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  add up the number of people impacted by the action

B  determine which action is more harmful

C  determine whether the action is self or other regarding

D  determine if the actions are harmful

A  Bopp v. Potter

B  Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission

C  McCutcheon v. Citizens United

D  McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission

A  a lack of common ancestry

B  America’s founding by Protestants

C  strong union membership among American workers

D  America’s revolution against England

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  lack of religious, ehtnic, racial parties

B  historical geographic and economic divides in the country

C  constitutional language establishing winner-take-all elections

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

A  Voters identifying as Independent has declined.

B  Republican identification is greater than Democratic identification.

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 “first-past-the-post” system  

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

D  Elect members to Congress through a system of proportional representation

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  increase voter turnout

B  decrease election fraud

C  make the registration process faster

D  decrease the cost of elections

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  fewer registration laws

B  more elections

C  compulsory voting laws

D  more polling locations

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

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

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

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

A  over forty-five years old

B  residency in the South

C  high school education or less

D  income under $30,000

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  lengthy residency requirement

B  grandfather clause

C  competency requirement

D  National Voter Registration Act

A  gerrymandering of the candidate’s district

B  media’s support of the candidate

C  candidate’s political party

D  candidate’s socioeconomic status

A  Due Process Clause

B  Equal Protection Clause

C  Elastic Clause

D  Interstate Commerce Clause

A  In theory, gives ultimate sovereignty to the states

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

C  Gives the national government complete power over states

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

A  Large and diverse

B  Wealthy and well educated

C  About the same age as the United States

D  Largely agricultural

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  Nullification

B  Devolution

C  Preemption

D  Paramount Necessity

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

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  Regulate commerce

B  Establishing a system of education

C  Coin money

D  Establish a military

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

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

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

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

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

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

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  Limitations on democracy put in place at the state level.

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

D  Threats to private property rights enacted by states.

A  King James II

B  John Locke

C  Thomas Jefferson

D  James Madison

A  The Legislative Branch

B  States

C  The Judicial Branch

D  The Executive Branch

A  It could not impose taxes.

B  It could not declare war.

C  It could not conduct foreign affairs.

D  It could not coin money.

A  TRUE

B  FALSE