PLS105_25SP Final Exam Review

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What 3 components make up an iron triangle? Options: A congressional committee, the president, and an interest group; The president, an interest group, and the Supreme Court; A congressional committee, a bureaucratic agency, and an interest group; An interest group, the president, and a bureaucratic agency

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A congressional committee, a bureaucratic agency, and an interest group

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If an interest group offers dues-paying members a tote bag, they have provided their members with a _________ benefit.

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Material

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Which theory of media influence is demonstrated by two media outlets discussing unauthorized immigration differently: one focusing on the impacts of deporting people on the agricultural industry and the other on a single instance of an unauthorized immigrant committing a crime?

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Framing

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Members of Congress generally use which type of representation model?

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Politico

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The Trump administration has proposed changing a number of lower-ranking positions in the bureaucracy from being hired as regular jobs to positions the president appoints people to fill. Which principle of bureaucracies does that violate?

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Merit

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When Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas wrote an opinion agreeing with the outcome of the Dobbs case but providing an alternative perspective of why he agreed with the outcome, he wrote a __________ opinion.

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Concurring

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Research demonstrates that the most valuable asset an interest group can provide an elected official is _____________.

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Information

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President Trump's unitary approach to the presidency is best represented by which of the following? His significant use of executive orders, "Going public" through his frequent media appearances, Potential claims of executive privilege, Having members of Congress introduce legislation he wants enacted

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His significant use of executive orders

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What type of primary system does Maine use, where independents can vote in either party's primary?

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Semi-closed

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_____________ selectively incorporated the Second Amendment to the states.

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McDonald vs. City of Chicago