Emblem Government Test 1 (Questions)

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In what year was the bill of rights ratified?

1791

What did Madison believe about ambition?

He said that ambition must be made to counteract ambition

Who promoted separation of powers?

Montesquieu

Who promoted democracy and justified a totalitarian state?

Rousseau

What are the weaknesses of the procedural model of democracy?

This model hurts the minorities

What is capitalism?

it is a system of government that favors free enterprise (economic theory)

To amend the articles of confederation required what?

unanimous vote

The Articles of Confederation failed because... (4 reasons)

1. Each state only had one vote 2. There was no established power to tax 3. Amendments required a unanimous vote 4. New laws required a 9/13 majority vote to pass

The bill of rights consists of the first ___ amendments to the constitution

10

A proponent of states' rights and enumerated powers would be more likely to quote the ___ to the Constitution

10th amendment

In what year was the constitution signed and what year was it ratified?

1787, 1788

The text of the Constitution deals with slavery by referring to slaves as...

3/5 of all other persons

The U.S. constitution contains about ___ words

4300

Based on 2007 data from the U.S. census bureau, the united states is home to as many as ___ local governments of different sorts

89,000

Before it could take effect, the constitution has to be ratified by how many states?

9 out of 13

Originally, the Constitutional Convention's purpose was to...

Amend the articles of confederation

What are the weaknesses of the majoritarian democratic model?

Americans are usually not knowledgeable for it to work

Elite theory is discredited as an explanation of American national politics because studies show...

An identifiable ruling elite usually gets its way

Madison wrote that if people were ___, no government would be necessary.

Angels

Madison wrote that without ____ and _____ a free government can never in practice be fully maintained.

Checks and balances

What are the two aspects of the Madisonian Model of the Constitution?

Checks and balances and separation of powers

According to the Freedom-Order-Equality class model, what are the conservatives and liberals beliefs about the purposes of government?

Conservatives want more order and liberals want more equality

Which document proclaimed, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights"?

Declaration of Independence

What did Montesquieu believe was the spirit of the laws in a democracy; aristocracy; monarchy; and despotism?

Democracy- Virtue and a love of equality Aristocracy- Virtue/Moderation Monarchy- Respect Despotism- Fear

In the Printz v. United States decision, Justice Antonin Scalia argued that federally mandated background checks by local sheriffs on gun purchases in their states violated the principle of....

Dual sovereignty

Under the constitution, if no candidate wins a majority of the electoral vote, then the president will be selected under the...

Electoral college

Hobbes said that the social contract was an agreement to appoint somebody that the people will...

Establish and maintain peace

Supporters of the constitution named themselves...

Federalists

With what did Rousseau replace reason?

Feelings or sensibilities

What were the three qualities that Anti-Federalists believed were necessary in a republican citizenry?

Free, independent minded, and homogeneous

Government's "modern dilemma" is how best to balance what two ideals?

Freedom and equality

Equality of outcome of often said to be similar to the concept of...

Government supported rights or government benefits

What does the un-amended constitution say about the slave trade?

Government was given power to restrict the slave trade, also says that if a slave escapes service in one state, it must not be given freedom by the laws of another state

The primary contribution of the Federalist papers is...

It is America's contribution to literature on constitutional democracy and federalism. It concerns the interpretation of the constitution and the intent of the framers of the constitution

What is the three-fifths compromise?

It is a compromise saying that slaves would count as 3/5 of a person regarding total population of states

What is political ideology?

It is a consistent set of values and beliefs about the proper purpose and scope of government

What is a demagogue?

It is a political leader that seeks support by appealing to popular desires

What did Madison believe the constitution did for the powers of the central government?

It substitutes a more effectual mode of administering them

Know what political philosophies want less/more government

Janda pg. 20 or http://i.imgur.com/fWBvRm7.jpg

Be able to distinguish between communists, libertarians, socialists, and communitarians

Janda pg. 24

Know the language of the tenth amendment

Janda pg. A-19

Who believed that government was created to protect natural rights?

John Locke

What did Madison believe was the end of government?

Justice

Know the details/importance of the French Indian War; Stamp Act; Stamp Act Congress; The townshend acts; the intolerable acts; the first continental congress; Patrick Henry; the second continental congress; annapolis convention; shay's rebellion

Know it

Which metaphor best describes dual federalism?

Layer cake

Know the authors of Leviathan; the Spirit of the Laws; The Social Contract; and Two Treatises on Government

Leviathan-Thomas Hobbes The Spirit of the Laws-Montesquieu The Social Contract-Rousseau Two Treatises on Government-John Locke

"Great Society" is a term associated with whose administration?

Lyndon B. Johnson

What does the complexity of the American Federal system encourage?

Majoritarian democracy

Which metaphor best describes cooperative federalism?

Marble cake

Virtue and liberty run constantly through the writings of...

Montesquieu

Who studied the rise and all of Rome?

Montesquieu

Under Chief Justice John Marshall, the early Supreme Court generally increased the power of what level of government?

National

What level of government did Madison believe the constitution favored?

National

The chief obstacle of ratification of the Constitution by the states was...

Omission of the bill of rights

What are some examples of public goods?

Parks, highways, public water...

What does demos mean?

People

According to Locke, what happens when rights are violated?

People have the right to overthrow that goverment

A country abiding by the principle "one man, one vote" is practicing what kind of equality?

Political equality

Be able to distinguish between a socialist, capitalist, totalitarian, and libertarian

Refer to Janda pg. 20 or http://i.imgur.com/fWBvRm7.jpg

Who said people in their natural state were isolated?

Rousseau

What is separation of powers?

Separating the legislative, judicial, and executive powers into different bodies, each with the power to regulate the other bodies

The Bill of Rights is at the core of what theory of democracy?

Substantive

According to John Roche, the Founders were first and foremost what?

Superb democratic politicians

The broad, basic definition of politics given by the text is...

The authoritative allocation of values for a society

According to Herbert Storing, what was the prominent article of the Anti-Federalist doctrine?

The defense of the federal character of the american union

What was the Supreme Court's position regarding issues of federalism from the 1930s to the 1990s?

The interpretation of the commerce clause increased the national government's power, and congress had power over the states regarding regulation of commerce

When selecting the president, each state has a number of electors equal to...

The number of representatives plus the senators the state has in congress

What are the weaknesses of the of the substantive model of democracy?

There is no agreement to say that the policies are democratic

What did Madison believe about the constitutional powers allotted to the federal government?

They were few and defined

Who believed that people were naturally in a state of war?

Thomas Hobbes

Who said that people were merely bodies in motion?

Thomas Hobbes

The Declaration of Independence was based on input from many people, but its primary author was ___

Thomas Jefferson

What is the term for a people with no principle of equity or justice?

Trogledites

What is the basic premise of federalism?

Two or more governments share power and authority over the same group of people

Know the details about the legislature in the three main plans of the constitutional convention.

Virginia Plan, New Jersey Plan, and Great Compromise (Connecticut Compromise) Janda pg. 52-54

What did Madison write was the very definition of tyranny?

When separation of powers is compromised

By what constitutional authority has the government tended to expand its power among the states?

commerce clause

Federalism is able to unify diverse groups of people because it...

does not require citizens to be ruled by a majority from a different region

A constitutional clause that allows for a broad interpretation of implied powers is known as a(n) ___ clause

elastic clause

When one person has the same chance to succeed in life as another, this is called...

equal opportunity

Rousseau believed that people must surrender ___ for the goal of ____.

few rights for the goal of protection

Be able to fill in a blank copy of the outline of the constitution

http://ecampus.mclennan.edu/bbcswebdav/pid-223419-dt-content-rid-724745_1/courses/GOVT_2305_CH_2014FA/Constitutional%20Outline.pdf

The Great Depression represented a shift away from ___ and toward ___.

shift away from dual federalism and toward strong national government and cooperative federalism

What did Roche believe was the pragmatic compromise hammered out by the founders?

the constitution

A recent trend for presidents is the experience as...

working in state government


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