POLS 206 TAMU PRACTICE EXAM 1 ACTUAL

POLS 206 TAMU PRACTICE EXAM 1 (ACTUAL / )

QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS

Anti-Federalists - ---Answers---Opponents of the American Constitution at the time when the states were contemplating its adoption.

Federalist Papers - ---Answers---A collection of 85 articles written by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison under the name "Publius" to defend the Constitution in detail.

Equal Rights Amendment - ---Answers---A constitutional amendment originally introduced in Congress in 1923 and passed by Congress in 1972, stating that "equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex." Despite public support, the amendment failed to acquire the necessary support from three-fourths of the state legislatures.

Judicial Review - ---Answers---The power of the courts to declare laws unconstitutional

Federalism - ---Answers---A way of organizing a nation so that two or more levels of government have formal authority over the same land and people. It is a system of shared power between units of government.

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Unitary Government - ---Answers---a central government that holds supreme power in a nation

Supremacy Clause - ---Answers---Article VI of the Constitution, which makes the Constitution, national laws, and treaties supreme over state laws when the national government is acting within its constitutional limits.

Tenth Amendment - ---Answers---The constitutional amendment stating, "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people."

McCulloch v. Maryland - ---Answers---Supreme Court ruling (1819) confirming the supremacy of national over state government

enumerated powers - ---Answers---Powers specifically given to Congress in the Constitution; including the power to collect taxes, coin money, regulate foreign and interstate commerce, and declare war.

implied powers - ---Answers---powers of the federal government that go beyond those enumerated in the Constitution

Elastic Clause - ---Answers---The final paragraph of Article I, Section 8, of the Constitution, which authorizes Congress to

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