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PLSC 2003 – American National Government – Pre-Test
This is simply an assessment measure. It WILL NOT count toward your grade in any manner.
Please circle one answer per question.
1. Which of the statements about voter turnout in the United States is true?
a. Voter turnout is significantly higher in the United States than other democracies.
b. Voter turnout tends to be significantly lower in the United States than other democracies.
c. Voter turnout in the United States is at the level of most democracies.
d. Voter turnout in the U.S. presidential elections varies wildly and can range from 10 percent of eligible voters to 80 percent of eligible voters.
2. What statement about voter registration is false?
a. Unlike in some democracies, voter registration in the United States has historically been the responsibility of the individual citizen, not the government.
b. During certain eras, states have used laws to discourage registration and voting by certain racial and socio-economic groups in their population.
c. In recent decades, the Supreme Court has not allowed states to use literacy tests and poll taxes to disenfranchise voters.
d. With the enactment of the Motor-Voter Act of 1993, citizens found it more difficult to register to vote.
3. In 1978, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in University of California Regents v. Bakke that:
a. All affirmative action plans are unconstitutional.
b. All schools must use race as the sole factor when deciding admission.
c. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was unconstitutional.
d. Race can be used as one of many factors when deciding college admissions.
4. In Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, the U.S. Supreme Court held that:
a. Ethnic minorities have no rights to equal treatment.
b. The segregation of public school facilities by race violates the equal protection clause of the Constitution.
c. The national government does not have the power to force any type of action on local school boards.
d. Separation of races for certain reasons does not violate the Constitution.
5. How interested are you in becoming a Political Science major or minor?
a. Already a Political Science major/minor
b. Very interested
c. Somewhat interested
d. Unsure/maybe
e. Somewhat disinterested
f. Very disinterested
1. Autocracy
2. Oligarchy
3. Democracy
Pre-Test
1. Constitutional
2. Authoritarian
3. Totalitarian
Bargaining: Informal and Formal
Collective Action
Free Riders--enjoying the benefits while others absorb the costs
Public Goods-goods that may be enjoyed by everyone --parks, roads, air
Tragedy of the Commons-over use of common materials
All political behavior has a purpose.
Governments respond to what people want.
Government is Instrumental; everything is done with purpose
Political behavior is a product of individual goals which are ______________________
Problems are recurring......
What are institutions?
procedures and rules that provide incentives for political behavior
What is a jurisdiction?
Agenda Power
Veto Power
Delegation
Principal-agent relationship
Transaction Costs
Why are the Principles important?
They are lens which help us understand politics.
Ex.
1. Affirmative action-history principle
2. Declaration of War/War on Terror-Institutional principle
3. Trump running for President
How we got here matters.....path dependency
History helps explain
1. Rules and Procedures (Voter Rules and Regulations-Progressive Era)
2. Loyalties and Alliances (Jewish support of Democrats)
3. History shapes current viewpoints (current Syrian refugee crisis)
What are politics?
Political Outcomes are the Products of the following:
Rational principle-concerned with individuals needs and responses
Collective Action-concerned with group needs and responses
Institutional Principle-concerned with problems that are recurring and the institutions that can help
Political Outcomes equal Policy