PSCI 210 Midterm 1 2024 Questions with Answers
What is felon disenfranchisement? - Answer-lose some of their basic rights (i.e. voting) because they broke the social contract
Define Federalists - Answer-people who supported the constitution; wanted a strong central government (Virginia Plan)
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PSCI 210 Midterm 1
2024 Questions with
Answers
What is felon disenfranchisement? - Answer-lose some of their basic rights (i.e. voting)
because they broke the social contract
Define Federalists - Answer-people who supported the constitution; wanted a strong
central government (Virginia Plan)
-favored bicameral legislature
Define Anti-Federalists - Answer-opponents of a strong central government who
campaigned against the ratification of the Constitution in favor of a confederation of
independent states (New Jersey Plan)
-favored unicameral legislature
What are enumerated powers? - Answer-powers belonging only to the federal
government
What are inherent powers? - Answer-powers not explicitly stated in the Constitution, but
are necessary for the executive branch and congress to fulfill their duties (ex. power to
control borders)
What are concurrent powers? - Answer-governmental authority shared by national and
state governments (i.e. power to tax)
Define Individualism - Answer-the idea that individuals, not the society or the community
or the government, are responsible for their own-well being
What are important clauses from the Constitution - Answer--Nessecary and Proper
Clause (elastic clause)
-Supremacy Cause
-Full Faith and Credit Clause (states recognize laws from other states (ie. drivers
licenses work in other states)
What did McCullough v. Maryland cause - Answer--its unconstitutional for states to tax
federal banks
, -first court case that showed the importance of implied powers
-decided levying a tax violated the Constitution
-expanded national power
What did Marbury v. Madison cause - Answer--the first time the Supreme Court
declared an act of Congress unconstitutional, thus establishing the doctrine of judicial
review
-showed the power of checks and balances between the branches of governement
What are horizontal power checks - Answer-checks and balances between the
executive, legislative, and judicial branches
What are vertical power checks - Answer-power involves the highest and lowest forms
of government (local, state, and national)
what is the difference between trustee and delegate - Answer-trustee- representatives
do what they consider best for all, regardless of constituent demands (the Crown)
delegate- direct representation, representative follow the expressed wishes of the voters
(Colonist)
What are the basics of operation of the Articles of Confederation - Answer--very limited
government
-states have control over laws
Why did the Articles of Confederation fail? - Answer--couldn't enforce laws
-couldn't tax
-no form of central government
-hard to defend
What are some compromises in the Constitution - Answer--Small (New Jersey Plan) vs.
Large (Virginia Plan) States= the Great Compromise
-Slavery (the 3/5 compromise)
-Federalism (a strong, central government that still gives power to the states)
What are some of the disagreements in the Constitutional Convention - Answer--
Virginia Plan vs. New Jersey Plan
-Slavery
What are some of the areas of agreement in the Constitutional Convention - Answer--
stronger central government
-any financial bills go through the house of representatives, who are directly elected
through the people (vote for their interests)
Federalism - Answer-A system in which power is divided between the national and state
governments
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