American Politics Exam 1

Which amendment states that no person shall be denied the equal protection of the law?

Amendment 14

Men are born with "Life, liberty, and property"

John Locke

The court case that allowed for the expansion of federal power by allowing the establishment of a national bank was:

Mc Culloch v Maryland

This state has a relatively high turnout rate and little tolerance for corruption . Its citizens also see politics as a way to create a good society. It is.

Moralist

An amendment may be proposed to the constitution by

a vote of 2/3 of congress, when 2/3 of states call upon congress to convene a convention

In August of 1787, George Mason said that he would " rather chop off my right hand than put it to the US Constitution as it now stands." Was he a (n)

anti-federalist

The root cause of Shays' Rebellion was :

congress's inability to get the states to pay taxes

Federalist 10 was about

factions

The necessary and proper clause

has been used to extend the power of the federal government

A unitary government

has local governments that execute policy

Most democracies have ...

higher turnout than the US

The national guard

is under the direction of each state governor, can be federalized under the president.

American national identity is largely based on

political ideas

Which of the following is a consequence of Americans' sense of individualism?

reluctance to rely on the government as in health care

The most important explanation of political participation is:

socio-economic status

Federalism is defined as

two levels of government over the same territory