll is called

Shay's Rebellion posed a threat to the economic elite at the time

Which of the following statements about the 1936 Literary Digest Magazine poll that predicted Roosevelt's defeat is true?

Which of the following is an example of a public policy enacted through court decisions

The mixing of cultures, ideas, and people that has changed the American nation is known as

Which of the following viewpoints is more likely to be held by a political liberal than a political conservative?

Which rule states that the evidence collected using unconstitutional procedures can not be introduced at a trial?

Which of the following about political participation is true?

Opponents of the Constitution demanded inclusion of the Bill of Rights because they feared abuse of power by state legislatures.

A form of government in which people select representatives to govern and make laws is known as a

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 extended the authority of the state government as a way to try to implement notions of equality.

In Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decided that the right of privacy was broad enough to encompass a woman's right to terminate her pregnancy, though subject to certain state regulations in which a trimester framework was established.

Today, most scientific polling is conducted using

The consistent pattern of women having more liberal attitudes that men is known as

According to pluralist theory, the political actors who have the most influence over public policies are

As a percentage of the total population in the US, which demographic groups is predicted to show the biggest decline in the next 50 years?

Which of the following is not a form of political participation?

Which of the following powers is granted by the Constitution to both the national and state governments?

Which of the following was the most powerful under the Articles of Confederation?

Which of the following protections are contained in the Bill of Rights?

Which Amendment to the US Constitution protects state governments from being sued by private parties?

The Constitutional provisions found in Article I, section 8 of the Constitution, giving Congress the means to execute its powers are examples of denied powers.

When all the power resides in the central government, the political system is a confederation

A couple who gets married in Nebraska and honeymoons in Honolulu is also considered married in Hawaii because of which clause in the Constitution?

Liberals tend to support

The rights to peaceably assemble and petition the government are guaranteed in the

Which of the following demographic groups is the most ideologically conservative.

The provision of the 14th Amendment that prohibits any state from denying any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws is known as the

Which of the following is not true about public opinion polling?

The power of Judicial Review is found in Article III of the Constitution

If the poor participated at higher levels in the political process, what might happen?

Which of the following generally increases with age?

The most common type of participation among Americans is

Supporters of public opinion polling would argue that

Which of the following is most likely to describe the partisanship of a daughter with two Democratic parents?

Which of the following best describes the beliefs about democracy held by the writers of the Constitution?

Which of the following is the primary source of political socialization for young children?

In the 1857 Dred Scott v. Sanford decision, the Supreme Court held that

What displaces parents as a chief source of information as children grow older?

In the American system, which public policy domain is primarily the responsibility of state governments?

What most closely exemplifies equality in voting?

Why is the American Revolution often characterized as being conservative?

If a police officer has a reasonable belief that someone is engaged in criminal activity, that officer can stop and frisk the suspect

Why is the question wording used in public opinion polls so important?

Which of the following best describes America's knowledge of politics?

Our Miranda rights come from procedural rules established to protect people subject to police interrogations, and to protect against self-incrimination.

Amendment V of the Constitution deals with the Amendment process, both proposal and ratification.

What are the two broad classifications on political participation?

Some Political Scientists have argued that Americans are ideologically conservatives but operation liberals. What does this mean?