POSC 225 Cohen Exam 1 Nightingale College Question and answers correctly solved
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POSC 225 Cohen Exam 1 Nightingale College Question and answers correctly solved POSC 225 Cohen Exam 1
Colonial Period- leading up to a Revolution - correct answer French & Indian War ()- bankrupts Great Britain which leads to a clamping down on the colonies to raise revenue (taxes)
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POSC 225 Cohen Exam 1
Colonial Period- leading up to a Revolution - correct answer ✔French &
Indian War (1754-1763)- bankrupts Great Britain which leads to a clamping
down on the colonies to raise revenue (taxes)
Stamp Act (1765)
Tea Act ( 1773)- tax on imported goods
Coercive Acts (1774)- (closed ports, raised tension, led to first continental
congress)
Battles of Lexington & Concord (1775)- full blown war ( led to second
continental congress)
Hobbs vs Locke's idea of the Declaration of Independence - correct answer
✔Hobbs (iron fist)- needed a superior figure to rule
Locke (self rule & control each other) popular sovereignty-government is run
by the consent of the people
In place of divine right, stood what 3 principals? - correct answer ✔1)
government arises from consent of the governed
2) power should be divided among several institutes, spread of power
3) citizens rights must be protected
Grievances stated by Jefferson - correct answer ✔-tax w/o representation
-military force/standing army
-trial by jury
-didn't include anything about slavery (fear of offending slave owning
delegates)
,Revolutionary War - correct answer ✔-G. Wash said the government was too
weak & wasn't working -Tides turn wen we got bailed out by France
The Articles of Confederation - correct answer ✔(1777)- document set up the
system of government that was very ineffective during the Revolutionary War.
-set up a confederation (decentralized power-spread out)
-needed super majority (9/13) which took too long
-everyone must agree on taxes
-no executive or judicial branch, only legislative. States had all of the power
due to lack of central government
-congress could declare war, but could also ask states to volunteer soldiers
-states could tax other states, congress could not regulate inter-state
commerce, congress could not tax the states directly
Where and when did the constitutional convention meet? - correct answer
✔Philadelphia on May 25th 1787 (GW led, James Madison took extensive
notes)
-became the law of the land on June 21st, 1788 but 4 states had yet to radify
The Great Compromise - correct answer ✔-two-chamber legislature
-house of reps (lower chamber) based on pop and had the sole authority to
levy taxes
-senate (upper chamber) state legislature elected senators, equal
representation
-passed 5-4
The Virginia Plan - correct answer ✔-James Madison
-strong national government
-house of reps based on pop of state
, -house would elect senators to the senate based on pop, and would also elect
president and judiciary
-The national government can veto and enforce any law they felt fit
(favored larger states & wanted a strong national government)
The New Jersey Plan - correct answer ✔-Patterson
-wanted states to hold more power
-called for one house w equal representation
-legislation would remain under the AOC but with some more powers
-STATES RIGHTS VS NATIONAL POWER
Article 1 Section 8- Commerce Clause - correct answer ✔allows congress to
regulate interstate commerce
Article 1 Section 8- Elastic or Necessary & Proper Clause - correct answer
✔-congress can make any laws it feels are necessary to the overall public
-expanding congress power
Electoral College - correct answer ✔-mixes state, congressional, and popular
participation in the presidential selection process
-each state gets the # of votes in the legislative branch (pop) & needs 270 to
win
Veto - correct answer ✔pres has the right to reject a decision or proposal
made by a law-making body
Checks & Balances - correct answer ✔-limits the powers of each branch
-president is commander in chief but only congress can declare war
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