Political Science Final Exam

  1. What is politics, and where do we find politics

    1. Politics is a struggle for power and you can find politics anywhere, like in family and college

  2. What are the basic goals of the government?

    1. Basic goals are to maintain order, protect property, and provide goods

  3. What are the problems of the Articles of Confederation?

    1. A weak national government

    2. No standing army

    3. 13 states s-over-eignt-y

  4. What were the Articles of Confederation?

    1. The United States first constitution

    2. 13 states

  5. Checks and balances vs. separation of powers

    1. Ā Each branch of government is checked and balanced by the power of the other branches, which is CHECK AND BALANCES

    2. Divided vertically is federalism and horizontally SEPARATION OF POWERS

  6. What kind of system do we have? What do most countries have?Ā 

    1. Federal system.

    2. Most countries have a constitutional system

  7. Full faith and credit - if you have a driving license in North Dakota, you have a driving license in North Carolina (if you have a driving license, you can go to any state)

  8. Understand the partisanship

    1. most important factor to predict someoneā€™s vote

  9. Why do we have a two-party system in America? What are the advantages and disadvantages of the two-party system?

    1. Winner takes all/single-member districtsĀ 

      1. If candidates win by 20 percent, or .001 percent, the same results

    2. Third parties are less viable; voters feel ā€œwasted vote.ā€

      1. The losing party gets no representation from that specific district

      2. No incentive to vote for candidates who cannot win because that point of view will not get representedĀ 

    3. Advantages of 2-party system

      1. Stability

      2. Moderate PolicyĀ 

    4. Disadvantage of 2-party system

      1. Limited OptionsĀ 

      2. Limited Minority RepresentationĀ 

  10. What role does the third party play?

    1. Push the party in one direction or anotherĀ 

  11. What is media fragmentation, and how does it affect media?

    1. splintering of audience and information outlets in the network societyā€™s choice-rich environment

    2. affects by increasing platforms (?)

  12. What are the key differences between the Senate and the House of Representatives?Ā 

    1. Different responsibilities

    2. House of Representatives (think large but short term - ftf (435)

      1. Two-year term

      2. 435

      3. FormalĀ 

    3. Senate (think small but long term)

      1. Six-year term

      2. 100

      3. Relaxed

  13. Why do Americans hate Congress but love Congress?

    1. Congress makes all laws and carries out e-num-e-rated powers

  14. What are the arguments for term limits?

    1. PRO

      1. insulted Members of Congress

      2. Worried about reelection

      3. Bring in new Member of Congress

    2. CON

      1. Terms limit removes Members of Congress and the good people

      2. Increase the power of interest groups

  15. How representative is Congress? Why and how does it matter?

    1. Old, wealthy, men. demographics impact the policies that Congress addresses

    2. Legislative power (?) - WHY

    3. Diversity members are intervene on behalf of the demographics - HOW

  16. Why do we have an electoral college and what is the concern about the electoral college

    1. big states and small states comes to this compromise

    2. Proportional plan and distract plan

  17. In which section of the US Constitution does Congress discuss?Ā 

    1. Article IĀ 

The first step is that the bill is sent to the committee. 90% of the bills die in committees