Founding and the Constitution

Question 1

What is public good?

Answer 1

benefit that no member of a group can be prevented from enjoying once it is provided

Question 2

what is free riding?

Answer 2

enjoying a public good without working for it

Question 3

what is an autocracy?

Answer 3

political authority held by a single person

Question 4

what is an oligarchy?

Answer 4

when a small group controls most of the governing decisions

Question 5

what is a representative democracy?

Answer 5

many participate through representatives and the general population has influence over choice of leaders

Question 6

what are constitutional governments?

Answer 6

governments that are limited in what they control and how they go about controlling it.

Question 7

what are authoritarian governments?

Answer 7

religious organization/ military may help keep the government in check, but the law imposes very few limits

Question 8

what are totalitarian governments?

Answer 8

governments that lack legal limits and also seek to eliminate organized social groups and institutions that might threaten their authority

Question 9

what is the bourgeoisie?

Answer 9

french word meaning “free residents of the city,” would become to be thought of as the middle class. they tried to change governmental institutions, especially parliaments, into ones they could participate in.

Question 10

what is politics?

Answer 10

the process of determining public outcomes.
“who gets it, when and how”

Question 11

what is descriptive representation?

Answer 11

the idea that citizens are confident in government decisions if they’re made by people like themselves

Question 12

what is agency representation?

Answer 12

the idea that citizens are able to choose representatives that promote their interests and get rid of the ones who fail to do so

Question 13

what is governance?

Answer 13

making authoritative decisions

Question 14

what is representation?

Answer 14

giving citizens a vote in those decisions through their elected representatives

Question 15

what is the principal-agent relationship?

Answer 15

citizens delegate authority to their politicians, and the politicians vote for what the citizens want, but also have the opportunity to pursue their own ideas and self interests

Question 16

what is condorcet’s paradox?

Answer 16

the idea that 3 individuals with equally strong preferences about policies could not achieve a collective choice that would satisfy all of them. Put forward by Marquis de _________.

Question 17

what are the steps for using data when making sense of the american government?

Answer 17

1. Identify the purpose of the graph/ chart
2. Evaluate the Argument (range of y-axis, type of graph, etc.)
3. Consider the Source

Question 18

what is collective action?

Answer 18

efforts of a group to reach and implement decisions

Question 19

what is coordination?

Answer 19

2 groups have a similar goal, but they don’t agree on how to execute it.

Question 20

what is the prisoners dilemma?

Answer 20

what is in your own best interest vs what is in the group’s best interest? comes from cops interrogating subjects

Question 21

What is the Tragedy of the Commons?

Answer 21

when someone takes more than they give from a common resource and it gets depleted

Question 22

What are transaction costs?

Answer 22

time spent trying to solve a problem

Question 23

what are conformity costs?

Answer 23

what you give up to go along with the group

Question 24

what is a home rule system?

Answer 24

power given by a state to a locality to enact legislation and manage its affairs locally

Question 25

what are the three ideals of the declaration of independence?

Answer 25

1. equality (every)
2. individual rights (igloo)
3. consent of the governed (is cold)

Question 26

what are the 2 guidelines of the declaration of independence?

Answer 26

1. accountability
2. governability

Question 27

what does federalist 51 entail?

Answer 27

if men were perfect no government would be necessary, but men are not perfect, and the people who ripen the government are not either, which is why the government needs structure to be fair

Question 28

what does federalist 10 entail?

Answer 28

factions are bad, we can either make everyone want the same thing or design a system that works with human nature

Question 29

what are the basic principles of the constitution

Answer 29

1. representative democracy
2. federalism
3. separation of powers
4. checks and balances
5. supremacy clause

Question 30

what is article 1 of the constitution about

Answer 30

the legislative branch

Question 31

what is the virginia plan?

Answer 31

bicameral legislature with representation based on population

Question 32

what is the new jersey plan

Answer 32

a unicameral legislature with equal represntation

Question 33

what is the great compromise

Answer 33

had the virginia plan (representation based on population) for the house, and the new jersey plan (equal representation) for the senate

Question 34

how does impeachment work

Answer 34

the house has the ability to impeach with a simple majority. the senate then runs the trial, and if found guilty the president is removed from power

Question 35

what is the president of senate?

Answer 35

the vice president serves as the president of the senate

Question 36

what is the writ of habeas corpus

Answer 36

protects against unlawful and indefinite punishment

Question 37

what is a bill of attainder

Answer 37

piece of legislature that declares a party is guilty of a crime

Question 38

enumerated or expressed?
lay and collect taxes, duties, imports, and excises

Answer 38

enumerated

Question 39

enumerated or expressed?
borrowing money

Answer 39

enumerated

Question 40

enumerated or expressed?
regulating commerce

Answer 40

enumerated

Question 41

enumerated or expressed?
establish rules for naturalization and bankruptcy

Answer 41

enumerated

Question 42

enumerated or expressed?
coin money

Answer 42

enumerated

Question 43

enumerated or expressed?
fix standard of weights and measures

Answer 43

enumerated

Question 44

enumerated or expressed?
establish post offices and roads

Answer 44

enumerated

Question 45

enumerated or expressed?
issue patents and copyrights

Answer 45

enumerated

Question 46

enumerated or expressed?
create courts

Answer 46

enumerated

Question 47

enumerated or expressed?
define and punish piracies

Answer 47

enumerated

Question 48

enumerated or expressed?
declaring war

Answer 48

enumerated

Question 49

enumerated or expressed?
raise and support an army and navy

Answer 49

enumerated

Question 50

enumerated or expressed?
provide for a militia

Answer 50

enumerated

Question 51

enumerated or expressed?
to exercise exclusive legislative power over DC

Answer 51

enumerated