A) The U.S.has twice as many lawyers on a per capita basis.
B) The U.S.has roughly the same amount of lawyers on a per capita basis.
C) The U.S.has roughly twice as many lawyers,in terms of total numbers.
D) The U.S.has roughly five times as many lawyers on a per capita basis.
E) The U.S.has roughly half as many lawyers on a per capita basis.
G) All of the above
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A) is indicative of Americans' relative indifference to higher education.
B) is evidence of the general truth that the states with the highest percentage of college graduates are located between the Rockies and the Mississippi River.
C) is one of seven U.S.states with fewer than five institutions of higher learning.
D) demonstrates how closed higher education in the United States is compared to the rest of the world.
E) has a higher proportion of college graduates than most European countries.
G) A) and E)
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A) The government does not attempt to manage the overall economy,but owns a number of major industries and provides for people's basic economic needs.
B) The government manages the overall economy through ownership of most major industries,and does not allow private property.
C) The economy operates almost exclusively on private transactions.
D) The government does little to manage the economy and owns no major industries,serving mainly to provide for people's basic economic needs.
E) Firms are largely free to make their own production,distribution,and pricing decisions,and individuals depend largely on themselves for economic security.
G) A) and E)
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A) corporate elites have more control over economic policy than do "the politicians in the visible government."
B) the will of the majority of the voting public determines government policy.
C) it is the preference of the special interest that largely determines what government does.
D) true authority lies with the elected politicians,and not with the public that put them in office.
E) the diverse nature of the citizenry enhances the democratic process in policymaking.
G) None of the above
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A) the majoritarian nature of the voting and election system
B) the ability of any individual to aspire to high political office
C) the judicial nature of American politics,in which any individual can challenge powerful interests
D) the emphasis that Americans place on economic self-reliance and free markets
E) the ability of the individual to join in labor unions and interest groups to pursue their political and financial self-interests
G) B) and E)
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A) majoritarianism
B) elitism
C) corporate power
D) judicial action
E) constitutionalism
G) All of the above
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A) is the reflection of an individual's ideological position when applied to political issues.
B) results from an individual allowing personal bias to inform all thoughts about political issues,instead of doing objective learning or research to form an opinion.
C) involves the careful gathering and sifting of information in the process of forming a knowledgeable view about a political issue.
D) is the result of an individual's attempts to seek out news media that reinforces a pre-existing political bias.
E) is a strategy taken by those seeking election to public office in which their publicly stated positions are designed to maximize their attractiveness to the widest voting bloc.
G) A) and B)
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A) its lack of regulatory intervention
B) its lack of intervention through taxation
C) its lack of intervention through spending policies
D) the extent to which private transactions determine the allocation of economic costs and benefits
E) the extent to which it exercises regulatory intervention by altering interest rates
G) A) and E)
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A) The public as a whole takes an interest in only a few of the hundreds of policy decisions that U.S.officials make each year.
B) The public lacks access to the information required to take informed political action on most issues dealt with by the government each year.
C) The actions of special interest groups are ultimately more influential than the voting power of the public.
D) The rapid turnover of government officials and members of the legislature prevents the majority public from making a sustained effort for any single issue.
E) The most power tends to reside with a wealthy minority of the voting public,preventing the majority public from setting the issue agenda.
G) All of the above
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A) majoritarianism.
B) pluralism.
C) elitism.
D) constitutionalism.
E) corporate power.
G) A) and C)
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A) Among adults twenty-five years of age and older,roughly half are college graduates
B) Among adults twenty-five years of age and older,roughly one in four is a college graduate.
C) Every U.S.state has at least twenty colleges or universities within its borders.
D) Despite having a much higher rate of colleges and universities per capita than European countries; the U.S.has a lower rate of college graduation per capita.
E) Although the U.S.has a lower number of colleges and universities per capita than Europe,it has a much higher rate of college graduation per capita.
G) C) and D)
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A) autocracy.
B) democracy.
C) constitutionalism.
D) free markets.
E) None of these answers is correct.
G) All of the above
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A) tax and social policies that redistribute wealth.
B) the strength of the executive branch of government.
C) the majoritarian system of government.
D) the influence of corporate special interests in the legislative process.
E) the influence of corporate money in the election process.
G) A) and B)
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A) changes in the forms of communication
B) a failure of government officials to communicate truthfully
C) a growing disinterest in seeking out news items
D) the growing public gap in access to more advanced forms of media transmission,such as the Internet
E) the increasing political polarization of elected politicians
G) B) and D)
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A) majority rule is sacred.
B) the people rule.
C) government is good.
D) politics is immoral.
E) the king is good.
G) D) and E)
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A) constitutes a "corporate dictatorship."
B) was "born free."
C) formed a perfect union.
D) is basically a monarchical state.
E) "perfected" socialist democracy.
G) B) and C)
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A) pluralism in action.
B) majoritarianism in action.
C) elitism in action.
D) oligarchic influence.
E) the limits of democratic government.
G) A) and B)
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