Unit 4: American Political Ideologies & Beliefs
US Gov · Unit 4 · Paper 3

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.

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Each paper is built from this unit’s 16 terms and is the same for everyone, so a teacher can assign “Unit 4, Paper 3” 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 32 min 29 points0/17 attempted
1

Monetary vs fiscal policy

2

Random sampling

3

Benchmark, tracking and exit polls

4

Sampling error

5

Bandwagon effect

6

Political socialization

7

Polarization

8

Keynesian vs supply-side economics

9

Conservative ideology

10

Political efficacy

11

Liberal ideology

12

Libertarian ideology

Short answer 1. Define or explain: Generational effect

3 pts

Short answer 2. Define or explain: Political culture

3 pts

Short answer 3. Define or explain: Question wording effects

3 pts

Short answer 4. Define or explain: Party identification

3 pts

Free response

5 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.

Develop an argument about whether the Electoral College should be replaced with a national popular vote for electing the president. Use at least one of the following foundational documents in your response: Federalist No. 10, Brutus No. 1, or the Constitution of the United States.