Deck 28: Politics California Style

Question 1

President Eisenhower removed Earl Warren from his position as Chief Justice of the United States because of Warren's role in the wartime relocation of Japanese Americans.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Earl Warren has the distinction of being the only California governor to be

A)elected to an unprecedented four terms.
B)elected in the primary.
C)removed from office by impeachment.
D)succeeded in office by his son.

Answer 2

elected in the primary.

Question 3

In his first campaign for a seat in the House of Representatives in 1946,Richard Nixon waged a fair campaign against his Democratic opponent.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Which of the following Hollywood personalities supported the anticommunist investigations of the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)?

A)Judy Garland
B)Katharine Hepburn
C)Walt Disney
D)Humphrey Bogart

Question 5

A key factor in the Democratic resurgence in 1958 was a ballot proposal to

A)desegregate residential housing.
B)forbid union-shop contracts.
C)bar communists from teaching at state universities.
D)reduce property taxes.

Question 6

California's peculiar cross-filing law tended to

A)keep Republican incumbents in office.
B)favor the rise of third parties.
C)maintain Democratic strength among the business elite.
D)diminish the importance of party primaries.

Question 7

The John Birch Society

A)contributed substantially to Republican defeats in the elections of 1962 and 1964.
B)was repudiated by Barry Goldwater in the 1964 presidential campaign.
C)never attained a strong following in southern California.
D)was praised by Richard Nixon in 1962.

Question 8

California's cross-filing law helped to keep Republican incumbents in office during the 1940s and 1950s.

Question 9

The "fourth branch of government" refers to

A)lobbying.
B)campaign-management firms.
C)informal party organizations.
D)regulatory commissions established by legislation.

Question 10

Whitaker and Baxter's Campaigns,Inc. ,

A)revolutionized political campaigning by applying the techniques of the advertising industry.
B)became increasingly liberal in their later years.
C)originated in New Jersey and later relocated to Los Angeles in the 1950s.
D)all of the above

Question 11

In his 1946 and 1950 campaigns in California,Richard Nixon

A)was defeated.
B)exploited popular fears of communism.
C)charged his opponents with corruption in office.
D)used the services of Arthur H.Samish.

Question 12

From 1942 until 1958 the Democratic majority of California voters consistently elected heavy majorities of Republicans to state offices.

Question 13

The nation's first professional campaign-management firm originated in California partly because of the state's constant influx of new voters.

Question 14

As governor of California,Earl Warren

A)recommended state compulsory health insurance.
B)used a wartime budget surplus to sponsor tax reductions.
C)requested an increase in the gasoline tax.
D)all of the above

Question 15

The downfall of lobbyist Arthur H.Samish resulted from

A)his conviction on conflict of interest laws.
B)the revelations of a Sacramento grand jury investigation.
C)his being convicted of income tax evasion.
D)a tough anti-lobbying law passed in 1949.

Question 16

Earl Warren was elected to an unprecedented third term as governor of California in 1950.

Question 17

The Republican nominee for governor in 1958 was Richard Nixon.

Question 18

When compared with other states,the power of lobbyists in California during the 1930s and 1940s was relatively weak.

Question 19

Richard Nixon's first political victory was the defeat of

A)Helen Gahagan Douglas.
B)Jerry Voorhis.
C)Alger Hiss.
D)Adlai Stevenson.

Question 20

In the case of Tolman v.Underhill (1952),the California Supreme Court

A)invalidated the University of California loyalty oath.
B)abolished the "little Dies Commission".
C)upheld the constitutionality of the Levering Act.
D)invalidated the criminal syndicalism act of 1919.

Question 21

Assess the impact of antiparty laws on California politics during the 1940s and 1950s.

Question 22

Richard Nixon's gubernatorial campaign in 1962 included an ill-fated fraudulent postcard poll.

Question 23

Compare the gubernatorial administrations of Earl Warren and Edmund G."Pat" Brown.What were the philosophies of each man,and what successes and failures did each experience?

Question 24

Describe Richard Nixon's early political career in California and his later unsuccessful bid for the governorship in 1962.What factors contributed to his success and failure?