A.   The development of DARE and other drug education programs

B.   Federal law enforcement efforts and foreign aid

C.   Public service announcements and similar public relations efforts

D.   Efforts to curb drug experimentation in suburban areas

A.   Interferes with the flow of interstate commerce

B.   Violates the Fourteenth Amendment

C.   Violates the Thirteenth Amendment

D.   Contradicts the rulings in the Civil Rights Cases of 1883.

A.   State and local governments more power over important public policies

B.   The national government less control over foreign and defense policy

C.   The national government more control over state and local affairs

D.   State and local governments less control over federal funds

A.   anarchy

B.   participatory democracy

C.   elite democracy

D.   populist democracy

E.   pluralist democracy

A.   Cognitive dissonance

B.   Cognitive ideation

C.   Conceivable detraction

D.   Denial

A.   Incorporated important parts of state law into the Bill of Rights

B.   Made parts of the Bill of Rights apply to state governments

C.   Selectively revised the meaning of several civil rights

D.   Limited the states’ powers to incorporate cities and towns

A.   they would likely create tension between minorities

B.   they would create a split between the North and the South

C.   they would try to eliminate the system of checks and balances in the Constitution

D.   they would likely pit the haves and have-nots against each other

E.   certain factions might replace the legislature

A.   From other citizens, not from the government

B.   From government action, not from other citizens

C.   Of individual freedoms, not criminal rights

D.   Of majority freedoms, not minority rights

A.   Separation of powers

B.   Republicanism

C.   Popular sovereignty

D.   Checks and balances

A.   National security

B.   Libel

C.   Prior restraint

D.   Obscenity

A.   assessment

B.   maturation

C.   acculturation

D.   socialization

A.   were not successful until the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment

B.   essentially ended by the time Reconstruction was completed and were not reinitiated until the civil rights era

C.   were blocked by Republicans in Congress

D.   were not successful until the passage of the Fourteenth Amendment

E.   were generally successful with few exceptions

A.   Political activists

B.   Those with money and power

C.   Office-holders

D.   Foreigners

E.   Neighbors

A.   The national government began to grant all of its aid to the state governments.

B.   Cities and local governments began to receive grants directly from the national government.

C.   The national government reduced its grants-in-aid to city governments.

D.   Urban governments became more dependent on states for aid.

A.   Right to a speedy trial by an impartial jury

B.   Implied powers

C.   Reserved powers

D.   Right to qualified representation in the case of criminal suit

A.   Socialism, in which economic decisions are made by the government

B.   Social democracy, in which government plays an enormous role in ensuring substantive guarantees of fair outcomes for all citizens

C.   Pure capitalism, in which all means used to produce material resources are privately owned

D.   Pure laissez-faire capitalism, in which the government has no economic role at all

E.   Regulated capitalism, in which business has substantial freedom from government interference, but the government does step in and regulate the economy to guarantee individual rights

A.   The Supreme Court has used the power very infrequently against acts of Congress.

B.   It is not mentioned in the Constitution.

C.   It includes the powers to declare acts of government unconstitutional and to interpret the meaning of all federal and state laws.

D.   It was claimed for the Supreme Court in the case of Marbury v. Madison.

E.   It was used only once before 1857.

A.   Important because religion teaches moral values that are often applied to politics

B.   Unimportant because churches don’t openly take positions on political issues

C.   Unimportant because few political people are religious

D.   Important as the main source of a person’s sense of political efficacy

A.   were commonly used by nineteenth-century presidents

B.   allow the president to fulfill the office of president as the founders intended

C.   are unconstitutional according to the Supreme Court

D.   were more often used in the nineteenth century by weak presidents

E.   have been used to expand the powers of the presidency beyond what is explicitly stated in the Constitution

A.   Congress can never agree on a course of action when it comes to military decisions

B.   public opinion tends to rally around presidents when they deem military action necessary abroad, and Congress has declined to challenge such presidents

C.   everyone agrees the Supreme Court would probably declare the law unconstitutional

D.   Congress has no power under the War Powers Act

E.   the provisions of the act are vague and make it easy to ignore

A.   a felony

B.   a tort

C.   an infraction

D.   a crime

E.   a misdemeanor

A.   gerrymandering

B.   discipline

C.   polarization

D.   identification

E.   activism

A.   was a traditional action taken by presidents to signify their agreement with Congress

B.   created agreements between presidents and the heads of foreign governments

C.   was a strictly ceremonial act with no significance

D.   helped to clarify for executive agencies how they are to implement laws

E.   threatened the system of separation of powers

A.   slightly higher and holding steady

B.   much lower

C.   slightly behind but catching up gradually

D.   much higher

E.   roughly the same

A.   liked the sound of “pursuit of happiness” better

B.   could not remember what Locke had actually said

C.   wanted to reflect the views of the colonists

D.   was trying to avoid the suggestion the Declaration was arguing for the protection of slavery

E.   was trying to gain the support of those who had little property to protect