Study Guide Exam 1

Question 1

Atomic energy act, 1946

Answer 1

• AEC (atomic energy commission) power to civilians
• banned transfer of nuclear technology to other countries
• amended 1954

Question 2

War powers act, 1973

Answer 2

• president must report to congress within 2 days of putting troops in danger in a foreign country
• 60 to 90 day limit for over seas troops

Question 3

Arms control export act, 1976

Answer 3

• gives the president the authority to control import and export of defense articles and services
• international governments receiving weapons from U.S. must use them for self defense
• president must report violations to congress

Question 4

No child left behind, 2002

Answer 4

• standardizes testing to all public school students in order to receive government funding
• states developed own standards
• national features taken away in 2015

Question 5

representation:

Answer 5

Substantive - elected legislators advocating on behalf of certain groups

Descriptive - elected representatives should represent characteristics of the people that are politically relevant (gender, origin, ethnicity, etc)

Formal - rules?

Question 6

Dual federalism (layer cake federalism or divided sovereignty):

Answer 6

• power is divided between federal and state governments in clearly defined terms
• state government have their powers and federal government does not interfere

Question 7

Cooperative federalism (marble cake):

Answer 7

Concept of federalism where state and federal governments work together to solve issues and interact rather than making policies separately

Question 8

Federalism:

Answer 8

A system of government in which power is divided between a central authority and constituent political units

Question 9

Boland amendment

Answer 9

Democrats opposed to the administrations policies in Nicaragua passed this to prohibit further aid to the contras