Chapter 4 Constitutional Democracy

A  The rule of law is not an important policy for a democracy to adhere to because different forms of democracy rely upon different systems.

B  The rule of law is solely focused upon maintaining and regulating international trade within a democracy.

C  The rule of law is necessary to prevent foreign encroachment upon the rights of individual voters.

D  The rule of law in a democracy protects individual rights, a necessity for all voices to be heard in elections.

E  The rule of law is not an important value for a democracy to adhere to.

A  The rule of the majority will have collective wisdom behind it, making it just.

B  The rule of the majority will be inherently beneficial to the minorities.

C  The rule of the majority was indefensible, according to de Tocqueville.

D  The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few within a democracy.

E  Alexis de Tocqueville did not have an opinion on the rule of the majority.

A  The separation of war powers enables Congress to check the president for abuse of power by preventing the concentration of all power into one individual or tyrant.

B  The separation of war powers does not have any significant impact on military action.

C  The separation of war powers allows for more ideas to be heard, thus leading to more deliberative action taken.

D  Without separation of war powers, there would be a significant risk of a military coup.

E  The separation of war powers creates an unnecessary delay of any action taken, reducing the effectiveness of any action.

A  Term limits allow for new ideas to be presented and tested in the governmental process.

B  Term limits keep the federal government from obtaining too much power by preventing officials from holding more than one different public office in their lifetime.

C  Term limits prevent the creation of familial political dynasties.

D  Term limits allow for more diversity to be represented by ensuring each election has a diverse field of candidates.

E  Term limits prevent any one individual from serving in multiple public offices simultaneously.

A  Without protections, majority groups such as large states would trample over smaller states’ needs, creating an unjust government.

B  Without protections, minority groups would leave the nation, causing serious damage to the economic system.

C  Protecting minority groups is essential to maintaining a fair and legitimate government through the impartial rule of law.

D  Protecting minority rights degrades the voice of majority groups and should not be protected any differently than those of the majority.

E  Minority groups do not need protection in a democracy because they will be absorbed into larger groups and become a majority group.

A  Constitutionalism restrains the government and its officials with a supreme set of neutral rules that prevent arbitrary and unfair action by government.

B  Constitutionalism creates checks and balances within the government to reduce any tyranny.

C  Constitutionalism combats the tyranny of the majority by separating citizens into different voting groups.

D  Constitutionalism codifies the personal belief systems of citizens into law through the precedents set down by the judicial system.

E  Constitutionalism grants the legitimacy of a democracy to rule over its citizens through a sustained initiative to ensure the government has enough power to protect the citizens.

A  The Magna Carta was held up as an example by the Founding Fathers as a failed British experiment and a structure to stay away from in the creation of a new government.

B  The Magna Carta was used to help create a bicameral legislative structure to help alleviate any bias one chamber may possess.

C  The Magna Carta was used as an example of how to protect individual liberties and create separate powers for different branches of government.

D  The Magna Carta was used as an example of how to franchise the common citizen and incentivize their participation in government and politics.

E  The Magna Carta was directly used as part of the US Constitution by creating a standard of British common law in the colonies.

A  Democracies such as the United States do not often achieve the unanimity required in their respective legislative chambers to significantly address any major issue, relegating the legislative chambers to addressing smaller issues.

B  Democracies such as the United States do not possess enough resources for them to focus on generating policies or legislation to address more than one major issue at a time.

C  The United States and democracies like it are not often faced with any major issues that would require near-unanimous decisions.

D  Citizens are apathetic about the issues the government wants to focus on, which in turn means government will not move to address these issues.

E  There are myriad issues facing democratic nations such as the United States, and each special interest group wants to focus on their own at the expense of other special interest groups or major issues.

A  A form of democracy in which the political participation of as many citizens as possible is emphasized

B  A form of democracy in which businesses are invited to participate in politics along with citizens

C  A form of democracy that regulates the free market in order to benefit small businesses

D  A form of democracy in which the government contributes to the political and civic literacy of the citizens

E  A form of democracy in which the government ensures the overall health and well-being of its citizens

A  To prosecute any actions or beliefs that the government disagrees with

B  To create a like-minded voting population through a federal education system

C  To maintain the peace among the population through the display and use of force

D  To deter foreign entities from interfering with the nation through intimidation and military strength

E  To ensure the safety and protection of its citizens in a just and impartial manner

A  The states and the federal government must decide upon each individual power and determine where it should lay.

B  All powers not explicitly granted to the states in the Constitution were to remain with the federal government.

C  The federal government would decide what level of government was granted any new powers.

D  The federal government would reserve the right to revoke any powers from the states at any time.

E  All powers not explicitly granted to the federal government in the Constitution were intended to remain with the states.

A  The creation of intermediary government agencies that would help the federal and state governments work together

B  A continuous increase of federal power since the 1930s that has taken more power away from the states

C  Cooperation between the federal government and the states leading to a more equal distribution of power

D  A restoration of power to the states that had been in decline since the end of the Civil War

E  The creation of more government work programs, resulting in a lowered unemployment rate

A  To give the states the ability to ignore any federal law that went against their wishes

B  To allow a majority of states to make null and void laws of states that are deemed oppressive

C  To allow for the states to work together to repeal any federal law that was deemed unnecessary

D  To allow the federal government to make null and void any state law they wished

E  To give states the rights to fully govern themselves as they saw fit

A  A form of democracy that required legislation to be acceptable to all groups of people through community interaction and input

B  A government that should have the ideas of the minority groups in mind, not just the majority of the population

C  A government with the primary purpose of protecting minority rights through affirmative action policies

D  A government with the opportunity for all citizens to have input on legislation and governmental regulation

E  A form of democracy with an increased emphasis on international trade and cooperation, particularly through the stock exchange

A  The common people were not educated enough at the time to understand how the government worked, so the Founding Fathers wanted it to be as clear as possible to avoid an uneducated mass from making irrational laws and regulations. On the other side, if the government was not educated enough, it would not be able to function efficiently or properly.

B  The Founding Fathers were concerned with the ability of a powerful government to ignore the wishes of the citizens. Conversely, the Founding Fathers were concerned with a majority of the population that, if it became too powerful, would ignore the government.

C  The government was set up in a manner in which it was not necessary to change it throughout the course of the nation, which necessitated preventing either the majority or the government from being able to achieve any major change.

D  The Founding Fathers felt that it was their duty to create a government that would govern well without any interference from the citizens, which necessitated preventing the majority from having the power to change the government.

E  The Founding Fathers felt that human nature was inherently flawed, which would require both the government and the majority to be held in check in order to prevent tyranny from either the government or the mass of citizens.

A  To ensure that all branches of the government are involved in every action taken

B  To ensure that no single branch of government abuses power over other branches

C  To prevent any military coups from taking control of the government

D  To allow for the government to grow in a sustainable manner

E  To maintain the current structure of the government

A  The multiparty approach does not lend itself to gridlock because it addresses smaller issues than the American model.

B  The multiparty system allows for multiple parties to form coalitions. These coalitions incentivize the parties to cooperate more than the divisiveness of a two-party system because each individual party must compete for votes, lending platforms more tailored to the needs of the people.

C  The parliamentary model has more voter access through primarily single-issue parties in comparison to the American model with two opposing broad-based parties.

D  The multiparty system allows for a more diverse approach to issues than the two-party system present in the American model.

E  The multiparty model leads to coalitions of minority groups that eventually lead to a two-party system, whereas the American model has two opposing parties that check the other’s power.

A  The delegates felt that only a federalist government would be able to control a population as large as that of the United States.

B  The delegates were worried that too strong of a centralized government would undermine the will of the people.

C  The delegates were worried that individual states would have too much power without a strong central government.

D  The delegates were worried about the tyranny of the masses.

E  The delegates were worried that without a federalist government, there would be no central government to hold the nation together.

A  Pluralist democracy

B  Protective democracy

C  Participatory democracy

D  Federalist democracy

E  Developmental democracy

A  Combating vice is a more achievable goal than nurturing virtue.

B  Virtue was not seen as an American ideal and therefore not worth focusing on.

C  It is impossible for a modern government to achieve virtue.

D  The Founding Fathers wanted to leave virtue up to the states.

E  Vice was seen as the larger threat to the American people.

A  The purpose of a liberal democracy is to ensure the rights and liberties of individual citizens are preserved to some degree through the structure of the government.

B  The purpose of a liberal democracy is to create a progressive government that trends toward more liberal policies and regulations.

C  The purpose of a liberal democracy is to create a government aimed solely at protecting the international standing of a nation.

D  The purpose of a liberal democracy is to ensure that the individual citizens are all granted the same opportunities to change social or economic classes.

E  The purpose of a liberal democracy is to establish a utopian state in which all needs of the citizens are met to the highest degree.

A  Elections where the aristocracy votes

B  Free and fair elections for all citizens

C  Elections every four years

D  Elections for all government positions

E  Elections between religious officials