Midterm Exam

A  educating them on what is best

B  using coersion to punish

C  providing incentives

D  relying on peer pressure

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  determine if the actions are harmful

B  add up the number of people impacted by the action

C  determine which action is more harmful

D  determine whether the action is self or other regarding

A  Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission

B  McCutcheon v. Citizens United

C  Bopp v. Potter

D  McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission

A  strong union membership among American workers

B  America’s revolution against England

C  America’s founding by Protestants

D  a lack of common ancestry

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  structural requirements a party must meet to get on a ballot

B  lack of religious, ehtnic, racial parties

C  constitutional language establishing winner-take-all elections

D  historical geographic and economic divides in the country

A  Voters are evenly divided between identifying as Republicans and Democrats.

B  Voters identifying as independent has increased.

C  Voters identifying as Independent has declined.

D  Republican identification is greater than Democratic identification.

A  Elect members to Congress under a single-district, winner-take-all system 

B  Elect members to Congress on a combined ticket with the President

C  Elect members to Congress under a “first-past-the-post” system  

D  Elect members to Congress through a system of proportional representation

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  increase voter turnout

B  decrease the cost of elections

C  make the registration process faster

D  decrease election fraud

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  fewer registration laws

B  more polling locations

C  compulsory voting laws

D  more elections

A  Linda Tepsett, a 40-year-old full-time orthopedic surgeon

B  Mark Forman, a 70-year-old retired steelworker

C  Jeffrey Lyons, a 40-year-old lawyer and father of one

D  Maria Trejo, a 28-year-old part-time sonogram technician and mother of two

A  over forty-five years old

B  income under $30,000

C  high school education or less

D  residency in the South

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  grandfather clause

B  lengthy residency requirement

C  National Voter Registration Act

D  competency requirement

A  gerrymandering of the candidate’s district

B  candidate’s socioeconomic status

C  candidate’s political party

D  media’s support of the candidate

A  Equal Protection Clause

B  Elastic Clause

C  Due Process Clause

D  Interstate Commerce Clause

A  Gives the national government complete power over states

B  Divides powers between the states and central government and gives each constitutional standing

C  In theory, gives ultimate sovereignty to the states

D  Divides power relatively equally among national, state, and local governments

A  Large and diverse

B  About the same age as the United States

C  Wealthy and well educated

D  Largely agricultural

A  Cooperative federalism respects the traditional jurisdictional boundaries between states and federal government.

B  Federal cooperation helps mitigate the problem of collective action among states.

C  Federal assistance ensures some degree of uniformity of public services across states.

D  Federal assistance encourages state and local governments to generate positive externalities.

A  Preemption

B  Paramount Necessity

C  Nullification

D  Devolution

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  Encourages experimentation and innovation in the states

B  Provides another way to fragment government power

C  Promotes the principle of political equality

D  Helps assure greater popular control over government

A  Establishing a system of education

B  Regulate commerce

C  Coin money

D  Establish a military

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  ratify treaties

B  engage in diplomacy

C  declare war

D  raise an army and navy

A  It was agreed that a state’s slave population would be counted for purposes of representation but not for purposes of taxation.

B  It was agreed that a state’s slave population would be counted for purposes of taxation but not for purposes of representation.

C  It was agreed that 60 percent of a state’s slave population would be counted for purposes of both representation and taxation.

D  It was agreed that Congress would abolish slavery in 1850.

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  Representation in the House of Representatives would be based on each state’s population and every state would have two senators.

B  Representation in both the House of Representatives and the Senate would be based on a state’s population.

C  Congress would be a unicameral legislature with each state receiving equal representation.

D  Each state would have equal representation in both the House of Representatives and the Senate.

A  State restrictions on participation such as voting.

B  Threats to private property rights enacted by states.

C  The failure of states to protect debtors after the Revolution.

D  Limitations on democracy put in place at the state level.

A  John Locke

B  Thomas Jefferson

C  King James II

D  James Madison

A  States

B  The Judicial Branch

C  The Legislative Branch

D  The Executive Branch

A  It could not impose taxes.

B  It could not coin money.

C  It could not declare war.

D  It could not conduct foreign affairs.

A  TRUE

B  FALSE