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Standard and Short Edition:
1 American Political Culture
2 The Founding and the Constitution
3 Federalism
4 Civil Liberties
5 Civil Rights
6 Public Opinion
7 The Media
8 Political Participation and Voting
9 Political Parties
10 Campaigns and Elections
11 Groups and Interests
12 Congress
13 The Presidency
14 Bureaucracy In A Democracy
15 The Federal Courts
16 Government and Economy
17 Social Policy
18 Foreign Policy and Democracy
Texas Edition:
19 The Political Culture, People, and Economy of Texas
20 The Texas Constitution
21 Parties and Elections in Texas
22 Interest Groups, Lobbying, and Lobbyists
23 The Texas Legislature
24 The Texas Executive Branch
25 The Texas Judiciary
26 Local Government in Texas
27 Public Policy in Texas

Chapter 10: Campaigns and Elections

What Government Does and Why It Matters

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Below are ten questions selected from a literacy test given to African Americans by a southern state during the time of segregation.

 

1. A U.S. senator elected at the general election in November takes office the following year on what date? ____________

 

2. The Constitution limits the size of the District of Columbia to ____________.

 

3. The electoral vote for president is counted in the presence of two bodies. Name them. 1: ____________ 2: ____________

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4. Of the original thirteen states, the one with the largest representation in the First Congress was ____________.

 

5. If election of the president becomes the duty of the U.S. House of Representatives and it fails to act, who becomes president and when?

 

6. If a state is party to a case, the Constitution provides that original jurisdiction shall be in ____________.

 

7. If an effort to impeach the president of the United States is made, who presides at the trial? ____________

 

8. When the Constitution was approved by the original colonies, how many states had to ratify it in order for it to be in effect? ____________

 

9. Persons opposed to swearing in an oath may say instead, “I solemnly ____________.”

 

10. If it were proposed to join Alabama and Mississippi to form one state, what groups would have to vote approval in order for this to be done?

 

 

 

 

 


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