AP Gov Exam Review #3 Spring 2017

One party controls the White House and another party controls one or both houses of Congress. 

• Ad Hoc Structure
• Pyramid Structure
• Divided Government 
• Gridlock 

Which of the following are cabinet departments of the bureaucracy?
I. Veterans Affairs
II. Agriculture
III. White House Counsel
IV. Transportation 

• I and IV only 
• I, II, and III
• I, II, and IV
• III and IV only

Which is true of the Electoral College?

• Candidates may lose the popular vote but win the Electoral College
• Most states award delegates proportionally
• It is enshrined in the 11th Amendment
• It forces candidates to focus on rural states

The main difference between a political party and an interest group is...

• interest groups want more members, parties do not
• parties are concerned with issues, interest groups are not
• interest groups raise money, parties do not
• parties nominate candidates for office, interest groups do not

Which of the following amendments had nothing to do with expanding the right to vote?

• 15

• 17

• 19

• 22

Who is up for reelection in a "midterm" election

• 435 House members only
• 435 House members and 33 Senators
• 435 House members, 33 Senators, and the President
• 435 House members and the President

One effect of gerrymandered districts is...

• increased election of moderate candidates
• higher rate of incumbent reelection
• decades of Republican control of the House
• the nomination of very liberal federal judges

When a voter casts a ballot for a Republican Presidential candidate but a Democratic Senate candidate, he/she has cast a _____________ vote.

• straight-ticket
• partisan
• split-ticket
• gridlock

The clause in the United States Constitution that states that federal law will prevail in the event of a conflict between federal and state law is known as the 

• necessary and proper clause 
• supremacy clause
  
• equal protection clause 
• confrontation clause 

In Roe v. Wade, the majority of Supreme Court justices determined that 

• a constitutional right to privacy necessitated making contraceptives legal 
• abortions could be performed only during the first twelve weeks of a pregnancy 
• homosexuality is unconstitutional
  
• the United States Constitution implies a right to privacy and thus made abortions legal