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BYU Final Exam GOVT-041-S003: American Government and Citizenship Questions and Correct Answers
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Government and Citizenship Questions and
Correct Answers
Which leading political thinker is given credit for his influence on the separation of powers?
✓ ~: Charles-Louis Montesquieu
"we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed
by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the
pursuit of Happiness." In which document are these words written by Thomas Jefferson?
✓ ~: the Declaration of Independence
Why is Tocqueville still relevant today?
✓ ~: Citizens should beware of being too self-absorbed and not participating in the political
process.
How did Alexis de Tocqueville describe the 1830s in America?
✓ ~: It was a time when Americans worked together for the common good of others.
After studying and reading examples about liberty and order consider the following: After the
terrorist attack on September 11, President Bush and Congress passed the PATRIOT Act,
which expanded the power of law enforcement to secretly investigate potential terrorists.
What does this suggest?
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✓ ~: The president believed Americans had too much liberty and too little security.
What is a statement that Hobbes and Locke would both agree on?
✓ ~: Government is necessary to protect life and property.
What term is best used to describe our government?
✓ ~: representative republic
How long is the term for a member in the House of Representative before they face re-
election?
✓ ~: 2 years
Which of the following is true of the Bill of Rights?
✓ ~: It was included in the Constitution as a concession to the Anti-federalists who opposed
ratification of the Constitution.
A prominent political scientist famously described American government as separate
institutions sharing powers; Which two constitutional principles are embodied in this
statement?
✓ ~: separation of powers and checks and balances
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According to Tocqueville, civic virtue means simply that individuals have interests and
desires that are not solely focused on themselves. Rather, they are willing to give up some of
the things they want in order to promote the common good. What did he mean by this?
✓ ~: People should help one another because the welfare of others affects individual
welfare.
If you were to read about a country whose government allows their president to declare war
on another country, and individually coin money to fight the war without the consent of any
other government official. Which of the following would best describe this system as
compared with the government in the United States?
✓ ~: In the United States the president can neither declare nor fund a war without the vote
of Congress.
Which of the following best describes separation of powers?
✓ ~: executive, legislative, and judicial branches
What does civilian control of the military mean?
✓ ~: Military leaders do not have any independent authority, but are the servants of the
elected representatives of the people.
According to Hobbes, what would life be like without limits on an individual's behavior or if
living in a state of nature?
✓ ~: Perilous
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What does unit 1 say is perhaps the most complex form of human interaction?
✓ ~: politics
How can the principle of federalism promote the protection of civil rights in the American
federal system?
✓ ~: It provides both state and national governments with the ability to protect citizens from
abuses of power by the other.
Which of the following would Tocqueville most likely endorse?
✓ ~: encouraging civic groups to help the poor
If a country has a political system where some decisions are made in local legislatures and
others are made in the national legislature. Whose government would this most likely be
compared to?
✓ ~: the U.S. system of government created in Philadelphia
How does the Constitution divide power between the three branches?
✓ ~: Power is not completely separated, allowing each branch to limit the other branches'
exercise of power.
Who was considered to be the inventor of philosophy?
✓ ~: Plato
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