Midterm Exam

A  using coersion to punish

B  educating them on what is best

C  relying on peer pressure

D  providing incentives

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  determine which action is more harmful

B  determine if the actions are harmful

C  determine whether the action is self or other regarding

D  add up the number of people impacted by the action

A  Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission

B  McCutcheon v. Citizens United

C  McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission

D  Bopp v. Potter

A  America’s revolution against England

B  strong union membership among American workers

C  a lack of common ancestry

D  America’s founding by Protestants

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  historical geographic and economic divides in the country

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

C  lack of religious, ehtnic, racial parties

D  constitutional language establishing winner-take-all elections

A  Voters identifying as Independent has declined.

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

C  Voters identifying as independent has increased.

D  Republican identification is greater than Democratic identification.

A  Elect members to Congress through a system of proportional representation

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

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

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

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  decrease election fraud

B  increase voter turnout

C  decrease the cost of elections

D  make the registration process faster

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  fewer registration laws

B  compulsory voting laws

C  more elections

D  more polling locations

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

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

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

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

A  residency in the South

B  over forty-five years old

C  income under $30,000

D  high school education or less

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  competency requirement

B  National Voter Registration Act

C  grandfather clause

D  lengthy residency requirement

A  media’s support of the candidate

B  candidate’s political party

C  gerrymandering of the candidate’s district

D  candidate’s socioeconomic status

A  Due Process Clause

B  Interstate Commerce Clause

C  Elastic 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  Largely agricultural

B  Wealthy and well educated

C  Large and diverse

D  About the same age as the United States

A  Federal cooperation helps mitigate the problem of collective action among states.

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

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

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

A  Preemption

B  Paramount Necessity

C  Devolution

D  Nullification

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

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  Coin money

B  Establishing a system of education

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

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

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

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

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

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

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

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

B  Threats to private property rights enacted by states.

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

D  State restrictions on participation such as voting.

A  Thomas Jefferson

B  King James II

C  John Locke

D  James Madison

A  The Executive Branch

B  The Judicial Branch

C  The Legislative Branch

D  States

A  It could not impose taxes.

B  It could not conduct foreign affairs.

C  It could not declare war.

D  It could not coin money.

A  TRUE

B  FALSE