front 1 True or False, Groups that stay within the political mainstream tend to be more infuential | back 1 T |
front 2 Most PACs are registered with the Federal Election Commission | back 2 T |
front 3 PACs are especially significant at the national level for presidential campaigns | back 3 F |
front 4 The Influence of agricultural organization has been on the rise since the Reagan administration | back 4 F |
front 5 Less than two percent of the African American population belongs to the NAACP | back 5 T |
front 6 The influence of the Christian Right declined dramatically in the late 1980s | back 6 T |
front 7 When parties recruit and train political leaders, they are performing one of their electoral functions | back 7 T |
front 8 Political parties are formally sanctified in Article II, Section 4 of the constitution | back 8 F |
front 9 The Democratic Party was the first truly national party | back 9 T |
front 10 A system of proportional representation encourages the development of a two party system | back 10 F |
front 11 Third parties have had very little influence on the American political system | back 11 F |
front 12 The relationship between the national, state, and local level party organizations follows a strict hierarchical pattern | back 12 F |
front 13 Throughout the 1970s and 1980s party discipline and coordinations seemed to deteriorate | back 13 T |
front 14 The increase in the number of single-issue interest groups has contributed to the resurgence of political parties based on new coalitions | back 14 F |
front 15 The political parties have shown a keen ability to eventually adapt to changing circumstances | back 15 T |
front 16 What theory sees power as dispersed among many different centers of power? | back 16 pluralism |
front 17 The more politically influential groups of in America tend to be ___________. | back 17 mainstream |
front 18 What is the major means by which interest groups try to create public support or sympathy for their political goals? | back 18 The mass media |
front 19 The Federal Election Act of 1974 set the limit on individual contributions to candidates at ______ | back 19 $1,000 |
front 20 Which of the following is true about lobbyists? | back 20 They are important channels by which PAC money get to legislators |
front 21 What does the iron triangle of American politics consist of? | back 21 interest group representatives, legislators, and administrators |
front 22 Regarding the judicial process, interest groups | back 22 use class action suits to further their causes |
front 23 Which is true of the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organization? | back 23 It spearheads political activity on behalf of organizaed labor |
front 24 Which of the following statements about the National Organization for Women is false? | back 24 It is not actively involved in electoral politics |
front 25 Which of the following is true of most African Americans? | back 25 They support the Democratic Party |
front 26 In recent years, what has been the most important political issue concerning religious groups? | back 26 abortions |
front 27 What does the term Americans for Democratic Action stand for? | back 27 ideological group |
front 28 Which of the following is an example of a single-issue group? | back 28 National Right-to-Life Commitee |
front 29 Which factor helps contribute to stability in the American system of interest group politics? | back 29 cross cutting cleavages |
front 30 When a pluralistic system becomes paralyzed when too many interest groups refuse to compromise this is known as | back 30 interest group gridlock |
front 31 What is the main difference between groups and parties? | back 31 interest groups do not run candidates for public office |
front 32 All except which of the following are socialization functions of political parties? | back 32 giving coherence to governmental policy |
front 33 All except which of the following are electoral functions of political parties? | back 33 educating citizens of mobilizing them into political action |
front 34 Each party system evolved from predecessor in a relatively short period of political turmoil and change called | back 34 realignment |
front 35 Which was the first truly political party? | back 35 Democratic Party |
front 36 What was the underlying cause for the shift from the Fourth American Party System to the Fifth? | back 36 The Great Depression |
front 37 Since 1968, where has the most dramatic shift in voting patterns been? | back 37 the South |
front 38 A multiparty system is most likely to occur when the electoral system is based on _________. | back 38 proportional representation |
front 39 Which of the following is true of third parties in the American political system? | back 39 They have forced the major parties to address important issues |
front 40 All EXCEPT which of the following activities occur in the party's national convention? | back 40 choosing the party's congressional leaders |
front 41 Which of the following statements about the party in the electorate is FALSE? | back 41 Party identification is very stable over time |
front 42 Which of the following is part of the evidence that politics and parties were in decline by the 1970s and 1980s? | back 42 a decrease in the percentage of people who identified with a politica party |
front 43 Which of the following is considered a cause of party decline? | back 43 the rise of public welfare system |
front 44 Which of the following is not a consequence of party decline? | back 44 Power becomes more centralized |
front 45 Which of the following facts is evidence that the party in government is in resurgence? | back 45 Congressional campaign committees have been strengthened |
front 46 Federalism no 10 Federal election act of 1974 Iron triangle class action suits melting pot Abortion cross cutting cleavage gridlock socialization realignment Whig plurality platform coalition republicanism | back 46 no data |
front 47 James Madison wrote in ___________ about the dangers of fractions | back 47 Federalism No. 10 |
front 48 PACs blossomed into prominence as a result of the | back 48 Federal election act of 1974 |
front 49 Interest groups legislators, and administrators are sometimes called the _____________ of American politics | back 49 iron triangle |
front 50 America has been known as the ____________ society because it consists of people of people of all races and nationalities | back 50 class action suits |
front 51 No issue in recent years has drawn religious groups more into political fray than | back 51 abortion |
front 52 The tendency for different coalition of interest groups refusing to compromise develops, the situation is called an interest group | back 52 cross cutting cleavage |
front 53 When overabundance of interest groups refusing to compromised develops, the situation is called an interest group | back 53 gridlock |
front 54 One of the _________ functions of parties to educate citizens and mobalize | back 54 socialization |
front 55 A change in party systems occurs after a short period of political turmoil and exchange called ___________ | back 55 Realignment |
front 56 In the 2nd American Party System, the spiritual descendant of the Federalist Party was the ______________ party | back 56 Whig |
front 57 One of the major reasons why the United states has a two-[arty system is because of system of __________ elections | back 57 plurality |
front 58 A statement of political party's proposed program is called its | back 58 platform |
front 59 All of the groups of people who together make up the main supporters of a particular party are called the party's __________ | back 59 coalition |
front 60 The increase in party identification since 1978 has primarily benefited the ________________ party. | back 60 Republican |