American Political Ideologies & Beliefs unit test

A test on this unit alone, marked as a percentage and a letter grade — for the test your class is actually sitting, rather than for May. Answer everything, then submit once: seeing the answer to question 3 before attempting question 4 makes the final percentage meaningless.

Paper 1 Paper 2 Paper 3

Each paper is built from this unit’s 16 terms and is the same for everyone, so a teacher can assign “Unit 4, Paper 2” and every student sits the identical test. Multiple choice is marked objectively; the written sections you mark yourself against the model answer and rubric.

Suggested time 31 min 28 points0/17 attempted

Keynesian vs supply-side economics

Political socialization

Party identification

Random sampling

Monetary vs fiscal policy

Libertarian ideology

Political efficacy

Sampling error

Generational effect

Conservative ideology

Question wording effects

Bandwagon effect

Short answer 1. Define or explain: Liberal ideology

3 pts

Short answer 2. Define or explain: Political culture

3 pts

Short answer 3. Define or explain: Benchmark, tracking and exit polls

3 pts

Short answer 4. Define or explain: Polarization

3 pts

Free response

4 pts

This course has no free-response prompt tagged to this unit, so one from elsewhere in the course is used. It is still worth writing — the skill transfers.

In Baker v. Carr (1962), the Supreme Court held that federal courts could hear challenges to the drawing of legislative districts, reversing its earlier position that apportionment was a political question beyond judicial reach.

Identify the constitutional clause that was common to both Baker v. Carr and Shaw v. Reno.

Explain how the facts of Baker v. Carr and Shaw v. Reno led to similar holdings about judicial authority over districting.

Explain how Congress could respond if it disagreed with the Court's approach to districting cases.