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PSI 2306 COX UNT FINAL EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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Name: Score:149 Multiple choice questions
Term 1 of 149
Liberals and Conservatives
a bicameral legislature with one house based on population, the other on equality of the
states.
Almost all Americans share common values like a belief in freedom, free elections, and
the rule of law.
actually believe in the same basic core ideas of our political system, including freedom
A program to legally protect persons brought to the United States as minors
Term 2 of 149
What city did a recent magazine article name as the "most racist city in America" in the 1920s?
To determine how a person died
Our legislative system was deliberately designed to make it difficult to enact legislation
Congress enacted a law in 1910 fixing the number at 435.
Dallas
Term 3 of 149
Many important cases were brought to the Supreme Court by
1876, after Reconstruction
the national government had to be supreme
Jehovah's Witnesses.
checks and balances
,Term 4 of 149
Which of the following is NOT an enumerated (delegated) power?
The power to decide who can vote in U.S. elections
A civil rights activist murdered for speaking out about voting rights
The Eighth Amendment's rule against excessive fines and bail
He stole the Pentagon Papers and gave them to newspapers, which published them.
Term 5 of 149
Several states have defied federal law in recent years on what issue below?
Monitors the activities of hate groups
conservative
defining both national and state citizenship
the legalized use of marijuana.
Term 6 of 149
A person who wants change so badly that he is willing to break laws and engage in violent
acts to get it is a
conservative
whether each person in the household is or is not a citizen.
radical
an authoritarian ruler who is no friend of the United States.
,Term 7 of 149
The Southern Poverty Law Center
defining both national and state citizenship
allowed the slave trade to continue for another 20 years, although the word slavery is
not in the document
Democrat Nancy Pelosi.
Monitors the activities of hate groups
Term 8 of 149
Which statement below about Rule of Law is NOT correct?
James Madison
Our legislative system was deliberately designed to make it difficult to enact legislation
The phrase "rule of law" appears many times in the body of the Constitution
Justice John Marshall Harlan
Term 9 of 149
The Texas Legislature is permitted to meet
40 days in alternate years
the national government had to be supreme
The American and French Revolutions in the late 1700s.
1876, after Reconstruction
, Term 10 of 149
When the federal government wanted every state to raise the drinking age to 21, what threat
did it use to get states to comply?
Congress shall make no law
States that refused to comply would lose federal highway funds
The rational basis test
Bicycle
Term 11 of 149
Which modern president reopened the issue of states' rights?
Virginia demanded it as the price for ratifying the Constitution
The power to decide who can vote in U.S. elections
rule of law
Ronald Reagan
Term 12 of 149
Under the Articles of Confederation
It looked a lot like the Nazi salute to Hitler
there was a powerful executive known as the president
Marshall was a strong advocate of states' rights while Taney was a strong advocate for
nationalism.
has soured and declined and recent years
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