American Government Exam Ch 1-3

A  18

B  5

C  7

D  13

E  20

A  Rhode Island

B  Connecticut

C  Virginia

D  New Jersey

A  The federal government allocates the most grant money to income security.

B  The amount of federal grant money going to states has steadily increased since the 1960s.

C  Block grants tend to gain more flexibility over time.

D  The majority of federal grants are block grants.

A  Virginia

B  South Carolina

C  North Carolina

D  Tennessee

E  Pennsylvania

A  Locke and Smith

B  Smith and Hobbes

C  Marx and Weber

D  Locke and Hobbes

E  Hobbes and Marx

A  Marshall v. Marshall

B  Marbury v. Madison

C  McCulloch v. Maryland

D  Gibbons v. Ogden

A  A law that is signed concurrent with a presidential pardon.

B  A legislative action declaring someone guilty without a trial.

C  A law that would criminalize an act retroactively.

D  The right to petition a judge to determine whether a person’s detention is legal.

A  11

B  51

C  35

D  2

A  Tax imports and exports

B  Conduct elections

C  Regulate intrastate commerce

D  Levy and collect taxes

A  kingocracy

B  democracy

C  plurocracy

D  monarchy

E  oligarchy

A  Iran

B  Saudi Arabia

C  Japan

D  Iraq

A  divides the national government into three separate branches and assigns different responsibilities to each one

B  gives each of the three branches of government the power to restrict the actions of the others, thus requiring them to work together

A  Marbury v. Massachusetts

B  Gibbons v. Ogden

C  Snyder v. Phelps

D  Marbury v. Madison

E  Marshall v. Madison

A  ideology

B  social capital

C  latent preference

D  partisanship

A  Block

B  Categorical

C  Funded

D  Unfunded

A  poor people and people of color should not be allowed to vote

B  politicians who have held office for a long time are favored by voters

C  special interest groups make government policy

D  wealthy, politically powerful people control government, and government has no interest in meeting the needs of ordinary people

A  constitutional authority

B  federalism

C  checks and balances

D  separation of powers

A  Japan

B  Sweden

C  China

D  France

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

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

A  New York

B  Rhode Island

C  Maryland

D  Virginia

E  Pennsylvania

A  race-to-business

B  race-to-the-bottom

C  race-to-liberty

D  race-to-the-top

A  All people have access to these goods, usually without charge.

B  Many people can use the same good or service at the same time.

C  Only one person can use the good or service at any given time.

D  Not everyone has access to these goods or they may have to pay to use these goods.

A  profit

B  social

C  capital

D  toll

E  revenue

A  Thomas Jefferson

B  Alexander Hamilton

C  James Madison

D  John Adams

E  George Washington

A  unitarism

B  devolution

C  regionalism

D  federalism

A  Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin Roosevelt

B  Franklin Roosevelt and Lyndon Johnson

C  Franklin Roosevelt and Andrew Johnson

D  Theodore Roosevelt and Andrew Johnson

A  George H.W. Bush

B  Clinton

C  Barack Obama

D  George W. Bush

A  interfered with the colonists’ trade

B  oppressed the natives, causing conflict between the Native peoples and the colonists

C  denied them the right to trial by jury

D  deprived them of their right to self-government

E  taxed the colonists without the consent of their elected representatives

A  Federalism provides for multiple levels of government action.

B  Federalism accommodates a diversity of opinion.

C  Federalism promotes political participation.

D  Federalism encourages economic equality across the country.

A  ability to trust others

B  concern for the collective good

C  individualism

D  networks of individuals

E  a sense that one is part of an entity larger than oneself

A  due process

B  a bill of rights

C  the social contract

D  the divine right of kings

A  Democracy

B  Libertarianism

C  Egalitarianism

D  Equalitarianism

A  The United States and Japan have federal systems, while Great Britain and Canada have unitary systems.

B  In a federal system, power is concentrated in the states; in a unitary system, it is concentrated in the national government.

C  In a federal system, the constitution allocates powers between states and federal government; in a unitary system, powers are lodged in the national government.

D  Today there are more countries with federal systems than with unitary systems.

A  Three-quarters

B  Fifty-one percent

C  All

D  Half

E  Two-thirds

A  Marbury v. Madison

B  Lawrence v. Texas

C  U.S. v. Lopez

D  Gibbons v. Ogden

A  China

B  Sri Lanka

C  North Korea

D  South Korea

E  Cuba

A  It could not impose taxes

B  It could not declare war.

C  It could not coin money.

D  It could not conduct foreign affairs.

A  Special interest

B  Democratic

C  Elite

D  Hybrid

E  Pluarlist

A  Pennsylvania

B  Virginia

C  Massachusetts

D  Delaware

E  New York

A  first ten amendments to the Constitution that protect individual freedoms

B  twenty-seven amendments added to the Constitution over the years

C  powers given to Congress in Article I of the Constitution

D  document authored by Thomas Jefferson that details the rights of the citizens