Ppl Sci
In Palko v Connecticut, Justice Louis D. Brandies wrote that the doctrine of separation of powers was adopted by the Convention in 1787 not to promote efficiency but to preclude the exercise of arbitrary government.
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In The Rights of Men, John Locke drew a direct connection between a constitution, a government, and the concept of the social contract.
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Ruling from 495 BC to 429 BC, Emperor Pericles reigned during Rome's Golden Age.
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The 16th Amendment to the United States Constitution calls for the popular or direct election of members to the United States Senate.
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The 9th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution gives the states their reserved powers.
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The Framers required approval or ratification from all thirteen states for the acceptance of the United States Constitution.
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The Full Faith and Credit Clause of Article V places the individual as a citizen of his/her country above residency in a state.
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The Supremacy Clause of Article IV of the United States Constitution makes the constitution the "supreme law of the land."
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The United Nations is basically a federal association of nation states.
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The pation's first government called for a unitary system under the Articles of Confederation.
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Washington's first Cabinet was composed of Thomas Jefferson as Secretary of State, Alexander Hamilton as Attorney General, Henry Knox as Secretary of the Treasury, and Edmund Randolph as Secretary of War.
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bowstl Supporters of the new Constitution were commonly known as Federalists while the opposition was coined as the Know-Nothings.
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s In 1786, a group of angry farmers under the leadership of John Dickerson launched an ill-fated insurrection against the state of Massachusetts.
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Federal grant programs may also include cross cutting regulations to include if necessary, an environmental impact statement.
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In the Greek city states, full participatory or pure democracy worked as long as direct election of memebers to the united states senate.
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Intergovernmental relations are the complex network of interrelationships among govern- ments, i.e., political, fiscal, programmatic and administrative process by which higher units of government share revenues and other resources with lower units of government.
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It takes a 2/3's vote in both houses of Congress to call for a national convention to amend the Constitution.
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John C. Calhoun believed in the compact theory of government whereby governments were created by and existed for the benefit of the people.
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More than ten times as many Americans died, per capita, in the Revolutionary War as in World War I, and nearly five times as many as in World War II.
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Signed in 1215, the Magna Carta was the first legal document to question the authority of a divine right monarch.
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Some form of government is an absolute necessity for any society whether they are members of clan, tribe, city, nation state or empire.
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The Anti-Federalists believed that the necessary and proper clause along with the Supremacy Clause gave the national government too much power and authority over state governments.
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The Currency Act of 1751 prohibited colonials from issuing their own paper currency as legal tender.
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The New Jersey Plan called for the revision of the Articles of Confederation and a one-house legislative body.
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The Northwest Land Ordinance gave federal lands for public education in the Western territories.
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The Three-fifths Compromise called for 3/5's of a state's African-American slaves to be counted as population for apportionment and for direct tax calculations
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The major obstacle against ratification of the United States Constitution was that the document lacked a bill of rights.
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The Amendment to the United States Constitution calls for the direct or popular election United States Senators. a) 16th b) 17th c) 18th d) 19th
b) 17th
At the Constitutional Convention, the delegates believed that the best governing format was to further strengthen state governments and weaken the national govern- ment.
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Categorical grants are federal payments to states or federal or state payments to local governments for specified purposes.
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In Cohen v Virginia, the Supreme Court ruled that states do not have the right to secede from the union.
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In Marbury v Madison, the United States Supreme Court defined interstate commerce as including all navigable waters even those within a state.
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In McCullough v Maryland, the Supreme Court ruled that the federal government did not have the right of eminent domain to seize state land to build a branch office of the National Bank in Maryland.
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of the United States Constitution charges the executive branch with the implementation of laws enacted by the legislative branch. a) Article I b) Article II c) Article III d) Article IV
b) Article II
served as the nation's first vice president. a) Thomas Jefferson 6) John Adams c) Samuel Adams d) James Madison
B) John Adams
served as the nation's first vice president. a) Thomas Jefferson b) John Adams c) Samuel Adams d) James Madison
B) John Adams
Representing the interests of the small states at the Constitutional Convention, the called for a one house legislature and the revision of the Articles of Confederation. (a) New Jersey Plan b) Virginia Plan c) Connecticut Plan d) New York Accord
(a) New Jersey Plan
The concept of the rests on the premise that when gave up their absolute rights to life, liberty and property in exchange for men decided to form societies they ment that would protect the rights to life, liberty and property for all members creating a govern- a) Self-Determination of the society. 6) Social Contract c) Imperialism d) Nationalism
6) Social Contract
At the Constitutional Convention, served as the body's secretary. a) James Madison 6) John Hancock c) John Adams d) Alexander Hamilton
6) John Hancock
Democracy in America was written by @ Alexis de Tocqueville b) Thomas Paine c) John Locke d) John Stuart Mill
A) Alexis de Tocqueville
Representing the interests of the small states at the Constitutional Convention, the called for a one house legislature and the revision of the Articles of Confederation. a) New Jersey Plan b) Virginia Plan c) Connecticut Plan d) New York Accord
A) New Jersey Plan
In Fedenalist #69, ____ justified his support of a limited term for the presidency.
Alexander Hamilton
Greek philosopher______believed that "the state is a creation of nature, and that man is a by nature a political animal."
Aristotle
The Politics was written by a) Plato b) Pericles C) Aristotle d) Cicero
C) Aristotle
the United States Constitution created the nation's federal court and justice systems. a) Article I b) Article II c) Article III d) Article IV
C) Article III
Commonly known as the Great Compromise, the plan consolidated the Virginia and New Jersey plans. a) Pennsylvania b) Vermont c) Connecticut d) Massachusetts
C) Connecticut
is a system of government in which the ultimate political authority is vested in the people. a) Socialism Communism c) Democracy d) Autocracy
C) Democracy
The first legislative assembly in the American colonies, the was founded in 1619 in Virginia. a) House Assembly b) Senate © House of Burgess d) House of Representatives
C) House of Burgess
wrote in Federalist No. 51, "if men were angels, no government would be necessary." a) John Adams b) Alexander Hamilton C) James Madison d) John Jay
C) James Madison
wrote in Federalist No. 51, "if men were angels, no government would be necessary." a) John Adams b) Alexander Hamilton ©) James Madison d) John Jay
C) James Madison
called for a bicameral or a two house legislative body. Introduced at the Constitutional Convention, the a) Maryland Plan b) North Carolina Plan C) Virginia Plan d) New Jersey Plan
C) Virginia Plan
Under the Articles of Confederation, the National Congress was empowered to a) declare war, conduct foreign policy, make treaties and control interstate commerce. b) declare war, make treaties, establish a national c) declare war, conduct foreign policy and make treaties. d) conduct foreign policy, declare war, collect taxes and make treaties. currency, and conduct foreign policy.
C) declare war, conduct foreign policy and make treaties.
In The Republic, Plato envisioned that his "just city" would consist of three classes: b) the legislative body, the auxiliaries and slaves. a) the philosopher kings, the auxiliaries and slaves. C) the philosopher kings, the auxiliaries, and the productive class. d) the philosopher kings, the craftsmen.
C) the philosopher kings, the auxiliaries, and the productive class.
In his Spirit of the Laws, ______ stressed that "all would be lost if the same man or same body of principal men, either of nobles or of the people, exercised these Montesgbieu three powers: that of making the laws, that of executing public resolutions, and that of judging the crimes or the disputes of individuals."
Charles Montesquieu
______is the notion that constitutional devises can prevent any power within a nation from becoming absolute by being balanced against, or checked by, another source of power within that same nation.
Checks and Balanced
A _____ is a fundamental or organic law that establishes the framework of a state, assigns the powers and duties of governmental agencies, and establishes the relationship between the people and their government.
Constitution
______is the political principle of limited government under a written contract.
Constitution
An amendment to the Constitution must first pass with a majority vote in both Houses of Congress and win the approval of of the states' legislative houses. a) 2/3's b) 4/5's c) 3/5's d) 3/4's
D) 3/4's
Federalist #10 was written by a) John Adams b) John Jay c) Alexander Hamilton D) James Madison
D) James Madison
the distribution of governing power among the three branches of government by giving them specific duties and responsibilities. a) Checks and Balances b) Interposition c) Intergovernmental Relationships d) Separation of Powers
D) Separation of Powers
In his Reflections on the Revolution in France, ______emphasized that society is indeed a contract.
Edumund Burke
Article I, Section 9 is known as the ____ meaning that officeholders cannot use their positions to enhance their own economic viability while serving in an elective position.
Emolument Clause
Article II of the United States Constitution specifically requires the president to form a Cabinet of key officials to head various government departments.
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7. Aristotle determined that a tyranny or a rule of one was a sound governing format as long as the monarch ruled for the benefit of his/her people.
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In _______James Madison drew a distinction between a democracy and a republic
Federalist #10
John Locke called the relationship between the governed and the governing a ______
Fiduciary Trust
After signing his name to the Declaration of Independence, _____ commented that "the die was now cast, I had passed the Rubicon. Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish with my country, was my unalterable determination."
George Washington
_______ is the formal institutional structure and processes of a society by which policies are developed and implemented in the form of law binding on all.
Government
An _____ is the way of life of a people, reflected in their collectively held ideas and beliefs concerning the nature of the ideal political system, economic order, social goals, and moral values.
Ideology
Representative or _____ is a form of governance in which the citizens rule through representatives who are periodically elected in order to keep them accountable.
Indirect Democracy
In his Confessions, wrote "I have seen that whatever might be attempted, no people would everything is rooted in politics and that, ever be other than the nature of their government made them." a) Charles de Montesquieu b) Edmund Burke c) John Locke d) Jean Jacques Rousseau
Jean Jacques Rousseau
At the Constitutional Convention, James Madison served as the body's secretary while _____ was selected as the president or presiding officer.
John Adams
In Federalist #5, ______ emphasized that the weaknesses of the confederative system would undermine the viability of the United States.
John Jay
The United States Constitution is the embodiment of the _____ concept of government.
Madisonian
In ______Justice Brandeis wrote that the doctrine of separation of powers was adopted by the Convention in 1787 not to promote efficiency but to preclude the exercise of arbitrary power.
Myers vs United Stated
Under the _____ traditional executive and legislative functions were merged into the National Assembly, composed of representatives from each state.
National Congres
A ____ was a small but autonomous political unit in which all major political, social, and religious activities were carried out at one central location
Polis
As adopted in 1789, the Constitution created a national government with sovereign powers of its own-powers that once belonged exclusively to the states.
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A ______ is a form of government in which sovereign power resides in the electorate and is exercised by elected representatives who are responsible to the people.
Republic
was the only state not to send a delegation to the Constitution Convention held in Philadelphia. a) New Jersey b) Vermont c) Rhode Island d) New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Democratic ideology is based on the principles of individualism, liberty, equality, and fraternity.
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Eederalism is actually a hybrid combination of the unitary and confederative systems.
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The______of 1795 required colonists to purchase a stamp for all commercial and legal documents.
Stamp Tax
-16. An interstate compact is an agreement between two or more states requiring congressional approval.
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2. Outlined in The Republic, Plato designed his just city ruled by the philosopher king.
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7 Under the formula grant program, Congress allocated money to states and local governments based on a predetermined formula.
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According to Article I, Section 9, the importation of slaves would be prohibited by 1808.
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According to Article IV, states are required to recognize the public acts, records and judicial proceedings of every other state.
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Article I of United states Constitution grants Congress the exclusive authority to levy and collect taxes for the national government.
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In his The Rights of Man, _____ drew a direct connection between a constitution, a government, and the concept of the social contract,
Thomas Paine
becoming absolute by being balanced against, or checked by, another source of power within is the notion that constitutional devices can prevent any power within a nation from that same nation. a Checks and Balances b) Interposition c) Intergovernmental Relationships d) Separation of Powers
a Checks and Balances
is a form of governance in which the citizens rule through representatives, who are periodically elected in order to keep them accountable. a Representative Democracy b) Pure Democracy c) Autocratic Government d) Oligarchical Government
a Representative Democracy
of the United States Constitution gives the legislative branch the authority to make laws. a) Article I b) Article II c) Article III d) Article IV
a) Article I
A member of Parliament, political philosopher urged the British government to use restraint in dealing with colonial issues. a) Harold McMillian b) John Stuart Mill c) Jeremy Bentham d) Edmund Burke
d) Edmund Burke
A member of Parliament, political philosopher. urged the British government to use restraint in dealing with colonial issues. a) Harold McMillian b) John Stuart Mill c) Jeremy Bentham d) Edmund Burke
d) Edmund Burke
is the aspiration of some group-grounded in some existing sentiment of national or racial identify associated with common territory, language or religion-to form its own sovereign state and to govern itself. a) Imperialism b) Democracy c) Nationalism d) Self-Determination
d) Self-Determination
______ is a system of government in which the ultimate political authority rests with the people.
democracy
In order to be a meaningful document, a constitution must be regarded as the _____ of its state.
organic Law
of the United States Constitution details its ratification process. a) Article V b) Article VI © Article VII d) Article VIII
© Article VII
The first legislative assembly in the American colonies, the was founded in 1619 in Virginia. a) House Assembly b) Senate ©) House of Burgess d) House of Representatives
©) House of Burgess