Seventeenth amendment Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

AMSCO AP US History Chapter 21Progressives - correct answers Most of this were urban middle-class men and women. They included: doctors, lawyers, ministers, storekeepers, office workers, and middle managers. They hoped to create an idealistic American society cured of its social, political, and economic ills. (p. 432) Lincoln Steffans - correct answers He wrote "The Shame of the Cities" (1904) which described in detail the corruption that characterized big-city politics. (p. 434) Ida Tar...

CLEP Exam - American Government Questions with Correct Answers Punch cards - answerType of voting system that became well known immediately following the 2000 election Prospective voting - answerA person who votes based on what candidate says he or she will do in the future is said to be engaged in this type of voting House of Representatives - answerShould presidential candidates receive an equal number of electoral votes, the election is decided by___________ Democracy - answer"A form...

Honor's Government Chapter 3 Exam Questions with Correct Answers Supremacy Clause - Answer-Federal Government (and Constitution) is supreme to (that is, supersedes) all other laws passed by the states or by any other subdivision of government. McCulloch vs Maryland (1819) - Answer-SCOTUS denied the right of a state to tax a federal bank using the Constitution's supremacy clause paved the way for later rulings upholding expansive federal powers. Gibbons v. Ogden (1824) - Answer-SCOTUS u...

American Government CLEP All Answers Correct 2024 First Amendment The U.S. Constitution guarantees the protections of minority rights even while allowing the majority to rule. Which amendment to the Constitution most supports the protection of minority rights? Pollsters All of the following are major agents of political socialization except: The Court issues a writ of certiorari to lower courts. a case by the U.S. Supreme Court? Political realignment What is the first...

Woodrow Wilson correct answers 28th president of the United States, known for World War I leadership, created Federal Reserve, Federal Trade Commission, Clayton Antitrust Act, progressive income tax, lower tariffs, women's suffrage (reluctantly), Treaty of Versailles, sought 14 points post-war plan, League of Nations (but failed to win U.S. ratification), won Nobel Peace Prize Election 1912 correct answers Teddy Roosevelt, runs as a 3rd party after failing to receive republican nomination, p...

CLEP American Government Practice Test Already Passed Type of voting system that became well known immediately following the 2000 election Punch cards A person who votes based on what candidate says he or she will do in the future is said to be engaged in this type of voting Prospective voting Should presidential candidates receive an equal number of electoral votes, the election is decided by___________ House of Representatives "A form of government in which the people (defined bro...

Coach Brooks Ch.4 Test 100% Solved What did many Americans want added to the newly drafted Constitution in 1787? - Answer- a list of guaranteed freedoms. The Bill of Rights includes - Answer- the first 10 amendments of the Constitution. Who supported the need for a Bill of Rights when he stated, "A bill of rights is what the people are entitled to . . . and what no just government should refuse"? - Answer- Thomas Jefferson Which of the following is not a right guaranteed by the Bill of ...

Civil rights correct answers The basic right to be free from unequal treatment, are based on certain protected characteristics, such as race, gender, and disability, and in settings such as employment, education, housing, and access to public facilities. If you believe that the government is supposed to be doing something, then it is a right. Rights are prescriptions of government power. equality of treatment correct answers This is a requirement that the government, in dealing with people,...

American Government CLEP Practice Test #1 100% Verified The Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision of 1954 - answerordered the racial desegregation of public schools A person who votes based on what a candidate says he or she will do in the future is said to be - answerengaging in prospective voting Should presidential candidates receive an equal number of electoral votes, the election is decided by - answerthe Houses of Representatives "A form of government in which the ...

Which right did the colonists consider "inalienable" in the Declaration of Independence? A) privacy B) trial by jury C) pursuit of happiness D) voting - Correct Answer-C) pursuit of happiness Which United States Supreme Court decision focused on how states count popular votes for president and vice president? A) Bush v. Gore (2000) B) U.S. v. Nixon (1974) C) Baker v. Carr (1962) D) Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010) - Correct Answer-A) Bush v. Gore...