FREE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND STUDY GAMES

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FREE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND STUDY GAMES

ABOUT POLS 101 EXAM 1

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Question 1: political pressure from the Progressives.

Answer:

The direct election of U.S. senators came about due to

Question 2: Implied powers

Answer:

The federal government's authority to take actions not expressly authorized by the Constitution so long as those actions support the Constitution.

Question 3: Liberty

Answer:

The ideal that all people should be free to act and think as they choose without violating the freedom and liberty of others.

Question 4: a. primary elections.

• direct election of U.S. senators.
• the initiative and referendum.

• recall elections.

Answer:

Progressive reforms included

Question 5: Pluralism

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The political theory that argues that the activities of groups influence and control governing power.

Question 6: the people rule

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The Greek words demos and kratis together mean

Question 7: Elitism

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The political theory that argues that an elite group of influential people is the governing power.

Question 8: war by other means

Answer:

Prussian-military theorist Carl von Clausewitz referred to politics as:"________."

Question 9: lack of exposure to other sources of information

Answer:

Research suggests which of the following is primarily to blame for misinformation about political affairs spreading easily?

Question 10: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

Answer:

The inalienable rights enumerated in the Declaration of Independence are

Question 11: Amendment

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A formal, voted-upon correction or alteration to the Constitution.

Question 12: The correct answer is: government provision of free legal counsel to the accused if they are too poor to hire a lawyer

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What new policy was established by the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark Gideon v. Wainwright ruling?Question 13: asserted the power of the judiciary without creating the possibility of its rejection by either the executive or the legislative branch.

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Marbury v. Madison was an ingenious decision because it

Question 14: its staggered terms of office of members of the legislature

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Which of the following aspects of U.S. government might be used as part of an argument that the U.S. is less democratic than some other democracies?

Question 15: Checks and balances

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The system that gives each of the judiciary, executive, and legislative branches of government certain authority over the other branches.

Question 16: the Supreme Court.

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The "separate but equal" standard was created by

Question 17: supports personal commitment and self-sufficiency.

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Individualism is a perspective that

Question 18: Enumerated powers

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Seventeen powers specifically given to the national government under Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution.

Question 19: Bureaucratic rule

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The political theory that argues that career government administrators are the governing power.

Question 20: the consent of the governed

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According to the Declaration of Independence, governments get their "just powers" from

Question 21: Congress had no effective way to retaliate.

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How did Congress retaliate to the Supreme Court's reprimand, in Marbury v. Madison, that it had passed legislation that exceeded its constitutional authority?

Question 22: Constitution

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The set of rules that defines how a government will operate.

Question 23: government.

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The only counterforce that was potentially strong enough to control the business trusts of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was::

Question 24: John

• Calhoun.

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The doctrine of nullification is most closely associated with

Question 25: Legislative branch

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The branch of American government that has the power to pass legislation and that is composed of the Congress.

Question 26: Virginia plan

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The plan for the American Constitution that suggested a two-chambered congress with specific and limited powers, and with congressional presence based on the population of the state.