DC Gov Final Review Test 1 (ch. 1 & 2)

Which office did the framers designed to be directly elected by the people

A U.S. representative

Director democracy is best defined as

A system that allows citizens to vote directly for laws and policies

The issue of representation was addressed in the great compromise by giving each state

An equal number of senators but linking representation in the House of Representatives to population

The expressed powers of Congress are listed in ________ of the constitution

Article 1 section 8

Why was the declaration of independence a remarkable philosophical statement for it's time

Asserted that there were an alienable rights that cannot be abridged by governments

The willingness to be restrained by the power of social institutions but not political or legal institutions is a hallmark of a(n) ________ regime

Authoritarian

It is important for Americans to have political knowledge so that they will

Be better able to assess their own interest when making political choices

The _______ what the key group in Europe that pushed for limited government

Bourgeoisie

The president's power to veto a bill passed by Congress is a good example of

Checks and balances

Democracy functions best when

Citizens are informed

A ______ is a system of government in which member States retain almost all of their sovereign authority and delegate limited powers to a weak central body

Confederation

Politics can be defined as

Conflicts over the character, membership, and policies of government

The articles of confederation

Could be amended only with a unanimous vote of Congress

The essential documents of the American founding are the ________ and the ________.

Declaration of Independence and Constitution

Americans' sense of political efficacy has

Decreased dramatically between 1960 and 2015

Having some shares in the composition of a government leader ship how it is organized or what policies are going to be called is

Power

Baron De La Brède et de Montesquieu was a French political thinker who argued that

Power needed to be balanced by power as a bulwark against tyranny

The "comity" provision of article IV of the constitution was designed to promote national unity by

Prohibiting state governments from discriminating against citizens of other states in favor of their own citizens

Although the United States is a(n) _______ at the federal level there are provisions for _______ democracy at the state and local levels

Representative democracy; direct

Digital citizenship is

The ability to participate in society online

A government that is formally limited by laws and rules is called

constitutional

Shays rebellion was significant because it

convinced many observers that the government under the Articles of Confederation had become dangerously inefficient and indecisive.

Prior to the 18th century

governments rarely sought the support of their people

Shays rebellion was an attempt to

prevent the state of Massachusetts from foreclosing on the lands of debt-ridden farmers.

The American population has grown from approximately ________ million people in 1790 to approximately ________ million people in 2018

4 ; 327

How was political power in the continental Congress divided under the articles of confederation

Each state had an equal vote

The right of each citizen to vote is an example of

Equality of opportunity

The three branches of government created by the constitution are

Executive, Legislative, Judicial

States like Delaware, Connecticut and New York oppose the Virginia plan because they

Feared that large states would dominate the new government if representation were to be determined by population as stipulated by the Virginia plan

A representative democracy is a system of government

Gives citizens a regular opportunity to elect a government officials

Which of the following statements best summarizes philosopher John Locke's arguments in his treatises on government

Individuals create governments to protect their lives liberties and possessions and if a government fails in its duties the citizenry has the right to alter or abolish it

The incomes of middle-class Americans have

Largely stagnated over the last 40 years

How many states sent delegates to the Annapolis convention in 1786

Less than half of the state sent delegates

The demand that there be "no taxation without representation" is a good example of what political reform of the 18th century

More popular influence on government

The framers designed the Senate to be a check against excessive democracy by doing which of the following

Senators were originally appointed by state legislatures

The events that led to the revolutionary war were triggered by which of the following

The British raise revenue by increasing the tax rate of the colonies

What does the supremacy clause assert

The Constitution and all laws made under it are superior to any state laws

Which of the following is true about the US Constitution

The constitution can be amended with a 2/3 majority vote of both houses

Bicameralism is a constitutional principle that represents the division of

The legislator into two chambers

Which of the following statements best summarizes "contract theory" as spelled out by philosopher Thomas Hobbes

The people of a country voluntarily give up some freedom in exchange for an order to Society

Why did the delegates at the Philadelphia convention turn down the idea of including a list of citizens rights in the Constitution

They believed that since the federal government was already limited to its expressed powers further protection of citizens was not needed

A government that is not constrained by legal limits and also seeks to eliminate any challenges to its authority is known as a(n) ___________ government

Totalitarian

The national origins quota system

allowed a large quota of new immigrants from northern European countries but only a small quota of new immigrants from eastern and southern European countries.

In the United States the right to private property is

explicitly stated in Article I of the Constitution.

The government is best defined as the

institutions and procedures by which a territory and its people are ruled

Generally speaking in order to be a good citizen in the United States it is most critical to have

knowledge of the American political system

The Bill of Rights was designed to protect

liberty

__________ are three core values in American politics

liberty, equality, and democracy

The belief that citizens can influence what government does is called

political efficacy

The framers of the US constitution intended to create a presidency capable of

withstanding excessive popular pressure by making it subject to indirect election through the electoral college