Gov Final Exam Review

Gov Final Exam Review

GRADED A+ (ACTUAL EXAM ) Questions and Answers (Solved)

• Anti-Federalists

Answer: believed that a national government would be too powerful;

opposed the Constitution

• Judicial Review

Answer: gives the courts the power to declare an act of Congress

unconstitutional

• Inherent Powers

Answer: powers that are not written into the Constitution but exist

because the US is a sovereign state

• Force Theory

Answer: the idea that the state was born when one person or a small

group claimed control over an area and its people

• Confederate Government

Answer: states cooperate in matters of common concern but still retain

their separate identities

• Democracy

Answer: political system in which supreme authority resides with the

people

• Federalists

Answer: favored ratification of the Constitution

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• Connecticut Compromise

Answer: created a bicameral legislature, with equal representation in the

Senate and proportional representation in the House of Representatives

• 5th Amendment

Answer: declares that no person can be forced to be a witness against

himself in a criminal case

• Checks and Balances

Answer: keeps one branch from having more power than the others

• Single-Issue Party

Answer: a political party who focuses on one issue such as the

environment; they fade away when their issue loses relevance

• Watchdog Function

Answer: the party out of power criticizes the policies and behaviors of

the party in power

• Political Party

Answer: a group of people with shared ideas who seek to control

government

• Party Identification

Answer: the single most significant and lasting predictor of how a person

will vote

• Franchise

Answer: the right to vote

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