According to your text, which group of people could cause the phenomenon of tipping?
A) African Americans
B) evangelical Christians
C) Latinos
D) tea party supporters
Q. 2What is the primary societal purpose for the rules and practices of the criminal justice system?
A) to ensure no crime occurs
B) to make it difficult to convict a person charged with a crime
C) to strike a careful balance between maintaining public order and protecting individual freedoms
D) to restrict abuse of police power in the name of crime prevention
E) to protect crime victims
Q. 3The phenomenon that occurs when a group grows large enough to change the political balance in the electorate is referred to as
A) realignment.
B) dealignment.
C) swinging.
D) tipping.
Q. 4Perhaps the single most important responsibility of the Fed is to set the discount rate, which is the _______________.
A) discount given to federal employees for the fiscal year
B) amount of money to be printed in a given year
C) rate charged directly to borrowers for loans
D) rate charged to member banks to borrow short-term funds
E) rate charged to federal employees for conducting business at the Fed
Q. 5The formal issue positions of a political party are referred to as
A) valence issues.
B) the party platform.
C) the party convention.
D) position issues.
Q. 6Open market operations are when the Federal Reserve Bank buys or sells __________________.
A) credit card debt
B) subprime mortgages
C) defaulted loans
D) government securities
E) mutual funds