American Government Exam Ch 1-3

A  7

B  20

C  5

D  18

E  13

A  Rhode Island

B  New Jersey

C  Virginia

D  Connecticut

A  The majority of federal grants are block grants.

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

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

D  Block grants tend to gain more flexibility over time.

A  Virginia

B  Pennsylvania

C  South Carolina

D  Tennessee

E  North Carolina

A  Marx and Weber

B  Hobbes and Marx

C  Locke and Smith

D  Smith and Hobbes

E  Locke and Hobbes

A  Marbury v. Madison

B  Marshall v. Marshall

C  McCulloch v. Maryland

D  Gibbons v. Ogden

A  A legislative action declaring someone guilty without a trial.

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

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  35

C  51

D  2

A  Conduct elections

B  Regulate intrastate commerce

C  Levy and collect taxes

D  Tax imports and exports

A  monarchy

B  oligarchy

C  kingocracy

D  plurocracy

E  democracy

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  Gibbons v. Ogden

B  Marbury v. Massachusetts

C  Marbury v. Madison

D  Snyder v. Phelps

E  Marshall v. Madison

A  latent preference

B  ideology

C  social capital

D  partisanship

A  Funded

B  Block

C  Unfunded

D  Categorical

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

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

C  special interest groups make government policy

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

A  constitutional authority

B  checks and balances

C  federalism

D  separation of powers

A  China

B  Japan

C  Sweden

D  France

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  Rhode Island

B  Maryland

C  Pennsylvania

D  Virginia

E  New York

A  race-to-liberty

B  race-to-the-top

C  race-to-business

D  race-to-the-bottom

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

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

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

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

A  capital

B  profit

C  social

D  toll

E  revenue

A  Alexander Hamilton

B  George Washington

C  James Madison

D  John Adams

E  Thomas Jefferson

A  unitarism

B  devolution

C  federalism

D  regionalism

A  Franklin Roosevelt and Andrew Johnson

B  Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin Roosevelt

C  Theodore Roosevelt and Andrew Johnson

D  Franklin Roosevelt and Lyndon 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 promotes political participation.

B  Federalism accommodates a diversity of opinion.

C  Federalism provides for multiple levels of government action.

D  Federalism encourages economic equality across the country.

A  ability to trust others

B  individualism

C  concern for the collective good

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

E  networks of individuals

A  the divine right of kings

B  due process

C  a bill of rights

D  the social contract

A  Egalitarianism

B  Democracy

C  Equalitarianism

D  Libertarianism

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

B  The United States and Japan have federal systems, while Great Britain and Canada have 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  Fifty-one percent

B  Three-quarters

C  Half

D  Two-thirds

E  All

A  Lawrence v. Texas

B  Marbury v. Madison

C  U.S. v. Lopez

D  Gibbons v. Ogden

A  South Korea

B  Sri Lanka

C  Cuba

D  China

E  North Korea

A  It could not declare war.

B  It could not coin money.

C  It could not conduct foreign affairs.

D  It could not impose taxes

A  Pluarlist

B  Democratic

C  Hybrid

D  Special interest

E  Elite

A  Massachusetts

B  Pennsylvania

C  Virginia

D  New York

E  Delaware

A  first ten amendments to the Constitution that protect individual freedoms

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

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

D  powers given to Congress in Article I of the Constitution