Midterm Exam

A  relying on peer pressure

B  providing incentives

C  educating them on what is best

D  using coersion to punish

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  determine if the actions are harmful

B  determine which action is more harmful

C  add up the number of people impacted by the action

D  determine whether the action is self or other regarding

A  Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission

B  McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission

C  McCutcheon v. Citizens United

D  Bopp v. Potter

A  a lack of common ancestry

B  America’s revolution against England

C  strong union membership among American workers

D  America’s founding by Protestants

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 identifying as Independent has declined.

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

C  Republican identification is greater than Democratic identification.

D  Voters identifying as independent has increased.

A  Elect members to Congress through a system of proportional representation

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

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

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

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  decrease election fraud

B  increase voter turnout

C  make the registration process faster

D  decrease the cost of elections

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  compulsory voting laws

B  more polling locations

C  fewer registration 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  income under $30,000

B  residency in the South

C  high school education or less

D  over forty-five years old

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  National Voter Registration Act

B  lengthy residency requirement

C  competency requirement

D  grandfather clause

A  media’s support of the candidate

B  candidate’s political party

C  gerrymandering of the candidate’s district

D  candidate’s socioeconomic status

A  Equal Protection Clause

B  Interstate Commerce Clause

C  Elastic Clause

D  Due Process Clause

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

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

C  Gives the national government complete power over states

D  In theory, gives ultimate sovereignty to the states

A  Largely agricultural

B  Large and diverse

C  Wealthy and well educated

D  About the same age as the United States

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

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

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

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

A  Preemption

B  Nullification

C  Paramount Necessity

D  Devolution

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  Promotes the principle of political equality

B  Helps assure greater popular control over government

C  Encourages experimentation and innovation in the states

D  Provides another way to fragment government power

A  Establish a military

B  Establishing a system of education

C  Regulate commerce

D  Coin money

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  declare war

B  raise an army and navy

C  engage in diplomacy

D  ratify treaties

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

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 a state’s slave population would be counted for purposes of representation but not for purposes of taxation.

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

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

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

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

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

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

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  James Madison

B  Thomas Jefferson

C  John Locke

D  King James II

A  The Legislative Branch

B  The Judicial Branch

C  States

D  The Executive Branch

A  It could not conduct foreign affairs.

B  It could not declare war.

C  It could not coin money.

D  It could not impose taxes.

A  FALSE

B  TRUE