Chapter 1 Electronic Test (True and False)
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With the benefit of your textbook, supply the correct answer for each of the following questions in the space provided, then forward electronically. Insert a T for True, and F for False.
1. In the 1996 presidential campaign, Senator Bob Dole symbolized the Republican belief in the necessity for a strong national government to regulate people's lives.
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2. In the 1990s, despite trade competition from Japan and other industrialized nations, the United States still could be assured of economic preeminence in the world.
3. Widespread satisfaction with political leaders and the political system, along with a desire for continuity, characterized the national mood in the election of 1992 and in the congressional elections of 1994.
4. The reciprocal nature of democratic power is a basic element of the American political system.
5. An interest group has to be an organized body.
6. In highly developed societies the principal mechanism for resolving differences is government.
7. Instead of examining only institutions, policy analysis looks at what the institutions do.
8. As a result of the 1990 census, southern and western states gained seats in Congress in 1992.
9. A majority of Americans stem from Anglo-Saxon stock.
10.According to Census Bureau data, about 17 percent of Americans change their residence each year.
11. In 1964 New York surpassed California as the most populous state in the Union.
12. The long-range problem of energy resources for the future, and the potential threat to the world's oil supply posed by conflict in the Middle East, underscore the fact that environmental problems are, in the end, political problems.
13. The Vietnam war and the Watergate scandal were followed by almost no questioning of presidential power by the public and by Congress.
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Chief Justice Richard Barajas Advanced Placement U.S. Government and Politics Cathedral High School, El Paso, Texas Last updated: May 30, 2000
