Chapter One The Study of American Government

Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.1 | 2 American Government, Chapter 1 The view that government, even if democratic in form, is merely a reflection of underlying economic forces is known as the_______________ view of political power. –bureaucratic –pluralist –Marxist –socialist –power elite

Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.1 | 3 American Government, Chapter 1 The view that government, even if democratic in form, is merely a reflection of underlying economic forces is known as the_____________ view of political power. –bureaucratic –pluralist –Marxist (CORRECT) –socialist –power elite

Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.1 | 4 American Government, Chapter 1 Legitimacy is a type of political authority that is conferred by –the people. –elected representatives. –the courts. –law, or by a state or national constitution. –the President.

Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.1 | 5 American Government, Chapter 1 Legitimacy is a type of political authority that is conferred by –the people. –elected representatives. –the courts. –law, or by a state or national constitution. (CORRECT) –the President.

Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.1 | 6 American Government, Chapter 1 All of the following are examples of direct democracy EXCEPT –voters participating in their party's primary election. –voters deciding on referendum issues. –communities directly controlling their individual neighborhoods. –citizens participating in a New England town meeting. –citizens participating in the formulation of a government program.

Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.1 | 7 American Government, Chapter 1 All of the following are examples of direct democracy EXCEPT –voters participating in their party's primary election. (CORRECT) –voters deciding on referendum issues. –communities directly controlling their individual neighborhoods. –citizens participating in a New England town meeting. –citizens participating in the formulation of a government program.

Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.1 | 8 American Government, Chapter 1 According to the authors, politics exists because people differ about two things: who should govern, and –how much government should there be? –who should be able to participate? –how should individual liberties be protected? –which groups should benefit from government policies? –the ends towards which they [government leaders] should work.

Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.1 | 9 American Government, Chapter 1 According to the authors, politics exists because people differ about two things: who should govern, and –how much government should there be? –who should be able to participate? –how should individual liberties be protected? –which groups should benefit from government policies? –the ends towards which they [government leaders] should work. (CORRECT)

Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.1 | 10 American Government, Chapter 1 Pluralist theory argues that –big business dominates the political agenda. –political resources are distributed equally among all groups in society. –America is a democracy in name only. –political resources are divided, so that all relevant interests are able to affect the outcome of decisions. –democracies are always driven by the self-interest of those in power.

Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.1 | 11 American Government, Chapter 1 Pluralist theory argues that –big business dominates the political agenda. –political resources are distributed equally among all groups in society. –America is a democracy in name only. –political resources are divided, so that all relevant interests are able to affect the outcome of decisions. (CORRECT) –democracies are always driven by the self-interest of those in power.