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 whether the action is self or other regarding

B  determine which action is more harmful

C  add up the number of people impacted by the action

D  determine if the actions are harmful

A  McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission

B  Bopp v. Potter

C  Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission

D  McCutcheon v. Citizens United

A  America’s founding by Protestants

B  strong union membership among American workers

C  a lack of common ancestry

D  America’s revolution against England

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  historical geographic and economic divides in the country

B  lack of religious, ehtnic, racial parties

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 increased.

B  Republican identification is greater than Democratic identification.

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

D  Voters identifying as Independent has declined.

A  Elect members to Congress under a “first-past-the-post” 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 single-district, winner-take-all system 

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  make the registration process faster

B  increase voter turnout

C  decrease election fraud

D  decrease the cost of elections

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  fewer registration laws

B  more elections

C  compulsory voting laws

D  more polling locations

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  over forty-five years old

B  residency in the South

C  income under $30,000

D  high school education or less

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  National Voter Registration Act

B  grandfather clause

C  competency requirement

D  lengthy residency requirement

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  Elastic Clause

B  Interstate Commerce Clause

C  Due Process Clause

D  Equal Protection Clause

A  Gives the national government complete power over states

B  In theory, gives ultimate sovereignty to the states

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

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

A  Largely agricultural

B  About the same age as the United States

C  Wealthy and well educated

D  Large and diverse

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

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

A  Nullification

B  Preemption

C  Paramount Necessity

D  Devolution

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  Provides another way to fragment government power

B  Promotes the principle of political equality

C  Helps assure greater popular control over government

D  Encourages experimentation and innovation in the states

A  Establishing a system of education

B  Coin money

C  Regulate commerce

D  Establish a military

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  engage in diplomacy

B  declare war

C  ratify treaties

D  raise an army and navy

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

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

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

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

B  State restrictions on participation such as voting.

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

D  Threats to private property rights enacted by states.

A  Thomas Jefferson

B  King James II

C  John Locke

D  James Madison

A  The Judicial Branch

B  The Legislative Branch

C  The Executive Branch

D  States

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  FALSE

B  TRUE