Psci 1101 test 3 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

PSCI 1101 TEST 3 QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS Caucus problems-worth it? - Answer-Hard to Boulder voters to caucus Explaining trumps success - Answer-1. personality and politics Winning southern states Non educated base Authoritarian stance Political party - Answer-Group that organizes to: 1. Win elections 2. Determine policy 3. Run the government Republicans - Answer-2012 data: 91.5 percent white support Catholic support has grown a lot So has evangelical Democrats -...

Hypodermic hypothesis - Answer Media injects ideas into our brain, but we don't believe everything we see/hear/read So, we choose sources that typically agree with us Agenda setting - Answer Media coverage makes people think an issue is important/ focuses attention on a certain issue Too large of a roll in determining issues? Show stories of "relative" importance Media has power to set political agenda Ex: Role of media in Vietnam war (televised footage

Block Grant A broad grant of money given by the federal government to a state government. The grant specifies the general area (such as education or health services) in which the funds may be spent but leaves it to the state to determine the specific allocations Common Core A national set of education standards in mathematics and English language arts/literacy that outline what students should know and be able to do at the end of each grade (K-12) Previous Play Next Rewind 1...

PSCI 1101 TEST 3 Exam Questions With Correct Answers. MEDIA AND POLITICS - answerGOVT CH 10 Intermediary organizations - answerExamples: Media, Political Parties, Interest Groups Intermediate relationship between the people and government Mass media - answerCommunication channels like newspapers, radio, tv where people can communicate to mass audiences Includes: Print and electronic media Print media - answerNewspapers, magazines Electronic media - answerInternet, tv and radio Sound b...

PSCI 1101 Chapter 3 Test with Correct Solutions Enumerated Powers - Answer-The explicit powers given to Congress by the Constitution in Article I, Section 8. These include the powers of taxation, coinage of money, regulation of commerce, and provision for the national defense Externality - Answer-Public goods or bads generated as by-products of private activity. For example, air pollution is an externality (public bad) because it is, in part, the by-product of the private activity of dri...

PSCI 1101 Presidency Test Questions and Answers What are the constitutional power of the president? (8) - Answer-- commander in chief - appoint head of executive department, ambassador, supreme court justice. -makes treaties w/ advice of congress - grant pardon and reprieves - call house / congress for special session - receives ambassadors and other rep from foreign country -commission US officers - ensure faithful law execution from congress What are the inherent power of t...

17th amendment - Answer allows for direct election of US senators, turned the senate away from state interests Supremacy Clause of Constitution - Answer specifies that national law is supreme so long as national law "conforms to the Constitution." Necessary and Proper Clause (Elastic Clause) - Answer increases national power insofar as it allows congress to "make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing powers"