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In 2008, young people's voting rates:
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| What economic theory is designed to increase a nation's wealth through the development of commercial industry and a favorable balance of trade and was Britain's justification for strict import/export controls on the colonies? |
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Which of the following was an explicit provision included in the Articles of Confederation?
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| What was the biggest weakness of the Articles of Confederation? |
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| Lacking a strong national government. |
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| Which of the following was NOT part of the Great Compromise? |
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| Each state would have two senators elected directly by the people. |
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| How does the electoral college work? |
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| Each state will determine how it will elect it's electors, then the electors elect the president. |
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| When drafting the Constitution, the Framers were careful to avoid a government that |
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| Even though George W. Bush was commander in chief of the armed forces, he sought approval from Congress for American troops to remain in Iraq for more than 90 days. Why did he do this? |
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| To fulfill the requirements of the War Powers Act. |
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| What is the significance of the elastic clause? |
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| It has been the basis for many implied powers for the federal government. |
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| Under Article II, the President is given authority to do all EXCEPT which of the following? |
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| Remove federal appointees for "Treason, Bribery, and other High Crimes and Misdemeanors". |
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| Governors Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jennifer Granholm cannot become president of the United States because |
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| the Constitution prohibits those who are not natural-born citizens from being president. |
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| Who initially insisted that a bill of rights be amended to the Constitution? |
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| Which amendment has been overturned by another amendment? |
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| The 18thAmendment (Establishing Prohibition) |
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| Marbury v. Madison is an example of which informal method of amending the Constitution? |
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| A Supreme Court decision in 1968 required that states allow those at least eighteen years old to vote. |
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| The Boston Tea Party was held to celebrate the signing of the Declaration of Independence. |
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The Articles of Confederation worked sufficiently well to see the nation through the Revolutionary War.
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The phrase "we the people" is found prominently in the Declaration of Independence
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Smaller states tended to prefer the New Jersey Plan.
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Paul Revere's famous engraving of the Boston Massacre can be described as propaganda.
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A clause in the Constitution prohibits Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger from becoming president.
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The executive branch is described in Article II of the Constitution.
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In Federalist No. 10, Madison argued that the greatest threat to individual liberty comes from factions within the government.
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The Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution in part as a way to garner support from the Anti-Federalists for the ratification of the Constitution.
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| In a federal system, the states derive their power from ________ and the national government derives its power from ________. |
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| Those powers derived from the necessary and proper clause are called |
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| What are the police powers? |
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| those powers reserved to the states by the Tenth Amendment |
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| State laws regulating ________ differ from state to state. |
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Though the Constitution makes no specific mention of a bank, the Marshall Court determined that the authority to create a national bank was implied by the enumerated authority to
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| issue currency, levy and collect taxes, borrow money |
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| John Marshall declared that the "power to ______ involves the power to destroy." |
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| The first major federalism decision by the Marshall Court was |
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| The Gibbons case arose out of a dispute between NY and NJ over control of what river? |
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| Why did the Supreme Court find that the Congress was not allowed to regulate the sugar industry to prevent a monopoly? |
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| Sugar fell under manufacturing, which Congress does not have the authority to regulate. |
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| In Dred Scott v. Sandford the Supreme Court ruled |
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| the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional. |
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| The Sixteenth Amendment to the Constitution, adopted in 1913, gave what power to the national government? |
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| the power to tax personal income. |
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| The Seventeenth Amendment |
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| required that U.S. Senators be elected directly by the people. |
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| During the early years of the New Deal, the Supreme Court |
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| ruled many programs unconstitutional. |
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| Cooperative federalism in characterized by |
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| a stronger national government |
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| How did Presidents Calvin Coolidge and Herbert Hoover react to the worsening economic situations of the 1920's? |
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| They did very little, believing it was the responsibility of state governments. |
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| The first true federal grant program funded... |
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| What did Ronald Reagan have in mind when he advocated for "New Federalism"? |
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| The national government should return power to the states. |
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| National laws that direct state or local governments to comply with federal rules or regulations but do not include funds to help defray the costs are called... |
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| The September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks have had what impact on federal power? |
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| Federal power has increased. |
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| The practice of the federal government overriding state or local governments in specific policy domains is called... |
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| In U.S. vs. Lopez, the Supreme Court |
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| restrained Congress's use of the commerce power. |
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| Since 1989, Supreme Court cases involving the balance of power between state governments and the federal government have tended to be decided in favor of: |
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| What court decision most clearly deferred to states' rights? |
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| Webster vs. Reproductive Health Services |
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| A broad grant of money given to states with few qualifications or restrictions by the federal government for specified activities is called a _______ grant. |
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The necessary and proper clause is the root of Congress's implied powers.
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In Gibbons v. Ogden, the Supreme Court adopted a very narrow interpretation of the commerce clause.
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| Under President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the size of the U.S. Supreme Court was increased from nine to thirteen. |
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| Dual federalism is sometimes referred to metaphorically as a layer cake. |
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| Although George W. Bush seemed to support a reduced role for the federal government while on the campaign trail, the scope and power of the federal government increased substantially during his administration. |
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| The supreme Court has upheld the Violence Against Women Act, citing Congress's authority to enact laws that are "necessary and proper" for ensuring domestic tranquility. |
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| At the founding, the basic unit of government in the U.S. was the |
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In crafting their constitutions, which of the following states wanted to ensure that political machines never developed a foothold in their states?
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| Because of Baker v. Carr (1962), state legislatures |
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| became more representative |
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| How many state governors have the line-item veto power |
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All states EXCEPT ________ have bicameral legislatures.
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An important feature put in place by many states when they reorganized their court systems in the 1970s was:
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| full-time, qualified judges. |
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What was the purpose of California's Proposition 187?
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| to deny public services to unregistered immigrants |
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Which of the following best describes a municipality?
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The chief elected executive of a city is usually called
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| A form of city government in which several officials are elected to top positions that have both legislative and executive responsibillites is called |
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| A government organization such as a port or transit authority that is established to provide a service or run a facility independent of city or state agencies is known as |
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| An agreement an Indian tribe and a state government that permits an Indian casino is an example of a |
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| In general, states get about ______ of their funding from the federal government. |
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| What kind of tax is based on an individual's ability to pay? |
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| Sales taxes are considered to be a(n) _______ tax. |
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| The Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia was convened because the federal government was perceived to be too weak. |
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