Pols 1 Exam review

Type of government where citizens elect leaders to represent them in government

• Direct Democracy

• Representative Democracy

• Monarchy

• Autocracy

What is federalism?

• The people vote for their leaders who then represent them. 
• The people have individual rights. 
• There are three branches of government. 
• The state and national government share power. 

What is "checks and balances?"

• Each branch of power has the ability to limit the power of the other branches. 
• The people elect their leaders. 
• The people are in charge. 
• The people have rights. (Bill of Rights) 

What happened in 1787?

• The U.S independence

• the Constitution was ratified

• the Louisiana purchase

• the Constitution was written

The presidency is won when a candidate earns

• the support of 2/3 of both houses of congress

• Exactly 3/4 of 270 electoral votes

• 270 of 600 electoral college votes

• 270 of 538 possible electoral votes

Which of the following casts the official vote for President & Vice President

• congress

• mayors

• electoral college

• the people

How is the number of electors in the electoral college calculated?

• The number of the population of a state

• Adding the number of representatives of a state + 2 for the senators

• By counting the amount of people that vote

• The number of representatives a state has

What are the three branches of government?

• Legislative

• Electoral

• Judicial

• Executive

What were Anti-Federalists?

• those who opposed the Constitution because it did not create a strong enough central government

• those who opposed the Constitution because it gave too much power to the states

• those who believed that the United States should enter into a confederation with Britain and Canada

• those who opposed the new Constitution because they wanted a weaker central government

What was the 3/5 compromise?

• determined that three out of every five enslaved people would be counted for purposes of representation and taxation.

• determined the ratio of slave states and free states

• determined that all American citizens would pay three-fifths of their incomes to the federal government in taxes every year.

• determined that three fifths of the senate was needed to choose a presedential candidate