Midterm Exam

A  using coersion to punish

B  relying on peer pressure

C  providing incentives

D  educating them on what is best

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  determine whether the action is self or other regarding

B  determine which action is more harmful

C  add up the number of people impacted by the action

D  determine if the actions are harmful

A  McCutcheon v. Citizens United

B  Bopp v. Potter

C  McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission

D  Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission

A  strong union membership among American workers

B  America’s revolution against England

C  a lack of common ancestry

D  America’s founding by Protestants

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  constitutional language establishing winner-take-all elections

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

C  lack of religious, ehtnic, racial parties

D  historical geographic and economic divides in the country

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

B  Republican identification is greater than Democratic identification.

C  Voters identifying as Independent has declined.

D  Voters identifying as independent has increased.

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

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

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

D  Elect members to Congress through a system of proportional representation

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  increase voter turnout

B  decrease election fraud

C  make the registration process faster

D  decrease the cost of elections

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  more polling locations

B  compulsory voting laws

C  more elections

D  fewer registration laws

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

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

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

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

A  high school education or less

B  income under $30,000

C  residency in the South

D  over forty-five years old

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  competency requirement

B  lengthy residency requirement

C  National Voter Registration Act

D  grandfather clause

A  gerrymandering of the candidate’s district

B  candidate’s political party

C  candidate’s socioeconomic status

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  In theory, gives ultimate sovereignty to the states

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

D  Gives the national government complete power over states

A  Largely agricultural

B  About the same age as the United States

C  Wealthy and well educated

D  Large and diverse

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

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

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

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

A  Devolution

B  Preemption

C  Paramount Necessity

D  Nullification

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  Promotes the principle of political equality

B  Provides another way to fragment government power

C  Helps assure greater popular control over government

D  Encourages experimentation and innovation in the states

A  Establishing a system of education

B  Establish a military

C  Coin money

D  Regulate commerce

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

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

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

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

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

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

A  Threats to private property rights enacted by states.

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

C  State restrictions on participation such as voting.

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

A  Thomas Jefferson

B  King James II

C  James Madison

D  John Locke

A  The Judicial Branch

B  The Executive Branch

C  The Legislative Branch

D  States

A  It could not declare war.

B  It could not impose taxes.

C  It could not conduct foreign affairs.

D  It could not coin money.

A  FALSE

B  TRUE