industry, this is an example of ______.

Question 1 When a member of Congress from a farming state consistently favors legislation that benefits the dairy industry, this is an example of ______.Answers

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• pork barreling
• national lawmaking
• partisanship
• policy representation

Question 2 The corporate nature of the American media caused ______.Answers

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• newspapers to become more expensive
• newspapers to become remarkably similar
• advertisers to dictate the content of the news
• increased coverage of business news

Question 3 Barbour and Wright characterize the range of ideological debate in the United States as ______.Answers

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• unchanging since the time of the American Revolution
• narrower today than during the Cold War
• wide, but shrinking as libertarians begin to fade from American politics
• relatively narrow compared to many other democracies

Question 4 ______ is an interpretation of a politician’s words or actions designed to present a favorable image.Answers

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• A sound bite
• Priming
• Framing
• Spin

Question 5 The invention of the radio was important for politics because ______.Answers

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• it guaranteed that news reporting would be more accurate
• people were tired of reading newspapers

• it allowed radio hosts and their guests to air their opinions on

politics

• it made news reporting less sensationalized

Question 6 A sensational headline for an online article intended to receive the most traffic rather than inform readers is known as ______.Answers

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• corporate media
• consumer indicator
• gatekeeping
• clickbait

Question 7 The rights given Blacks in the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments did not really help African Americans following the Civil War because ______.Answers

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• Congress, the president, and southern state governments made little effort to enforce

them

• the nation was slow to ratify these amendments
• African Americans were not allowed access to courts
• the amendments did not apply to all the states

Question 8 Which of the following best describes the major difference between anarchy and democracy?Answers

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• There are multiple governments.
• The government controls the economy.
• There is no government.
• The government runs by consensus rather than majority

rule.Question 9 Most politicians like radio and television because these media ______.Answers

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• do not give reporters the opportunity to ask questions
• always allow for interaction with audiences
• are inexpensive
• allow politicians to reach a broad audience without the adversarial questions of print

reporters Question 10

Which of the following is an example of a procedural policy?

Answers:a. Title IX

• affirmative action
• busing
• The Civil Rights Act of 1964

Question 11 The impact of the deregulation of broadcast journalism by the 1996 Telecommunications Act has been to ______.

Answers:a. increase competition in the news media

• increase the possibilities of media

monopoly

• increase newspaper circulation
• increase the quality of news coverage

Question 12 The 1996 Telecommunications Act ______.Answers

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• prohibited broadcast networks from owning cable stations
• created the equal time rule
• exempted cable stations from the same standards of fairness and decency required of

broadcast stations

• allowed ownership of multiple broadcast stations as long as those stations did not

reach more than 35% of the market Question 13 Which of the following is unconstitutional?Answers

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• fulfilling quotas of minorities in school

admissions

• desegregating schools with busing
• economic boycotts
• affirmative action programs in hiring

Question 14 What is the defining difference between authoritarian governments and democratic governments?Answers

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• balance of power between government and citizens
• size of the executive branch and role of the judiciary
• frequency of voting and elections

• general level of wealth and prosperity of their publics

Question 15 Congress balances responsibilities to voters, national problems, and ______.

Answers:a. party

• the Supreme Court
• the president
• symbolic

representation Question 16 A reporter looking at the ways cell phone companies overcharge their customers is an example of ______ journalism.Answers

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• interpretive/investigator
• muckraker
• disseminator
• gatekeeper

Question 17 Which statement best describes the distribution of power during the founding period?Answers

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• The nation was composed of competing elites.
• The divisiveness of the new nation’s elites led to a stalemate in the attempt to solve the

nation’s problems.

• The new nation’s elites were particularly concerned with promoting voters’ rights.
• The new nation’s elites went to great lengths to promote equality among ordinary

citizens.Question 18 Which of the following is an example of national law making?Answers

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• The Civil Rights Act was passed by Congress in 1964.
• when Texas or California adopts new educational standards other states usually follow
• the president endorsing a candidate in a state senate race
• when the Supreme Court hears a case and determines a verdict

Question 19 According to studies, Americans tend to be ______.Answersa. not very knowledgeable about politics