AP Gov Chapter 17 Quiz

Issues that people believe require governmental action...

• Majoritarian politics

• Interest group politics

• Logrolling

• Political agenda

The scope of what is illegitimate for the government to do has...

• gotten smaller

• stayed the same

• gotten larger

• disappeared

Organized groups are more likely to work _____ , while unorganized groups are likely to ________.

• loudly; work quietly

• quietly; work quietly

• behind the scenes; take their cause to their streets

• loudly; work loudly

Majority of rioters were all of the following except?

• Young men

• From the North

• Employed in factories

• uneducated

Which institution does no have a major influence on agenda setting?

• Senate

• House of Representatives

• Bureaucracy

• Courts

Compared to elite interests, critical events, and government actions, popular attitudes tend to change..

• quickly

• slowly

• never

• all the time

National policy is ________ being made my the actions of state governments.

• increasingly

• decreasingly

• not

• always

A burden that people believe they must bear if a policy is enacted is known as...

• political responsibility

• benefit

• cost

• duty

Most people want programs that provide substantial benefits at...

• reasonable costs

• low costs

• high costs

• acceptable costs

Policies that impose _____ costs in return for _____ benefits will be avoided.

• high; low

• high; high

• low; low

• low; high