Briannnnn Government Final Review

____ described the Constitution as "who gets what, when, how."

• James Madison

• Abraham Lincoln

• Harold Lasswell

• John Locke

if a government that previously had no limits on what it could do to its citizens way overthrown and replaces with a government that has strict substantive and procedural limits on what it could do, this change would best be characterized as a shift from a(n)

• Constitutional Government to Totalitarian Government

• Authoritarian Government to a Totalitarian Government

• Totalitarian Government to a Constitutional Government

• Totalitarian Government to an Authoritarian Government

The decline in political efficacy in the United States is

• Unlikely to matter at all for the functioning of the American democracy because America's constitutional form of limited government is so well established

• Likely to have negative effects on American Democracy because it will lead to less citizen participation in government

• Likely to have negative effects on American Democracy because it will lead to more citizen participation in government

• likely to have positive effects on American democracy because it will lead to more citizen participation in the government

During the last 50 years, the American population has

• not experienced any regional shifts

• shifted as a result of people leaving the northeast and midwest and moving to the south and southwest

• shifted as a result of people leaving the south and southwest and moving to the northeast and midwest

• shifted as a result of people leaving urban areas and moving to rural areas

Political culture refers to the

• way artists, musicians, filmmakers, and cultural critics use their messages to influence political decision making

• shared values, beliefs, and attitudes that serve to hold a nation and its people together

• system of organizing politically, which is defined historically in the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union

• Formal rules that govern the interaction between the executive, legislative, and judicial branches

____ are the three core values in American politics

• liberty, equality, and democracy

• democracy, patriotism, and the rule of law

• equality, oligarchy, and free enterprise

• anarchy, equality, and patriotism

Which of the following statements about liberty and equality is most accurate?

• In contrast to equality, which requires limits on the scope of government action, liberty implies an obligation for the government to act on behalf of the people

• In contrast to liberty, which requires limits on the scope of government action, equality implies an obligation for the government to act on behalf of the people

• liberty and equality cannot simultaneously exist in a democratic political system

• liberty and equality are two different terms for the idea that political authority ultimately rests in the hands of the people

______ is the core political value most highly prioritized by American conservatives.

• Liberty

• Equality

• Family

• Justice

______ is the most important core value of liberalism.

• Liberty

• Democracy

• Equality

• Justice

The president's power to veto a bill passed by Congress is a good example of