POS2041 – Flashcards

How is a decline in political efficacy likely to matter for the health of the American democracy?

________ are the three core values in American politics.

Those instrumental in the founding of the American republic

Which of the following is true regarding constitutional democracies in the world today?

Prior to the eighteenth century,

About ________ percent of the American adult population identifies with the Protestant, Catholic, or Jewish faiths.

A government that is NOT constrained by legal limits and also seeks to eliminate those organized social groups that might challenge or limit its authority is known as a(n) ________ government.

According to the authors of the text, what is the main benefit of a constitutional government?

Political apathy among Americans hurts which core political value the most?

What major changes in Western government led to the establishment of constitutional government?

A ________ is a service that a person needs but is usually unable to provide for himself or herself.

Which of the following statements concerning political values in the United States is true?

Which of the following statements is true?

Which of the following is an instrument of direct democracy?

Women were granted the right to vote in ________.

According to the authors of the text, what is the goal of politics?

The ability of the president to veto a bill passed by Congress is a good example of ________.

Under the Articles of Confederation, it was left to the ________ to execute the laws passed by Congress.

The decision to give the national government control over commerce and finance was motivated primarily by the framers' desire to

All of the following are constitutional powers of the president EXCEPT the power to ________.

Which of the following was NOT discussed as a purpose of government in the Constitution's Preamble?

A ________ is a person who believes that the U.S. Constitution should not be amended by judges and that judges should adhere closely to the document's text.

How did the colonists' victory in the Revolutionary War change the balance of political power in the new states?

Colonial protesters of the Stamp Act and the Sugar Act rallied around ________.

The system of shared powers, divided between a central government and the states, is called ________.

The events that led to the Revolutionary War were triggered by which of the following?

The most important political value for the framers of the Constitution was ________.

The electoral college is

Under the Articles of Confederation, the relationship between the states and the federal government can best be compared to

How many amendments to the Constitution have been formally proposed in Congress in U.S. history?

Which of the following is true about the Annapolis Convention?

A ________ is a system of government in which states retain sovereign authority except for powers expressly delegated to a national government.

Which of the following powers is NOT explicitly given to Congress by the Constitution?

During the ratification debates, who were the Antifederalists?

Procedures outlining how to amend the Constitution are found in Article ________.

The Articles of Confederation were adopted in ________.

The framers of the U.S. Constitution intended to create a presidency capable of

________ is the strategy of delegating a policy program to a lower level of government.

What clause in the U.S. Constitution affirms that national laws and treaties, made under the authority of the Constitution, are the supreme law of the land?

Which statement best describes the Supreme Court's trend in interpreting federalism since the mid-1990s?

Interracial marriage was upheld by the Supreme Court justices in ________.

The Constitution stipulates which of the following about relationships between states?

One argument for a strong federal government is its role in ensuring ________ across states.

Which of the following statements about American federalism is true?

Which clause of the U.S. Constitution has been critical in allowing the growth of national power?

In 1996, ________ carried a copy of the Tenth Amendment in his pocket as he campaigned for the presidency.

A ________ grant requires state and local governments to submit proposals to the federal government and compete for funding.

Which clause in the U.S. Constitution has been central in debates over same-sex marriage?

Congressional grants paid for ________ percent of the development of an interstate highway after World War II.

Gibbons v. Ogden (1824) was important because it

Many Americans blamed ________ for their plight during the Great Depression.

How did the traditional system of dual federalism establish a "commercial republic"?

A state government's authority to regulate the safety, health, and morals of its citizens is called ________ power.

What have many political scientists called laboratories of democracy?

Economic policies that attempt to benefit the poor by taxing and spending are referred to as ________.

Which event was most influential in the rise of a more active national government?

The specific powers granted to Congress in Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution are called the ________ powers.

Before 1924, what was the political status of Native Americans?

When did civil rights become part of the U.S. Constitution?

________ occurs when electoral districts are drawn so that one group or party is unfairly advantaged.

During the late 1940s and 1950s, ________ was the head lawyer for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.

Legally enforced segregation in public schools is a form of ________ discrimination.

________ began the Montgomery bus boycott of 1955-1956.

In a case of workplace discrimination, which government institution would most likely handle the complaint?

What did the Thirteenth Amendment accomplish?