Government Unit 1 Flashcards
(53 cards)
Sociologist C. Wright Mills was a proponent of the theory of
elitism.
What is a major limit on majoritarianism suggested by the text?
The public as a whole takes an interest in only a few of the hundreds of policy decisions that U.S. officials make each year.
What aspect of America were William Watts and Lloyd Free referring to when they labeled it “the country of individualism par excellence”?
the emphasis that Americans place on economic self-reliance and free markets
From 1945 until the late 1960s, there was the highest degree of bipartisanship in the area of:
foreign affairs.
bipartisanship
agreement or cooperation between two political parties that usually oppose each other’s policies.
Gideon v. Wainwright supreme court ruling?
Gideon v. Wainwright ruling?
Research suggests which of the following is primarily to blame for misinformation about political affairs spreading easily?
a growing disinterest in seeking out news items.
The major barrier to political thinking is the unwillingness of citizens to make the effort
Europeans have a greater acceptance than Americans of
tax and social policies that redistribute wealth.
Political knowledge has been shown to be important …
because it fosters civic participation.
To the framers, the great danger of democratic government was the risk of
tyranny of the majority.
Articles of Confederation
- Authority rested primarily with the states - but vested in the Congress.
- prohibited Congress from levying taxes
- Congress was prohibited from regulating the states’ trade policies, so it was powerless to forge a national economy.
- Each of the 13 states had one vote in Congress,
The Federalist Papers were written by _______, _______ , and ______ to persuade New York to vote for the new Constitution.
Jay, Hamilton, Madison
The term of office for a U.S. senator is ________ years, while that of a member of the U.S. House is ________ years.
Select one:
six; two
Where is the Bill of Rights found in the Constitution?
the first ten amendments
Marbury v. Madison is a landmark Supreme Court decision
set the precedent for judicial review
To the founders, the term “democracy” meant:
Majority Rule - a government in which the majority, either directly or through its representatives, has absolute power.
The type of government created in the United States in 1787 can be called:
constitutional democratic republic
Which choice below describes the American change in governmental structure in 1787?
confederal to unitary
Which of the following individuals would agree that each state should be allowed to determine for itself the extent to which national authority restricts its actions?
a. John Marshall
b. John C. Calhoun Correct
c. Lyndon Johnson
d. Franklin D. Roosevelt
e. None of these answers is correct.
What did Newt Gingrich declare about federalism in 1994?
that the 1960s-style federalism was dead
Concurrent powers are powers exercised over the same policy areas. Some of the shared powers of the state and federal government are:
lend and borrow money taxation law enforcement charter banks transportation.
The TANF aspect of the Welfare Reform Act
was a block grant that, among other aspects, restricted federal assistance to five years.
Which decision is indicative of how the Supreme Court interpreted the Fourteenth Amendment and state discretion in civil rights matters in the decades after the Civil War?
Plessy v. Ferguson
Fourteenth Amendment
(1896), “separate but equal”
the court upheld Plessy conviction for riding in the whites-only care.
The “separate but equal” standard was created by
The “separate but equal” standard was created by the Supreme Court - (1896) Plessy v. Ferguson
