Midterm Exam

A  educating them on what is best

B  relying on peer pressure

C  using coersion to punish

D  providing incentives

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

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  McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission

B  Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission

C  Bopp v. Potter

D  McCutcheon v. Citizens United

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  lack of religious, ehtnic, racial parties

B  constitutional language establishing winner-take-all elections

C  historical geographic and economic divides in the country

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

A  Republican identification is greater than Democratic identification.

B  Voters identifying as Independent has declined.

C  Voters identifying as independent has increased.

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

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

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

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 the cost of elections

B  make the registration process faster

C  decrease election fraud

D  increase voter turnout

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  compulsory voting laws

B  fewer registration laws

C  more polling locations

D  more elections

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

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

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

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

A  high school education or less

B  residency in the South

C  income under $30,000

D  over forty-five years old

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  National Voter Registration Act

B  lengthy residency requirement

C  grandfather clause

D  competency requirement

A  media’s support of the candidate

B  candidate’s socioeconomic status

C  gerrymandering of the candidate’s district

D  candidate’s political party

A  Elastic Clause

B  Interstate Commerce Clause

C  Due Process Clause

D  Equal Protection 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  In theory, gives ultimate sovereignty to the states

D  Gives the national government complete power over states

A  About the same age as the United States

B  Largely agricultural

C  Large and diverse

D  Wealthy and well educated

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

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

A  Devolution

B  Paramount Necessity

C  Preemption

D  Nullification

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  Encourages experimentation and innovation in the states

B  Provides another way to fragment government power

C  Helps assure greater popular control over government

D  Promotes the principle of political equality

A  Regulate commerce

B  Establish a military

C  Coin money

D  Establishing a system of education

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 60 percent of a state’s slave population would be counted for purposes of both representation and taxation.

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

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

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

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

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

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

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  Threats to private property rights enacted by states.

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

C  State restrictions on participation such as voting.

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

A  King James II

B  James Madison

C  John Locke

D  Thomas Jefferson

A  The Judicial Branch

B  The Executive Branch

C  States

D  The Legislative Branch

A  It could not coin money.

B  It could not conduct foreign affairs.

C  It could not impose taxes.

D  It could not declare war.

A  FALSE

B  TRUE