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A ____ grant is a large grant to a state by the federal government w/ only general spending guidelines. |
Block |
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New federalism favors... |
Block Grants |
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According to the principle of popular sovereignty |
The ultimate sources of authority rests with the people. |
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Politicians are most likely to listen to the concerns of immigrants... |
after immigrants become citizens who are eligible to vote. |
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Proponents of the "devolution evolution" argue that: |
The authority of state gov'ts should be expanded. |
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The constitution ensures that judicial decrees and contracts made in one state will be binding and enforceable in another.. |
Full Faith and Credit |
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The greatest fear of the Anti-Federalists during the constitutional convention and subsequent debate is... |
a strong national gov't would infringe on the essential liberties of the people |
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The type of federalism is characterized by a system of separate but equally powerful state and national gov't is called.. |
dual |
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Who favored a strong national gov't and supported the proposed U.S. constitution ? |
The Federalists |
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In a ______ system, local and regional gov'ts derive authority from the national gov't. |
unitary |
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Under the Articles of Confederation, the most important decisions were made by... |
state legislatures |
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What was the reason for the separation of powers? |
to prevent tyranny by any one branch |
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The 1960s and 1970s were a time that best exemplifies which type of federalism? |
cooperative |
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An example of structure of framework.. |
what gov't does |
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Jim Crows represented.. |
the official system of segregation in the South |
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The ideas that ordinary people want to rule themselves and are capable of doing so is associated with.... |
democracy |
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What type of gov't is society ruled by the people? |
democracy |
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What was the major concern among those who were skeptical of democracy? |
The idea that ordinary people might rule themselves. |
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Direct democracy |
means that citizens are able to meet together regularly to debate and decide the issues of the day. |
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James Madison and other Founders of the American Republic feared that |
majority rule would undermine freedom and threaten the rights of the individual. |
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Which of the following statements best reflects the position taken in Struggle for democracy? |
The majority does not seem to be a special or unique threat to liberty. |
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When the majority abuses their power vis-a-vis a political minority this called |
the tyranny of the majority |
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According to Struggle for Democracy, popular sovereignty, political equality, and political liberty |
are vital benchmarks of representative democracy. |
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According to the text, democracy.. |
democracy is a useful evaluative standard for judging the political process. |
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The framework of this textbook is used to |
evaluate short-term principles and procedures of politics |
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Which of the following is a sector of the framework advanced by the authors of your textbook? |
gov't action, gov't, political linkage, and structure |
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According to the Struggle for Democracy, gov't factors include |
all public officials and institutions (Congress, the president, the federal bureaucracy, and the Supreme Court) that have formal, legal responsibilities for making public policy for the United States. |
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By separated powers and checks and balances, the authors of your text mean |
that the framers divided executive, legislative, and judicial powers and placed them into separate branches of the national gov't |
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Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? |
Thomas Jefferson |
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Formally amending the U.S. Constitution |
typically requires two-thirds support by Congress and support by three-fourths of state legislatures |
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The Executive power is found in |
Article II of the Constitution |
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Initially, the American Revolution was fought primarily to |
preserve the colonists' traditional rights |
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America's first constitution was the |
Articles of Confederation |
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The Articles of Confederation |
established a loose organization of independent states with a weak central gov't. |
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What was a feature of the Articles of Confederation? |
States could only prevent national action with nine out of thirteen states in support. |
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Laws that helped poor farmers by postponing tax and mortgage payments were known as |
stay laws |
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Shays's Rebellion was a revolt of |
farmers in western Massachusetts who took up arms to protest high taxation and foreclosure proceedings |
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In the 1780's, the creation of popular assemblies in the several states |
gave republicans reason to fear a rise of untamed democracy |
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At the Constitution Convention, there was general consensus and agreement concerning.. |
a republican form of gov't |
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Charles Beard's assessment of the intentions of the Framers of the Constitution was that the Framers |
were engaged in a conspiracy to protect their immediate and personal economic interests |
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The ______ Plan favored large states |
Virginia Plan |
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The ______ Plan favored small states |
New Jersey Plan |
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Which plan called for a multi-person executive? |
The New Jersey Plan |
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Today, we would associate the ________ plan with the Senate and the _________ plan with the House of Representatives. |
New Jersey plan, Virginia plan |
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What was approved at the Constitutional Convention with respect to the institution of slavery? |
Three-fifths of the state's slave population was used in the calculation of how many representatives a state was entitled to in the House of Representatives. |
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The U.S. president is elected through.. |
through the Electoral College |
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A system of gov't in which powers are divided between states and a central gov't is called.. |
a federal system. |
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The elastic clause of the Constitution.. |
gives Congress broad powers to carry out its responsibilities. |
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The first ten amendments to the constitution.. |
are known as the Bill of Rights. |
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The basic purpose of the Bill of Rights is to... |
Limit what gov't may legitimately do |
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The states hold the dominant power position in a |
confederation |
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Concurrent powers |
are shared powers between the states and federal gov't. |
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State to state relations is also known as |
horizontal federalism |
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The Tenth Amendment of the US Constitution |
is also known as the reservation clause |
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The Supremacy Clause is found in which section of the US Constitution? |
Article VI |
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Ratification of the Constitution, amending the Constitution, and choosing the president are examples of |
roles states play in the national gov't |
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The privileges and immunities clause |
requires states to honor public acts of other states. |
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Under the full faith and credit clause of the Constitution, the states |
must honor the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state. |
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The belief that the framers meant for the states to be coequal with the national gov't is a positon held by |
states' rights supporters |
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Marble cake federalism is synonymous with |
cooperative federalism |
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Layer cake federalism involves the theory that |
state and national gov't powers are neatly divided and occupy separate spheres. |
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Nativists sentiments in the population |
have led to many anti-immigrant policies throughout American history. |
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The American population has experienced a shift from |
manufacturing to service occupations; farming to manufacturing occupations |
