Reference no: EM131789712
American government Questions:
1. American do not vote on -----.
A) ballot initiatives
(B) Mayoral electios
(C) national elections
(D) voter referendums
2. In 1914, the supreme court probhited federal courts from basng decisions on evidence obtained improperly, which is known as the exclusionary rule. In what year did the court stated applying the excusionary rule to states?
(A) 1914
(B) 1939
(C) 1961
(D) 1983
3. Which of the following statements is supported by the bill of rights?
(A) the right to torture a convicted criminal
(B) the right of the government to search someone house or car for no resaon
(C) the right to execute a convited criminal
(D) the right of the governemnt to try a person for the same crime more than once.
4. Shortly before the civil war supreme court decisions helped shift federalism towards the _______ rights.
(A) federal governemnt,
(B) states
(C) slaves
(D) Women
5. Which governemnt systems practise pluralism?
(A) canada and Japan
(B) great Britian, United States
(C) canada, great britian and US
(D) great britian, Japan and US
6. Which of the following is not a way to organize the relationship between national and subnational government level
(A) unitary
(B) solitery.
(C) federal
7. The federalist claimed---- while democratic republicans were led by----.
(A) alexander Hamilton; Aaron Burr
(B) Alexander Hamilton; George Washington
(C) John Adams: Thomas Jefferson
(D) John Admas: Alexander Hamilton
8. Which person is the only Secretary of Defense asked to remain in that office by a newly elected president
(A) Robert Gates
(B) robert McNamara
(C) Condoleeza Rice
(D) Donald Rumsfeld
9. What is not a driving force in US public policy?
(A) public and private policy
(B) the equal rights amendent
(C) politics
(D) the Law
10. Which American leader proposed that foreign policy should be praticed by promoting American economic interests at home and abroad?
(A) Alexander Hamilton
(B) Andrew Jackson
(C) Thomas Jefferson
(D) Woodrow Wilson
11. The serves as a close person, legal and professional advisor to the president
(A) chief of staff
(B) national security advisor
(C) national security councit
(D) vice president