Chapter 8 Chapter Exam

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. Political parties have organized Congress since its earliest years. In the modern Congress, the parties tend to come down on two different sides of almost every issue. What tends to be the most important concern driving the divide?

Personal issues among members correct incorrect

Ideological concerns correct incorrect

Regional concerns correct incorrect

Fundraising concerns correct incorrect

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. Party leaders have not always as powerful as they are in the modern Congress. What condition is most important in determining how strong or weak party leaders are?

How knowledgeable constituents are about politics correct incorrect

The amount of money party leaders redistribute to party members correct incorrect

The level of intraparty agreement on policy issues correct incorrect

The distribution of party members appointed to prestigious vs. undesirable committees correct incorrect

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. Political parties in Congress are structured by _________________.

Article I, Section 7 of the Constitution correct incorrect

The members who belong to them correct incorrect

A tediously negotiated unanimous consent agreement in the Senate and a set of rules adopted at the start of each Congress in the House correct incorrect

The House and Senate Rules Committees correct incorrect

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. Which framer was both famous for decrying the role of political parties in the American political system, but also went on to help form one of the earliest political parties?

George Washington correct incorrect

James Monroe correct incorrect

Henry Clay correct incorrect

James Madison correct incorrect

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. Throughout much of the pre-Civil War period which institution dominated much of American politics and policymaking?

Presidency correct incorrect

House of Representatives correct incorrect

Supreme Court correct incorrect

Senate correct incorrect

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. During the period of Democratic Party dominance in the mid-20^th century their electoral coalition was made up of what two wings?

Liberal Northern wing and Conservative Southern wing correct incorrect

Conservative Northern wing and Liberal Southern wing correct incorrect

Liberal Western wing and Conservative Eastern wing correct incorrect

Conservative Western wing and Liberal Eastern wing correct incorrect

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. The New Deal Coalition delivered control of Congress to Democrats for five decades, but what issue tore at the coalition and started its downfall?

Labor union related issues correct incorrect

Defense spending correct incorrect

Civil rights correct incorrect

Tax policy correct incorrect

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. Republicans finally broke the total Democratic control of both chambers of Congress in what decades?

1990s in the Senate; 1980s in the House correct incorrect

1980s in the Senate; 1990s in the House correct incorrect

1960s in the Senate; 1970s in the House correct incorrect

1970s in the Senate; 1960s in the House correct incorrect

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. If both the president and vice president are killed, who is next in line to become president?

Senate Majority Leader correct incorrect

Speaker of the House correct incorrect

Chair of the House Rules Committee correct incorrect

Senate President Pro Tempore correct incorrect

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. The position of Senate majority was not established formally until the 1920s. What position did it grow out of?

Senate Finance Committee Chair correct incorrect

Senate President Pro Tempore correct incorrect

Senate Rules Committee Chair correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. Which party leader oversees the day-to-day operations of the House of Representatives?

Speaker of the House correct incorrect

Conference/Caucus Chair of the majority party correct incorrect

Majority Whip correct incorrect

Majority Leader correct incorrect

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. Which of the following tasks will leadership staff NOT be asked to take on?

Tracking legislation as it moves through the legislative process correct incorrect

Researching potential electoral ramifications of bills working their way through the legislative process correct incorrect

Casework correct incorrect

Devising political tactics for floor votes correct incorrect

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. Representative Samuels has been defecting from the party on more roll-call votes than he is allowed recently. What action might the Speaker of the House take to punish him?

The House Speaker does not have the power to punish members correct incorrect

Revoking one of his committee appointments correct incorrect

Instructing the Rules Committee not to report a bill of his to the floor correct incorrect

Either b or c correct incorrect

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. The most important power a Senate Majority Leader has is which of the following?

Cloture petitions correct incorrect

Control of the Rules Committee correct incorrect

Right to first recognition on the floor correct incorrect

Unanimous consent agreements correct incorrect

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. How do party leaders exert influence in the final stages of the legislative process?

Appointing favorable members to a conference committee correct incorrect

Avoiding a conference committee altogether and negotiating directly with the other chamber correct incorrect

Withholding campaign funds from unfavorable conferees correct incorrect

Either a and b correct incorrect