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PLS 101 Final Exam OTCCapitalism - correct answer ✔✔An economic system based on private ownership of capital
Democracy - correct answer ✔✔A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens
who can elect people to represent them
Direct Democracy - correct answer ✔✔A form of government in which citizens rule directly and not
through representatives
Representative Democracy - correct answer ✔✔A system of government in which citizens elect
representatives, or leaders, to make decisions about the laws for all the people.
Republic - correct answer ✔✔A form of government in which citizens choose their leaders by voting
Federalism - correct answer ✔✔A system in which power is divided between the national and state
governments
Limited Government - correct answer ✔✔A principle of constitutional government; a government whose
powers are defined and limited by a constitution.
Bill of Rights - correct answer ✔✔The first ten amendments to the Constitution
Antifederalists - correct answer ✔✔Opponents of ratification of the Constitution and of a strong central
government, generally.
Federalists - correct answer ✔✔Supporters of the U.S. Constitution at the time the states were
contemplating its adoption.
, Sovereignty - correct answer ✔✔Ability of a state to govern its territory free from control of its internal
affairs by other states.
Separation of Powers - correct answer ✔✔Constitutional division of powers among the legislative,
executive, and judicial branches, with the legislative branch making law, the executive applying and
enforcing the law, and the judiciary interpreting the law
Checks and Balances - correct answer ✔✔A system that allows each branch of government to limit the
powers of the other branches in order to prevent abuse of power
Necessary and Proper Clause - correct answer ✔✔Clause of the Constitution (Article I, Section 8, Clause
3) setting forth the implied powers of Congress. It states that Congress, in addition to its express powers,
has the right to make all laws necessary and proper to carry out all powers the Constitution vests in the
national government
enumerated powers - correct answer ✔✔Powers given to the national government alone
Shared Powers - correct answer ✔✔Legislative powers not completely separated between the branches
of government.
reserved powers - correct answer ✔✔Powers given to the state government alone
implied powers - correct answer ✔✔Powers not specifically mentioned in the constitution
National Supremacy Clause - correct answer ✔✔Constitutional clause that states that federal law takes
precedence over all other laws.
McCulloch v. Maryland - correct answer ✔✔Maryland was trying to tax the national bank and Supreme
Court ruled that federal law was stronger than the state law
political socialization - correct answer ✔✔the process by which people gain their political attitudes and
opinions
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