Review Quiz 1.1

Which statement would indicate pluralism in America?

• More than 20,000 interest groups lobby Congress each year

• Citizens are able to vote in local, state, and national elections

• The federal bureaucracy is expanding and more citizens are hired for federal jobs

• American Association of Retired People has a large membership and lots of money

After democratic procedures, a majority vote to impose its belief on a minority. This action

• Violates the standards of procedural democracy

• Violates the theories of democracy

• violates the standards of substantive democracy

• is unconstitutional

New England town meetings are an example of

• participatory democracy

• representative democracy

• oligarchies

• substantive democracy

"Approximately 56% of interest groups do favors for government officials as a means of lobbying"

This statement is an example of

• hyperpluralism

• elite theory

• decentralization

• pluralist theory

Valuing order and equality more than freedom is a characteristic of

• conservatives

• liberal

• libertarians

• communitarians

a referendum is

• decision that resolves a legal matter

• a ballot without true competition for office

• election on a policy issue

• do-over election

Which is a modern objective of government

• providing public goods

• maintaining order

• promoting equality

• defending freedom

one person, one vote

• equal suffrage

• political equality

• representative democracy

• substantive democracy

Modern dilemma of government is the balance of

• equality of opportunity vs equality of outcome

• freedom vs order

• order vs equality

• equality vs freedom

Affirmative Action programs is an example of

• equality of outcome

• political equality

• equality of opportunity

• social equity