Federal Govt 2305 ch 1-5 Summer Unit 1
One similarity between the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan was that both plans
left unspecified how many people might comprise the executive.
A requirement that a state undertake an activity or provide a service that maintains a minimum national standard is called a(n)
mandate.
The text of the Constitution deals with slavery by
not mentioning it directly.
When elementary schools introduce students to authority figures outside the family, like the teacher, they prepare students for the value of _________; when they stress norms of democratic decision making and respecting the opinions of others, they teach _________.
order; equality
The first political institution that young children tend to focus on is the
President.
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"?
The Declaration of Independence
Which of the following is NOT an essential premise of dual federalism?
The relationship between nation and state is best characterized by cooperation.
John Locke's views on government are expressed in
Two Treatises of Government
REAL ID, a federal mandate that imposes security standards for state driver's licenses, is an example of
an unfunded mandate.
In his 2014 State of the Union address, President Obama proposed that the minimum wage
be raised to $10.10.
Parental influence on party identification is greater when
both parents strongly identify with the same party.
A central question in the McCulloch case was whether or not Congress had the power to
establish a national bank.
Social order is usually defined as
established patterns of authority and traditional modes of behavior.
The national government can act on individuals if
the action is based on a constitutionally delegated power.
One result of the Second Continental Congress was
the adoption of the Declaration of Independence.
A sample of one thousand randomly selected individuals is usually accurate to (plus or minus) _____ percentage points.
three
Learning political party identification from parents is known as the ___________ model of partisanship.
transmission
Which political philosopher expressed the sentiment that life in a state of nature would be "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short?"
Thomas Hobbes
The constitution expressly gives the federal government the power to _____________ within the states.
create a postal system
Which of the following is not categorized as a civil liberty in the United States?
freedom of equality
Amendments to the constitution may be proposed by two-thirds votes in both the House and the Senate or by a
national convention.
In 2012, the Supreme Court cited ____________ in upholding the "individual mandate" provision of the Affordable Care Act.
the national government's taxing power
Conflicts related to power-sharing between states and the national government are settled by
the supreme court.
The complexity of the American federal system encourages
pluralism
Each citizen having one vote demonstrates
political equality.
The set of values and beliefs that a person holds about the purpose and scope of government is called
political ideology.
The goal of the statistical theory of sampling is to
reflect the views of the population with some predictable degree of accuracy.
A(n) _____ forbids state governments from exercising certain powers.
restraint
Originally, the Constitutional Convention's purpose was to
revise the Articles of Confederation.
The assignment in the Constitution of lawmaking, law-enforcing, and law-interpreting functions to the legislative, executive, and judicial branches respectively is known as
separation of powers.
The fifty-five signatories of the Declaration of Independence were courageous in their actions because
signing the Declaration was treason and punishable by hanging and drawing and quartering.
Survey methodology did not become a powerful research tool until the
1950s.
Which political philosopher inspired the phrase "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" in the Declaration of Independence?
John Locke
Which document proclaimed, "Each state retains its sovereignty, freedom, and independence, and every power, jurisdiction, and right, which is not ... expressly delegated to the United States"?
The Articles of Confederation
Although globalization can threaten national security, this can create desirable outcomes, as shown by the international community's attempt to force Bashar al-Assad to surrender Syria's
chemical weapons.
The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) is an example of _________ federalism.
cooperative
During his 2016 campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders had difficulty explaining his political views as a
democratic socialist.
For most people, the first agent of political socialization is
family.
Political differences between the South and the rest of the country today are often rooted in attitudes about
racial politics and social issues.
The primary contribution of the Federalist papers is
their insight into the defense of the Constitution.
