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| The careful gathering and sifting of information in the process of forming a knowledgeable view about a political issue. |
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| What are America's core political ideas? |
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| Liberty, Individualism, Equality, and Self- Government |
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| Widely shared and deep seated beliefs of its people about politics. Defines relationship between citizens and government. |
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| Individuals who are free to act and think as they choose possess which quality? |
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| A. Liberty B. Individualism C. Equality D. Self- Government A. |
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| The idea that the majority prevails not only in elections but also in policy determination. |
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| Political Science is the systematic study of _______ and ______. |
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| As described in the text, the issue of agricultural price- supports suggests that the exercise of government power conforms to which of the following models? |
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A. Pluralism
B. Elitism
C. Oligarchy
D. Corporate Power
E. Majoritarianism
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| Briefly describe the Virginia Plan. |
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| The Virginia Plan was also known as the large-state plan. This plan was a proposal for Congress with two chambers, both of which would be represented based on numbers, thus granting more power to the larger states. |
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| The agreement at the constitutional convention to create a two-chamber Congress with the House apportioned by population and the Senate apportioned equally by state. |
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| The power of courts to decide whether a governmental institution has acted within its constitutional powers and, if not, to decalre its action null and void. |
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| A form of government in which the people's representatives decide policy through institutions structured in ways that foster deliberation, slow the progress of decision making, and operate within restraints that protect individual liberty. |
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| In the American political context, John Locke's conception of inalienable right and the legitimacy of the social contract found its most explicit statement in the _________. |
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A. Mayflower Conpact
B. Declaration of Independence.
C. Magna Carta
D. US Constitution
E. Federalist Papers
Correct Answer: B. |
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| Who wrote The Federalist Papers? |
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| James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay |
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TRUE OR FALSE
The staggered terms of office for the House, Senate, and president were devised by the writers of the Constitution in order to provide the majority position of the voting public more opportunities to influence the government. |
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TRUE OR FALSE
Thomas Jefferson's "Revolution of 1800" was based on rejection of the elite-centered politics or President John Adams. |
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| Articel VI of the Constitution, which makes national law supreme over state law when the national government is acting within its constitutional limits. |
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| "Necessary and Proper" (Elastic) Clause |
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| The authority granted in Congress in Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution "to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper" for the implementation of its enumerated powers. |
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| _______ initially proposed that Congress charter a national bank. |
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A. Thomas Jefferson
B. Alexander Hamilton
C. James Madison
D. John Marshall
E. Aaron Burr
Correct Answer: B |
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True or False
Federalism is the name given to a system of allocating power between the nation and the states. |
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| Which of the following is a concurrent power? |
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A. national defense
B. interstate commerce
C.taxation
D. education
E. police protection
Correct Answer: C. |
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