Lamar University POLS 2302 Exam 1 Questions and Correct Answers the Latest Update
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POLS 2302
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POLS 2302
American political culture
-A set of basic, foundational values and beliefs about government that is shared by
most citizens. Key elements: democracy, equality before the law, limited
government, capitalism & private property
-The collection of public opinion through polling and interviews
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Lamar University POLS 2302 Exam 1
Questions and Correct Answers the
Latest Update
American political culture
✓ -A set of basic, foundational values and beliefs about government that is shared by
most citizens. Key elements: democracy, equality before the law, limited
government, capitalism & private property
✓ -The collection of public opinion through polling and interviews
economic freedom
✓ is the ability of people of a society to take economic actions
democracy
✓ a form of government where political power rests in the hands of the people
Shay's Rebellion
✓ armed uprising led by Daniel Shay due to economic reasons; led that there needed
to be a change in our current constitution ( He borrowed money from
Massachusetts and could not pay it back)
auxiliary precautions
✓ A dependence on the people is, no doubt, the primary control on the government;
but experience has taught mankind the necessity
✓ a visual tool used by social advocates to identify the best individuals to target to
promote social change
Alexander Hamilton
✓ 1789-1795; First Secretary of the Treasury. He advocated creation of a national
bank, assumption of state debts by the federal government, and a tariff system to pay
off the national debt.
Judiciary Act of 1789
✓ The act Marbury used to go directly to the supreme court in Marbury v Madison
appellate jurisdiction
✓ the power of a higher court to review and revise a lower court's decision
Supreme Court
✓ the highest federal court in the United States
judicial review
✓ ability to take a law and examine/compare it to the constitution
Thurgood Marshall
✓ American civil rights lawyer, first black justice on the Supreme Court of the United
States. Marshall was a tireless advocate for the rights of minorities and the poor.
freedom-of-choice plans
✓ A school integration plan mandating no particular racial balance
✓ a form of government where one ruler, usually a hereditary one, holds political
power
Representative Democracy
✓ a form of government where voters elect representatives to make decisions and pass
laws on behalf of all the people instead of allowing people to vote directly on laws
direct democracy
✓ a form of government where people participate directly in making government
decisions instead of choosing representatives to do this for them
pluralist theory
✓ claims political power rests in the hands of groups of people
Robert Putnam
✓ argued that a decline in social capital has led to a decline in political participation.
Mid-20th century societal changes fueling the decline in social capital: mobility and
urban sprawl; technology and mass media; generational change.
Social Contract
✓ an agreement between people and government in which citizens consent to be
governed so long as the government protects their natural rights
Articles of Confederation
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