50 Solved Questions on American Government - Exam 1 | POLS 1101, Exams of Local Government Studies

Download 50 Solved Questions on American Government - Exam 1 | POLS 1101 and more Exams Local Government Studies in PDF only on Docsity! POLS 1104 Name:_L-ar }\ a Ww Fall 2012 Exam 1 Discussion Leader: Version A 1. A form of government in which a single individual rules is known as: a, Aunigarchy b. An oligarchy c,) An autocracy . Totalitarianism e. Authoritarianism 2, Anexample ofa public good is: aj clean air 5. garbage collection service c. shoes sold ata shoe store d. stray dogs at the pound 3. True or False: The Declaration of Independence was written more than 10 years before the U.S. Constitution. a True, 4. Whena small group of landowners, military officers, or wealthy merchants controls most of the governing decisions, the government is said to be a(n): a) oligarchy b. theocracy ¢. autocracy d. meritocracy e. democracy 5. During the period leading to the Revolutionary War, the British government justified increased taxes because: a, England had to fund wars against France and Spain b. England need to increase the salaries of public servants. the colonists made fun of the way the English dressed. it accrued large debts in defense of the colonies. 6. The Stamp Act of 1765 and the Sugar Act of 1764 most heavily affected: a. small farmers b. artisans and laborers c holders of royal land offices and patents © New England merchants and Southern planters e. recent Irish immigrants  7. The Articles of Confederation was concerned primarily with: a. preventing domestic insurrection (5) limiting the powers of the central government c. generating new tax revenues d. regulating trade among the colonies ©. centralizing currency and monetary policy 8. True or False: A nation where all political authority is vested ina single individual has a totalitarian government. | False 9. True or False: Smaller states were in favor of the Virginia Plan. False 10. Article I of the U.S. Constitution provides for the: a. judicial branch executive branch legislative branch role of state governments e. freedom of speech, religion, and press 11. If the populace has some influence over decision making, the government is most likely: a. pluralistic puritan autocratic constitutional democratic 13. The terms of the senators are staggered so that the terms of one-third senators expires every: a. year two years c. four years d. six years e. eight years  26. Which presidents advocated converting federal programs into block grants as a strategy labeled the "New Federalisrn”? a. Carter and Clinton b. Eisenhower and Kennedy c. Ford and Clinton d. Clinton and Obama Nixon and Reagan 27, True or False: The ‘necessary and proper’ clause of the Constitution put severe limits on what actions the federal government could take. Fa | S @ 28. Within the separation of powers, the framers provided for supremacy of the: a. judiciary b. executive ¢. Electoral College legislature © bureaucracy 29. The protection of citizens from improper governmental actions are called. a. civil rights (6) civil liberties ©. civic equities d. civic entitlements e. civic duties 30. Why did the Federalists argue that a bill of rights was not necessary? a. Every state constitution already had one. b. A list of rights would be too vague for the courts to interpret. c.) The national government could not abuse powers not given to it. |. It placed too many restrictions on the federal government. e. No one would read it anyway. 31. The Bill of Rights is basically a series of amendments on what: a. citizens must do b, citizens must not do c, the federal government must do the federal government must not do 32. In the 1833 case of Barron v. Baltimore, the facts of the case revolved around the deprivation of: a. life b. privacy c. free speech d._ religious freedom e,) property  33. The piecemeal application of the Bill of Rights to the states is known as singular appropriation ® selective incorporation ¢. sequential appropriation d. intermittent incorporation e. gradual adaptation 34. Ofall forms of speech, the most consistently protected is: a, artistic political ©. religious d, commercial e. individual 35. The difference between libel and slander is that: a. libel is spoken and slander is written b, libel is written and slander is spoken c. libel is illegal while slander is not d. slander is illegal while libel is not e. there is no difference 36. Legal or moral claims that citizens are entitled to make on the government are known as: a) civil rights i liberties c. civil disputes d. civil duties e. civil actions 37, The equal protection clause appears in the Amendment. a. 19th b. 17% c, 16% 14th Bales 3 In 1954, the Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of Education overturned the infamous “separation but equal doctrine” articulated in which previous case: Mapp v. Ohio &) Plessy v. Ferguson ¢. Duncan v. Louisiana d. Dred Scott v. Sandford e. Lawrence v. Texas  39. Racial segregation that is direct result of law or official policy is known as segregation. a. de facto b. legal c.) de jure @ political e. partisan 40, A policy or program designed to redress historic injustices committed against specific groups by making special efforts to provide members of these groups with access to education and employment opportunities is known as: a. reparations affirmative action Cc. reparative undertakings d. quota systems e. supportive redistributions 41. Which amendment granted women the right to vote? 19% . 35th c. 1st d. 10% 42, The test employed by the Supreme Court in gender discrimination cases in which the burden of proof falls partially on the government and partially on the challengers is called: a. The Lemon test b. strict scrutiny intermediate scrutiny d. dialectical reasoning. 43. Which clause of the 14“ Amendment has been used to launch progress in civil rights? a, affirmative action clause b. home rule clause ‘cJequal protection clause d. integration clause 44. Given the distinction between rights and liberties, which of the following is most often an example of a civil right rather than a civil liberty? a, freedom of speech ‘bYequal employment opportunity c. separation of church and state d. right to bear arms.