Exam 1 Topics

Question 1

French-Indian war

Answer 1

Fought between French and Britain. British win. Showed American colonials that nations were not invincible and that violence was necessary.

Question 2

Merchantilism

Answer 2

Enforced by British mainland after French-Indian war. Colonies in America could only trade with Britain and allies.

Question 3

Townsend acts

Answer 3

Customs and income tax for American colonists

Question 4

Adam Lanza

Answer 4

Shooter of sandy hook massacre

Question 5

Nationalism

Answer 5

Loyalty to a group that can span across nations

Question 6

Patriotism

Answer 6

Loyalty for ones nation

Question 7

4 factors to get civil rights into policy

Answer 7

Time period
The reach
Tolerance
The right itself

Question 8

Policy

Answer 8

Is the how?

How something will get done.

Question 9

1st amendment

Answer 9

Free speech, religion, right to protest

Question 10

2nd amendment

Answer 10

Right to have guns

Question 11

10th amendment

Answer 11

Any power that is not specifically in federal control goes to state government

Question 12

14th amendment

Answer 12

Equal protection under law.

Began for just free men. Later moved to white males. Then all people

Question 13

15th amendment

Answer 13

Right to vote

Question 14

19th amendment

Answer 14

Women’s right to vote

Question 15

Border search exception

Answer 15

Allows search within 100 miles of border

Question 16

DOMA

Answer 16

Marriage is defined as between one male and one female. Made under bill Clinton. Determined unconstitutional in 2013

Question 17

Proposition 8

Answer 17

Was to ban same sex marriage in California. Also determined unconstitutional in 2013

Question 18

Kim Davis

Answer 18

Kentucky clerk who refused marriage license to same sex couple. Even though that was against the law and her government job position.

Question 19

Ratio for representatives today

Answer 19

1 for every 700,000 people

Question 20

Alice Paul

Answer 20

Large part of women’s suffrage movement. Responsible for the amendment of women’s voting rights

Question 21

Stamp tax

Answer 21

Tax for only colonies. To pay for wars and fees that colonies were in

Question 22

British priorities of government

Answer 22

The nation as a whole. To supply and feed and pay for everyone

Question 23

Colonial priorities of government

Answer 23

To supply and care for just the colonies.

Question 24

Continental congress

Answer 24

Aka Philadelphia congress. Was the governing body of the US during revolutionary war.

Question 25

3/5s compromise

Answer 25

Deal that made newly freed black men 3/5s of a vote in elections

Question 26

Demagogue

Answer 26

A political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular desires and prejudices rather than rational argument

Question 27

Indirect democracy

Answer 27

What we have today. People vote for their representatives who in turn vote for presidency based on their constituents

Question 28

Republic

Answer 28

A state in which supreme power is held by people and their representatives, who elect presidents not monarchs

Question 29

Pragmatism

Answer 29

An ever changing view on the constitution in order to fit the current society needs

Question 30

Originalism

Answer 30

To take the constitution word for word with no exception

Question 31

Marble cake

Answer 31

Mingling government with functions overlapping across federal and state grounds

Question 32

Layer cake

Answer 32

Clear division of governing between federal and state

Question 33

The elastic clause

Answer 33

Statement in US constitution that allows congress the power to pass laws necessary and proper for carrying out list of powers

Question 34

3rd amendment

Answer 34

Prohibits soldiers from temporarily residing in private homes without consent

Question 35

4th amendment

Answer 35

Right to civil privacy. No unlawful searches

Question 36

5th amendment

Answer 36

A person has the right not to self incriminate themselves

Question 37

6th amendment

Answer 37

Speedy trial. Fair jury. And an attorney

Question 38

7th amendment

Answer 38

A jury trial for civil cases in federal courts

Question 39

8th amendment

Answer 39

Safeguard Americans against excessive punishment. No cruel or unusual punishments

Question 40

9th amendment

Answer 40

Nothing used in the constitution can cancel out something else in the constitution.

Question 41

SB 1070

Answer 41

Racial profiling in Arizona

Question 42

PRISIM

Answer 42

built directly into social media to collect data on people

Question 43

XKEYSCORE

Answer 43

Digital fingerprint

Question 44

Mystic

Answer 44

Hardware built into cellphone companies to screen data to government hub

Question 45

USA PATRIOT ACT

Answer 45

stands for uniting and strengthening America by providing appropriate tools required to intercept and obstruct terrorism act

Question 46

Supremacy clause

Answer 46

Federal government law outweighs state law