Midterm Exam

A  providing incentives

B  educating them on what is best

C  relying on peer pressure

D  using coersion to punish

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  determine which action is more harmful

B  determine whether the action is self or other regarding

C  determine if the actions are harmful

D  add up the number of people impacted by the action

A  McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission

B  McCutcheon v. Citizens United

C  Bopp v. Potter

D  Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission

A  a lack of common ancestry

B  America’s founding by Protestants

C  strong union membership among American workers

D  America’s revolution against England

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 identifying as Independent has declined.

B  Voters are evenly divided between identifying as Republicans and Democrats.

C  Republican identification is greater than Democratic identification.

D  Voters identifying as independent has increased.

A  Elect members to Congress through a system of proportional representation

B  Elect members to Congress under a “first-past-the-post” system  

C  Elect members to Congress on a combined ticket with the President

D  Elect members to Congress under a single-district, winner-take-all system 

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  increase voter turnout

B  make the registration process faster

C  decrease the cost of elections

D  decrease election fraud

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  more polling locations

B  fewer registration laws

C  compulsory voting 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  over forty-five years old

B  income under $30,000

C  high school education or less

D  residency in the South

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  competency requirement

B  grandfather clause

C  National Voter Registration Act

D  lengthy residency requirement

A  candidate’s socioeconomic status

B  gerrymandering of the candidate’s district

C  candidate’s political party

D  media’s support of the candidate

A  Due Process Clause

B  Interstate Commerce Clause

C  Elastic Clause

D  Equal Protection Clause

A  Gives the national government complete power over states

B  Divides power relatively equally among national, state, and local governments

C  In theory, gives ultimate sovereignty to the states

D  Divides powers between the states and central government and gives each constitutional standing

A  Largely agricultural

B  Large and diverse

C  Wealthy and well educated

D  About the same age as the United States

A  Federal assistance ensures some degree of uniformity of public services across states.

B  Federal cooperation helps mitigate the problem of collective action among states.

C  Federal assistance encourages state and local governments to generate positive externalities.

D  Cooperative federalism respects the traditional jurisdictional boundaries between states and federal government.

A  Nullification

B  Devolution

C  Paramount Necessity

D  Preemption

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  Provides another way to fragment government power

B  Helps assure greater popular control over government

C  Promotes the principle of political equality

D  Encourages experimentation and innovation in the states

A  Regulate commerce

B  Establishing a system of education

C  Coin money

D  Establish a military

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  raise an army and navy

B  declare war

C  engage in diplomacy

D  ratify treaties

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 60 percent of a state’s slave population would be counted for purposes of both representation and taxation.

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

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

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

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

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

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

B  Threats to private property rights enacted by states.

C  State restrictions on participation such as voting.

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

A  King James II

B  Thomas Jefferson

C  James Madison

D  John Locke

A  The Executive Branch

B  The Judicial Branch

C  States

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  TRUE

B  FALSE