Texas A&M University(TAMU) POLS 206 Tests Bundle Set

Articles of Confederation CORRECT ANSWER • Adopted during the revolutionary War • Created the confederation • Not really a framework for national government • Set up a government [One-house (unitary) body of delegates & each state gets 1 vote] • State's retain independence and sover...

How can a presidential veto be overridden? CORRECT ANSWER by 2/3's vote in the house and senate T/F the president can just make treaties CORRECT ANSWER false, must have 2/3 vote in senate Informal/inherent powers of the president CORRECT ANSWER executive order executive agreement executive p...

Great Compromise (Connecticut Compromise) CORRECT ANSWER The compromise reached at the Constitutional Convention that established two houses of Congress: the House of Representatives, in which representation is based on a state's population; and the Senate, in which each state has two representative...

What is politics? CORRECT ANSWER -the struggle of who gets what, when and how -resolving conflict in a peaceful way -consists of negotiation, bargaining and compromise -exists when ppl are interdependent and have to make collective decisions What are institutions? CORRECT ANSWER -rules by whic...

Autocracy CORRECT ANSWER A form of government in which a single individual rules Oligarchy CORRECT ANSWER A form of government in which a small group of landowners, military officers, or wealthy merchants controls most of the governing decisions. Democracy CORRECT ANSWER A system of rule that ...

What is one way people can increase their chances of getting what they want? CORRECT ANSWER paying attention Who would primarily be concerned with how society's wealth is distributed? CORRECT ANSWER economists What are directives that specify how resources will be distributed or what procedure...

Government CORRECT ANSWER The institutions through which public policies are made for a society Politics CORRECT ANSWER The process determining the leaders we select and the policies they pursue Policymaking system CORRECT ANSWER How policy comes to being evolved Consists of peoples interests...

A. New Englanders over-fishing and depleting the local cod population (: CORRECT ANSWER Which of the following is NOT a free-rider problem? A. New Englanders over-fishing and depleting the local cod population B. A parent choosing not to vaccinate his kid with the hope that all other parents ...

What is sovereignty? CORRECT ANSWER The legitimate authority in a government to wield coercive power to authoritatively allocate values. Popular sovereignty CORRECT ANSWER The idea that the highest political authority in a democracy is the will of the people Majority Rule CORRECT ANSWER The pr...

lobbying CORRECT ANSWER activities to influence public policy to promote/protect group interests define lobbying: CORRECT ANSWER act of attempting to influence decisions made by officials in a government, most often legislators or members of regulatory agencies. direct lobbying CORRECT ANSWER ...

Marbury v. Madison (1803) CORRECT ANSWER Established the use of judicial review McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) CORRECT ANSWER Implied and enumerated powers The first use of the implied powers clause. Maryland wanted to tax on any bank not chartered by the state of Maryland. McCulloch managed Bal...

Civil Rights (6) CORRECT ANSWER *provide freedom* from discriminatory treatment by the government or individuals Equal Protection Clause (6) CORRECT ANSWER declares that *all people get the equal protection of the law* Black Codes (6) CORRECT ANSWER *denied most legal rights to newly freed sla...

Representation Founders Interpretation(purpose) CORRECT ANSWER Madison-guard against the government becoming tyrannical divided government CORRECT ANSWER three branches: legislative, executive and judicial What makes us system different 1 CORRECT ANSWER major leader of the most influential par...

public opinion CORRECT ANSWER sum of individual attitudes or beliefs about an issue or question political socialization CORRECT ANSWER The study of people forming their political ideals, process through which we acquire our political orientation, lifelong process of acquiring political values ...