Chapter_20_American_Democracy_Then_and_Now

Chapter_20_American_Democracy_Then_and_Now

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

1. The text suggests that the Supreme Court’s restriction of the government’s authority was probably
2. the by-product of high levels of education among the members of the
3. engineered by the various chief
4. largely contrary to public
5. largely consistent with public
6. the logical consequence of reliance on

ANSWER:                           d

REFERENCES:                   The Old versus the New System

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:  AGIP.WILS.17.20.1 – LO20.1

2. One of the great puzzles surrounding the ever-increasing expectations we have of government is the fact that
3. the Constitution is designed to make it difficult for government to
4. the federal courts have facilitated these
5. few government officials have welcomed such
6. Americans seem to know less and less about government and
7. political participation has continually

ANSWER:                           a

REFERENCES:                   The Old versus the New System

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:  AGIP.WILS.17.20.1 – LO20.1

3. Even in the 1930s, public opinion polls showed
4. that as many as half the voters were skeptical of a federal unemployment compensation
5. that over 90 percent of Americans was supportive of Social
6. that most Americans were against the national highway system being built at the
7. that most Americans wanted an activist foreign
8. None of these choices is

ANSWER:                           a

REFERENCES:                   The Old versus the New System

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:  AGIP.WILS.17.20.1 – LO20.1

4. When the Supreme Court declares that a feature of the Bill of Rights is applicable to the states as well as the federal government, we say that feature has been

ANSWER:                           e

REFERENCES:                   The Old versus the New System

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:  AGIP.WILS.17.20.1 – LO20.1

5. The Supreme Court used this amendment to the Constitution to apply most of the provisions of the Bill of Rights to state
6. Eleventh Amendment
7. Fourteenth Amendment
8. Fifth Amendment
9. Twenty-second Amendment
10. Twenty-fourth Amendment

ANSWER:                           b

REFERENCES:                   The Old versus the New System

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:  AGIP.WILS.17.20.1 – LO20.1