President Clinton

A) only supported welfare reform after Republicans took over Congress in 1994.
B) promised to "end welfare as we know it" in his 1992 campaign.
C) vetoed the Personal Responsibility Act of 1996 just before the election.
D) made welfare reform his top legislative priority in 1993.

Explain the role Martin Luther King, Jr.played in the Civil Rights Movement.

Which of the following is a theoretical assumption of pluralism?

A) Competition among interests will produce balance,with all interests moderating
Each other.
B) Competition among interests will produce extreme public policy,with one interest dominating all others.
C) Only some interests should be free to compete for influence in the United States.
D) All interests are not equally free to compete for influence in the United States.

President Abraham Lincoln's justified his 1861 decision to suspend the writ of habeas corpus
By pointing to which constitutional provision?

A) the "take care clause" of Section 3 of Article II
B) the oath of office at the end of Section 1 of Article II
C) the "vesting clause" of Section 1 of Article II
D) the Tenth Amendment

Since 1900,the percentage of Americans over the age of 65 has ________ while the percentage of Americans under the age of 18 has ________.

A) increased; decreased
B) decreased; increased
C) increased; remained relatively constant
D) remained relatively constant; decreased

What was the main reason why Alexander Hamilton opposed a bill of rights?

A) He believed that too many individual liberties diminished the trust between citizen and government.
B) He believed it was unnecessary for a national government to possess only explicitly delegated powers.
C) He believed that a bill of rights would make the Constitution too specific and cumbersome.
D) He believed that a bill of rights would lead to many frivolous lawsuits.

According to historian Charles Beard,the framers of the Constitution were mostly concerned with

A) pursuing military glory and imperialism.
B) promoting their own economic interests.
C) creating a religious community.
D) creating a form of government that maximized popular sovereignty.

Social media usage tends to

A) have very little impact on politics because most people already have strong political opinions that cannot be shaped by news events.
B) influence the opinions of older Americans only because younger Americans are more skeptical of the information found on social media.
C) exaggerate partisan polarization among the mass public because people pick their own friend networks and can avoid disagreeable ideas.
D) minimize partisan polarization among members of the mass public because people are exposed to new ideas and sources of information.

Which term indicates the retelling of comfortable past pleasantries,events,or situations,and lacks research rigor?

A) Nostalgia
B) Historical research
C) Historiography
D) History

The idea that there is a "penumbra of protection" created by certain amendments in the Bill of Rights is crucial to which constitutional right?

A) Free exercise of religion
B) Privacy
C) Free speech
D) Assembly