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Chapter 1: Democracy and American Politics

True/False Quiz

True/False Quiz


This activity contains 17 questions.

	The right to vote in elections is important, but not necessarily fundamental to democracy.    True  False

	The first of the freedom schools was founded in McComb, Mississippi, by a remarkable young man named Robert Parris Moses.    True  False

	Democracy is a good standard for evaluating political life.    True  False

	Democracy can be defined as a system of rule by the people, characterized by the existence of popular sovereignty, political equality, and political liberty.    True  False

	In direct democracies, elected officials, such as members of Congress and a president, make political decisions on behalf of the citizens.    True  False

	Popular sovereignty means, essentially, that the ultimate source of all public authority is the people and the government does what the people want it to do.    True  False

	Because so few people in America vote, the U.S. is not a democracy.    True  False

	Determination of the popular will requires the availability of accurate political information, insightful interpretations, and vigorous debate.    True  False

	The denial of citizenship rights to African-Americans in the South before the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act is an example of the struggle for political equality.    True  False

	Political equality is unrelated to economic equality.    True  False

	Political liberty is a necessary condition of popular sovereignty.    True  False

	Individual liberty and majority rule are incompatible and do not exist together in any country today.    True  False

	The authors of the text argue that the American public as a collective body is poorly informed and politically illiterate.    True  False

	"Jim Crow" policies and procedures were used primarily in the North to discriminate against African-Americans.    True  False

	In order to better understand what is going on in government, we should look at actors and influences in four different categories: government, government action, political linkage, and structure.    True  False

	The major actors and influences comprising structure factors are political elites, such as the president, Congress, and the courts.    True  False

	There is seldom, if ever, a single cause that explains a government decision or policy. Instead, decisions and policies generally have multiple causes.    True  False

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