POLI 2051 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS 100% CORRECT
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POLI 2051 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS 100% CORRECT
Which of the following most directly protects individuals' civil liberties? - Answer- the Bill of Rights
Which of the following were most likely to oppose the proposed Constitution? - Answer- small farmers
While working on the Co...
POLI 2051 EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
100% CORRECT
Which of the following most directly protects individuals' civil liberties? - Answer- the Bill
of Rights
Which of the following were most likely to oppose the proposed Constitution? - Answer-
small farmers
While working on the Constitution, what aspect of the new government most concerned
James Madison? - Answer- tyranny of the majority
How does federalism contribute to democracy? - Answer- It increases citizens' access
to government
The Constitution says that states are required to return a person charged with a crime in
another state to that state for trial or imprisonment, a practice called __________. -
Answer- extradition
The preemption of state and local laws by federal laws is based on which clause of the
U.S. Constitution? - Answer- supremacy
What model of federalism is sometimes described metaphorically as a marble cake? -
Answer- cooperative federalism
Which clause in the Constitution ensures that judicial decrees and contracts made in
one state will be binding and enforceable in another? - Answer- full faith and credit
Which is an example of a federal mandate? - Answer- Congress passes a law requiring
all states to adopt a sex offender registry system
Which of the following best describes the death penalty in the United States? - Answer-
Some states allow the death penalty and others do not
Which of the following is a reason why the Framers created a federal system? - Answer-
The Framers were concerned that a central government could become too powerful
Which of the following is an example of a formula grant? - Answer- Medicaid
, Which of the following was the earliest major Supreme Court decision to define the
relationship between the federal and state governments? - Answer- McCulloch v.
Maryland
Which type of federalism is characterized by a system of state and national
governments with separate but distinct authority? - Answer- dual
__________ grants typically allocate federal dollars based on population. - Answer-
Formula
A false and malicious written statement could be considered __________; the same
statement spoken aloud could be considered __________. - Answer- libel; slander
In the 1960s, the Supreme Court aroused the wrath of many Americans with rulings like
that in Engel v. Vitale regarding which controversial religious issue? - Answer- recitation
of prayer and Bible passages in school
New York Times v. Sullivan held that there must be proof of which of the following in
order to find libel against a public figure? - Answer- actual malice
The Bill of Rights is made up of the first __________ amendments to the U.S.
Constitution. - Answer- ten
The Supreme Court addressed the constitutionality of a Connecticut law that prohibited
the use of contraception by relying on the implied right to __________. - Answer-
privacy
The Supreme Court has used incorporation to __________ the authority of states. -
Answer- limit
A law passed by Congress and the adoption of a regulation by an agency are examples
of which of the following? - Answer- public policies
Free speech and a free press are essential to which principle of traditional democratic
theory? - Answer- enlightened understanding
The U.S. preference for __________ economic policies helps to explain why we have a
smaller and more limited government than do most other advanced industrialized
countries. - Answer- laissez-faire
The ways in which people get involved in politics make up their political __________. -
Answer- participation
What best describes a linkage institution? - Answer- a channel through which people's
concerns become part of the political agenda
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