Political Science101 test #4
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Yellow journalism
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Sensational Reporting
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Objective journalism
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report the facts
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Watchdog role of the internet
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Expanded the watch dog capacity of the media
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Signaling role
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informing the public
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Common-Carrier role
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a channel through which political leaders communicate
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who receives the most coverage from the media
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the presidency
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The reason news organization fascinates and informs
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news organization are businesses
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CNN and MSNBC have responded to FOX's ratings
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installing talk-show hosts with partisan or hard-edged appeals
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Special contribution of the internet
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ordinary citizen can be a part of the news system
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When was yellow journalism created?
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during the Spanish american war
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who said \"You furnish the pictures and I'll furnish the War\"
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William Randolph Hearst
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Signaler
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On the scene coverage of a natural disaster
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What does the internet have that traditional does not
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allow readers to interact with news reporting
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Speaker has more power than the majority leader in the Senate
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limited debate; The House is larger; House has less of a tradition as a chamber of equals; Speaker is presiding officer
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Standing committee in House or Senate
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permanent committee; jurisdiction over a policy area; authority to draft, amend legislation; organized according to seniority principle
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Conference Committee
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This committee resolves different versions of a bill
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Second most powerful person in the federal government
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Speaker of the House
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Modern Congress is different from 19 century Congress
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more professional
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Senators are less likely to take direction from their leaders
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Senators think of themselves as equals
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Most legislative work in Congress is performed by
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Standing committees and subcommittees
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Cloture Vote
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can end a filibuster
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Pocket veto
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can only take effect when Congress is not in session
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Congress's inability to provide leadership on broad issues
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fragmented nature of Congress
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24. Congress's major function
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lawmaking
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the news media coverage is tilted toward what?
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The president
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how many members in the house and in the senate
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435 members in the House; 100 members in the Senate
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What is the strategy in the Senate to prevent a bill to come to a vote
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filibuster
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For a bill to pass in either chamber
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simple majority vote
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Dominant policy making institution in the 19th century
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Congress
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what kind of voting has increased over the years
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Party line voting has increased in recent years
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The debate over representation of Congress
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primary concern should be the interest of the nation and his constituency (voters)
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where do different versions of a bill go to?
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Conference committee
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President's roles as Chief Executive and Commander in Chief
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has become more powerful than the writers of the Constitution intended
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Whig Theory of the Presidency
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President confined to the exercise of expressly granted constitutional powers
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President's role in foreign policy has expanded because
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U.S. became a World Power
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The selection of the VP at the national convention
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choice of the Presidential nominee
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what has declined as a resource for the president?
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The cabinet as an advisory unit
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What did the framers want from the President
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national leadership; administration of the laws; Statesmanship in foreign affairs; command of the military
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Article II of the Constitution is what?
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the Presidential article
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Under which President did the Electoral College selection process change to a popular vote:
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Andrew Jackson
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Which state gives one electoral vote to the winner of each congressional district
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Maine
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Executive Office of the President comprises of
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Office of Management and Budget; National Economic Council; National Security Council and Office of Legislative Affairs
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the president must be
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a natural born citizen
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Why did the country not need a strong President in the 19th century
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small policy role of the federal government; sectional nature of the nation's major issues; government small role in world affairs
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War Powers Act
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requires hostilities to end in 60 days unless Congress extends it. limit the President's war making power
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The Presidency is an office in which
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power is conditional
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to force a President from office requires action by
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the House and the Senate
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The President's policy proposals are more successful when
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he has the support of the American people
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Theodore Roosevelt cast aside the Whig Theory and advocated
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the Stewardship (strong) Theory
