Final Flashcards
During the period of time during which the US was governed by the Articles of Confederation, elites came to fear tyranny by the:
People
Ideas of political change and challenges to British ideology were largely a result of American acceptance of the political ideas of:
John Locke
Political and military struggle was prevalent on the North American continent:
from the time the Europeans from various nations began arriving
The way the founders treated slavery in the Constitution indicated that:
Slavery was such a divisive issue they did not dare to mention it directly in the Constitution
Early colonists came to America:
for a wide range of economic and political as well as for religious and philosophical reasons.
The Tea Party movement is important to examine in light of the politics of the American founding because:
It highlights the tension between government authority and individual rights of citizens.
The founders adopted a federal political system:
as a compromise between those who wanted a strong central government and those who to retain strong state governments.
The author’s of your text suggest that Thomas Jefferson might have changed John Locke’s argument for government to protect property to protection of “the pursuit of happiness” because:
was trying to gain the support of those who had little property to protect
The Declaration of Independence was first and foremost:
Political document
The Federalists believed that the human tendencies toward ambition and corruption should be dealt with by:
creating institutions that made use of those characteristics to produce good outcomes and protect against bad outcomes.
Shay’s Rebellion demonstrated the:
Frustration of debtors and the failure of the Articles of Confederation
Congress has been reluctant to use block grants to achieve policy goals because
They allow states to pursue their own goals rather than the federal government’s goals.
The “necessary and proper clause:”
Is used by Congress to justify the exercise of powers not mentioned in Article 1, Section 8, of the Constitution
Cooperative federalism is a theory that:
Defines state and national powers as interdependent, requiring the cooperation of each other to get things done.
In McCulloch v. Maryland the Supreme Court held that:
The federal government had the implied power to create a national bank.
McCulloch v. Maryland increased the power of the federal government by:
interpreting the “necessary and proper” clause of the Constitution very broadly
The theory that defines the state and national governments as essentially separate from each other and carrying out independent functions is :
Dual federalism
Federalism in the US
was a compromise for how power should be distributed between the national and state government
The federal government has been able to use categorical grants to coerce states into doing what it wants most of the time because:
states have become financially dependent on this aid
Although the states have the authority to set the minimum drinking age, the US has a national legal alcohol consumption age of 21 because:
the federal government threatened to withhold highway funds from any state that didn’t have a drinking age of 21
The New Deal increased the power of the federal government in regard to:
business and the economy
The Supreme Court has interpreted the _____ clause of the Constitution so broadly that there are very few restrictions on what Congress can do:
necessary and proper
According to the textbook, free speech is valuable for al of the following reasons Except:
it is good for economic development
An action that criminalizes an act after it occurs is a
Unconstitutional ex post facto law
Individual actions can come into conflict with the collective good of society:
because individual actions often have important consequences and costs for society
The establishment clause guarantees:
that government will not create and support an official state church
The right of an accused to be brought before a judge and informed of the charges and evidence against him or her is known as:
Habeas corpus
It is difficult for the Supreme Court to determine the exact meaning of obscenity because:
the whole area is so subjective that wide disagreement exists
The exclusionary rule is the Supreme Court rule that states that:
illegally seized evidence cannot be used to obtain a conviction
According to John Locke and the Declaration of Independence, our rights are:
Natural (God given)
The Supreme Court most recently ruled that the Second Amendment individual right to bear arms:
applies to the states as well as to the national government
The Supreme Court has ruled that:
public figures have less protection from the press than other members of the public
