Most police power in the U.S. is reserved to the states (and carried out by local police officers T or F) correct answers True
In the U.S., sovereignty is guaranteed to? correct answers The people
The history of social contracts among English speaking people goes back to the? correct answe...
PLSI 2- Exam 1
Most police power in the U.S. is reserved to the states (and carried out by local police
officers T or F) correct answers True
In the U.S., sovereignty is guaranteed to? correct answers The people
The history of social contracts among English speaking people goes back to the?
correct answers Mayflower
The U.S. has which kind of governmental structure? correct answers Constitutional
Federal (Democratic ) republic
The enumeration of judicial powers can be found in which part of the Constitution?
correct answers Article III Section I, II
The ruling in the Gibbons v. Ogden (1824) demonstrated? correct answers Established
the principle that states cannot pass laws that interfere with the power of Congress to
regulate interstate commerce. This power greatly strengthened federal power (over
state power). This decision gave the Federal Government (Congress) the green light to
regulate ANYTHING having to do with INTERSTATE COMMERCE.
A Republican form of government is guaranteed to the states by the Constitution and is
characterized by? correct answers Sovereign power rests with the people, rather than a
king or monarch
The ruling in 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 or F)
correct answers True
John Locke (and later Thomas Jefferson) argued that government should be
responsible for protecting? correct answers John Locke's ideas of natural rights, life,
liberty, and property, and they people's right to overthrow the government if they did not
uphold those rights.
A social contract is an agreement between? correct answers The people and their
leaders in which the people agree to give up some liberties so that their other liberties
are protected.
The Declaration of Independence was primarily authorized by? correct answers
Thomas Jefferson
According to Robert Dahl, what is politics? correct answers The process that
determines the authoritative allocation of values.
, The primary author of the U.S. Constitution was? correct answers James Madison
The idea that people existed in a war-like state of nature where life was, "rude, brutish,
and short" prior to the formation of government, was articulated by? correct answers
Thomas Hobbs
From a Hobbesian perspective, what would be the most important functions of
government? correct answers Establishing prisons to hold criminals and reduce crime/
Which of the following is true about the practice of Judicial Review? correct answers
The Supreme Court can declare a congressional act unconstitutional.
The Federalist Papers were primarily authorized by? correct answers Majority-
Alexander Hamilton, but written by all three, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and
John Jay
In determining population of the U.S. House of Representatives, slaves were counted
as 3/5 of a person (T or F) correct answers True
Sovereignty is defined as? correct answers Supreme power or authority/ self-governing
state
The U.S. Constitution replaced the_____because of its inefficiencies in promoting a
common market in North America correct answers Articles of Confederation
Congressional terms of office as spelled out in Article I of the Constitution are? correct
answers Members of the House of Representatives serve 2 year terms. Senators serve
6year terms
Enumerated powers (as opposed to implied powers) are specific powers ascribed to the
government including, taxation, printing money, regulating commerce, and maintaining
the military (T or F) correct answers True
Baron de Montesquieu's notion of separation of powers ("Checks and balances") is the
idea that? correct answers Powers distributed among the branches of government
allowing each to limit the application of power of the other branches and to prevent
expansion of power of any branch.
A serious contradiction in the process that developed the U.S. Constitution was?
correct answers On the surface, the Constitution seemed to protect slavery in the
states, prohibited Congress from banning the slave trade for 23 years, and required that
fugitive slaves, even in the North, be returned by their masters. Because of these
apparent constitutional protections, a bloody Civil War was fought to free the slaves and
win ratification of the 13th Amendment to end slavery in the U.S. forever. The
Constitution, therefore, in the eyes of some scholars, seems to be a contradiction to the
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