POS 2041 Midterm Study Guide Questions And Answers With Verified Tests 100% Correct Answers
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POS 2041
Institution
POS 2041
Due Process of the Law - ️️the right that every citizen against arbitrary action by
national or state government
Mapp v. Ohio (1961) - ️️this illustrates one of the most important principles that has
grown out of the 4th amendment; the exclusionary rule- the ability of courts to exclude
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POS 2041 Midterm Study Guide
Due Process of the Law - ✔️✔️the right that every citizen against arbitrary action by
national or state government
Mapp v. Ohio (1961) - ✔️✔️this illustrates one of the most important principles that has
grown out of the 4th amendment; the exclusionary rule- the ability of courts to exclude
evidence obtained in violation of the 4th amendment, such as barring evidence obtained
during an illegal search from being introduced to trial
Public Opinion - ✔️✔️citizens' attitudes about political issues, leaders, institutions, and
events
Political Ideology - ✔️✔️a cohesive set of beliefs that forms a general philosophy about
the role of government
Political Valued vs Political Attitude - ✔️✔️PV- (belief) are the basic principles that
shape a person's opinions about political issues and events
PA- (opinion) a specific preference on a particular issue
Shays Rebellion - ✔️✔️In the winter of 1787, Daniel Shays led a makeshift army
against the federal arsenal at Springfield to protest heavy taxes levied by the
Massachusetts legislature. The rebellion proved the Articles of Confederation too weak
to protect the fledging nation
Executive Branch - ✔️✔️President
Legislative Branch - ✔️✔️Senate and HOR
Judicial Branch - ✔️✔️Supreme Court
Federalism - ✔️✔️a system of government in which power is divided, by a constitution,
between the central (national) government and regional (state) governments
Supremacy Clause - ✔️✔️Article VI of the Constitution, which states that laws passed
by the national government and all treaties "shall be the supreme law of the land" and
superior to all laws adopted by any state or any subdivision
Expressed powers - ✔️✔️specific powers granted by the Constitution to Congress
(Article 1, Section 8) and to the president (Article II)
, Implied Powers - ✔️✔️powers that are not specifically expressed in the Constitution but
are seen as necessary to allow presidents to exercise their expressed powers
Articles of Confederation - ✔️✔️Americas first written constitution; served as the basis
for America's national government until 1789
Three-fifths Compromise - ✔️✔️the agreement reached at the Constitutional
Convention of 1787 that stipulated that for purposes of the apportionment of
congressional seats, every slave would be counted as three-fifths of a person
Virginia Plan - ✔️✔️a framework for the Constitution, introduce by Edmund Randolph,
that called for representation in the national legislature based on population of each
state
New Jersey Plan - ✔️✔️a framework for the Constitution, introduced by William
Paterson, that called for equal state representation in the national legislature regardless
of population
Full Faith and credit clause - ✔️✔️provision fxomfrom Article IV, Section 1 of the
Constitution requiring that the states normally honor the public acts and judicial
decisions that take place in another state
10th Amendment - ✔️✔️The powers not delegated to the United States by the
Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively,
or to the people.
Civil liberties vs civil rights - ✔️✔️CL- areas of personal freedom constitutionally
protected form government interference
CR- obligation imposed on government to take positive action to protect citizens from
any illegal action of government agencies and of other private citizens
Ex post facto laws - ✔️✔️laws that declare an action to be illegal after it has been
committed
14th Amendment - ✔️✔️one of the three Civil War amendments; it guaranteed equal
protection and due process
Selective Incorporation - ✔️✔️the process by which different protections in the Bill of
Rights were incorporated into the 14th Amendment, thus guaranteeing citizens
protection from state as well as national governments
Establishment clause - ✔️✔️the First Amendment clause that says that "Congress
shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion"; this law means that a "wall
of separation" exists between church and state
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