Exam 2

Question 1

Which of the following has absolute protection under the First Amendment of the Constitution?

Answer 1

Freedom of religious belief

Question 2

Which Article of the constitution grants Congress its legislative powers?

Answer 2

Article I

Question 3

Impoundment is a constitutional right of a president not to spend money appropriated by Congress.

Answer 3

false

Question 4

Which of the following are not protected by the first amendment?

Answer 4

your right to shoot an intruder

Question 5

The first amendment rights are absolute and have not been infringed, violated or limited in anyway since the inception of the constitution.

Answer 5

false

Question 6

Because of the experiences with the British soldiers during the Revolutionary war the third amendment protects the rights of US citizens to never have to let soldiers stay in their homes or feed them

Answer 6

false

Question 7

Street marches by protest groups are protected by the First Amendment right to

Answer 7

petition

Question 8

All of the following are forms of non-protected speech EXCEPT

Answer 8

symbolic speech

Question 9

The power of judicial review is found in Article I of the Constitution

Answer 9

false

Question 10

When state law conflicts with federal law

Answer 10

federal law takes precedence

Question 11

The final authority on the meaning of the Constitution is

Answer 11

The Supreme Court

Question 12

When a court of law is viewed as a neutral arena in which two parties argue their differences and present their points of view before an impartial arbiter, it is said to be a(n)

Answer 12

adversarial system

Question 13

The tendency or the courts to give preference to the First Amendment rights to speech, press, and assembly when faced with conflicts is called

Answer 13

preferred position

Question 14

libel is

Answer 14

written defamation of character

Question 15

Tinker v Des Moines ISD declared that symbolic expression

Answer 15

in some of its forms was protected under the First Amendment

Question 16

Free speech protects criticism of public figures

Answer 16

even if it is outrageous and offensive

Question 17

_____ is a form of government in which a constitution distributes powers between a central government and other governments without dividing power.

Answer 17

Federalism

Question 18

The first plan of government for the US was a

Answer 18

confederation

Question 19

Underlying the Declaration of Independence was the principle that

Answer 19

all of the above

a. when a government contract was broken one returned to the state of nature
b. people had natural rights that could not be taken away by government
c. governments existed by the consent of the governed
d. one has the right to redress grievances

Question 20

The Bill of Rights was demanded by those who feared infringement on individuals’ rights by

Answer 20

the national government it created

Question 21

Verbal false statements are called

Answer 21

slander

Question 22

The three-fifths Compromise did not deal with

Answer 22

treaty ratification

Question 23

The Authors of the Federalist Papers include all but one of the following

Answer 23

Jefferson

Question 24

To secure ratification, supporters of the Constitution promised

Answer 24

a Bill of Rights

Question 25

The national government has all but one of the following powers

Answer 25

reserved

Question 26

The judicial branch is found in which Article of the Constitution?

Answer 26

III

Question 27

If you wanted to find out how to amend the Constitution you would look in Article number?

Answer 27

V

Question 28

The Full Faith and Credit Clause is found in which Article of the Constitution?

Answer 28

IV

Question 29

The Necessary and Proper clause is found in which Article of the Constitution?

Answer 29

I

Question 30

Which Article of the Constitution is no longer useable?

Answer 30

VII

Question 31

The original intent of the Second Amendment was for a(n)

Answer 31

militia army

Question 32

If the penalty for every infraction is severe we are more likely to disobey the laws than if they were not.

Answer 32

false

Question 33

A unitary system of government has power in

Answer 33

one entity

Question 34

A Confederal government is most closely related to a(n)

Answer 34

class group project

Question 35

States with a moralistic political culture tend to have higher literacy rates and lower rates of health problems?

Answer 35

true

Question 36

Texas has a moralistic political culture?

Answer 36

false

Question 37

Maintaining the status quo is a characteristic of an individualistic political culture?

Answer 37

false

Question 38

Today the majority of people in the world live under a federal system?

Answer 38

true

Question 39

An extension of Tocqueville’s argument on the arts would argue that today’s popularity of music and movies is a result of democratic tendencies for immediate gratification and equalizing individualism

Answer 39

true

Question 40

Tocqueville worried that the drive for equality would make the possibility for individual greatness impossible

Answer 40

true

Question 41

Man becomes vulnerable in an industrial society according to Tocqueville because

Answer 41

he loses his survival skill

Question 42

The tyranny of the majority refers to:

Answer 42

the inherent potential for conflict between individual freedom and majority rule

Question 43

Tocqueville argued that the best form of assistance to the indigent was

Answer 43

private assistance

Question 44

Nietzsche argued that nihilism or the belief in nothing

Answer 44

could only be overcome by developing a horizon for man

Question 45

Nietzsche argued that man needed to face obstacles or trials to develop greatness and is famous for saying “what doesn’t kill me makes me stronger.”

Answer 45

true

Question 46

As a woman I would have great individual power and freedom under the rules of the laws of the Mayflower Compact.

Answer 46

false

Question 47

Aristocratic societies tend to the following characteristics according to Tocqueville EXCEPT

Answer 47

a transient lifestyle

Question 48

Questions about how student uniforms in public schools involve conflicts between values of

Answer 48

order and freedom

Question 49

Nietzsche viewed the Enlightenment as a means for finding the Truth and giving man new purpose

Answer 49

false

Question 50

Nietzsche argued that because men tended to sameness he was like a

Answer 50

cow

Question 51

Nietzsche stated that women were like the truth because they were

Answer 51

not what they appeared to be

Question 52

Tocqueville argued that tyranny in a democracy was more dangerous and pernicious than any other tyranny as yet known on earth!

Answer 52

true

Question 53

Tocqueville predicted that American book stores would be full of nonfiction works due to our hardworking nature and desire for cold hard facts

Answer 53

false

Question 54

Tocqueville predicted that Americans would prefer movies to books because we want to be distracted from our daily lives

Answer 54

true

Question 55

Tocqueville argued that aristocratic societies tended to a desire for better made products and were willing to wait for perfection unlike democratic societies that would have an “I want it now attitude”.

Answer 55

true

Question 56

Which of the following would be an example of the tyranny of the majority

Answer 56

slavery in the US

Question 57

Tocqueville worried that in an industrial society the development of comforts led to

Answer 57

a dependence on material goods and comforts

Question 58

Tocqueville argued that man would only get off the couch to work if he

Answer 58

a and b

Question 59

The founders of Plymouth wrote a social contract while on the Mayflower. This covenant allowed for perfect religious freedom. They desired freedom of religion as they themselves were escaping persecution

Answer 59

false

Question 60

One of the financial problems under the Articles of Confederation was that Congress had no power to

Answer 60

tax the people

Question 61

A confederation is a

Answer 61

loose association of independent states

Question 62

The Articles of Confederation created a

Answer 62

government that preserved the sovereignty of the states

Question 63

Shay’s Rebellion involved

Answer 63

Farmers trying to prevent foreclosure of their property for debts owed

Question 64

Shay’s Rebellion seemed to indicate that

Answer 64

congress under the articles lacked power to confront national emergencies

Question 65

Under the Articles of Confederation, the national government could not protect merchants from heavy tariffs (tax when you move goods between states) because the national government did not have the power to

Answer 65

regulate interstate trade

Question 66

Representatives to the constitutional convention were charged with (supposed to)

Answer 66

correcting the Articles of Confederation

Question 67

The plan that advocated a legislature with representation based on population or wealth was called the

Answer 67

Virginia plan

Question 68

The plan that advocated a single house legislature where each state would have the same vote was called the

Answer 68

New Jersey plan

Question 69

The plan that called for one house in which each state would have equal vote and a second house in which representation would be based on population was called the

Answer 69

Connecticut Compromise

Question 70

The plan that appealed most to the smaller states at the Constitutional Convention was the

Answer 70

New Jersey Plan

Question 71

Specific powers assigned to Congress by the Constitution are called

Answer 71

enumerated powers

Question 72

The necessary and proper clause of the Constitution is the basis for Congress’s exercise of

Answer 72

implied powers

Question 73

Congress’s power to collect taxes, establish post offices, and regulate interstate commerce are examples of

Answer 73

enumerated powers

Question 74

Even though Congress is not specifically given the power to establish an internal revenue service, it has done so to implement its power to “lay and collect taxes.” This is an example of a(n)___________ power

Answer 74

implied

Question 75

The constitutional provision that ensures that state courts enforce civil judgments of the courts of other states and accept their public records as valid is found in the

Answer 75

full faith and credit clause

Question 76

Which article provides for methods of amending the Constitution?

Answer 76

Article V

Question 77

The Great Compromise resolved the conflict between

Answer 77

populated and less populated states

Question 78

The framers dealt with the issue of slavery by

Answer 78

compromising and delaying

Question 79

There are five apples on a counter. You take away two. How many do you have?

Answer 79

two

Question 80

The arrangement whereby slaves would be counted for purposes of representation was called the

Answer 80

Three-fifths compromise

Question 81

A final compromise of the Constitution which did not go into effect until 1808 prohibited the

Answer 81

slave trade

Question 82

Of the four decision making bodies created by the Constitution, the only one originally directly elected by the people was the

Answer 82

House of Representatives

Question 83

Situations in which there is a conflict between state laws and national laws are covered by the

Answer 83

supremacy clause

Question 84

The fact that your marriage in the state of Idaho must be honored in Nevada is an example of which constitutional principle?

Answer 84

the full faith and credit clause

Question 85

In general, Federalists

Answer 85

supported the Constitution

Question 86

Anti-federalists attacked the proposed Constitution on the grounds that

Answer 86

the national government it created was too strong

Question 87

The issue of whether it is permissible for the Native American Church of California to use hallucinogenic drugs as part of a religious sacrament involves the

Answer 87

free exercise clause of the First Amendment