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AMERICAN GOVERNMENT
Roots and Reform
2024 Presidential Election Edition
FIFTEENTH EDITION
KAREN O’CONNOR
Jonathan N. Helfat Distinguished
Professor of Political Science, American University
LARRY J. SABATO
University Professor and Robert Kent
Gooch Professor of Politics, University of Virginia
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,Chapter 1: American
Government: Roots, Context,
and Culture
Multiple-Choice Questions
1. The Indigenous peoples of North America __________.
a. had a wide variety of political systems
b. created trading networks that spanned the continent
c. were unified in their religious beliefs
d. generally practiced an early form of direct democracy
Answer: a
Topic: What Are the Roots of American Government?
Learning Objective: 1.1 Trace the origins of American government.
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Moderate
2. What was the most common initial reason for settlement in North America by the first
colonists?
a. family reunification
b. religious freedom
c. flight from diseases
d. commerce
Answer: d
Topic: What Are the Roots of American Government?
Learning Objective: 1.1 Trace the origins of American government.
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate
1
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,3. Many colonial constitutions contained a(n) __________.
a. local government structure
b. enumerated bill of rights
c. unicameral legislature
d. strong executive branch
Answer: b
Topic: What Are the Functions of the American Government?
Learning Objective: 1.2 Explain the functions of American government.
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate
4. Indirect democracy relies on which of the following?
a. plebiscites
b. unanimity
c. representation
d. aristocrats
Answer: c
Topic: What Are the Functions of the American Government?
Learning Objective: 1.2 Explain the functions of American government.
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate
5. What are republics?
a. representative democracies
b. direct democracies
c. a mix of many systems
d. communist regimes
Answer: a
Topic: What Are the Functions of the American Government?
Learning Objective: 1.2 Explain the functions of American government.
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy
2
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,6. Local governments having police forces and states having national guards are examples of the
government fulfilling which of the following obligations?
a. establishing justice
b. securing the blessings of liberty
c. promoting the general welfare
d. ensuring domestic tranquility
Answer: d
Topic: What Are the Functions of the American Government?
Learning Objective: 1.2 Explain the functions of American government.
Skill Level: Apply What You Know
Difficulty Level: Moderate
7. Which of the following best explains why regional sectionalism developed in the northern
settlements during the early days of the United States?
a. the pursuit of economic equality
b. the establishment of an aristocracy
c. the goal to find racial equality
d. the pursuit of religious freedom
Answer: d
Topic: How Have the American People and Their Culture Changed Over Time?
Learning Objective: 1.3 Analyze the changing characteristics of the American public.
Skill Level: Analyze It
Difficulty Level: Difficult
8. In general, which of the following statements is true about the U.S. population?
a. It is mostly under the age of thirty.
b. It is getting older on average over time.
c. It is becoming more homogeneous.
d. It is becoming more Christian.
Answer: b
Topic: How Have the American People and Their Culture Changed Over Time?
Learning Objective: 1.3 Analyze the changing characteristics of the American public.
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate
3
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,9. As of 2022, approximately what percentage of Americans are immigrants?
a. 0.7 percent
b. 3 percent
c. 9 percent
d. 14 percent
Answer: d
Topic: How Have the American People and Their Culture Changed Over Time?
Learning Objective: 1.3 Analyze the changing characteristics of the American public.
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy
10. Which of the following statements best compares Southerners to Northerners?
a. northerners are more religious
b. northerners are more likely to favor an expansion of states’ rights
c. southerners are more in favor of civil rights
d. southerners are more likely to favor downsizing the federal government
Answer: d
Topic: How Have the American People and Their Culture Changed over Time?
Learning Objective: 1.3 Analyze the changing characteristics of the American public.
Skill Level: Analyze It
Difficulty Level: Difficult
11. As of 2018, roughly what percentage of American children live in a single-parent household?
a. 10 percent
b. 15 percent
c. 27 percent
d. 36 percent
Answer: c
Topic: How Have the American People and Their Culture Changed over Time?
Learning Objective: 1.3 Analyze the changing characteristics of the American public.
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Moderate
4
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,12. Based on the average age of the state’s population, which issue would you expect to be least
important to voters in Florida, which has the oldest state population in the U.S.?
a. Social Security
b. Medicare
c. public education
d. prescription drug costs
Answer: c
Topic: How Have the American People and Their Culture Changed Over Time?
Learning Objective: 1.3 Analyze the Changing Characteristics of the American Public.
Skill Level: Apply What You Know
Difficulty Level: Moderate
13. Over time, Americans’ expectations of the national government have generally __________.
a. increased compared to what they expect from states
b. decreased as citizens pay a lesser share of taxes
c. been related to national defense
d. been related to foreign policy
Answer: a
Topic: Political Reform and Realities: How Do Americans View Their Government?
Learning Objective: 1.4 Characterize Changes in Americans’ Attitudes Toward and Expectations
of Government.
Skill Level: Analyze It
Difficulty Level: Moderate
14. Americans’ confidence in American institutions has __________.
a. fluctuated depending on foreign policy commitments
b. been largely dependent on political party affiliation
c. generally decreased over time
d. fluctuated depending on who is in office
Answer: c
Topic: Political Reform and Realities: How Do Americans View Their Government?
Learning Objective: 1.4 Characterize Changes in Americans’ Attitudes Toward and Expectations
of Government.
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate
5
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, 15. Americans generally have the lowest levels of confidence in which institution?
a. the press
b. the medical system
c. the executive branch
d. Congress
Answer: d
Topic: Political Reform and Realities: How Do Americans View Their Government?
Learning Objective: 1.4 Characterize changes in Americans’ attitudes toward and expectations
of government.
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate
16. For roughly the first 150 years of its existence, which of the following was one of the few
primary responsibilities of the national government?
a. regulating business
b. providing national defense
c. providing poverty relief
d. inspecting food
Answer: b
Topic: Political Reform and Realities: How Do Americans View Their Government?
Learning Objective: 1.4 Characterize changes in Americans’ attitudes toward and expectations
of government.
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate
17. Where was the first permanent English settlement established?
a. Jamestown
b. Albany
c. St. Augustine
d. Plymouth
Answer: a
Topic: What Are the Roots of American Government?
Learning Objective: 1.1 Trace the origins of American government.
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy
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Reform, 15th edition Karen O'Connor
Notes
1- The file is chapter after chapter.
2- We have shown you few pages sample.
3- The file contains all Appendix and Excel sheet
if it exists.
4- We have all what you need, we make update
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waiting you.
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can contact us at every time, we can replace it
with true one.
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, Test Bank
to accompany
AMERICAN GOVERNMENT
Roots and Reform
2024 Presidential Election Edition
FIFTEENTH EDITION
KAREN O’CONNOR
Jonathan N. Helfat Distinguished
Professor of Political Science, American University
LARRY J. SABATO
University Professor and Robert Kent
Gooch Professor of Politics, University of Virginia
,This work is protected by United States copyright laws and is provided solely for the use of
instructors in teaching their courses and assessing student learning. Dissemination or sale
of any part of this work (including on the World Wide Web) will destroy the integrity of
the work and is not permitted. The work and materials from it should never be made
available to students except by instructors using the accompanying text in their classes. All
recipients of this work are expected to abide by these restrictions and to honor the intended
pedagogical purposes and the needs of other instructors who rely on these materials.
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Hoboken, NJ 07030. All Rights Reserved. Manufactured in the United States of America. This
publication is protected by copyright, and permission should be obtained from the publisher prior
to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission in any form or by
any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise. For information
regarding permissions, request forms, and the appropriate contacts within the Pearson Education
Global Rights and Permissions department, please visit www.pearsoned.com/permissions/.
Pearson uses AI, including to support the creation of content. We claim copyright to the fullest
extent permissible by law.
Pearson, Revel, and Pearson+ are exclusive trademarks owned by Pearson Education, Inc. or its
affiliates, in the United States, and/or other countries.
Unless otherwise indicated herein, any third-party trademarks, logos, or icons that may appear in
this work are the property of their respective owners, and any references to third-party
trademarks, logos, icons, or other trade dress are for demonstrative or descriptive purposes only.
Such references are not intended to imply any sponsorship, endorsement, authorization, or
promotion of Pearson’s products by the owners of such marks, or any relationship between the
owner and Pearson Education, Inc., or its affiliates, authors, licensees, or distributors.
,Chapter 1: American
Government: Roots, Context,
and Culture
Multiple-Choice Questions
1. The Indigenous peoples of North America __________.
a. had a wide variety of political systems
b. created trading networks that spanned the continent
c. were unified in their religious beliefs
d. generally practiced an early form of direct democracy
Answer: a
Topic: What Are the Roots of American Government?
Learning Objective: 1.1 Trace the origins of American government.
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Moderate
2. What was the most common initial reason for settlement in North America by the first
colonists?
a. family reunification
b. religious freedom
c. flight from diseases
d. commerce
Answer: d
Topic: What Are the Roots of American Government?
Learning Objective: 1.1 Trace the origins of American government.
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate
1
Copyright © 2026, 2022, 2020 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.
,3. Many colonial constitutions contained a(n) __________.
a. local government structure
b. enumerated bill of rights
c. unicameral legislature
d. strong executive branch
Answer: b
Topic: What Are the Functions of the American Government?
Learning Objective: 1.2 Explain the functions of American government.
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate
4. Indirect democracy relies on which of the following?
a. plebiscites
b. unanimity
c. representation
d. aristocrats
Answer: c
Topic: What Are the Functions of the American Government?
Learning Objective: 1.2 Explain the functions of American government.
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate
5. What are republics?
a. representative democracies
b. direct democracies
c. a mix of many systems
d. communist regimes
Answer: a
Topic: What Are the Functions of the American Government?
Learning Objective: 1.2 Explain the functions of American government.
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy
2
Copyright © 2026, 2022, 2020 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.
,6. Local governments having police forces and states having national guards are examples of the
government fulfilling which of the following obligations?
a. establishing justice
b. securing the blessings of liberty
c. promoting the general welfare
d. ensuring domestic tranquility
Answer: d
Topic: What Are the Functions of the American Government?
Learning Objective: 1.2 Explain the functions of American government.
Skill Level: Apply What You Know
Difficulty Level: Moderate
7. Which of the following best explains why regional sectionalism developed in the northern
settlements during the early days of the United States?
a. the pursuit of economic equality
b. the establishment of an aristocracy
c. the goal to find racial equality
d. the pursuit of religious freedom
Answer: d
Topic: How Have the American People and Their Culture Changed Over Time?
Learning Objective: 1.3 Analyze the changing characteristics of the American public.
Skill Level: Analyze It
Difficulty Level: Difficult
8. In general, which of the following statements is true about the U.S. population?
a. It is mostly under the age of thirty.
b. It is getting older on average over time.
c. It is becoming more homogeneous.
d. It is becoming more Christian.
Answer: b
Topic: How Have the American People and Their Culture Changed Over Time?
Learning Objective: 1.3 Analyze the changing characteristics of the American public.
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate
3
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,9. As of 2022, approximately what percentage of Americans are immigrants?
a. 0.7 percent
b. 3 percent
c. 9 percent
d. 14 percent
Answer: d
Topic: How Have the American People and Their Culture Changed Over Time?
Learning Objective: 1.3 Analyze the changing characteristics of the American public.
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy
10. Which of the following statements best compares Southerners to Northerners?
a. northerners are more religious
b. northerners are more likely to favor an expansion of states’ rights
c. southerners are more in favor of civil rights
d. southerners are more likely to favor downsizing the federal government
Answer: d
Topic: How Have the American People and Their Culture Changed over Time?
Learning Objective: 1.3 Analyze the changing characteristics of the American public.
Skill Level: Analyze It
Difficulty Level: Difficult
11. As of 2018, roughly what percentage of American children live in a single-parent household?
a. 10 percent
b. 15 percent
c. 27 percent
d. 36 percent
Answer: c
Topic: How Have the American People and Their Culture Changed over Time?
Learning Objective: 1.3 Analyze the changing characteristics of the American public.
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Moderate
4
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,12. Based on the average age of the state’s population, which issue would you expect to be least
important to voters in Florida, which has the oldest state population in the U.S.?
a. Social Security
b. Medicare
c. public education
d. prescription drug costs
Answer: c
Topic: How Have the American People and Their Culture Changed Over Time?
Learning Objective: 1.3 Analyze the Changing Characteristics of the American Public.
Skill Level: Apply What You Know
Difficulty Level: Moderate
13. Over time, Americans’ expectations of the national government have generally __________.
a. increased compared to what they expect from states
b. decreased as citizens pay a lesser share of taxes
c. been related to national defense
d. been related to foreign policy
Answer: a
Topic: Political Reform and Realities: How Do Americans View Their Government?
Learning Objective: 1.4 Characterize Changes in Americans’ Attitudes Toward and Expectations
of Government.
Skill Level: Analyze It
Difficulty Level: Moderate
14. Americans’ confidence in American institutions has __________.
a. fluctuated depending on foreign policy commitments
b. been largely dependent on political party affiliation
c. generally decreased over time
d. fluctuated depending on who is in office
Answer: c
Topic: Political Reform and Realities: How Do Americans View Their Government?
Learning Objective: 1.4 Characterize Changes in Americans’ Attitudes Toward and Expectations
of Government.
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate
5
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, 15. Americans generally have the lowest levels of confidence in which institution?
a. the press
b. the medical system
c. the executive branch
d. Congress
Answer: d
Topic: Political Reform and Realities: How Do Americans View Their Government?
Learning Objective: 1.4 Characterize changes in Americans’ attitudes toward and expectations
of government.
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate
16. For roughly the first 150 years of its existence, which of the following was one of the few
primary responsibilities of the national government?
a. regulating business
b. providing national defense
c. providing poverty relief
d. inspecting food
Answer: b
Topic: Political Reform and Realities: How Do Americans View Their Government?
Learning Objective: 1.4 Characterize changes in Americans’ attitudes toward and expectations
of government.
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate
17. Where was the first permanent English settlement established?
a. Jamestown
b. Albany
c. St. Augustine
d. Plymouth
Answer: a
Topic: What Are the Roots of American Government?
Learning Objective: 1.1 Trace the origins of American government.
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy
6
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