Midterm Exam

A  relying on peer pressure

B  providing incentives

C  using coersion to punish

D  educating them on what is best

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  determine if the actions are harmful

B  determine whether the action is self or other regarding

C  determine which action is more harmful

D  add up the number of people impacted by the action

A  Bopp v. Potter

B  Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission

C  McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission

D  McCutcheon v. Citizens United

A  America’s revolution against England

B  a lack of common ancestry

C  strong union membership among American workers

D  America’s founding by Protestants

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

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

B  historical geographic and economic divides in the country

C  lack of religious, ehtnic, racial parties

D  constitutional language establishing winner-take-all elections

A  Republican identification is greater than Democratic identification.

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

C  Voters identifying as Independent has declined.

D  Voters identifying as independent has increased.

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 on a combined ticket with the President

D  Elect members to Congress under a “first-past-the-post” 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  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  more elections

B  compulsory voting laws

C  more polling locations

D  fewer registration laws

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

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

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  high school education or less

B  income under $30,000

C  over forty-five years old

D  residency in the South

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  competency requirement

B  grandfather clause

C  lengthy residency requirement

D  National Voter Registration Act

A  candidate’s political party

B  media’s support of the candidate

C  gerrymandering of the candidate’s district

D  candidate’s socioeconomic status

A  Interstate Commerce Clause

B  Equal Protection Clause

C  Due Process Clause

D  Elastic 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  Large and diverse

B  Largely agricultural

C  Wealthy and well educated

D  About the same age as the United States

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

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

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

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

A  Devolution

B  Paramount Necessity

C  Preemption

D  Nullification

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  Promotes the principle of political equality

B  Helps assure greater popular control over government

C  Provides another way to fragment government power

D  Encourages experimentation and innovation in the states

A  Coin money

B  Establish a military

C  Regulate commerce

D  Establishing a system of education

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

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 Congress would abolish slavery in 1850.

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

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

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

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

B  State restrictions on participation such as voting.

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

D  Threats to private property rights enacted by states.

A  John Locke

B  Thomas Jefferson

C  James Madison

D  King James II

A  States

B  The Legislative Branch

C  The Executive Branch

D  The Judicial Branch

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  FALSE

B  TRUE