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THE STRUGGLE
FOR DEMOCRACY
2024 Presidential Election Edition
FOURTEENTH EDITION
EDWARD S. GREENBERG
University of Colorado, Boulder
BENJAMIN I. PAGE
Northwestern University
DAVID DOHERTY
Loyola University Chicago
SCOTT L. MINKOFF
SUNY New Paltz
JOSH M. RYAN
Utah State University
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,Democracy and American
Politics
Multiple-Choice Questions
1. Who wrote the classic text Politics?
a. Plato
b. Marx
c. Aristotle
d. Locke
Answer: c
Topic: What Is Democracy?
Learning Objective: 1.1 Explain democracy as the standard by which American government and
politics can be evaluated.
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Difficulty: Easy
2. Inherent in the idea of self-rule is the idea that government should serve __________.
a. the rich
b. all citizens
c. the well educated
d. the most needy
Answer: b
Topic: What Is Democracy?
Learning Objective: 1.1 Explain democracy as the standard by which American government and
politics can be evaluated.
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty: Easy
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,3. A government in which a minority holds power over the majority is generally referred to as
__________.
a. a kleptocracy
b. a monarchy
c. an oligarchy
d. a sovereignty
Answer: c
Topic: What Is Democracy?
Learning Objective: 1.1 Explain democracy as the standard by which American government and
politics can be evaluated.
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Difficulty: Easy
4. Using the framework set forth by the authors of the textbook, how would you characterize the
votes by Black Americans in the 1960 and 1964 presidential elections with respect to overcoming
Southern resistance to Black American political participation?
a. a structural factor
b. a political linkage
c. a governmental factor
d. a governmental action
Answer: b
Topic: How Do Government and Politics Work?
Learning Objective: 1.2 Construct an analytical framework for examining how government and
politics work.
Skill Level: Analyze It
Difficulty: Difficult
5. If people are to form authentic and rational attitudes about public policies and leaders, they
require which of the following?
a. freedom of religious beliefs
b. accurate and insightfully interpreted political information
c. narrowly framed interpretations of political events
d. continuous polling by public officials to find out political attitudes
Answer: b
Topic: What Is Democracy?
Learning Objective: 1.1 Explain democracy as the standard by which American government and
politics can be evaluated.
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty: Moderate
2
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,6. What is the core idea that shapes democracy?
a. Those in the minority have the full power of decision making over all matters that affect them.
b. The people may not be right, but the people are never wrong.
c. Ordinary people want to self-govern and are capable of doing so.
d. Policy is determined by the tyranny of the majority.
Answer: c
Topic: What Is Democracy?
Learning Objective: 1.1 Explain democracy as the standard by which American government and
politics can be evaluated.
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Difficulty: Easy
7. The idea of all citizens making decisions in an open assembly about how best to run society is
most closely associated with which of the following views of democracy?
a. the framers’ view of democracy
b. indirect democracy
c. the ancient Greeks’ view of democracy
d. representative democracy
Answer: c
Topic: What Is Democracy?
Learning Objective: 1.1 Explain democracy as the standard by which American government and
politics can be evaluated.
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty: Moderate
8. If a governmental system is based on the idea of popular sovereignty, what is the basis of power?
a. Power should be exercised by an educated elite.
b. The ultimate source of authority rests with the people.
c. A democratic system is based on the concept of material equality.
d. Majority rule is unacceptable because it leads to tyranny.
Answer: b
Topic: What Is Democracy?
Learning Objective: 1.1 Explain democracy as the standard by which American government and
politics can be evaluated.
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty: Moderate
3
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,9. What does political equality mean?
a. Each person carries the same weight in voting and other political decision making.
b. The opinions and preferences of citizens are combined into a binding decision through the
principle of majority rule.
c. The will of the majority is not the ultimate determinant of what government does.
d. Each person should have the same opportunities to succeed in society.
Answer: a
Topic: What Is Democracy?
Learning Objective: 1.1 Explain democracy as the standard by which American government and
politics can be evaluated.
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Difficulty: Easy
10. When the government guarantees equal access to the benefits of citizenship by all groups, they
are ensuring __________.
a. majority rule
b. civil liberties
c. civil rights
d. popular sovereignty
Answer: c
Topic: What Is Democracy?
Learning Objective: 1.1 Explain democracy as the standard by which American government and
politics can be evaluated.
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Difficulty: Moderate
11. Which of the following terms refers to basic freedoms essential to the formation and expression
of majority opinion and its translation into public policies?
a. tyranny of the majority
b. political equality
c. popular sovereignty
d. political liberty
Answer: d
Topic: What Is Democracy?
Learning Objective: 1.1 Explain democracy as the standard by which American government and
politics can be evaluated.
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Difficulty: Moderate
4
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,12. Under which circumstance is political equality violated?
a. if citizens are free to argue and debate
b. if citizens are free to form and express their political opinions
c. if some people can speak out but others cannot
d. if people are encouraged to participate in politics
Answer: c
Topic: What Is Democracy?
Learning Objective: 1.1 Explain democracy as the standard by which American government and
politics can be evaluated.
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty: Easy
13. Which of the following would be an indication of majority tyranny?
a. when the majority uses law to suppress the rights of the minority
b. when the majority votes for an autocratic leader
c. when the minority uses law to suppress the liberties of the majority
d. when the minority uses stalling tactics to delay the implementation of the will of the majority
Answer: a
Topic: What Is Democracy?
Learning Objective: 1.1 Explain democracy as the standard by which American government and
politics can be evaluated.
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty: Moderate
14. The framework for understanding American politics includes influences from which of the
following interconnected areas?
a. institutions, interests, and citizens
b. the media, the courts, and the internecine political institutions
c. composition, opposition, and despotism
d. structural factors, political linkages, and governmental sectors
Answer: d
Topic: How Do Government and Politics Work?
Learning Objective: 1.2 Construct an analytical framework for examining how government and
politics work.
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty: Moderate
15. What did Jim Crow laws represent?
a. the official system of integration in the South
b. the voter registration system in the South that frequently disenfranchised Black people
5
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, c. the official system of segregation in the South
d. the official social contract used in the South
Answer: c
Topic: How Do Government and Politics Work?
Learning Objective: 1.2 Construct an analytical framework for examining how government and
politics work.
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty: Easy
16. Using the analytical framework presented by the authors, which of the following would be
considered government factors?
a. making laws, issuing rules and regulations, waging war, and providing order
b. institutions like the Congress, the president, the federal bureaucracy, and the Supreme Court
c. those enduring features of American life that influence which issues are important
d. all political actors, institutions, and processes that transmit the wants and demands of people and
groups in our society to government officials
Answer: b
Topic: How Do Government and Politics Work?
Learning Objective: 1.2 Construct an analytical framework for examining how government and
politics work.
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty: Moderate
17. Political actors, institutions, and processes that transmit the demands of the people are known as
which of the following?
a. political linkage factors
b. government actions
c. structural factors
d. government factors
Answer: a
Topic: How Do Government and Politics Work?
Learning Objective: 1.2 Construct an analytical framework for examining how government and
politics work.
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty: Moderate
18. The actions of the National Rifle Association (NRA) to prevent the passage of gun control
legislation best illustrate which part of the analytical framework used by your textbook?
a. government
b. government action
c. structure
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edition Greenberg
Notes
1- The file is chapter after chapter.
2- We have shown you few pages sample.
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can contact us at every time, we can replace it
with true one.
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to accompany
THE STRUGGLE
FOR DEMOCRACY
2024 Presidential Election Edition
FOURTEENTH EDITION
EDWARD S. GREENBERG
University of Colorado, Boulder
BENJAMIN I. PAGE
Northwestern University
DAVID DOHERTY
Loyola University Chicago
SCOTT L. MINKOFF
SUNY New Paltz
JOSH M. RYAN
Utah State University
,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
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Global Rights and Permissions department, please visit www.pearsoned.com/permissions/.
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extent permissible by law.
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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.
,Democracy and American
Politics
Multiple-Choice Questions
1. Who wrote the classic text Politics?
a. Plato
b. Marx
c. Aristotle
d. Locke
Answer: c
Topic: What Is Democracy?
Learning Objective: 1.1 Explain democracy as the standard by which American government and
politics can be evaluated.
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Difficulty: Easy
2. Inherent in the idea of self-rule is the idea that government should serve __________.
a. the rich
b. all citizens
c. the well educated
d. the most needy
Answer: b
Topic: What Is Democracy?
Learning Objective: 1.1 Explain democracy as the standard by which American government and
politics can be evaluated.
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty: Easy
1
Copyright © 2026, 2022, 2020 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.
,3. A government in which a minority holds power over the majority is generally referred to as
__________.
a. a kleptocracy
b. a monarchy
c. an oligarchy
d. a sovereignty
Answer: c
Topic: What Is Democracy?
Learning Objective: 1.1 Explain democracy as the standard by which American government and
politics can be evaluated.
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Difficulty: Easy
4. Using the framework set forth by the authors of the textbook, how would you characterize the
votes by Black Americans in the 1960 and 1964 presidential elections with respect to overcoming
Southern resistance to Black American political participation?
a. a structural factor
b. a political linkage
c. a governmental factor
d. a governmental action
Answer: b
Topic: How Do Government and Politics Work?
Learning Objective: 1.2 Construct an analytical framework for examining how government and
politics work.
Skill Level: Analyze It
Difficulty: Difficult
5. If people are to form authentic and rational attitudes about public policies and leaders, they
require which of the following?
a. freedom of religious beliefs
b. accurate and insightfully interpreted political information
c. narrowly framed interpretations of political events
d. continuous polling by public officials to find out political attitudes
Answer: b
Topic: What Is Democracy?
Learning Objective: 1.1 Explain democracy as the standard by which American government and
politics can be evaluated.
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty: Moderate
2
Copyright © 2026, 2022, 2020 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.
,6. What is the core idea that shapes democracy?
a. Those in the minority have the full power of decision making over all matters that affect them.
b. The people may not be right, but the people are never wrong.
c. Ordinary people want to self-govern and are capable of doing so.
d. Policy is determined by the tyranny of the majority.
Answer: c
Topic: What Is Democracy?
Learning Objective: 1.1 Explain democracy as the standard by which American government and
politics can be evaluated.
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Difficulty: Easy
7. The idea of all citizens making decisions in an open assembly about how best to run society is
most closely associated with which of the following views of democracy?
a. the framers’ view of democracy
b. indirect democracy
c. the ancient Greeks’ view of democracy
d. representative democracy
Answer: c
Topic: What Is Democracy?
Learning Objective: 1.1 Explain democracy as the standard by which American government and
politics can be evaluated.
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty: Moderate
8. If a governmental system is based on the idea of popular sovereignty, what is the basis of power?
a. Power should be exercised by an educated elite.
b. The ultimate source of authority rests with the people.
c. A democratic system is based on the concept of material equality.
d. Majority rule is unacceptable because it leads to tyranny.
Answer: b
Topic: What Is Democracy?
Learning Objective: 1.1 Explain democracy as the standard by which American government and
politics can be evaluated.
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty: Moderate
3
Copyright © 2026, 2022, 2020 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.
,9. What does political equality mean?
a. Each person carries the same weight in voting and other political decision making.
b. The opinions and preferences of citizens are combined into a binding decision through the
principle of majority rule.
c. The will of the majority is not the ultimate determinant of what government does.
d. Each person should have the same opportunities to succeed in society.
Answer: a
Topic: What Is Democracy?
Learning Objective: 1.1 Explain democracy as the standard by which American government and
politics can be evaluated.
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Difficulty: Easy
10. When the government guarantees equal access to the benefits of citizenship by all groups, they
are ensuring __________.
a. majority rule
b. civil liberties
c. civil rights
d. popular sovereignty
Answer: c
Topic: What Is Democracy?
Learning Objective: 1.1 Explain democracy as the standard by which American government and
politics can be evaluated.
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Difficulty: Moderate
11. Which of the following terms refers to basic freedoms essential to the formation and expression
of majority opinion and its translation into public policies?
a. tyranny of the majority
b. political equality
c. popular sovereignty
d. political liberty
Answer: d
Topic: What Is Democracy?
Learning Objective: 1.1 Explain democracy as the standard by which American government and
politics can be evaluated.
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Difficulty: Moderate
4
Copyright © 2026, 2022, 2020 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.
,12. Under which circumstance is political equality violated?
a. if citizens are free to argue and debate
b. if citizens are free to form and express their political opinions
c. if some people can speak out but others cannot
d. if people are encouraged to participate in politics
Answer: c
Topic: What Is Democracy?
Learning Objective: 1.1 Explain democracy as the standard by which American government and
politics can be evaluated.
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty: Easy
13. Which of the following would be an indication of majority tyranny?
a. when the majority uses law to suppress the rights of the minority
b. when the majority votes for an autocratic leader
c. when the minority uses law to suppress the liberties of the majority
d. when the minority uses stalling tactics to delay the implementation of the will of the majority
Answer: a
Topic: What Is Democracy?
Learning Objective: 1.1 Explain democracy as the standard by which American government and
politics can be evaluated.
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty: Moderate
14. The framework for understanding American politics includes influences from which of the
following interconnected areas?
a. institutions, interests, and citizens
b. the media, the courts, and the internecine political institutions
c. composition, opposition, and despotism
d. structural factors, political linkages, and governmental sectors
Answer: d
Topic: How Do Government and Politics Work?
Learning Objective: 1.2 Construct an analytical framework for examining how government and
politics work.
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty: Moderate
15. What did Jim Crow laws represent?
a. the official system of integration in the South
b. the voter registration system in the South that frequently disenfranchised Black people
5
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, c. the official system of segregation in the South
d. the official social contract used in the South
Answer: c
Topic: How Do Government and Politics Work?
Learning Objective: 1.2 Construct an analytical framework for examining how government and
politics work.
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty: Easy
16. Using the analytical framework presented by the authors, which of the following would be
considered government factors?
a. making laws, issuing rules and regulations, waging war, and providing order
b. institutions like the Congress, the president, the federal bureaucracy, and the Supreme Court
c. those enduring features of American life that influence which issues are important
d. all political actors, institutions, and processes that transmit the wants and demands of people and
groups in our society to government officials
Answer: b
Topic: How Do Government and Politics Work?
Learning Objective: 1.2 Construct an analytical framework for examining how government and
politics work.
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty: Moderate
17. Political actors, institutions, and processes that transmit the demands of the people are known as
which of the following?
a. political linkage factors
b. government actions
c. structural factors
d. government factors
Answer: a
Topic: How Do Government and Politics Work?
Learning Objective: 1.2 Construct an analytical framework for examining how government and
politics work.
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty: Moderate
18. The actions of the National Rifle Association (NRA) to prevent the passage of gun control
legislation best illustrate which part of the analytical framework used by your textbook?
a. government
b. government action
c. structure
6
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