Midterm Exam

A  providing incentives

B  using coersion to punish

C  educating them on what is best

D  relying on peer pressure

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  add up the number of people impacted by the action

B  determine if the actions are harmful

C  determine which action is more harmful

D  determine whether the action is self or other regarding

A  McCutcheon v. Citizens United

B  Bopp v. Potter

C  Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission

D  McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission

A  a lack of common ancestry

B  strong union membership among American workers

C  America’s revolution against England

D  America’s founding by Protestants

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  constitutional language establishing winner-take-all elections

B  lack of religious, ehtnic, racial parties

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

D  historical geographic and economic divides in the country

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

B  Voters identifying as independent has increased.

C  Republican identification is greater than Democratic identification.

D  Voters identifying as Independent has declined.

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

B  Elect members to Congress through a system of proportional representation

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

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

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  increase voter turnout

B  decrease election fraud

C  decrease the cost of elections

D  make the registration process faster

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  more elections

B  more polling locations

C  compulsory voting laws

D  fewer registration laws

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

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

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

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

A  high school education or less

B  over forty-five years old

C  income under $30,000

D  residency in the South

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  National Voter Registration Act

B  lengthy residency requirement

C  grandfather clause

D  competency requirement

A  candidate’s socioeconomic status

B  media’s support of the candidate

C  gerrymandering of the candidate’s district

D  candidate’s political party

A  Interstate Commerce Clause

B  Elastic Clause

C  Due Process Clause

D  Equal Protection Clause

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

B  Gives the national government complete power over states

C  In theory, gives ultimate sovereignty to the states

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

A  About the same age as the United States

B  Largely agricultural

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  Paramount Necessity

B  Preemption

C  Nullification

D  Devolution

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  Encourages experimentation and innovation in the states

B  Helps assure greater popular control over government

C  Promotes the principle of political equality

D  Provides another way to fragment government power

A  Establishing a system of education

B  Coin money

C  Establish a military

D  Regulate commerce

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  ratify treaties

B  declare war

C  engage in diplomacy

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  FALSE

B  TRUE

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

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

A  State restrictions on participation such as voting.

B  Threats to private property rights enacted by states.

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

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

A  Thomas Jefferson

B  John Locke

C  King James II

D  James Madison

A  The Judicial Branch

B  The Executive Branch

C  The Legislative Branch

D  States

A  It could not coin money.

B  It could not declare war.

C  It could not conduct foreign affairs.

D  It could not impose taxes.

A  TRUE

B  FALSE