TY: And The Winner Is...?: Close Calls in Presidential Elections Name: HEATHER GRAEHL Attempt: 1 / 2 Out of: 100 Started: June 10, 2006 4:26pm Finished: June 10, 2006 4:54pm Time spent: 27 min. 42 sec. Student finished 2 min. 18 sec. ahead of the 30 min. time limit.
Question 1
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Which presidential election was decided by a 15-member presidential commission established by Congress? Student response: Percent Correct Student Value Response Response 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Score: Question 2 0 / 10 (10 points) Percent Value 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Score: Question 3 10 / 10 (10 points) Percent Value 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% Correct Response Student Response a. b. c. Answer Choices 270 268 266 Correct Response Student Response a. b. c. d. e. Answer Choices California Florida Illinois Texas New York Answer Choices a. The election of 1876 b. The election of 1888 c. The election of 2000 d. The election of 1824 e. The election of 1960
Which state's election returns finally determined the outcome of the 1916 presidential election? Student response:
How many electoral votes are necessary to achieve a majority in the electoral college? Student response:
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Which presidential candidate claimed he was the victim of a "corrupt bargain?" Student response: Percent Correct Student Value Response Response 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Score: Question 5 10 / 10 (10 points) Answer Choices a. Andrew Jackson b. Henry Clay c. John Quincy Adams d. William Crawford e. Al Gore
Which president lost his first campaign for the White House by a very narrow popular vote margin, won his next attempt by a very narrow popular vote margin, and then won reelection by one of the largest popular and electoral vote margins in American history? Student response: Percent Value 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Score: Question 6 0 / 10 (10 points) Correct Response Student Response Answer Choices a. Richard Nixon b. Andrew Jackson c. Grover Cleveland d. Gerald Ford e. Benjamin Harrison
According to the Constitution, if no candidate receives a majority vote in the electoral college, the election is decided by Student response: Percent Correct Student Value Response Response 100.0% 0.0% Answer Choices a. the House of Representatives. b. the Senate.
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c. the Supreme Court. d. a special commission appointed by Congress. e. a second popular election.
A swing of 9,000 popular votes in which two states would have altered the outcome of the 1976 presidential election? Student response: Percent Correct Student Value Response Response 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Answer Choices a. Hawaii and Ohio b. Florida and New Mexico c. Illinois and Texas d. California and Indiana e. South Carolina and Louisiana
Score: Question 8
10 / 10 (10 points) Answer Choices a. Members of the electoral college are not obligated under the Constitution to cast their vote for the winner of the popular vote in their home state. b. Members of the electoral college all meet in California in the month after the presidential election to cast their electoral votes. c. All 50 states award their electoral votes on a winnertake-all basis. d. The number of electoral
Which of the following statements is true? Student response: Percent Correct Student Value Response Response 100.0%
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votes awarded to each state is determined solely on the basis of population. 0.0% e. The number of members of the electoral college has remain fixed throughout American history, with votes reapportioned to individual states every 10 years after a census has been conducted.
Score: Question 9
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The most recent candidate to be elected president without receiving a majority of the popular vote is Student response: Percent Value 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Score: Question 10 10 / 10 (10 points) Correct Response Student Response Answer Choices a. George W. Bush. b. Bill Clinton. c. Ronald Reagan. d. Jimmy Carter. e. Gerald Ford.
Which of the following best explains why it is unlikely that the electoral college will be abolished in the near future, as advocates of direct popular election of the president demand? Student response: Percent Correct Student Value Response Response 100.0% Answer Choices a. The present electoral college system benefits states with smaller populations, and there are enough of these to block a constitutional amendment abolishing the electoral college. b. The Supreme Court would not allow such an action
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under any circumstance. 0.0% c. A majority in Congress prefers the electoral college system. d. President Bush is against the idea, since he lost the popular vote to Al Gore but won the electoral college. e. National public opinion polls reveal that a large majority of Americans prefer to keep the system the way it is.
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Score: Total score:
10 / 10 80 / 100 = 80.0%