Deck 13: President Donald Trump: Populist or Conservative

Question 1

Trump tweeted in his presidential campaign that climate control was a hoax promoted by the

A) Clinton campaign.
B) Chinese.
C) Liberal media.
D) Russians.

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Donald Trump's campaign promises included all but which of the following:

A) halting immigration from Mexico and banning Muslims.
B) repeal and replace Obamacare.
C) increase American military spending.
D) bring peace to the Middle East.

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Trump made immigration restriction a key part of his platform, arguing that immigration took jobs away from American citizens.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Donald Trump entered the political fray when he created the "Birther Movement".

Question 5

When Donald Trump implied that he might cut the federal subsidies given to private health insurance companies for their low-income enrollees in state exchanges, the companies

A) lowered their premiums and deductibles.
B) raised their premiums and deductibles.
C) kept their premiums and deductibles the same.
D) offered additional incentives to low-income enrollees to encourage participation.

Question 6

Bernie Sanders' message appealed most to millions of voters born between 1982 and 2000. One common experience among voters endorsing Sanders was that they had

A) record levels of credit card debt.
B) multiple low-paying jobs.
C) considerable childcare costs.
D) record levels of tuition debt.

Question 7

After the election in 2016, the Democratic Party had divisions in its moderate wing and its activist wing. The activist wing was led by

A) Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren.
B) Senators Elizabeth Warren and Kirsten Gillibrand.
C) Senators Bernie Sanders and Chuck Schumer.
D) Senators Elizabeth Warren and Kamala Harris.

Question 8

Donald Trump prospered in the "Second Gilded Age" of the 1980s, in which major corporations' executives brought home 25 million and more in annual pay. These executives benefitted from President Reagan's decision to cut top marginal tax rates from

A) 70% to 28%
B) 70% to 52%
C) 52% to 28%
D) 52% to 12%

Question 9

Per the Congressional Budget Office, over the next 10 years both the House and Senate versions of the 2017 tax bills will create $1.4 trillion in additional budget deficits. Professor Lily Batchelder of New York University contends that by 2027 the only income group that will benefit from the Senate bill on average will be the top

A) 1% of the population.
B) 5% of the population.
C) 10% of the population.
D) 2% of the population.

Question 10

Donald Trump marketed himself-as-politician as his brand just as he had marketed his real estate. All but which trait below is a trait viewed as desirable by Donald Trump:

A) prejudice against at-risk populations.
B) bullying.
C) doubling down.
D) documenting the truth.

Question 11

Tax expert Edward Kleinbard identified all but one of the following faults of Trump that might jeopardize his effectiveness as a policy maker.

A) Inexperience
B) Incompetence
C) Incommunicable
D) Infighting

Question 12

Differences exist about the merit of specific findings from empirical research, as well as our ethical reasoning in specific situations. These differences imply that well-accepted standards for seeking empirical and ethical truth do not exist.

Question 13

Donald Trump's propensity for discrimination was manifested by all but which of the following decisions?

A) Supporting Ray Moore for a U.S. Senate seat despite numerous allegations toward Moore of sexual harassment of female teenagers as young as age 14
B) Pardoning Sheriff Joe Arpaio, an Arizona sheriff convicted of racial profiling and round-ups of Latinos who were mostly citizens
C) "Condemning both sides" for the violence that occurred in Charlottesville, Virginia, following a white supremacy protest and a counter-protest.
D) Encouraging the removal of the statues of Confederate Generals to further beautify the South towns

Question 14

Despite Trump's focus on blue-collar whites, since taking office he has also expressed concern for other vulnerable populations including persons of color, children, women, and persons with disabilities.

Question 15

At rallies and speeches, Donald Trump persistently encouraged his audiences to chant which statement about Hillary Clinton?

A) "Lock Her Up"
B) "Crooked"
C) "Emails"
D) "Benghazi"

Question 16

Gary Johnson from the Libertarian Party and Jill Stein from the Green Party did not impact the balance of votes in any states' elections.

Question 17

In 2015, Donald Trump's rapid ascent in the polls made party leaders fear that he might

A) entice many voters to vote for a third party.
B) entice many voters to leave the Republican Party.
C) drop out once nominated for the Republican Party.
D) outspend all other candidates before 2016.

Question 18

After Donald Trump's "fake or pretend campaign" in 2000 to be the presidential nominee of the Reform Party, he emerged with a platform for the 2015 and 2016 presidential campaign that identified his core constituency as

A) alienated white voters in rural areas, coal country, and distressed rural towns.
B) wealthy CEOs and corporate executives.
C) American middle-class voters..
D) poor minority voters.

Question 19

In his presidential campaign in 2015 and 2016, Donald Trump used a style that was used in 2000 by Suicide of a Superpower author

A) David Duke.
B) Pat Buchanan.
C) Newt Gingrich.
D) Pat Robertson.

Question 20

The Affordable Care Act had five major goals. When comparing health care in 2010 and 2017, the program

A) made no progress.
B) was worse than before there was a program.
C) made progress.
D) made significant progress.

Question 21

During his campaign, Donald Trump promised he would not cut finding of Medicaid or leave people without health insurance and was against legislative measures that proposed deep cuts in Medicaid that moved as many as 23 million persons from health insurance.

Question 22

Despite most experts stating that Hillary Clinton as the victor in each of her debates with Donald Trump in 2016, Trump's base believed that he had won the debates.

Question 23

Donald Trump issued an Executive Order on January 27, 2017, that banned entry for people from seven mostly Muslim nations to "keep our country safe."

Question 24

During Donald Trump's campaign, Trump used attacks on at-risk populations to cultivate support from white people who believed they were under attack or marginalized by the United States' growing diversity.

Question 25

Donald Trump coined the phrase "Make America Great Again."