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| Which principle protects a citizen from imprisonment without trial? |
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| What is meant by a pluralist theory of American politics? |
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| Public policies emerge from compromises reached among competing groups |
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| 3. The framers of the Constitution all believed that one of the primary functions of government is ____. |
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| Protecting individual property rights |
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| Give an example of checks and balances, as established by the Constitution |
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| The requirement that Presidential appointments to the Supreme Court be approved by the Senate |
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| Registered voters directly elect ____. (all that apply) |
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Members of the Senate
Members of the House of Representatives |
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| The importance of Shay’s Rebellion to the development of the United States Constitution was that it _____. |
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| Indicated that a strong constitutionally designed national governments was needed to protect property and maintain order |
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| In a federal system of government, political power is primarily ____. |
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| Divided between the central government and the regional governments |
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| The ability of one person to get another person to act in accordance with the first person's wishes is ______. |
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| A term for the rightful use of power is _____. |
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| In the United States today, no government at any level would be considered legitimate if it were not in some sense _____. |
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| The form of democracy that was used by the Greek city-states and is used in some New England town meetings is a _____. |
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| Per Wilson, two great questions about politics are: |
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Who governs?
To what ends? |
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| True or False: Per Wilson, do people who exercise power always have the authority to do so? |
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| True or false: the framers of the Constitution used the word “democracy” instead of “Republican” form of government. |
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| True or false: Per Wilson, did the Framers of the Constitution think that "will of the people" was synonymous with the "public interest" or the "public good"? |
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| True or false: in the United States today, the Constitution is widely accepted as a source of legitimate authority. |
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| True or false: China and Cuba claim that they operate under the principle of Democratic centralism. |
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| True or false: For the ancient Greeks, did everyone have the right to participate in government? |
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| The idea that man as a "political animal" is a "social being" is most associated with ________. |
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| A republic is most commonly associated with what kind of society? |
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| A large diverse population |
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| True or false: being a “social being” means that individualism is of paramount importance. |
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| One could conclude from "Democracy Revisited" that (choose all that apply) |
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democracy has multiple meanings for different people and different situations.
direct and representative democracy involve both individual rights and social consciousness. |
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| Bureaucracy is most associated with whom? |
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| The Magna Carta, signed in 1215 CE, did what in relations to the monarch? (choose all that apply) |
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Limited the power of the monarch
Provided fundamental rights for citizens
Allowed for trial by jury and due process of law
Established a basic parliament |
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| True or false: Both Hobbes and Locke agreed on the point of natural equality. |
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| True or false: Thomas Hobbes and John Locke agreed on the nature of the state of nature. |
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| True or false: The Social Contract is between the subjects and the sovereign. |
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| True or false: Per John Locke, should subjects show absolute obedience to the sovereign? |
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| Per John Locke, within the state of nature, there is (are) ____. |
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| The Declaration of Independence is deeply rooted in the theories of whom? |
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| When Jefferson said "governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed", what was he referring to? |
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| When Jefferson said "we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor", why did he do this? |
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| The signers of the Declaration of Independence were traitors to the British |
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| ____ refers to a government in which a system of representation operates. |
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| The system by which nation-states grant authority to organizations such as the United Nations and NATO is a ____ system. |
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| Great Britain has a _____ system. |
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| In the United States the relationship between the states and localities is a ____ relationship. |
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| What were the problems under the Articles of Confederation? (Pick the one that does not fit) |
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| The inability to check the powers of the national government |
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| True or false: checks and balances refers to the branches of government having some control over each other. |
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| True or false: separation of powers refers to the creation of legislative, executive and judicial branches of government. |
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| True or false: Thomas Jefferson was a strong supporter of the Constitution. |
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| The "Father of the Constitution" was ____. |
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| List the basic outline of the preamble and seven articles of the Constitution. (Several Q’s related) |
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Preamble) tells the purpose of the Constitution
Articles:
1) Legislative branch
2) Executive branch
3) Judicial branch
4) States and Federalism
5) How to amend the Constitution
6) Debts, supremacy clause, oaths
7) Ratification |
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| Article 1 is concerned with: |
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| True or False: Article 5 spells out the methods for amending the Constitution |
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| The 3/5 Compromise refers to ___. |
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| Counting the population of slave states for the House of Representatives |
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| True or false: in Article I, Section 6, the bar on members of Congress holding multiple offices in the different branches of government is the main difference between a parliamentary and a presidential system. |
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| True or false: Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution refers to both enumerated and implied powers. |
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| Limitations on Congress include ____. (pick the one that does not fit) |
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| The Authors of the Federalist Papers did not included ____. (pick the one that does not fit) |
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| True or false: the Federalist Papers argued in favor of the Constitution. |
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| Which of the following items is not necessarily associated with democracy per "Democracy Revisited." |
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| The former Soviet Union is most associated with what kind of democracy? |
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| True or false: Democracy only applies to certain ages in history? |
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| True or false: All politics are partisan. |
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| In a republic, it is expected that both elected and appointed officials are to _____. |
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| Per Thomas Jefferson, which of the following is true about unalienable rights? |
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| True or false: per Jefferson, the power of the sovereign over the people can be changed for any reason. |
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| The framers of the Constitution could best be described as ____. |
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| The "colonial mind" could best be described as ___. |
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| The anti-federalists argued that ____. |
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Both a and c:
No bill of rights
National government would be too powerful |
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| The three-fifths compromise was indicative of the framers' way of thinking because ____. |
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| It reflected their pragmatism in getting the Constitution ratified |
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| True or false: the Bill of Rights consists of the first ten amendments to the Constitution. |
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| True or false: to be a member of the House of Representatives you must be thirty years old. |
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| True or false: one possible reason for six year terms for Senators was that the framers wanted the Senate to be a more deliberative body than the House of Representatives. |
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| True or false: a Bill of Attainder says that you can be charged with a crime retroactive of the passage of a law. |
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| True or false: under the Constitution, the states have the ability to impair the obligation of contracts. |
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| When the Senate acts as a court to try impeachments, the presiding officer is the ____. |
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| True or false: enumerated powers are specifically spelled out in the Constitution. |
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