Midterm Exam

A  providing incentives

B  using coersion to punish

C  relying on peer pressure

D  educating them on what is best

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  add up the number of people impacted by the action

B  determine which action is more harmful

C  determine if the actions are harmful

D  determine whether the action is self or other regarding

A  Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission

B  McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission

C  McCutcheon v. Citizens United

D  Bopp v. Potter

A  America’s founding by Protestants

B  strong union membership among American workers

C  America’s revolution against England

D  a lack of common ancestry

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  lack of religious, ehtnic, racial parties

B  historical geographic and economic divides in the country

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

D  constitutional language establishing winner-take-all elections

A  Voters identifying as independent has increased.

B  Voters identifying as Independent has declined.

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

D  Republican identification is greater than Democratic identification.

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

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

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  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  decrease the cost of elections

B  decrease election fraud

C  increase voter turnout

D  make the registration process faster

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  compulsory voting laws

B  more elections

C  more polling locations

D  fewer registration laws

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

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

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

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

A  over forty-five years old

B  income under $30,000

C  residency in the South

D  high school education or less

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  lengthy residency requirement

B  competency requirement

C  grandfather clause

D  National Voter Registration Act

A  candidate’s socioeconomic status

B  candidate’s political party

C  gerrymandering of the candidate’s district

D  media’s support of the candidate

A  Elastic Clause

B  Due Process Clause

C  Interstate Commerce 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  Wealthy and well educated

B  Largely agricultural

C  Large and diverse

D  About the same age as the United States

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

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

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

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

A  Nullification

B  Devolution

C  Preemption

D  Paramount Necessity

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  Provides another way to fragment government power

B  Promotes the principle of political equality

C  Encourages experimentation and innovation in the states

D  Helps assure greater popular control over government

A  Establishing a system of education

B  Coin money

C  Establish a military

D  Regulate commerce

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  raise an army and navy

B  declare war

C  ratify treaties

D  engage in diplomacy

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 a state’s slave population would be counted for purposes of taxation but not for purposes of representation.

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

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

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  James Madison

C  Thomas Jefferson

D  King James II

A  The Executive Branch

B  The Legislative Branch

C  States

D  The Judicial Branch

A  It could not coin money.

B  It could not impose taxes.

C  It could not conduct foreign affairs.

D  It could not declare war.

A  TRUE

B  FALSE