American Government Exam Ch 1-3

A  18

B  5

C  7

D  20

E  13

A  Connecticut

B  Virginia

C  New Jersey

D  Rhode Island

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  The majority of federal grants are block grants.

D  Block grants tend to gain more flexibility over time.

A  Pennsylvania

B  North Carolina

C  South Carolina

D  Virginia

E  Tennessee

A  Locke and Smith

B  Hobbes and Marx

C  Marx and Weber

D  Locke and Hobbes

E  Smith and Hobbes

A  Marbury v. Madison

B  Marshall v. Marshall

C  McCulloch v. Maryland

D  Gibbons v. Ogden

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

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

C  A legislative action declaring someone guilty without a trial.

D  A law that would criminalize an act retroactively.

A  51

B  2

C  35

D  11

A  Regulate intrastate commerce

B  Conduct elections

C  Tax imports and exports

D  Levy and collect taxes

A  plurocracy

B  monarchy

C  kingocracy

D  democracy

E  oligarchy

A  Iraq

B  Iran

C  Japan

D  Saudi Arabia

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  Snyder v. Phelps

B  Marshall v. Madison

C  Gibbons v. Ogden

D  Marbury v. Massachusetts

E  Marbury v. Madison

A  partisanship

B  social capital

C  latent preference

D  ideology

A  Categorical

B  Block

C  Unfunded

D  Funded

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

B  special interest groups make government policy

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

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

A  federalism

B  checks and balances

C  constitutional authority

D  separation of powers

A  France

B  Japan

C  Sweden

D  China

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

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

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

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

A  Rhode Island

B  Virginia

C  New York

D  Pennsylvania

E  Maryland

A  race-to-business

B  race-to-the-bottom

C  race-to-the-top

D  race-to-liberty

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

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

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

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

A  toll

B  revenue

C  capital

D  social

E  profit

A  James Madison

B  Alexander Hamilton

C  George Washington

D  Thomas Jefferson

E  John Adams

A  regionalism

B  federalism

C  devolution

D  unitarism

A  Franklin Roosevelt and Lyndon Johnson

B  Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin Roosevelt

C  Franklin Roosevelt and Andrew Johnson

D  Theodore Roosevelt and Andrew Johnson

A  Clinton

B  George W. Bush

C  Barack Obama

D  George H.W. Bush

A  deprived them of their right to self-government

B  denied them the right to trial by jury

C  taxed the colonists without the consent of their elected representatives

D  interfered with the colonists’ trade

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

A  Federalism promotes political participation.

B  Federalism provides for multiple levels of government action.

C  Federalism encourages economic equality across the country.

D  Federalism accommodates a diversity of opinion.

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

B  networks of individuals

C  individualism

D  concern for the collective good

E  ability to trust others

A  a bill of rights

B  the divine right of kings

C  the social contract

D  due process

A  Equalitarianism

B  Libertarianism

C  Egalitarianism

D  Democracy

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

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

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

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

A  Half

B  Two-thirds

C  Fifty-one percent

D  Three-quarters

E  All

A  Marbury v. Madison

B  Gibbons v. Ogden

C  U.S. v. Lopez

D  Lawrence v. Texas

A  South Korea

B  North Korea

C  Cuba

D  China

E  Sri Lanka

A  It could not impose taxes

B  It could not conduct foreign affairs.

C  It could not declare war.

D  It could not coin money.

A  Elite

B  Special interest

C  Democratic

D  Hybrid

E  Pluarlist

A  Pennsylvania

B  Massachusetts

C  Virginia

D  Delaware

E  New York

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

B  first ten amendments to the Constitution that protect individual freedoms

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

D  powers given to Congress in Article I of the Constitution