TJC GOVT 2305 EXAM 1 NEWEST ACTUAL

TJC GOVT 2305 EXAM 1 NEWEST ACTUAL /

QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS.

Which group gained a monopoly over the tea trade after the passage of the Tea Act? - ---Answers---East India Trade Company

At the Second Continental Congress, who argued that "these united Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States"? - ---Answers---Richard Henry Lee

What are the two central principles of the Declaration of Independence? - ---Answers---All men are created equal and have certain unalienable rights

How many governing bodies were created for the United States within the Articles of Confederation? - ---Answers--- One

Whose work, entitled The Spirit of the Laws, provided the concept of separation of powers later adopted by the framers of the Constitution? - ---Answers---Baron de Montesquieu

At Philadelphia, who proposed the Virginia Plan, which included a three-branch government? - ---Answers---James Madison

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Article III of the Constitution describes the powers and structures of which of the following? - ---Answers---The Judicial branch

Marbury v. Madison is a landmark Supreme Court decision because it - ---Answers---Established the power of judicial review

How many amendments have actually been ratified by the states since 1789? - ---Answers---Ttwenty seven

Today, the majority of the world's governments have which system of government? - ---Answers---Unitary system

How many local governments are there in the United States? - ---Answers---More than 89,000

Which body retains primary jurisdiction over local governments? - ---Answers---State governments

What are considered inherent or concurrent powers available to federal, state, and local governments? - ---Answers---The power to make their own public policies, raise their own revenue, and spend raise revenue to implement policy

Which of the following is most closely related to the concept of implied powers? - ---Answers---Powers that are not

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