PSCI 2305 EXAM 3 Questions and Answers (Expert-Graded A+) | Latest Edition

PSCI 2305 EXAM 3 Questions and Answers (Expert-Graded A+) | Latest Edition 1. How is a political party different from an interest group? - ANSWER political parties seek to win elections, while interest groups seek to influence public policy 2. What were the first two parties in the United States? - ANSWER The Federalists and the Republican-Democratic Party 3. Texas is a strongly Republican state at this time. How do we know that? - ANSWER By 2000, Republicans held all statewide offices 4. When and how was the Democratic Party founded? - ANSWER It began around 1800 or 1824 and founded to form a new party to elect Andrew Jackson 5. tax base - ANSWER income, property, good, or service that is subject to a tax 6. Interventionism - ANSWER Direct involvement by one country in another country's affairs 7. agenda setting - ANSWER process through which a policy and the problem it is intended to address are acknowledged to be of public interest. 8. keynes vs hayek - ANSWER -keynes; pro government -hayek; government involvement makes things worse 9. food stamps program - ANSWER a government program that helps lowincome people buy food neighbor policy - ANSWER President Franklin Roosevelt's policy intended to strengthen friendly relations with Latin America ionship between US & cuba post-1902 - ANSWER -gave lower tariffs -gave trade preferences -US overthrew their government gn policy powers - ANSWER Framers want to restrict powers in legislative and executive branches ime housing crisis - ANSWER Occurred when banks sold too many mortgages to feed the demand for mortgage-backed securities sold through the secondary market legalization - ANSWER Four main issues: -Which drugs should be legal/decriminalized? Age limit for consumers? -How should drugs be distributed (Licensed outlets/Government stores)? -What should be the prices and taxes on drugs? tax - ANSWER -everyone pays the same rate regardless of income level -A tax that is neither progressive nor regressive tionism - ANSWER -a national policy of avoiding participation in foreign affairs (to a degree) azo - ANSWER -setting buildings on fire -starts civil war -Riots after Jorge Eliécer Gaitán's assassination in Bogota r diplomacy - ANSWER The use of a country's financial power to extend its international influence ’t revenues - ANSWER Most comes from income taxes l policy - ANSWER A tool of economic management by which government can attempt to maintain a stable economy through its taxing and spending policies. d side economics - ANSWER A form of fiscal policy that emphasizes "demand (consumer spending)" y side economics - ANSWER A form of fiscal policy that emphasizes "supply" (production) al reserve - ANSWER -the country's central bank, which executes monetary policy by manipulating the supply of funds that members ck leahy - ANSWER -senator of vermont -concerned about human rights -if their is a human rights stipulation you will not get money from the US l security and elections - ANSWER old people vote 26.When and how was the Republican Party founded? - ANSWER It was founded in 1854 and it was founded in north US by people who opposed the spread of slavery 27.Who were the Whigs? - ANSWER members that were opposed to Jackson 28.What older party did the Whig Party replace? - ANSWER Republican Party 29.What infuriated Andrew Jackson about the presidential election of 1824? Please review the details here, including how Jackson reacted when Adams got the presidency. - ANSWER Jackson got the most votes in 1824, but with four candidates running as Democrats, no one got a majority so the election went to the House of Representatives. The House picked JQ Adams over Jackson, and he was furious. 30.In what year did Lincoln run as the Republican candidate? - ANSWER 1860 31.What kind of Lincoln Day dinner does Denton have every year? - ANSWER The Lincoln Reagan Dinner