PLSI 2 Exam 1 Question and answers already passed
Most police power in the US is reserved to the states and carried out by local police officers (T or F) - correct answer tru
In the U.S., sovereignty is guaranteed to - correct answer the people
The history of social contracts among En...
PLSI 2 Exam 1 Question and answers
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Most police power in the US is reserved to the states and carried out by local
police officers (T or F) - correct answer ✔tru
In the U.S., sovereignty is guaranteed to - correct answer ✔the people
The history of social contracts among English speaking people goes back to
the - correct answer ✔mayflower
The US has which kind of governmental structure? - correct answer
✔federalism Legislative, executive, judicial
The enumeration of judicial powers can be found in which part of the
Constitution? - correct answer ✔Article iii
The ruling in the Gibbons v Ogden (1824) demonstrated ? - correct answer
✔interstate Commerce - "all commercial intercourse meaning all business
dealings; only federal government can regulate interstate commerce
A republican form of government is guaranteed to the states by the
Constitution and is characterized by - correct answer ✔sovereign power
rests with the people, rather than with a king or monarch
The ruling in the McCulloch vs MD (1819) prohibited state taxation of federal
government agencies, even if they are private contractors like the Bank of the
United States (T o F) - correct answer ✔Tru
, John Locke (later Thomas Jefferson) argued that government should be
responsible for protecting - correct answer ✔natural/property rights (life,
liberty, and property)
A social contract is an agreement between - correct answer ✔the people of a
state and government of a state
The Declaration of Independence was primarily authored by - correct answer
✔Thomas Jefferson
According to Robert Dahl, what is politics - correct answer ✔who governs
According to the lecture, the primary author of the US constitution was -
correct answer ✔James Madison
The idea that people existed in a war-like state of nature where life was "rude,
British, and short" prior to the formation of government, was articulated by -
correct answer ✔Thomas Hobbes
From a Hobbesian perspective, what would be the most important of the
functions of government? - correct answer ✔maintaining order
Which of the following is true about the practice of Judicial Review? - correct
answer ✔all
The Federalist papers were primarily authored by - correct answer ✔James
Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay
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