Midterm Exam

A  educating them on what is best

B  providing incentives

C  relying on peer pressure

D  using coersion to punish

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  add up the number of people impacted by the action

B  determine which action is more harmful

C  determine whether the action is self or other regarding

D  determine if the actions are harmful

A  Bopp v. Potter

B  McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission

C  McCutcheon v. Citizens United

D  Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission

A  strong union membership among American workers

B  America’s revolution against England

C  America’s founding by Protestants

D  a lack of common ancestry

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

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 are evenly divided between identifying as Republicans and Democrats.

B  Voters identifying as Independent has declined.

C  Voters identifying as independent has increased.

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 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  decrease the cost of elections

D  make the registration process faster

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  more polling locations

B  compulsory voting laws

C  fewer registration laws

D  more elections

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

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

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  grandfather clause

B  competency requirement

C  lengthy residency requirement

D  National Voter Registration Act

A  candidate’s political party

B  gerrymandering of the candidate’s district

C  candidate’s socioeconomic status

D  media’s support of the candidate

A  Elastic Clause

B  Equal Protection Clause

C  Due Process Clause

D  Interstate Commerce 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  Gives the national government complete power over states

D  In theory, gives ultimate sovereignty to the 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  Paramount Necessity

B  Devolution

C  Nullification

D  Preemption

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  Helps assure greater popular control over government

B  Promotes the principle of political equality

C  Encourages experimentation and innovation in the states

D  Provides another way to fragment government power

A  Regulate commerce

B  Establish a military

C  Coin money

D  Establishing a system of education

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  ratify treaties

B  engage in diplomacy

C  raise an army and navy

D  declare war

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

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

C  It was agreed that 60 percent of a state’s slave population would be counted for purposes of both representation and 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  Representation in both the House of Representatives and the Senate would be based on a state’s population.

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

A  State restrictions on participation such as voting.

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

C  Threats to private property rights enacted by states.

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

A  James Madison

B  King James II

C  John Locke

D  Thomas Jefferson

A  States

B  The Judicial Branch

C  The Executive Branch

D  The Legislative Branch

A  It could not coin money.

B  It could not impose taxes.

C  It could not declare war.

D  It could not conduct foreign affairs.

A  FALSE

B  TRUE