GSSP 330 Lesson 7 (Chapter 7)

Mid-Term Test Review

Chapters 1-3

Key Terms, Concepts, Constitutional Amendments, and Supreme Court Cases you will need to know

Match

Match the following

• The rule of the many

• A government in which all or most citizens participate in the decision making process

• A government in which leaders make decisions by winning a competitive struggle for the popular vote

Democracy

Direct Democracy

Representative Democracy

• Democracy

• Direct Democracy

• Representative Democracy

Match

Match the following

• A policy in which one small group benefits and another small group pays

• A policy in which one small group benefits and almost everybody pays

• A policy in which almost everybody benefits and almost everybody pays

• A policy in which almost everybody benefits and a small group pays

Interest Group Politics

Client Politics

Majoritarian Politics

Entrepreneurial Politics

• Interest Group Politics

• Client Politics

• Majoritarian Politics

• Entrepreneurial Politics

Match

Match the following

• Issues that people believe require governmental action

• A burden that people believe they must bear if a policy is adopted

• A satisfaction that people believe they will enjoy if a policy is adopted

• Persons who possess a disproportionate share of some valued resource, such as money, prestige, or expertise

Political Agenda

Cost

Benefit

Elite

• Political Agenda

• Cost

• Benefit

• Elite

Match

Match the following

• Proposal to create a weak national government with one house based on equality among the states

• Proposal to create a strong national government with two houses based on proportional representation

• Plan to have a popularly elected House based on state population and a state selected Senate, with two members for each state

New Jersey Plan

Virginia Plan

Great Compromise

• New Jersey Plan

• Virginia Plan

• Great Compromise

Multiple Choice

A weak constitution that governed America during the Revolutionary war

• Articles of Confederation

• Constitution

• Bill of Rights

• Declaration of Independence

Multiple Choice

A 1787 rebellion in which ex-Revolutionary War soldiers attempted to prevent foreclosures of farms as a result of high interest rates and taxes. This event proved the national government under the Articles of Confederation was too weak.

• Shays's Rebellion

• the Whiskey Rebellion

• New York City Draft Riots

• Bacon's Rebellion

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The Framers favored a​

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over a​

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because they believed that government should mediate, not mirror, popular views and that elected officials should represent, not register, majority sentiments.

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Republic

Direct Democracy

Multiple Select

Which of the following are ways a Constitutional Amendment can be proposed?

• A 2/3rds vote in both houses of Congress

• A vote at a national convention called by Congress at the request of 2/3rds of state legislatures

• 3/4ths of state legislatures

• 3/4ths of states at special conventions

Multiple Select

Which of the following are ways a Constitutional Amendment can be ratified?

• A 2/3rds vote in both houses of Congress

• A vote at a national convention called by Congress at the request of 2/3rds of state legislatures

• 3/4ths of state legislatures

• 3/4ths of states at special conventions

Match

Match the following

• The power of the courts to declare laws unconstitutional

• Sharing of constitutional authority by multiple branches of government

• Government authority shared by national and state governments

• Constitutional ability of multiple branches of government to limit each other's power

Judicial Review

Separation of Powers

Federalism

Checks and Balances

• Judicial Review

• Separation of Powers

• Federalism

• Checks and Balances

Match

Match the following

• Powers given to the state government alone

• Powers shared by the national and state governments

• Powers given to the national government alone

Reserved Powers

Concurrent Powers

Enumerated Powers

• Reserved Powers

• Concurrent Powers

• Enumerated Powers

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The​

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favored the ratification of the Constitution as it was while the​

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demanded a Bill of Rights to place limitations on the new government's power.

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Federalists

Antifederalists

Multiple Choice

The first 10 Amendments to the Constitution

• Bill of Rights

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

Match

Match the following

• Freedom of religion, speech, press, petition, and assembly

• Right to speedy, public, impartial trial with defense counsel

• Right to bear arms

• No double jeopardy; protection of life, liberty, and property from being taken without due process

• Powers not delegated to the United States or denied to states are reserved to the states

1st Amendment

6th Amendment

2nd Amendment

5th Amendment

10th Amendment

• 1st Amendment

• 6th Amendment

• 2nd Amendment

• 5th Amendment

• 10th Amendment

Match

Match the following

• A system of government where sovereignty is fully vested in the national government, not the states

• A system of government where state governments are sovereign, and the national government can do only what the states permit

• A system of government where the national and state governments share sovereignty

Unitary System

Confederal System

Federal System

• Unitary System

• Confederal System

• Federal System

Multiple Choice

Section of the Constitution allowing Congress to exercise powers not specifically given to it by the Constitution

• Necessary and Proper Clause

• Establishment Clause

• Due Process Clause

• Free Exercise Clause

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​

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is the doctrine that the national government is supreme in its sphere and the states are supreme in theirs while​

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is the idea that the federal and state governments share power in many policy areas.

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Dual Federalism

Cooperative Federalism

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​ In ​

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, the Supreme Court ruled that the Constitution's "necessary and proper" clause permits Congress to take actions when it is essential to a power that Congress has. In ​

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, the Supreme Court ruled that the Constitution's Commerce Clause gives the national government exclusive power to regulate interstate commerce.

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McCulloch v Maryland, 1819

Gibbons v Ogden, 1824

Multiple Choice

How people think or feel about particular issues, policies, or political figures

• Public Opinion

• Federalism

• Appropriation

• Bipartisan

Multiple Choice

The goal of the Founding Fathers was to establish a Direct Democracy where public opinion would control public policy

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Children often adopt similar political views to their parents

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Survey method that assures everyone has an equal chance of being selected

• Random Sampling

• Convenience Sampling

• Snowball Sampling

• Stratified Sampling

Match

Religious influences on public opinion. What do religious beliefs tell us about political tendencies?

• Jewish Americans and African American Protestants

• Evangelical Protestants

• Catholics and mainline Protestants

Tend to lean to the left

Tend to lean to the right

Tend to fall in the middle

• Tend to lean to the left

• Tend to lean to the right

• Tend to fall in the middle

Multiple Select

Wealthier Americans are less likely to support

• government regulations

• social safety nets

• wealth redistribution

• tax cuts

Match

Match the following

• Adopt Liberal Positions

• Adopt Conservative Positions

• Often Adopt Positions to the Left or Right of the Major Parties

Democrats

Republicans

Third Parties

• Democrats

• Republicans

• Third Parties

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Since 1994,​

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have moved left while​

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have moved right.​

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are typically slightly liberal/conservative, but not as extreme as the​

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.

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Democrats

Republicans

Voters

Political Parties