USG (9) Week EOY Review

How did media coverage of the Vietnam War influence society in the 1960s?

• No media was presented showing the war

• Nightly TV showing the ugliness of war decreased public support

What would be the best title for the box?

Voting

Contributions

Contracting policy makers

• Interest Groups

• Individuals

The U.S. Constitution mandates that a census is taken every ten years for the purposes of —

• deciding on the number of United States Senators to represent each state

• apportioning the number of members in the U.S. House of Representatives

Which major political tradition argues that a legitimate government is based on the consent of the governed?

• Republicanism

• Natural Rights

• Communism

The compromise that created popular representation in the House of Representatives created a debate about —

• counting enslaved people

• voting rights for women

Why is a written constitution important to limited governments?

• It details the political theory that is the foundation of the political system.

• It provides the purposes of the government and defines the rights of citizens.

By adopting the Bill of Rights, the Founding Fathers demonstrated a belief in the importance of —

• republicanism

• individual rights

• federalism

The Founding Fathers chose to establish a federal system in order to

• model the government after the one in Britain

• concentrate government power at the national level

• create a government with divided power

Which of the following is one way the federal government acts to fulfill the purposes of government detailed in excerpt?

• By creating a space agency

• by establishing a Supreme Court to interpret it

• By granting the legislature veto power

How are the offices of the legislative branch of both the United States and Texas usually filled?

• by petition

• by election

• By succession & appointment