Midterm Exam

A  relying on peer pressure

B  educating them on what is best

C  providing incentives

D  using coersion to punish

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  determine whether the action is self or other regarding

B  determine if the actions are harmful

C  determine which action is more harmful

D  add up the number of people impacted by the action

A  McCutcheon v. Citizens United

B  McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission

C  Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission

D  Bopp v. Potter

A  America’s revolution against England

B  a lack of common ancestry

C  strong union membership among American workers

D  America’s founding by Protestants

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  structural requirements a party must meet to get on a ballot

B  constitutional language establishing winner-take-all elections

C  historical geographic and economic divides in the country

D  lack of religious, ehtnic, racial parties

A  Voters identifying as independent has increased.

B  Voters identifying as Independent has declined.

C  Republican identification is greater than Democratic identification.

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

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

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

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

D  Elect members to Congress through a system of proportional representation

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  make the registration process faster

B  increase voter turnout

C  decrease election fraud

D  decrease the cost of elections

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  fewer registration laws

B  more polling locations

C  more elections

D  compulsory voting laws

A  Jeffrey Lyons, a 40-year-old lawyer and father of one

B  Linda Tepsett, a 40-year-old full-time orthopedic surgeon

C  Maria Trejo, a 28-year-old part-time sonogram technician and mother of two

D  Mark Forman, a 70-year-old retired steelworker

A  residency in the South

B  over forty-five years old

C  high school education or less

D  income under $30,000

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  National Voter Registration Act

B  grandfather clause

C  competency requirement

D  lengthy residency requirement

A  media’s support of the candidate

B  gerrymandering of the candidate’s district

C  candidate’s socioeconomic status

D  candidate’s political party

A  Equal Protection Clause

B  Elastic Clause

C  Interstate Commerce Clause

D  Due Process Clause

A  Gives the national government complete power over states

B  In theory, gives ultimate sovereignty to the states

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

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

A  About the same age as the United States

B  Largely agricultural

C  Wealthy and well educated

D  Large and diverse

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  Paramount Necessity

B  Devolution

C  Nullification

D  Preemption

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  Promotes the principle of political equality

B  Provides another way to fragment government power

C  Encourages experimentation and innovation in the states

D  Helps assure greater popular control over government

A  Coin money

B  Establish a military

C  Establishing a system of education

D  Regulate commerce

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  ratify treaties

B  raise an army and navy

C  declare war

D  engage in diplomacy

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

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 a state’s slave population would be counted for purposes of representation but not for purposes of taxation.

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

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

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

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

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  James Madison

C  John Locke

D  Thomas Jefferson

A  The Legislative Branch

B  The Executive Branch

C  The Judicial Branch

D  States

A  It could not conduct foreign affairs.

B  It could not declare war.

C  It could not coin money.

D  It could not impose taxes.

A  FALSE

B  TRUE