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Assignment Four

Please Read The five PowerPoints Attached and answer the questions below:

QUESTION 1

1. ______________________ describes the means by which a society organizes itself and allocates authority in order to accomplish collective goals and provide benefits that the society as a whole need.

	a.	Social Contract
	b.	Politics
	c.	Government
	d.	Tax Payers

QUESTION 2

1. ______________________ refers to the process of gaining and exercising control within a government for the purpose of setting and achieving goals especially those related to the division of resources within a nation.

	a.	Political Power
	b.	Politics
	c.	Constitution
	d.	Judiciary

QUESTION 3

1. What are the Bill of Rights?

	a.	first 10 Amendments of the Constitution that protect personal freedoms.
	b.	powers given to Congress in Article I of the Constitution.
	c.	27 Amendments added to the Constitution over the years.
	d.	document authored by Thomas Jefferson that details the rights of the citizens

QUESTION 4

1. How many states must ratify an amendment before it becomes law?

	a.	all
	b.	three-fourths
	c.	two-thirds
	d.	one-half

QUESTION 5

Why were the Federalist Papers written?

To encourage states to oppose the Constitution.

To oppose the admission of slaveholding states to the federal union.

To encourage people to vote for George Washington as the nation’s first president.

To encourage New York to ratify the Constitution.

QUESTION 6

1. How did the delegates to the Constitutional Convention resolve their disagreement regarding slavery?

	a.	It was agreed that Congress would abolish slavery in 1850.
	b.	It was agreed that a state’s slave population would be counted for purposes of representation but not for purposes of taxation.
	c.	It was agreed that a state’s slave population would be counted for purposes of taxation but not for purposes of representation.
	d.	It was agreed that 60 percent of a state’s slave population would be counted for purposes of both representation and taxation.

QUESTION 7

1. According to the Great Compromise, how would representation in Congress be apportioned?

	a.	Representation in both the House of Representatives and the Senate would be based on a state’s population.
	b.	Representation in the House of Representatives would be based on each state’s population and every state would have two senators.
	c.	Congress would be a unicameral legislature with each state receiving equal representation.
	d.	Each state would have equal representation in both the House of Representatives and the Senate.

QUESTION 8

1. What important power did the national government lack under the Articles of Confederation?

	a.	It could not coin money.
	b.	It could not impose taxes.
	c.	It could not declare war
	d.	It could not conduct foreign affairs

QUESTION 9

1. When a person is asked a question about a political issue that he or she has little interest in and has not thought much about, that person’s answer will likely reflect ________.

	a.	ideology
	b.	partisanship
	c.	intense preferences
	d.	latent preferences

QUESTION 10

1. British colonists in North America in the late seventeenth century were greatly influenced by the political thought of ________.

	a.	King James II
	b.	Thomas Jefferson
	c.	John Locke
	d.	Michael Walke

QUESTION 11

1. The agreement that citizens will consent to be governed so long as government protects their natural rights is called ________.

	a.	the divine right of kings
	b.	the social contract
	c.	the bill of rights
	d.	Due Process

QUESTION 12

1. Supporting the actions of the Democratic Party simply because one identifies oneself as a member of that party is an example of ________.

	a.	partisanship
	b.	ideology
	c.	latent preference
	d.	social capital

QUESTION 13

1. Capitalism depends mainly on individualism.

True

False

QUESTION 14

1. Which of the following is a good example of a tradeoff?

	a.	The government pleases environmental activists by reintroducing wolves to Yellowstone National Park but angers ranchers by placing their cattle in danger.
	b.	Groups that represent a variety of conflicting interests are all allowed to protest outside Congress and the White House.
	c.	The government pleases environmental activists by preserving public lands but also pleases ranchers by allowing them to rent public lands for grazing purposes.
	d.	The government pleases oil companies by allowing them to drill on lands set aside for conservation but allows environmental activist groups to protest the drilling operations.

QUESTION 15

1. According to the pluralist theory of government, ________.

government policy is formed as a result of the competition between groups with different goals and interests

	a.	wealthy people decide what government policy will be, and politicians have no interest in pleasing anyone else
	b.	ordinary people acting on their own have a significant influence on government
	c.	government policy is formed as a result of the competition between groups with different goals and interests
	d.	government does what the majority of voters want it to do

QUESTION 16

1. The elite theory of government maintains that ________.

	a.	special interest groups make government policy
	b.	politicians who have held office for a long time are favored by voters
	c.	poor people and people of color should not be allowed to vote
	d.	wealthy, politically powerful people control government, and government has no interest in meeting the needs of ordinary people

QUESTION 17

1. The United States Senate can hold unlimited 2 year terms.

True

False

QUESTION 18

1. In which form of government does a small group of elite people hold political power?

	a.	direct democracy
	b.	oligarchy
	c.	monarchy
	d.	totalitarian

QUESTION 19

1. What goods are available to all without direct payment?

	a.	public goods
	b.	private goods
	c.	common goods
	d.	toll goods

QUESTION 20

1. At the world’s first women’s rights convention in 1848, the most contentious issue proved to be _________.

	a.	the right to education for women
	b.	greater property rights for women
	c.	access to the professions for women
	d.	suffrage for women

QUESTION 21

1. The 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery march was an important milestone in the civil rights movement because it ________.

	a.	vividly illustrated the continued resistance to black civil rights in the Deep South
	b.	did not encounter any violent resistance
	c.	led to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
	d.	was the first major protest after the death of Martin Luther King, Jr.

QUESTION 22

1. Following the Boston Massacre, resistance to British rule grew. In December 1773, a group of Boston men boarded a ship in Boston harbor owned by the British East India Company, and threw its cargo of tea, into the water to protest British policies, including the granting of a monopoly on tea to the British East India Company, which many colonial merchants resented. This was known as the Boston

True

False

QUESTION 23

1. The Supreme Court decision ruling that “separate but equal” was constitutional and allowed racial segregation to take place was ________.

	a.	Brown v. Board of Education
	b.	Plessy v. Ferguson
	c.	Loving v. Virginia
	d.	Shelley v. Kraemer

QUESTION 24

1. Which of the following types of discrimination, would be subject to the rational basis test?

	a.	A law that treats men differently from women
	b.	An action by a state governor that treats Asian Americans differently from other citizens
	c.	A law that treats whites differently from other citizens
	d.	A law that treats 10-year-olds differently from 28-year-olds

QUESTION 25

1. The equal protection clause became part of the Constitution as a result of ________.

	a.	affirmative action
	b.	the Fourteenth Amendment
	c.	intermediate scrutiny
	d.	strict scrutiny

QUESTION 26

1. A group of African American students believes a college admissions test that is used by a public university discriminates against them. What legal standard would the courts use in deciding their case?

	a.	intermediate scrutiny
	b.	rational basis test
	c.	strict scrutiny
	d.	equal protection

QUESTION 27

1. The Fourteenth Amendment was critically important for civil liberties because it ________.

	a.	guaranteed freed slaves the right to vote
	b.	outlawed slavery
	c.	helped start the process of selective incorporation of the Bill of Rights
	d.	allowed the states to continue to enact black codes

QUESTION 28

1. An example of a right explicitly protected by the Constitution as drafted at the Constitutional Convention is the ________.

	a.	right to free speech
	b.	right to keep and bear arms
	c.	right to a writ of habeas corpus
	d.	right not to be subjected to cruel and unusual punishment

QUESTION 29

1. The Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution because ________.

	a.	key states refused to ratify the Constitution unless it was added
	b.	Alexander Hamilton believed it was necessary
	c.	it was part of the Articles of Confederation
	d.	it was originally part of the Declaration of Independence

QUESTION 30

1. Which of the following is not a benefit of federalism?

	a.	Federalism promotes political participation.
	b.	Federalism encourages economic equality across the country.
	c.	Federalism provides for multiple levels of government action.
	d.	Federalism accommodates a diversity of opinion.

QUESTION 31

1. Which statement about venue shopping is true?

	a.	MADD steered the drinking age issue from the federal government down to the states.
	b.	Anti-abortion advocates have steered the abortion issue from the states up to the federal government.
	c.	Both MADD and anti-abortion proponents redirected their advocacy from the states to the federal government.
	d.	None of the statements are correct.

QUESTION 32

1. Which statement about the evolution of same-sex marriage is false?

	a.	The federal government became involved in this issue when it passed DOMA.
	b.	In the 1990s and 2000s, the number of state restrictions on same-sex marriage increased.
	c.	United States v. Windsor legalized same-sex marriage in the United States.
	d.	More than half the states had legalized same-sex marriage by the time the Supreme Court made same-sex marriage legal nationwide in 2015.

QUESTION 33

1. Which statement about immigration federalism is false?

	a.	The Arizona v. United States decision struck down all Arizona’s most restrictive provisions on undocumented immigration.
	b.	Since the 1990s, states have increasingly moved into the policy domain of immigration.
	c.	Federal immigration laws trump state laws.
	d.	States’ involvement in immigration is partly due to their interest in preventing undocumented immigrants from accessing public services such as education and welfare benefits.

QUESTION 34

1. Which statement about unfunded mandates is false?

	a.	The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act has prevented Congress from using unfunded mandates.
	b.	The Clean Air Act is a type of federal partial preemptive regulation.
	c.	Title VI of the Civil Rights Act establishes crosscutting requirements.
	d.	New federalism does not promote the use of unfunded mandates.

QUESTION 35

1. Which statement about federal grants in recent decades is most accurate?

	a.	The federal government allocates the most grant money to income security.
	b.	The amount of federal grant money going to states has steadily increased since the 1960s.
	c.	The majority of federal grants are block grants.
	d.	Block grants tend to gain more flexibility over time.

QUESTION 36

1. Which is not a merit of cooperative federalism?

	a.	Federal cooperation helps mitigate the problem of collective action among states.
	b.	Federal assistance encourages state and local governments to generate positive externalities.
	c.	Federal assistance ensures some degree of uniformity of public services across states.
	d.	Cooperative federalism respects the traditional jurisdictional boundaries between states and federal government.

QUESTION 37

1. Which statement about new federalism is not true?

	a.	New federalism was launched by President Nixon and continued by President Reagan.
	b.	New federalism is based on the idea that decentralization of responsibility enhances administrative efficiency.
	c.	United States v. Lopez is a Supreme Court ruling that advanced the logic of new federalism.
	d.	President Reagan was able to promote new federalism consistently throughout his administration.

QUESTION 38

1. In McCulloch v. Maryland, the Supreme Court invoked which provisions of the constitution?

	a.	necessary and proper clause and supremacy clause
	b.	taxing power and necessary and proper clause
	c.	commerce clause and supremacy clause
	d.	Tenth Amendment and spending clause

QUESTION 39

1. Which statement is most accurate about the sources of revenue for local and state governments?

	a.	Taxes generate well over one-half the total revenue of local and state governments.
	b.	Property taxes generate the most tax revenue for both local and state governments.
	c.	Between 30 and 40 percent of the revenue for local and state governments comes from grant money.
	d.	Local and state governments generate an equal amount of revenue from issuing licenses and certificates.

QUESTION 40

1. Which statement about federal and unitary systems is most accurate?

	a.	In a federal system, power is concentrated in the states; in a unitary system, it is concentrated in the national government.
	b.	In a federal system, the constitution allocates powers between states and federal government; in a unitary system, powers are lodged in the national government.
	c.	Today there are more countries with federal systems than with unitary systems.
	d.	The United States and Japan have federal systems, while Great Britain and Canada have unitary systems.