POSC 225 Exam 1 NIGHTIGALE COLLEGE Question and answers rated A+POSC 225 Exam 1 (Ferraiolo)
main points from CIRCLE study; areas of agreement and disagreement - correct answer -millennials are skeptical of political & public institutions (feel their voices won't be heard)
-significant differe...
POSC 225 Exam 1 (Ferraiolo)
main points from CIRCLE study; areas of agreement and disagreement -
correct answer ✔-millennials are skeptical of political & public institutions
(feel their voices won't be heard)
-significant differences by race, gender, religion, and education that shape
worldviews
"Collapse of American Identity" Jones's main argument - correct answer
✔American identity is collapsing unlike any other time
representative democracy - correct answer ✔indirect democracy, in which
the people rule through elected representatives
direct democracy - correct answer ✔form of political decision making in
which public business is decided by small assemblies (i.e. Greek city states,
New English town meetings, referendum)
republicanism - correct answer ✔a political doctrine advocating limited
government based on popular consent but protected against majority tyranny
fundamental principles of representative democracy - correct answer
✔popular sovereignty, political equality, political liberty
popular sovereignty and conditions for recognizing it - correct answer
✔people rule and govern themselves, with representatives and officials,
people are ultimate authority
- policies reflect wishes
- competitive, free, fair election
, - people participate in political process
political equality - correct answer ✔principle that each person carries equal
weight in the conduct of public business (voting)
political liberty - correct answer ✔The principle that citizens in a democracy
are protected from government interference in the exercise of a range of basic
freedoms (speech, association, conscience)
Declaration of Independence: basic principles, format - correct answer ✔-all
people are created equal
-basic rights
-government gets power to make decisions and protect rights of the people
-if the government does not protect the rights of the people, the people have
the right to change or remove the government
natural rights - correct answer ✔rights granted to all people by nature or God
that cannot be denied or restricted by any government or individual
Articles of Confederation: features, weaknesses; Shays's Rebellion - correct
answer ✔first constitution of the United States, created a system of
government with most power lodged in the states and little in the central
government
Virginia Plan - correct answer ✔proposed a strong central government
composed of three branches: legislative, executive, and judicial
New Jersey Plan - correct answer ✔proposed a single legislative house with
equal representation from each state
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