AP Gov Final Exam Review

The U.S. Supreme Court has used which of the following to incorporate the Bill of Rights into state law?

• Necessary and Proper Clause

• Fourteenth Amendment

• Judiciary Act of 1789

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Voting Rights Act of 1965

The expansion of direct primary elections has had the effect of

• reducing the number of independents

• reducing the power of state gov'ts

• minimizing the importance of the Electoral College

• weakening the power of political party bosses

Lobbying is protected by which provision of the Bill of Rights?

• Freedom of petition

• Protection against search and seizure

• Eminent domain

• Protection against double jeopardy

Some critics of the No Child Left Behind Act claim that the act is contrary to the principle of

• Separation of powers

• Judicial review

• Popular sovereignty

• Federalism

Candidates for political office use public opinion polls for all of the following purposes EXCEPT to

• Assess recognition of the candidate's name

• Measure voters' support for the candidate's issues

• Bring the opposition's opinions into alignment with those of the candidate

• Identify key issues among the voters

Since the 1990s, which has been most strongly supportive of Republican presidential candidates?

• New England

• The Pacific Coast

• Inner cities

• Racial Minorities

• The South

The term "permanent Congress" is associated with the

• Long interval between congressional elections

• Establishment of Congress by Article I of the Constitution

• Infrequency with which congressional leadership changes

• Lack of turnover of congressional membership

Which of these was favored by James Madison?

• Direct democracy

• Constitutional monarchy

• Autocracy

• Confederation

• Republic

All of these play a direct role in developing the federal budget EXCEPT

• Congress

• Congressional Budget Office

• President

• Office of Management and Budget

• Federal Reserve Board

Habeaus corpus is a protection against

• Taxation without representation

• Cruel and unusual punishment

• Arbitrary arrest

• Ex post facto laws

• Bills of attainder