U.S Goverment Chapters 1-4

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1. What is your age?
Under 18 Years Old
18 to 24 Years Old
25 to 30 Years Old
31 to 40 Years Old
41 to 50 Years Old
51 to 60 Years Old
Over 60 Years Old
2. What is your gender?
Male
Female
3. The Belief that you can influence how your goverment acts is called?
political efficacy
saliency
polular sovereignty
autocracy
4. Goverment can best be defined as
the instituition and procedures by wich a piece of territory and its people are ruled
the set of political principles and values that guide political life
the legalized theft of oters property
the invisible hand that turns private interests into public goods
5. a goverment that is formally limited by laws and rules is called
democratic
constitutional
oligarchic
authoritatian
6. direct democracy is best defined as
a stage of continual revolution
the system that allows people to vote by telephone or over the internet
a system that allows citizens to vote directly for laws and plicies
the competition between interest groups for govermental power
7. what are the three core values of american plitics
liberty,equality, and democracy
democray, patriotism, and the rule of law
equality, oligarchy, and free enterprise
anarchy, equality, and patriotism
8. the bill of rights is
the first 10 ammendments to the constitution
the first constitution the united states wrote
the charter of freedom established by the english lords against the king
the fourteenth amendment
9. the right of each citizen to vote is an example of
equality of opporunity
equality of result
political equality
educational opportunity
10. the seperate but equal doctrine was introduced in what supreme court case
plessy vs ferguson
the civil rights cases
brown v board of education
roe v wade
11. in___ women were granted the constitutional right to vote
1863
1870
1900
1920
12. low voter turnout and political apathy endangers
equality
economic liberty
democcracy
constitutionalism
13. the first written constitution for the United States was called
magna carta
the bill of rights
the articles of confederation
the constitution
14. a conference held to analyze perceived flaws in the articles of confederation was called the
annapolis convention
new york delegation
boston massacre
philadelphia story
15. the 1787 convention to draft a new constitution was held in
boston
new york city
philadelphia
washington D.C
16. shays rebellion was significant because it
convinced many observers that the goverment of the confederation had become dangerously inefficient and indecisive
led to the admission of vermont into the union
led to the abolition of slaver
convinced congress to approve the louisiana purchase
17. the virginia plan of the constituional convention proposed a system of representation in the national legislature that was based upon
equal representation between the states
the concept of universal suffrage
the population of each stage or the prportion of each states revenue contributution or both
the geograpical size of a state
18. during the philadelphia convention, the new jersey plan was supported by
less populous states
slave holding states
free states
urban states
19. what is the three fifths compromise
it determined that three out of every five slaves would be counted for purposes of representation and taxation
it determined the ratio between free states and slave states
it created a bicameral legislature
it declared that the states wold pay three fifths of the revolutionary war debt and the federal goverment would pay the rest
20. what is the trem length of a member of the house of representatives
one year
two years
four years
six years
21. the three branches of the goverment created by the constitution are
constitutional, elected, and appointed
executive, legislative, and judicial
federal,state, and local
military, courts, and bureaucracy
22. how many ammendments are there to the U.S constitution
ten
twenty
twenty-seven
thirty-three
23. over the course of american history the federal goverment has grown___compared with the states
stronger
weaker
more expensive
in tandem
24. the federal system can be best defined as
a system of goverment where member nations meet in a mutinational conference
a system of goverment in which power is divided between a national goverment and lower levels of goverment
a system in which the power of the central goverment is funded through taxation of local goverments
the sharing of legislative powers between an upper and lower house
25. the specific powers granted to the national goverment in article 1, section 8 are called the
implied powers
expressed powers
sovereign powers
executive powers
26. the authority of the state to regulate the safety, health, and even morals of its citizens is called____ Powers
police
reserved
concurrent
spremacy
27. the full faith and credit clause of the constituion...
requires the national goverment to accept the outstanding debts of the states at the time of ratification
requires the national goverment to acccept the oustanding federal debt accumulated under the articles of the confederation
requires the states to normally honor the public acts and legal decisions of one another
requires states, but no the federal goverment to run a balanced budget
28. which level of goverment writes the majority of all criminal laws
federal goverment
states goverment
local goverment
special districts
29. which clause of the constitution has been critical in allowing for the growth of national power
commerce clause
full faith and credit clause
comity clause
tenth ammendment
30. ___descibes the policy of delegating a plicy program down to a lower level of goverment
home rule
redistribution
devolution
preemption
31. what president presided over the New Deal
herbert hoover
franklin D. roosevelt
dwight eisenhower
woodrow wilson
32. the term "marble Cake" federalism is meant to refer to whaht development
budgeting is conducted with a "dessert first" mentality
intergovermental cooperation has blurred the lines between different layers of goverment
the federal goverment bribes the states with various gifts in order to convince the states to follow national standards
after a few days, federalism becomes hard and tasteless
33. what was the main reason that alexander hamilton did not want a bill of rights
he wanted the goverment to have as much power as possible
he believed that too many individual liberties destroyed the trust between citizen and goverment
he believed it was unnecessary for a goverment that possed only specifically delegated powers
a bill of rights, hamilition believed, would make the constitution too long and combersome
34. the bill of rights was written because
antifederalist demeanded one as the price of ratification of the constitution
the federalist realized that no constitution would last long without a bill of rights
the federal goverment in the early days of the republic was violating too many individual rights
george washinton advocated the measure very forefully
35. the bill of rights were ratified by the states in
1776
1787
1791
1812
36. the wall of seperation between church and state is best found in what clause of the constitution
the free exercise clause
the establishment clause
the equal protection clause
the wall of seperation clause
37. what were the alien and sedition acts
laws passed in the 1790s that made it a crime to say or publish anything that would defame the goverment of the u.s
laws that made it a crime for foreign immigrants to belong to theh communist party or other anit american orgnizations
a law passed by congress denying a civil liberties to all noncitizens
laws passed during the ciivl war denying confederation sympathizers the right of free speech
38. the second ammendment to the U.S constitution deals with
the right to bear arms
the quartering of troops
due process
cruel and unusual punishment
39. what is a grand jury
the name for the juries used in the federal courts
a jury that determines whether there is enough evidence to justy a trial
the jury that determines the sentance after guild has been proven
a jury that determines whether the accused rights have been violated
40. the requirement that persons under arrest be nformed of their right to remain silent is known as the rule
mapp
gideon
miranda
palko
41. the term eminent domain describes
the power of the goverment to take private property for public use
the right of individuals not to have there property taken by the goverment
the power of the supreme court to declare the meaning and scope of all civil liberties
the power of the federal goverment to seize land owned and managed by states, in the public interests
42. a womens constitutional right to an abortion was established in
gideon v wainwright(1963)
griswold v conneticut(1965)
miranda v arizon A(1966)
Roe V wade(1973)

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