Social Sciences Quiz 3 Study

Democracy means all of the following except_______.
a. Value of individual dignity
b. popular participation
c. majority rule
d. governmental control

Federal mandates __________.
a. provide states with national powers
b. centralize power in Washington
c. encourage voter participation
d. are required by the Constitution

The key structural arrangemants in the U.S. Constitution do not include ______.
a. equality for all
b. republicanism
c. federalism
d. judical review

Not until ________ did Congress curtail the war power of the president.
a. Vietnam
b. Watergate
c. World War II
d. the Korean War

The president does all of the following except________.
a. recommend policies
b. symbolize the community
c. Manage crises
d. nominate person for Senate vacancies

_______ is the process of allocating seat in the House of Representatives to each state based on changes in the population since the last census.
a. Incumbency
b. Reapportionment
c. Redistricting
d. Judical Restraint

Voter turnout during American presidential elections averages approximately ____ percent of the eligible people.
a. 35
b. 75
c. 90
d. 50

______ appears to be the most important determinant of voter turnout.
a. Race
b. Age
c. Education
d. Gender

Which one in not a component of checks and balances _______.
a. Presidential veto
b. the U.S. Senate's power to approve or disapprove a treaty
c. the president's power to propose legislation
d. the U.S. Supreme Court's power of judical review

A famous supporter of the idea of constitutional government was ____.
a. Robespierre
b. John Locke
c. Hobbes
d. John Harrison

The only presidential election in American history decided (to date) by the United States Supreme Court was _________.
a. Adams-Jackson, 1824
b. Cleveland-Harrison, 1888
c. Kennedy-Nixon, 1960
d. Bush-Gore, 2000

The Constitution gave ____ the power to determine how electral college members are chosen.
a. the House of Representatives
b. the voters of each state
c. the electoral college
d. state legislature

As a contract document, the U.S. Constitution owes itr principles to ______.
a. Locke and Jefferson
b. Rousseau and Machiavelli
c. Machiavelli and Montesquiei
d. Paine and Madison

Which is not a valid approach to American history?
a. the great man approach
b. the unending dialogue approach
c. the democratic institutions approach
d. the critical approach

Which of the following is not shared by many Americans?
a. government ownership of most of the land
b. individualism
c. capitalism
d. competition

All of the following are examples of how the West affected American history except_______.
a. new wealth and opportunity
b. upward social mobility
c. settling the slavery issue
d. more open elite system

The Jacksonian Democracy promoted ___________.
a. a philosophy of leveling egalitarianism
b. an aristocracy by birth
c. the ideal of the self-made individual
d. power only obtained through special privilege

It was the ________ who had an interest in the slave and cotton culture.
a. souther elite
b. western elite
c. northern elite
d. abolitionists

The New Deal brought about a change in social philosophy from _________.
a. regard for public welfare to emphasis on private or individual gain
b. individualism to responsibility for welfare of the masses or general public
c. responsibility for mass welfare to emphasis on rugged individualism
d. corporatism to facism

The New Deal _______.
a. reformed capitalism
b. eliminated capitalism
c. left capitalism unchanged
d. was not concerned with capitalism

A major role in reducing support for the Vietnam War was played by _________.
a. Ivy League Universities
b. the movie industry
c. Fidel Castro
d. Television

__________ was a great military victory

Which historian suggested that economic motives played a major part in lead the Founders Fathers to create the U.S. Constitution?
a. Frederick Jackson Turner
b. Henry Steele Commanger
c. Charles Beard
d. Arthur Schlesinger Jr.

The Tet offensive marked the beginning of the end of the presidency of _________.
a. Nixon
b. Ford
c. Lyndon Johnson
d. Kennedy

Which social assistance program did not start under Lyndon Johnson?
a. Social Security
b. Medicaid
c. food stamps
d. Medicare

Which consisted of merchants and manufacturers who depended on wage labor?
a. southern elite
b. northern elite
c. western pioneers
d. only the captains of business

____________ resulted in a separate-but-equal doctrine.
a. Plessy v. Ferguson
b. Brown v. Board of Education
c. Marbury v. Madison
d. Baker v. Carr

The Supreme Court formally reversed itself and declared segregation unconstitutional in the case of _________.
a. University of California v. Bakke
b. Brown v. Board of Education
c. Plessy v. Ferguson
d. Baker v. Carr

The initial civil rights goal was to _______.
a. eliminate popular segregation
b. improve police protection
c. get just compensation
d. eliminate legal segregation

it was the responsibility of _______ to prohibit discrimination practice by some hotel, bar, and restaurant.
a. the president
b. NAACP
c. the Supreme Court
d. the Congress

The impact of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 resulted in ____________.
a. fewer blacks elected to Soutern state legislatures
b. a reduction in private club discrimination
c. the prohibition of discrimination in employment
d. increased black voters registration in the South

The Civil Rights Act of 1965 prohibited discrimination in all of the following except?
a. voting booths
b. public accommodations
c. employment
d. programs receiving federal funds

_________ was the nation's leading supporter of nonviolent protest.
a. Malcolm X
b. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
c. President Kennedy
d. Justice Marshall

Legal immigrants to the United States are most often from which country?
a. China
b. Cuba
c. Mexico
d. India

Due process of law, found in the 5th and 14th Amendments, is guaranteed to ________.
a. every person in the United States
b. Refugees
c. legal citizens only
d. illegal immigrants only

This legislation gave Native Americans land and recognition as nations.
a. Intercourse Act of 1790
b. Indian Territory Act of 1790
c. Indian Reorganization Act of 1825
d. Dawes Act of 1887

The _______ was the name Native Americans gave to their march to Oklahoma.
a. Indian Territory
b. Trail of Hope
c. Trail of Tears
d. Indian Trail

Women in which age group have had the highest percentage of abortions?
a. 15-19
b. 20-24
c. 25- 29
d. 35-39

Which of the following is not established by the Supreme Court as an indicator of sexual harassment?
a. state of mind of the employer
b. unreasonable interference with the work
c. frequency
d. severity of incidents

The civil rights organization was the most visible group in the assault on discrimination and segregation.
a. CORE
b. National Urban League
c. NAACP
d. SLC

All of the following are key advocacy issues for gay and lesbian rights activists except?
a. employment rights
b. housing rights
c. domestic partner benefits
d. adoption rights

____________ is the perception that one is separated from society.
a. Being alone
b. Schism
c. Alienation
d. Separation anxiety

Which of the following is not characteristic of the poor?
a. fierce patriotism
b. self-doubt
c. feeling inferior
d. self-hatred

According to the Cenus Bureau, in 2002 there were about _____ people below the offical poverty level in the United States.
a. 250,000
b. 35 million
c. 2 million
d. 75 million

Poverty is said to be most common in ______ families.
a. Female-headed
b. Hispanic
c. African American
d. White

Those who reject the social psychological view of poverty believe poverty is _______.
a. based only on immigration
b. a result of economic deprivation
c. a result of bad parenting
d. a result of welfare programs

All public assistance programs _________.
a. include Social Security and unemployment compensation
b. were designated to prevent poverty
c. are available to all who qualify, regardless of their wealth
d. are financed out of tax revenues

One of the most obvious events associated with "falling below the poverty line" is
a. changes in technology in industry
b. death of an employed head of household
c. divorce
d. returning to college

With _______ the population of mental hospitals declined sharply between 1960 and 1990.
a. welfare reform
b. deinstitutionalization
c. the onset of new reform programs
d. rising national prosperity

Which president signed the most wide-sweeping welfare reform act in American history?
a. Franklin D. Roosevelt
b. Harry S. Truman
c. Dwight D. Eisenhower
d. Bill Clinton