POLS 1101 eCore Midterm

Article I, Section 8, of the Constitution lists the powers of the national government. Who possess the powers that are not listed in Article I, Section 8?

• The national government, but subject to oversight by the federal courts

• A special commission composed of national-government department heads and state governors

• The states and the people

• The political parties

• Nobody possesses the remaining powers

Who came to the Constitutional Convention with a clear vision for the new government?

• James Madison

• George Washington

• Alexander Hamilton

• Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Hobbes believed that people were self-interested actors who would take advantage of those weaker than them. This concept is known as living in the STATE OF ____________.

• Solitary Being

• State of Nature

• Positivist Human Nature

• Social Contract

The founders intended the people to have influence over public policy through

• the House of Representatives

• the House of Representatives and the Senate

• the House of Representatives, the Senate, and the president

• None of the above

Once the Senate votes to impeach the President, the House conducts a trial to determine whether to convict or acquit.

• True

• False

According to Locke, where should the true power of government reside?

• in the courts

• with a duly-elected president

• in a constitution

• in the legislature

Senators must be ______ years old to serve in office and serve _________ year terms, while Representatives must be ______ years old and serve terms of _______ years.

• thirty/six/twenty five/two

• thirty/two/twenty five/six

• thirty five/four/ twenty five/six

• thirty/four/thirty five/two

Why was a government in which citizens choose members of a legislature to make policy, rather than making it themselves, was favored James Madison and the other Founding Fathers?

• the founders did not think the states would accept direct public involvement in government.

• direct government by citizens was impractical, even though, in theory, direct democracy was more desirable than representative government.

• direct government by citizens was impractical and was believed to be less likely to produce good public policy.

• All of the above

Throughout many of the Federalist Papers, the authors refer to __________ as being the best people to govern

• elected officials

• appointed officials

• "men of fit character"

• Federalists

The functional division of power among the legislative, executive and judicial branches of government is the _____________________.

• Federalism

• Checks and Balances

• Republican

• Separation of Powers