Exam 1

Which of the following is one of the things that Political Science does NOT provide?

a. Reliable Information about Political Science

b. Terms and Definitions related to political phenomena

c. Systematic Generalizations about American Politics

d. A methodology for laying out what you should believe about politics

d. A methodology for laying out what you should believe about politics.

. True or False: Covid-19 would claim the lives of more people than all the major wars the U.S. fought after World War 2?

True.

• 39. Which of the following is NOT a reason for low voter turnout for amendments to the Texas Constitution?

a. Little interest in the issue

b. Even Year Election

c. Voter ignorance

d. Poorly worded amendments

• b. Even Year election

33.  What idea is the French political theorist Montesquieu famous for?

A Checks and Balances

B Separation of Powers

c. Developing the State of Nature

d. Social Contract Theory 

b. Separation of Powers.

 Which of the following was NOT a cause for the Shays Rebellion?

a. Many farmers were going to lose their homes to pay back debts

b. Veterans of the American Revolution did not receive back pay

c. State Merchants were buying up all the land at a cheap price

d. The failure of the Articles of Confederation to gather money to deal with problems.

• c. State Merchants were buying up all the land at a cheap price.

 What was the MOST essential idea in the Articles of Confederation?

a. Power belonged in the states

b. Legislative Supremacy

c. Judicial Supremacy

d. No Taxation without Representation

• b. Legislative Supremacy

• Power of the states was important, but the goal of the articles was to ensure that the states could form an assembly that would not answer to any other branch.

•  Which Supreme Court case established the “separate but equal” doctrine?

a. Dred Scott v. Sanford

b. McCulloch v. Maryland

c. Plessy v. Ferguson

d. The United States v. McGuffin’s Plantation

C- Plessy v Ferguson.

What is the doctrine that says the U.S. could pinpoint the exact powers of the national and state governments?

a. Cooperative Federalism

b. Specific Federalism

c. New Federalism

d. Dual Federalism

• D. Dual Federalism.

Constitutionalism relates to the idea:

a. That there are lawful limits on the power of government

b. That the people should rule over all

c. That people should only rule as much as needed

d. That every power of the government has to be written out explicitly

• a. That there are lawful limits on the power of government

• Some constitutions can be specific and can restrain the people but the key point is that it is rule of law that limits power.

Which Supreme Court case declared that the National Government could establish a National Bank and the State could not tax it?

a. Plessy v. Ferguson

b. Marshall v. Maryland 

c. McCulloch v. Maryland

d. Dred Scott v. Sanford

C. McCulloch v. Maryland.

What year was the current constitution of Texas created?

a.1824

b.1876

c.1864

d. 1869

B. 1876.

True or False: Great Britain never had an absolute monarchy

• a. True                 b. False

A. True

Which of the following is NOT considered a check on the judicial branch?

a. The ability of Congress to decide on the size of the federal court system

b. The executive nominating federal judges with the consent of the Senate

c. The ability of Congress to change laws

d. The ability of the Executive to fire Justices with the approval of the House

• d. The ability of the executive to fire Justices with the approval of the House

• It’s Congress, not the president that fires a justice.

• The BEST term to describe our current system, according to the book, is:

  A A Constitutional Federal Republic

• B A Constitutional Democratic Republic

C.  A Federal Constitutional Democracy

D. A Constitutional Republican Democracy

• B. Constitutional Democratic Republic.

Which one of the State constitutions is considered the longest, at over 400,000 words?

a. Maine

b. Massachusetts

c. Texas

d.Alabama

D. Alabama

What kind of Government were the Framers of the Constitution NOT trying to create?

a. A strong government

b. A limited government

c. A direct government

d. A representative government

e. A federal government

C. direct government.

Which Amendment said a state was prohibited from depriving “any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law,” from denying “any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws”?

a. The 13th Amendment

b. The 14^th Amendment

c. The 15^th Amendment

d. The 17^th Amendment

• b. 14^th amendment.

What is the type of power given to the states that says what is not expressly granted to the national government belongs to the states?

a. Reserved powers

b. Implied Powers

c. Necessary and Proper Powers

d. Enumerated Powers

a. Reserved powers

Alexander Hamilton proposed that expanding the size of the republic would ensure that the problem of faction would diminish?

• a. True                       b. False

• B. False

• It was James Madison

New Federalism refers to:

a. How federal programs should be cut if they relate to what the state handles typically

b. Pinpointing which powers specifically belong to the nation and the states

c. Finding ways to get the nation and state to cooperate with their powers

d. How the National Government provides grants and funds, but the states manage the operation of the funds.

• a. How federal programs should be cut if they relate to what the state handles typically

Reagan pushed for this federalism to attempt to reduce the power of the national government.

Who is the English Philosopher who influenced many American Revolutionaries and proposed that society was a product of a social contract?

a. Thomas Hobbes

b. David Hume

c. John Locke

d. Adam Smith

c. John Locke.

Thomas Hobbes also had a social contract, BUT most Americans, like Thomas Jefferson had more exposure to Locke.

The Progressive Movement had success in passing the 17^th Amendment, which:

A (Made primary elections the only type of election

B(Gave women the right to vote

. C(Gave 18-year-olds the right to vote

D (Made Senators chosen by all the people in the state they are from

• d. Made Senators chosen by all the people in the state they are from

• Instead of the state legislature, the Senate is chosen by popular vote.

Which of the following were major concerns the anti-federalists had about the Constitution?

a. It would make a strong, oppressive national government

b. It would destroy the liberty of citizens

c. It would make representatives unresponsive to the needs of citizens

d. All of the above

D. All of the above

 True or False: The Justices on the Texas Supreme Court are chosen by the Executive Branch

• a. True                            b. False

b. False

From which Intellectual Movement did the Founders acquire their ideals?

a. The Reformation

b. The Renaissance

c. Romanticism

d.The Enlightenment

D. Enlightenment.