Midterm Exam

A  educating them on what is best

B  using coersion to punish

C  providing incentives

D  relying on peer pressure

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  determine whether the action is self or other regarding

B  determine which action is more harmful

C  determine if the actions are harmful

D  add up the number of people impacted by the action

A  McCutcheon v. Citizens United

B  Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission

C  Bopp v. Potter

D  McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission

A  America’s revolution against England

B  a lack of common ancestry

C  America’s founding by Protestants

D  strong union membership among American workers

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

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

B  historical geographic and economic divides in the country

C  constitutional language establishing winner-take-all elections

D  lack of religious, ehtnic, racial parties

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

B  Voters identifying as Independent has declined.

C  Voters identifying as independent has increased.

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 through a system of proportional representation

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

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  decrease election fraud

B  make the registration process faster

C  decrease the cost of elections

D  increase voter turnout

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  more elections

B  compulsory voting laws

C  fewer registration laws

D  more polling locations

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

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

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

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

A  residency in the South

B  income under $30,000

C  high school education or less

D  over forty-five years old

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  competency requirement

B  grandfather clause

C  lengthy residency requirement

D  National Voter Registration Act

A  media’s support of the candidate

B  gerrymandering of the candidate’s district

C  candidate’s political party

D  candidate’s socioeconomic status

A  Due Process Clause

B  Elastic Clause

C  Equal Protection Clause

D  Interstate Commerce Clause

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

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

C  Gives the national government complete power over states

D  In theory, gives ultimate sovereignty to the states

A  Large and diverse

B  Largely agricultural

C  About the same age as the United States

D  Wealthy and well educated

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

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

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

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

A  Paramount Necessity

B  Nullification

C  Devolution

D  Preemption

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  Helps assure greater popular control over government

B  Promotes the principle of political equality

C  Provides another way to fragment government power

D  Encourages experimentation and innovation in the states

A  Establishing a system of education

B  Establish a military

C  Regulate commerce

D  Coin money

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  raise an army and navy

B  declare war

C  ratify treaties

D  engage in diplomacy

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

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

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

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

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

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

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

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

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  The failure of states to protect debtors after the Revolution.

C  Threats to private property rights enacted by states.

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

A  Thomas Jefferson

B  King James II

C  James Madison

D  John Locke

A  The Legislative Branch

B  States

C  The Judicial Branch

D  The Executive Branch

A  It could not declare war.

B  It could not conduct foreign affairs.

C  It could not impose taxes.

D  It could not coin money.

A  FALSE

B  TRUE