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Blinn College - RELLIS, GOVT 2306, Professor Lee Rights, Liberties, and Elections Answer the following questions from the assigned videos. Submit your completed worksheet as either a Word doc or pdf to the related drop box. Civil Liberties and Civil Rights 1. Initially in America, how were the liberties articulated in the Bill of Rights applied? Ans: The liberties were articulated in the bill of rights applied to the national government, meeting, federal government, not to the states. 2. Of the 13 th , 14 th , and 15 th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution (aka, the ‘reconstruction’ amendments), which is the “most important”? Ans: The 14th amendment is the most important of all the amendments 3. How were each of the rights or liberties incorporated against state governments? Ans: Each of the rights and liberties Incorporated against the states on a case by case bias. 4. What is this called? Ans: This is called selective incorporation, which reserves more power to the states. 5. What are the three examples given of Americans suing state governments in Federal court over states infringing upon the Bill of Rights? Ans: The three examples given of Americans suing state governments include Getlow v. Newyork, Matt v. Ohio, and Betton v. Maryland. Elections 6. Why do we have elections in the first place? Ans: America is too big and complex to hold public referendums on individual issues. Instead, we choose representatives, voting for people, not policies. 7. Adverse selection is a problem that can arise anytime in life when we make a choice but do not necessarily have all the information we need to make that choice. In politics, how do competitive elections help to solve this problem? Ans: Competitive elections help solve this problem, because they are ideally competitive. The competition creates incentives for candidates to provide information about themselves, and to make the most of that information accurate. 8. Also, how do elections make candidates more accountable? Ans: Elections make candidates more accountable by providing voters a chance to get rid of bad actors, only working win elections are competitive. 9. What is required for elections to serve as a means of accountability? Ans: For elections to serve as a means of accountability, requires that the election must be free and fair, competitive, credible, elected officials, must be competitive, elective officials must be accountable to the voters, transparent, and there must be a system in place for challenging the results. Types of Elections

10. What is a general rule of thumb regarding governmental influence over elections? Ans: The general rule of thumb regarding governmental influence over elections is that federal government is more likely to pass laws that expand voting. State governments tend to restrict voting. Government should ensure that elections are free, fair, and transparent. 11. Based on the U.S. Constitution, most aspects of elections are under the control of the Federal Government or the state governments? Ans: Based on the US Constitution, most aspects of elections are under the control of the state governments. 12. What is “probably most important” regarding state influence of federal elections? Ans: states, deciding the boundaries of congressional election districts is probably most important regarding state influence of federal elections. 13. Under the Plurality Rule, the candidate with the most wins. Ans: The candidate with the greatest number of votes wins. 14. The Plurality Rule can result in the of people represented by someone they voted . Ans: The plurality rule can result in the majority of people represented by someone they voted. 15. This seems like a bad system, so what is the main reason we have it? Ans: The main reason we have it is because of efficiency. 16. Under plurality rule, you get a _____ that you might not have under a majority rule. Ans: Under plurality rule, you get a definite winner, that you might not have under a majority rule. 17. The concept that plurality rules create two-party systems is explained by something called ____. Ans: The concept that plurality the rules are Duverger’s Law. 18. Most voters will fall into either extreme, so the masses of party followers will coalesce around the center-right and center-left. In these conditions, there's no incentive to form a third party because ___. Ans: Most voters will not fall into either extreme, so the masses of party followers will coalesce around the center right and center left. In these conditions, there’s no incentive to form a third party. 19. In sum, we're left with only two major parties in the U.S. since people know that third parties almost never ____. Ans: We’re left with only two major parties in the US since people know, that third parties almost never win. 20. Duverger's Law is important for political scientists, and it explains broadly why we have two parties. This is what we sometimes call a or view of politics. Ans: This is what we sometimes called a structural or institutional view of politics.

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