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True/False Quiz


This activity contains 16 questions.

Question 1
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Open Hint for Question 1 in a new window		 The Tonkin Resolution forced President Johnson to seek approval from the Congress before any troops could be sent to Vietnam.
   
 
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Question 2
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Open Hint for Question 2 in a new window		 Public opinion probably had little impact on the decision by Presidents Johnson and Nixon to de-escalate the war in Vietnam.
   
 
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Question 3
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Open Hint for Question 3 in a new window		 James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and other founders believed that either a direct democracy or a representative democracy that followed public opinion very closely was the best type of government possible.
   
 
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Question 4
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Open Hint for Question 4 in a new window		 Voting studies of the 1940s and 1950s showed that the public was ignorant about the most important issues of the day and relied heavily on group or party loyalties in making voting choices.
   
 
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Question 5
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Open Hint for Question 5 in a new window		 Question wording has little effect on the results of public opinion polls.
   
 
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Question 6
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Open Hint for Question 6 in a new window		 One consistent finding from opinion polls is that Americans do not know or care a lot about politics.
   
 
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Question 7
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Open Hint for Question 7 in a new window		 Most people's attitudes are only loosely connected one to another and therefore do not hang together in a coherent ideological structure.
   
 
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Question 8
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Open Hint for Question 8 in a new window		 Although the opinions of individuals sometimes fluctuate randomly, the collective public opinion of Americans stays fairly stable over time.
   
 
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Question 9
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Open Hint for Question 9 in a new window		 As a whole, the American people have real opinions with real consequences. The fear that public opinion is capricious and fluctuates wildly is not justified.
   
 
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Question 10
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Open Hint for Question 10 in a new window		 The number of people in America identifying themselves as independents has decreased in recent years.
   
 
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Question 11
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Open Hint for Question 11 in a new window		 If a person is a liberal on one issue, they will be a liberal on all other issues.
   
 
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Question 12
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Open Hint for Question 12 in a new window		 The most popular programs in the federal budget are foreign aid, foreign military sales, and funding for the space program.
   
 
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Question 13
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Open Hint for Question 13 in a new window		 Despite what has been said in the popular press, the people of the South are still as solidly Democratic as they have always been.
   
 
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Question 14
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Open Hint for Question 14 in a new window		 Most Americans consider themselves middle class.
   
 
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Question 15
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Open Hint for Question 15 in a new window		 Men and women are moderately different in certain political respects.
   
 
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Question 16
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Open Hint for Question 16 in a new window		 Overall, public opinion has a substantial impact on governmental policy.
   
 
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