Question 1

The level of corruption in machine politics

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A) devastated local economies because the machines ran cities into severe debt. 
B) had no effect on local economies because the machines targeted state economies over local ones. 
C) was not debilitating to local economies because machine politics wanted to make and spend money. 
D) intertwined the local,state,and national economies by increasing the spread of machine politics nationwide. 
A) devastated local economies because the machines ran cities into severe debt. 
B) had no effect on local economies because the machines targeted state economies over local ones. 
C) was not debilitating to local economies because machine politics wanted to make and spend money. 
D) intertwined the local,state,and national economies by increasing the spread of machine politics nationwide. C

Question 2

Mayors have varying degrees of executive power.Which of the following mayors has the least leeway in firing city employees?

Accepted Answer

A) Los Angeles 
B) New York 
C) St.Petersburg 
D) Baltimore 
A) Los Angeles 
B) New York 
C) St.Petersburg 
D) Baltimore A

Question 3

Which group worked to redefine local political institutions in the first two decades of the twentieth century?

Accepted Answer

A) Populists 
B) Roosevelt Roughriders 
C) Progressives 
D) Greenbackers 
A) Populists 
B) Roosevelt Roughriders 
C) Progressives 
D) Greenbackers C

Question 4

are characterized as having disdain for experts and elites,whereas are characterized as having disdain for the concentration of political and economic power.

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A) Populists;progressives 
B) Progressives;populists 
C) Progressives;party bosses 
D) Municipal reformers;muckrakers 
A) Populists;progressives 
B) Progressives;populists 
C) Progressives;party bosses 
D) Municipal reformers;muckrakers

Question 5

Which system of municipal governance,which is rarely used today,requires voters to elect people to run city departments rather than a city council?

Accepted Answer

A) Commission system 
B) Council-manager system 
C) Strong mayor system 
D) At-large mayor system 
A) Commission system 
B) Council-manager system 
C) Strong mayor system 
D) At-large mayor system

Question 6

Which of the following eroded urban machines' ability to directly communicate with and influence their partisan supporters?

Accepted Answer

A) Partisan ballot 
B) Split ballot 
C) Private ballot 
D) Australian ballot 
A) Partisan ballot 
B) Split ballot 
C) Private ballot 
D) Australian ballot

Question 7

Currently in the United States there are roughly how many counties?

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A) 300 
B) 1,500 
C) 3,000 
D) 6,000 
A) 300 
B) 1,500 
C) 3,000 
D) 6,000

Question 8

Between the 1820s and 1850s,many states

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A) expanded the range of offices subject to popular election. 
B) expanded the merit system for hiring public employees. 
C) adopted their own Alien and Sedition laws. 
D) eliminated candidate elections for county offices. 
A) expanded the range of offices subject to popular election. 
B) expanded the merit system for hiring public employees. 
C) adopted their own Alien and Sedition laws. 
D) eliminated candidate elections for county offices.

Question 9

Dillon's rule means that

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A) larger cities have less responsibility to its citizens than smaller cities. 
B) each state must have an identical number of counties within its borders. 
C) municipalities are not required to offer general services whatsoever. 
D) a state legislature can make different rules about how various municipalities in a state might function. 
A) larger cities have less responsibility to its citizens than smaller cities. 
B) each state must have an identical number of counties within its borders. 
C) municipalities are not required to offer general services whatsoever. 
D) a state legislature can make different rules about how various municipalities in a state might function.

Question 10

Which of the following statements regarding urban machines and party ballots is false?

Accepted Answer

A) The party name attached to a party organization provided a banner under which the organization's local candidates sought office. 
B) Some parties controlled a newspaper in a city to promote the organization and its candidates. 
C) Ballots printed by parties not only allowed secrecy in voting,but also blocked recent immigrants from voting. 
D) Political parties played almost no role in American elections during the mid-nineteenth century. 
A) The party name attached to a party organization provided a banner under which the organization's local candidates sought office. 
B) Some parties controlled a newspaper in a city to promote the organization and its candidates. 
C) Ballots printed by parties not only allowed secrecy in voting,but also blocked recent immigrants from voting. 
D) Political parties played almost no role in American elections during the mid-nineteenth century.

Question 11

Many machine politicians in several large cities came up through the ranks of firefighters,as did one of New York's greatest political operatives,

Accepted Answer

A) William "Boss" Tweed. 
B) James Michael "Mayor of the Poor" Curley. 
C) Michael "Hinky Dink" Kenna. 
D) "Sunny Jim" McNichol. 
A) William "Boss" Tweed. 
B) James Michael "Mayor of the Poor" Curley. 
C) Michael "Hinky Dink" Kenna. 
D) "Sunny Jim" McNichol.

Question 12

Which of the following did NOT contribute to the demise of urban political machines?

Accepted Answer

A) The large number of immigrants coming to America with limited language skills 
B) The relative values of machine-dispensed favors declined 
C) The rising influence of organized labor 
D) The Great Depression and federal government involvement with the needs of the poor 
A) The large number of immigrants coming to America with limited language skills 
B) The relative values of machine-dispensed favors declined 
C) The rising influence of organized labor 
D) The Great Depression and federal government involvement with the needs of the poor

Question 13

Discuss the reason for civil service reforms in municipalities.Have civil service reforms resulted in impartial and more efficient bureaucracies? Or are there some unseen limitations of civil service reforms?

Accepted Answer

Civil service reforms in municipalities

Question 14

What are urban party machines? How did they operate? What ended the urban party machine era,and what has largely replaced it?

Accepted Answer

Urban party machines were political orga

Question 15

Which group was attracted to large American cities during much of the nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A) Slaves 
B) Mexican immigrants 
C) European immigrants 
D) Indentured servants 
A) Slaves 
B) Mexican immigrants 
C) European immigrants 
D) Indentured servants

Question 16

The slogan "vote early,and vote often" typifies the widespread

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A) distain of urban machines for political parties. 
B) weakness of municipal governments during the Progressive Era. 
C) civic engagement of rural residents. 
D) electoral fraud and corruption of many urban political machines. 
A) distain of urban machines for political parties. 
B) weakness of municipal governments during the Progressive Era. 
C) civic engagement of rural residents. 
D) electoral fraud and corruption of many urban political machines.

Question 17

Who rallied the public against the dangers of crowded,inadequate urban housing and the exploitation of child labor in urban factories during the nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A) Blue-dog journalists 
B) Muddigging journalists 
C) Muckraking journalists 
D) Yellow-dog journalists 
A) Blue-dog journalists 
B) Muddigging journalists 
C) Muckraking journalists 
D) Yellow-dog journalists

Question 18

What aspect of American society rapidly outpaced the bare minimal levels of basic public services in the nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A) Urbanization 
B) Immigration 
C) Nationalization 
D) Naturalization 
A) Urbanization 
B) Immigration 
C) Nationalization 
D) Naturalization

Question 19

Racial and ethnic minorities are more likely to win seats via

Accepted Answer

A) district elections. 
B) primaries. 
C) at-large elections. 
D) non-partisan elections. 
A) district elections. 
B) primaries. 
C) at-large elections. 
D) non-partisan elections.

Question 20

Which of the following is NOT true regarding the urban reform movement?

Accepted Answer

A) Reformers were able to change the rules of how cities were governed,which contributed to the demise of machines. 
B) Reformers wanted to change the impersonal bureaucracy and replace it with a more personal-based style of clientelism. 
C) Reformers wanted to replace loyalists in city departments with people who had specific job qualifications. 
D) Reformers wanted to insulate the functions of local governments from the influence of politicians who ruled because they could win elections. 
A) Reformers were able to change the rules of how cities were governed,which contributed to the demise of machines. 
B) Reformers wanted to change the impersonal bureaucracy and replace it with a more personal-based style of clientelism. 
C) Reformers wanted to replace loyalists in city departments with people who had specific job qualifications. 
D) Reformers wanted to insulate the functions of local governments from the influence of politicians who ruled because they could win elections.

The level of corruption in machine politics

Mayors have varying degrees of executive power.Which of the following mayors has the least leeway in firing city employees?

Which group worked to redefine local political institutions in the first two decades of the twentieth century?

are characterized as having disdain for experts and elites,whereas are characterized as having disdain for the concentration of political and economic power.

Which system of municipal governance,which is rarely used today,requires voters to elect people to run city departments rather than a city council?

Which of the following eroded urban machines' ability to directly communicate with and influence their partisan supporters?

Currently in the United States there are roughly how many counties?

Between the 1820s and 1850s,many states

Dillon's rule means that

Which of the following statements regarding urban machines and party ballots is false?

Many machine politicians in several large cities came up through the ranks of firefighters,as did one of New York's greatest political operatives,

Which of the following did NOT contribute to the demise of urban political machines?

Discuss the reason for civil service reforms in municipalities.Have civil service reforms resulted in impartial and more efficient bureaucracies? Or are there some unseen limitations of civil service reforms?

What are urban party machines? How did they operate? What ended the urban party machine era,and what has largely replaced it?

Which group was attracted to large American cities during much of the nineteenth century?

The slogan "vote early,and vote often" typifies the widespread

Who rallied the public against the dangers of crowded,inadequate urban housing and the exploitation of child labor in urban factories during the nineteenth century?

What aspect of American society rapidly outpaced the bare minimal levels of basic public services in the nineteenth century?

Racial and ethnic minorities are more likely to win seats via

Which of the following is NOT true regarding the urban reform movement?

Introduction to State and Local Politics

Federalism: State and Local Politics Within a Federal System

Participation,elections,and Representation

State and Local Direct Democracy

Political Parties

Interest Groups

State Legislatures

Governors and the State Bureaucracy

State Courts and the Criminal Justice System

Fiscal Policy

Local Land Use and Environmental Politics

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Exam 11: The Structure of Local Governments

The level of corruption in machine politics

Mayors have varying degrees of executive power.Which of the following mayors has the least leeway in firing city employees?

Which group worked to redefine local political institutions in the first two decades of the twentieth century?

are characterized as having disdain for experts and elites,whereas are characterized as having disdain for the concentration of political and economic power.

Which system of municipal governance,which is rarely used today,requires voters to elect people to run city departments rather than a city council?

Which of the following eroded urban machines' ability to directly communicate with and influence their partisan supporters?

Currently in the United States there are roughly how many counties?

Between the 1820s and 1850s,many states

Dillon's rule means that

Which of the following statements regarding urban machines and party ballots is false?

Many machine politicians in several large cities came up through the ranks of firefighters,as did one of New York's greatest political operatives,

Which of the following did NOT contribute to the demise of urban political machines?

Discuss the reason for civil service reforms in municipalities.Have civil service reforms resulted in impartial and more efficient bureaucracies? Or are there some unseen limitations of civil service reforms?

What are urban party machines? How did they operate? What ended the urban party machine era,and what has largely replaced it?

Which group was attracted to large American cities during much of the nineteenth century?

The slogan "vote early,and vote often" typifies the widespread

Who rallied the public against the dangers of crowded,inadequate urban housing and the exploitation of child labor in urban factories during the nineteenth century?

What aspect of American society rapidly outpaced the bare minimal levels of basic public services in the nineteenth century?

Racial and ethnic minorities are more likely to win seats via

Which of the following is NOT true regarding the urban reform movement?

Introduction to State and Local Politics

Federalism: State and Local Politics Within a Federal System

Participation,elections,and Representation

State and Local Direct Democracy

Political Parties

Interest Groups

State Legislatures

Governors and the State Bureaucracy

State Courts and the Criminal Justice System

Fiscal Policy

Local Land Use and Environmental Politics

Morality Policy

Social Welfare and Health Care Policy

Education Policy

Filters