Final Exam Study

Question 1

How much money can an individual contribute to a candidate’s election campaign?

Answer 1

$2,000

Question 2

People are more motivated to vote on national issues such as budget deficits, wars, & scandals than are motivated to vote on local issues.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

A trustee is someone who does not always vote the way people want, but in fact, will vote with how he/she thinks the situation should personally be handled.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

The 17th amendment:

Answer 4

Allows Senators to be elected by the popular vote.

Question 5

The Congressional representation from the District of Columbia can vote concerning congressional business.

Answer 5

False

Question 6

According to the text, what is the public approval rating of Congress?

Answer 6

about 1 in 6 Americans support the job Congress is doing

Question 7

Thinking back to the text, how much does a successful Senate campaign typically cost?

Answer 7

over $10 million

Question 8

Based on the most recent census, which states gained seats in Congress?

Answer 8

States in the Southern United States

Question 9

According to the text, the most serious concerns in the black community revolve around….?

Answer 9

Poverty

Question 10

What best explains dress reform?

Answer 10

Dress reform is the idea women should not be restricted to tight corsets

Question 11

The Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves in Maryland.

Answer 11

False

Question 12

The Shelley vs. Kramer (1948) case dealt with what issues?

Answer 12

restrictive housing covenants.

Question 13

What state never sent delegates to the Constitutional Convention?

Answer 13

Rhode Island

Question 14

What state was the last to ratify the Articles of Confederation?

Answer 14

Maryland

Question 15

The 21st Amendment:

Answer 15

Is the only amendment that can repeal another amendment

Question 16

What source is believed to be the foundation of the 5th and 6th Amendments?

Answer 16

The Magna Carta

Question 17

What is Federalism?

Answer 17

It’s the idea that multiple governments have authority over you at the same time.

Question 18

What are enumerated powers?

Answer 18

the powers granted to the Federal Government and specifically, Congress

Question 19

What are the enumerated powers given?

Answer 19

To lay and collect taxes, pay debts and borrow money, regulate commerce, coin money, establish post offices, protect patents and copyrights, establish lower courts, declare war, and raise and support an Army or Navy

Question 20

What is nullification?

Answer 20

That states had the right to reject national laws they deemed unconstitutional.

Question 21

What are implied powers?

Answer 21

Powers Congress exercises that the constitution does not explicitly define by a necessary and proper clause.

Question 22

What are the implied powers?

Answer 22

to borrow money, establish a federal system of banks, lay and collect, punish tax evaders, raise armies and a navy

Question 23

Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)

Answer 23

The court interpreted the commerce clause of Article 1, Section 8 to decide if the federal government has sole authority over steamboat licensing between NY and NJ.

Question 24

Gibbon vs. Ogden ruling

Answer 24

Congress has the power to “regulate commerce” and that federal law takes precedence over state laws.M

Question 25

What are civil rights?

Answer 25

Protection of historically disadvantaged groups from infringement of their equality rights by discriminatory action

Question 26

13th Amendment

Answer 26

“Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.”

Question 27

14th Amendment

Answer 27

granted citizenship to all persons “born or naturalized in the United States,” including formerly enslaved people, and provided all citizens with “equal protection under the laws.”

Question 28

15th Amendment

Answer 28

guaranteed that the right to vote could not be denied based on “race, color, or previous condition of servitude.”

Question 29

Plessy vs. Ferguson

Answer 29

upheld a Louisiana state law that allowed for “equal but separate accommodations for the white and colored races.”Feb 8, 2022

Question 30

Brown vs. Board of Education

Answer 30

separating children in public schools based on race was unconstitutional.

Question 31

The Civil Rights Act of 1964

Answer 31

prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin.

Question 32

Buck vs. Bell (1927)

Answer 32

Upheld the right of state governments to sterilize those people believed to be likely to have children who would become dependent upon public welfare.

Question 33

What is bicameral

Answer 33

Congress is a bicameral legislature divided into two equal institutions: the House of Representatives and the Senate.

Question 34

What is the Filibuster

Answer 34

a political procedure in which one or more members of a legislative body prolong debate on proposed legislation so as to delay or entirely prevent a decision.

Question 35

Obergefell vs. Hodges (2015)

Answer 35

the Supreme Court recognized the constitutional right to marry

Question 36

What powers were specifically denied to the federal government by the Constitution?

Answer 36

The federal government is not allowed to change state boundaries

Question 37

Approximately how many elected officials were present in the United States?

Answer 37

over 500,000

Question 38

What item does the federal government spend the most money on?

Answer 38

Education

Question 39

What is the difference between the House and the Senate?

Answer 39

Senators represent their entire states, but members of the House represent individual districts. The number of districts in each state is determined by a state’s population. Each state has a minimum of one representative in Congress. The House and Senate have evolved into very different bodies.

Question 40

How long are Senators terms?

Answer 40

6 years

Question 41

How long are House member’s terms?

Answer 41

2 years

Question 42

What can the Senate do that the House Cannot?

Answer 42

Under the Constitution, the House of Representatives has the power to impeach a government official, in effect serving as prosecutor. The Senate has the sole power to conduct impeachment trials, essentially serving as jury and judge.