31. Which chamber of Congress, if either, did the framers expect to focus on loc

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31. Which chamber of Congress, if either, did the framers expect to focus on local interests and which chamber, if either, did they think would reflect the national interest?

Select one:

a. They expected both chambers to focus on local interests.

b. They expected both chambers to focus on the national interest.

c. They expected the House to reflect local interests and the Senate would reflect national interests.

d. They expected the Senate to reflect local interests and the House would reflect national interests.

32. The Armed Services Committtee is a permanent committee of the U.S. House. It is an example of which of the following?

Select one:

a. Conference committee

b. Standing committee

c. Select committee

d. Joint commiittee

33. A congressional committee includes members from both the U.S. House and U.S. Senate. It is an example of which of the following tyes of committees?

Select one:

a. Standing committee

b. Joint committee

c. Select committee

d. All of the above

34. Study the political cartoon below. What attitude is the cartoonist trying to express about Congress?

Select one:

a. The cartoonist believes that Congress has not done enough to improve the unemployment rate.

b. The cartoonist thinks that the members of Congress are a bunch of clowns.

c. The cartoonist is afraid of clowns.

d. The cartoonist is worried because qualified people are not running for Congress.

35. The women's suffrage movement primarily focused on which of the following goals? (Hint: This is an easy question if you understand the meaning of the word suffrage.)

Select one:

a. Right to divorce

b. Right to vote

c. Right to employment outside the home

d. Right to own property

36. What is the significance of the Seventeenth Amendment?

Select one:

a. Prohibited poll taxes in federal elections

b. Provided for the direct popular election of senators

c. Granted women the right to vote

d. Granted African American men the right to vote

37. Which of the following models of participation holds that more participation yields a more involved and engaged public and that, in turn, produces better outcomes?

Select one:

a. Hamiltonian

b. Jeffersonian

c. Institutional

d. Psychological

38. Would you expect Congress to be more responsive to the concerns of older voters or younger voters?

Select one:

a. Older voters because government affects them more than it does younger voters.

b. Younger voters because they are more numerous.

c. Older voters because they turn out to vote in much higher proportions than younger voters.

d. Older voters because most members of Congress are older and there is an identification with their concerns.

39. Study the figure below. Is Congress popular or unpopular? Has it always been popular/unpopular?

Select one:

a. Congress is less popular now than it has been for most of the last 40 years.

b. Congress is just as unpopular today as it has always been over the last 40 years.

c. Congress is popular today and it has always been popular (at least over the time period in the figure)

d. Congress is more popular now than it has been in the last 40 years.

40.What percentage of incumbent members of the U.S. House running for reelection typically win reelection?

Select one:

a. about half

b. more than 80 percent

c. more than 70 percent

d. more than 90 percent

Explanation / Answer

31. c Initally the first Congress represents total 91 farmers of which about 13% i.e.12 were planters/farmers. Now out of 540 members only less than 5% were famers,ranchers and cattleowners, 25 in the House and 4 in Senate. This is because at the time colonial America become United States about 90% of its population livelihood was agriculture. In 1869 the agriculture had 37.5 contribution in its GDP and the farmers population was 46.5% of the total US population. Now the contribution of GDP has decreased to mere 1%. The farmers expect House to reflect local interests and Senate to reflect national interest.

32. a The Armed Service commitee is a Standing committe of of House of representatives of US. Its main responsiblities is to fund and the legislative oversight of Department of Defense, United States armed forces and the Department of Energy.

33.d all of the above: This commitee which deals with a particular duty and enable its members to develop specialised knowledge of the matters under their jurisiction known as Congressional committee and includes all types of committees like joint ,standing, selection committee.

35 d. Women sufferage movement started in US and other countries like Finland, Iceland and Sweden during the late ninenteenth century because of limited voting rights given to women. So the main purpose of this movement was the right to vote by women and run for offices.

36. b.Popular direct election of senators :Earlier the state legislatures elected the senators. But after the seventeenth amendement in the US constitution which enables the election of US senator by the people of states

37. b. Jeffersonian model of participation involves more participation of people. The view is that if more people will get involved they get to learn more about politics and want to get more involved with it.

38. c In 2004 election about 73%of voters who vote were aged between 60 and 64 and about 69% of voters have 75 years or of more age. Only 20% of the voting population is made up of younger voters aged between 18 and 29. So because older voters turn out to vote in much higher proportions than younger voters so Congress would be more responsive to them

40. d.Incumbents are the current holder of a political office. More than 90% of recumbents of the US house typically win reelection.

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