POS 2041 Midterm 1st Attempt.docx

Question 1 (1 point) Saved They are goods provided by government that anyone can use and that are available to all without charge. Question 1 options: Private goods Common goods Public goods Toll goods Question 2 (1 point) Saved A Scottish philosopher who believed that all people should be free to acquire property in any way that they wished. Question 2 options: Adam Smith Robert Putnam Robert Dahl C. Wright Mills Question 3 (1 point) Saved He is a well-known proponent of the pluralist theory of government. Question 3 options: C. Wright Mills Robert Dahl Robert Putnam John Locke Question 4 (1 point) Saved According to the pluralist theory of government, Question 4 options:

government does what the majority of voters want it to do. government policy is formed as a result of the competition between groups with different goals and interests. ordinary people acting on their own have a significant influence on government. wealthy people decide what government policy will be, and politicians have no interest in pleasing anyone else. Question 5 (1 point) Saved Totalitarianism is Question 5 options: a form of government where government is all-powerful and citizens have no rights. a form of government where one ruler, usually a hereditary one, holds political power. a form of government where a handful of elite society members hold political power. a form of government where political power rests in the hands of the people. Question 6 (1 point) Saved The beliefs and preferences that people are not deeply committed to and that change over time are known as Question 6 options: latent preferences. intense preferences. selective preferences. concurrent preferences. Question 7 (1 point) Saved The New Jersey Plan called for all of the following except Question 7 options: Congress would elect several people to form an executive office. the elimination of a Supreme Court. the ability of Congress to regulate trade and impose taxes. acts of Congress would be the supreme law of the land.

the principle of one state, one vote. Question 8 (1 point) Saved Which of the following is NOT correct under the concept of separation of powers? Question 8 options: The president executes and carries out the law. The Supreme Court uses judicial review. The legislative branch’s job is lawmaking. Congress has the right to interpret the law. None of the above is true. Question 9 (1 point) Saved Taxes were imposed on the colonists to Question 9 options: pay for the coronation of King George III. pay for the establishment of more colonies. pay the costs of Britain’s defense of the colonies during the French and Indian War. to enrich wealthy British landowners. None of the above is true. Question 10 (1 point) Saved When the Constitution was approved in 1787, it included Question 10 options: a federal system. separation of powers. popular sovereignty, or control by the people. a representative government. All of the above are true. Question 11 (1 point)

Saved A constitutional amendment can be proposed by Question 11 options: a national convention called by Congress at the request of two-thirds of the state legislatures. a two-thirds vote in each chamber of Congress. the legislatures in two-thirds the states. a majority vote in both chambers of Congress provided the amendment is not vetoed by the president. Options A and B are true. Question 12 (1 point) Saved A voluntary agreement among individuals to secure their rights and welfare by creating a government and abiding by its rules is called Question 12 options: a confederation. a social contract. a syndicate. a constitution. natural law. Question 13 (1 point) Saved The group that actually elects the president of the United States is called Question 13 options: the Presidential Election Commission. the Congressional Election Forum. the Association of State Legislatures. the electoral college. the electorate at large. Question 14 (1 point) Saved The concept of checks and balances allows Question 14 options:

Congress to declare presidential actions unconstitutional. the Supreme Court to break the tie on legislation. the President to veto legislation he/she does not support. Congress to remove members of the Supreme Court. Options A and B are true. Question 15 (1 point) Saved One of the main actions of the Second Continental Congress was Question 15 options: to establish an army and appoint a commander in chief. to sign a treaty with Britain prohibiting trade with France. to sign a treaty with France to declare war on Britain. the creation of a unitary government in America. to establish a document with ambitious designs to separate from Britain. Question 16 (1 point) Saved The First Continental Congress Question 16 options: declared independence from Britain. was held in Boston, Massachusetts. urged colonists to purchase British goods to win favor with the King. encouraged the colonists to petition King George III to express their grievances. produced a document that the colonists found to be coercive. Question 17 (1 point) Saved The Mayflower Compact was written to Question 17 options: govern themselves according to the laws created by the voters. start the first settlement in America. establish monarchy in North America.

establish the colony of Massachusetts. Maintain peace with the Native Americans. Question 18 (1 point) Saved The Federalists Question 18 options: supported the new Constitution and a strong federal government with a bicameral legislature. were against the Constitution and favored state power over federal power. did not attend the Constitutional Convention and did not participate directly in the process of writing the Constitution. supported a thorough revision of the Articles of Confederation to create a strong central government and maintain a unicameral legislature. Question 19 (1 point) Saved The civil rights amendments prevent both the states and the federal government from abridging citizens’ right to vote based on race, sex, and age. These constitutional amendments include all of the following EXCEPT for Question 19 options: The Thirteenth Amendment. The Fifteenth Amendment. The Nineteenth Amendment. The Twenty-Sixth Amendment. Question 20 (1 point) Saved Categorical grants are Question 20 options: federal grants to states or local governments for specific programs. emergency grants to states for unforeseen circumstances. a very recent form of national government support to school districts. unconstitutional because of separation of powers.

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