SDSU Cal Gov UPDATED Actual Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
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SDSU Cal Gov UPDATED Actual Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
The Big Four - CORRECT ANSWER- Standford, Hopkins, Crocker, Huntington:
example of laissez faire capitalism; railroad monopoly 85%; built transcontinental line
Laissez Faire Capitalism - CORRECT ANSWER- Hands off government, no re...
SDSU Cal Gov UPDATED Actual Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
The Big Four - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Standford, Hopkins, Crocker, Huntington:
example of laissez faire capitalism; railroad monopoly 85%; built transcontinental line
Laissez Faire Capitalism - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Hands off government, no regulation
Subsidy - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Money given by government to organization; incentive
Wright Act - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Formation of local water irrigation districts
Earl Warren presided over.... - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Brown vs. Board of Education
What result from cross filing? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Allowed candidates to run as
Democrat and Republican
What programs did Regan cut? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Welfare, higher education, and
mental health
How many times was the California Constitution amended? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Over 500 times
What caused term limits? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Mistrust of politicians and voters who
elected them
What is Prop 140? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔'Limits on Terms of Office, Legislators'
Retirement, Legislative Operating Costs Amendment': Term Limits
,What is Prop 13? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔'People's Initiative to Limit Property
Taxation': Lowering property taxes
What did some public school teachers resist signing? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The
loyalty oath
Only successful recall - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Governor Davis
The Loyalty Oath - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Defend US Constitution and CA Constitution;
controversial because some don't want to bear arms
How does the state constitution protect public school teachers' salaries? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔Min of $2,400 annually
What happened during the energy crisis? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Electrical prices when
up, gaps in electrical service
Direct primaries - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Voters themselves nominate candidates
DREAM Act - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Development/Relief and Educations for Alien
Minors
What happens when there is a vacancy in the Supreme Court, Courts of Appeal, or Superior
Court? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Governor appoints them
Special Interest Groups - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔People seeking special advantages
through lobbying
# of terms of assembly members - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔three -2 year terms; 6 terms
max
Primary Elections - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Voters choose party nominees to run for
office
, # of California counties - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔58
Who is the Governor? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Jerry Brown, since 2011
What is the lower house in CA? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The Assembly (80 members)
What did policymakers learn under new federalism? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Develop
programs and revenue sources independent of the federal policy
What are revenue sources? (6) - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Corporate Tax, Regressive Tax,
Personal Income Tax (largest source of revenue), Sales Tax (2nd largest), Excise Tax, Parcel
Tax
NAFTA significance - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔North American Free Trade Agreement;
trade between US, Canada, Mexico
What resulted from CA spending on higher education? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Lagged
state's growth
How many votes is required for an initiative to pass? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔5% - for
statute; 8% - amendment
What is the least amount a county spends on education? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔1%
What is the most a county spends on public protection? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔32%
How much does the local government spend on public safety? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔26%
# of Congress Delegates - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔2 Senators and 53 House members
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