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GOVT 2305 Test Bank Exam
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Today, the federal government is - Answers -✔✔ an enormous institution that enacts a
large number of programs touching on nearly every aspect of American life.

The belief that you can influence how your government acts is called - Answers -✔✔
political efficacy

Which of the following is not a reason for the declining levels of trust in the United
States in recent years? - Answers -✔✔ an increase in the knowledge of how
government operates

According to the text, which of the following is not a necessary part of the knowledge a
citizen must possess? - Answers -✔✔ the economic interests of other citizens

If a government led by a dictator was replaced with a government where a large number
of citizens exercised influence over decision making, this change would be best
characterized as a - Answers -✔✔ shift from an autocracy to a democracy

Government can best be defined as the - Answers -✔✔ institutions and procedures by
which a territory and its people are ruled.

Who said that the best government was the one that "governed least"? - Answers -✔✔
Thomas Jefferson

A government that is formally limited by laws and rules is called - Answers -✔✔
constitutional

Who described politics as "who gets what, when, and how"? - Answers -✔✔ Harold
Lasswell

Politics can be defined as - Answers -✔✔ conflicts over the character, membership,
and policies of any organization to which people belong.

Which of the following statements about the United States Census is most accurate? -
Answers -✔✔ Who is counted by the census and how they are categorized by race and
ethnicity have changed significantly throughout American history.

,Which of the following statements best describes naturalization laws in the United
States prior to 1870? - Answers -✔✔ Only free whites could become naturalized
citizens.

The Bill of Rights is the - Answers -✔✔ first ten amendments to the Constitution

What observation did philosopher Immanuel Kant make in his 1795 essay "Toward
Perpetual Peace"? - Answers -✔✔ Democratic regimes seldom make war on each
other.

"One person, one vote" reflects the principle of - Answers -✔✔ political equality

Which of the following statements about property restrictions on the right to vote in the
United States is true? - Answers -✔✔ Property restrictions on the right to vote were in
effect early in the country's history but were eliminated by 1828.

In ______, the ______ secured the right to vote for African Americans. - Answers -✔✔
1965; Voting Rights Act

Constitutional democracies were often found throughout ancient Greece. - Answers -
✔✔ False

The referendum is a form of direct democracy. - Answers -✔✔ True

Plessy v. Feguson and Brown v. Board of Education are both Supreme Court cases
dealing with the meaning of equality. - Answers -✔✔ True

Property restrictions on the right to vote were eliminated in 1920. - Answers -✔✔ False

The Stamp Act was a - Answers -✔✔ a tax on commerce

Who orchestrated the Boston Tea Party? - Answers -✔✔ Samuel Adams

Under the United States' first constitution - Answers -✔✔ there was no president

As a constitution, the Articles of Confederation were concerned primarily with - Answers
-✔✔ limiting the powers of the central govt

How did the colonists' victory in the Revolutionary War change the balance of political
power in the new states? - Answers -✔✔ Royal land, office, and patent holders were
significantly weakened, and pre-Revolutionary radicals became the controlling forces in
many state legislatures.

, Shays's Rebellion was significant because it - Answers -✔✔ convinced many
observers that the government of the Confederation had become dangerously inefficient
and indecisive.

During the Philadelphia Convention, the New Jersey Plan was supported by - Answers -
✔✔ less populous states

The decision to give the national government control over commerce and finance was
motivated primarily by the framers' desire to - Answers -✔✔ promote economic
development and protect property from radical state legislatures.

The three branches of government created by the Constitution are - Answers -✔✔
executive, legislative, and judicial.

Judicial review is the power of - Answers -✔✔ the courts to decide on the
constitutionality of actions taken by the other branches of government.

The supremacy clause - Answers -✔✔ announces that the Constitution and all laws
made under it are superior to any state laws.

How many proposed amendments to the Constitution have been formally offered to
Congress? - Answers -✔✔ over 11,000

In a federal system, governmental responsibilities are - Answers -✔✔ shared by both
state and federal authorities.

Which of the following is the best example of a unitary system of government? -
Answers -✔✔ The federal government sets education policies for all schools.

The federal system can be best defined as - Answers -✔✔ a system of government in
which power is divided between a national government and lower levels of government.

Nations that adopt a federal arrangement tend to have - Answers -✔✔ diverse ethnic or
language groups.

Which of the following powers do state governments not have? - Answers -✔✔ to coin
their own money

The fact that lawyers must be licensed by the state of California is an example of -
Answers -✔✔ reserved power

Which is the best example of a concurrent power under the federal constitution? -
Answers -✔✔ the power to regulate commercial activity

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