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PSCI 210 Midterm -1 exam with 100- correct answers 2024
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What are enumerated powers? Define Anti-Federalists
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PSCI 210 Midterm #1 exam with 100%correct answers 2024
Federalism - ANSWER-A system in which power is divided between the national and
state governments
Types of Federalism - ANSWER--Dual
-Cooperative
-New Federalism
-Progressive
changes in balance of power (regarding federalism) - ANSWER--changes by
administration
-vague
What was the Supreme Court's view of federalism over time - ANSWER--progresses
through court cases
What are the benefits/problems of federalism - ANSWER-Benefits: creates an
environment of healthy checks and blalances
Problems: gridlock, creates distrust
Why was there a First and Second Continental Congress? - ANSWER-!st: petitioned the
"Intolerable Acts", claimed a right to "life, liberty, and property", militas trained to defend
their rights
2nd: was called to mobilize an army & create a national government
What were the outcomes of the First and Second Continental Congress - ANSWER-1st:
Agreed to meet again in May 1775, fighting began,
2nd: sent out the "Olive Branch Petition" as a last effort to restore peace (which was
denied)
, 2nd: Became the acting national government for the duration of the duration of the
revolutionary war
What is the historical context of the First Continental Congress - ANSWER--Intolerable
Acts and the Boston Tea Party and rising tensions pushed colonists to create their own
form of a national government and individualism has taken root
What is the historical context of the Second Continental Congress - ANSWER--
Minutemen and the local milita have began to fight against the Crown and they got
together to decide what comes next
-Sent out Olive Branch Petition as a last attempt to prevent war
What were the causes of the War for Independence - ANSWER--Violations of the right
of representation
-maintenance of a standing army not under civilian control
-Loss of an independent court
-"no taxation without representation"
What were the results of the War for Independence - ANSWER--Creation of the Articles
of Confederation
-America gained independence
What were the factors in the War for Independence - ANSWER--France and the
Netherlands helped aid the colonists
-England had too many enemies in Europe to continue fighting with the colonies
-Colonists were willing to die for their cause whereas the British troops were not
Two Dimensional Classification of Ideologies - ANSWER-liberal, libertarian,
conservative, and communitarian
Substantive vs Procedural - ANSWER-Procedural- the law of legal rules that govern the
process of determining the rights of parties (concerned with HOW democracy works)
Substantive- determines the rights and obligations of individuals and collective bodies
(concerned with what democracy DOES)
What is the difference between negative and positive liberty - ANSWER-Negative
Liberty: limited government (i.e. taxing me violates my freedom of property), freedom
from
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