Midterm

A  wanted to reflect the views of the colonists

B  was trying to avoid the suggestion the Declaration was arguing for the protection of slavery

C  was trying to gain the support of those who had little property to protect

D  could not remember what Locke had actually said

E  liked the sound of “pursuit of happiness” better

A  slightly higher and holding steady

B  much higher

C  roughly the same

D  slightly behind but catching up gradually

E  much lower

A  threatened the system of separation of powers

B  helped to clarify for executive agencies how they are to implement laws

C  created agreements between presidents and the heads of foreign governments

D  was a strictly ceremonial act with no significance

E  was a traditional action taken by presidents to signify their agreement with Congress

A  discipline

B  activism

C  gerrymandering

D  identification

E  polarization

A  a crime

B  a misdemeanor

C  a felony

D  a tort

E  an infraction

A  everyone agrees the Supreme Court would probably declare the law unconstitutional

B  the provisions of the act are vague and make it easy to ignore

C  public opinion tends to rally around presidents when they deem military action necessary abroad, and Congress has declined to challenge such presidents

D  Congress can never agree on a course of action when it comes to military decisions

E  Congress has no power under the War Powers Act

A  are unconstitutional according to the Supreme Court

B  allow the president to fulfill the office of president as the founders intended

C  were commonly used by nineteenth-century presidents

D  were more often used in the nineteenth century by weak presidents

E  have been used to expand the powers of the presidency beyond what is explicitly stated in the Constitution

A  Important as the main source of a person’s sense of political efficacy

B  Unimportant because churches don’t openly take positions on political issues

C  Unimportant because few political people are religious

D  Important because religion teaches moral values that are often applied to politics

A  It is not mentioned in the Constitution.

B  It includes the powers to declare acts of government unconstitutional and to interpret the meaning of all federal and state laws.

C  The Supreme Court has used the power very infrequently against acts of Congress.

D  It was claimed for the Supreme Court in the case of Marbury v. Madison.

E  It was used only once before 1857.

A  Regulated capitalism, in which business has substantial freedom from government interference, but the government does step in and regulate the economy to guarantee individual rights

B  Pure laissez-faire capitalism, in which the government has no economic role at all

C  Pure capitalism, in which all means used to produce material resources are privately owned

D  Social democracy, in which government plays an enormous role in ensuring substantive guarantees of fair outcomes for all citizens

E  Socialism, in which economic decisions are made by the government

A  Reserved powers

B  Implied powers

C  Right to qualified representation in the case of criminal suit

D  Right to a speedy trial by an impartial jury

A  The national government reduced its grants-in-aid to city governments.

B  Urban governments became more dependent on states for aid.

C  The national government began to grant all of its aid to the state governments.

D  Cities and local governments began to receive grants directly from the national government.

A  Office-holders

B  Neighbors

C  Political activists

D  Those with money and power

E  Foreigners

A  were not successful until the passage of the Fourteenth Amendment

B  were blocked by Republicans in Congress

C  essentially ended by the time Reconstruction was completed and were not reinitiated until the civil rights era

D  were generally successful with few exceptions

E  were not successful until the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment

A  assessment

B  maturation

C  socialization

D  acculturation

A  National security

B  Prior restraint

C  Obscenity

D  Libel

A  Popular sovereignty

B  Checks and balances

C  Republicanism

D  Separation of powers

A  Of individual freedoms, not criminal rights

B  From government action, not from other citizens

C  From other citizens, not from the government

D  Of majority freedoms, not minority rights

A  certain factions might replace the legislature

B  they would create a split between the North and the South

C  they would likely create tension between minorities

D  they would try to eliminate the system of checks and balances in the Constitution

E  they would likely pit the haves and have-nots against each other

A  Limited the states’ powers to incorporate cities and towns

B  Selectively revised the meaning of several civil rights

C  Incorporated important parts of state law into the Bill of Rights

D  Made parts of the Bill of Rights apply to state governments

A  Denial

B  Cognitive dissonance

C  Cognitive ideation

D  Conceivable detraction

A  pluralist democracy

B  participatory democracy

C  anarchy

D  elite democracy

E  populist democracy

A  The national government more control over state and local affairs

B  State and local governments more power over important public policies

C  The national government less control over foreign and defense policy

D  State and local governments less control over federal funds

A  Contradicts the rulings in the Civil Rights Cases of 1883.

B  Interferes with the flow of interstate commerce

C  Violates the Thirteenth Amendment

D  Violates the Fourteenth Amendment

A  The development of DARE and other drug education programs

B  Public service announcements and similar public relations efforts

C  Federal law enforcement efforts and foreign aid

D  Efforts to curb drug experimentation in suburban areas