WGU C963 American Politics Exam |
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Which branch of government has the primary role of interpreting the
Constitution?
- Correct Answer - The courts
How is the Supremacy Clause connected to the power of the courts?
- Correct Answer - The Supremacy Clause asserts that the Constitution is
the highest law in the land and courts may need to interpret the meaning of
the Constitution to resolve a case.
How was the Necessary and Proper Clause used to expand the powers of
the federal government?
- Correct Answer - The Necessary and Proper Clause provided the
federal government with powers not stated in the Constitution.
Why are the cases McCulloch v. Maryland and Gibbons v. Ogden important
to the development of the American Federalist system?
- Correct Answer - Both cases helped to increase the powers of the
federal government.
,Both cases explained specific expressed powers of the federal
government.
Which clauses did the Supreme Court use In McCulloch v. Maryland, to
expand the power of the federal government?
- Correct Answer - Supremacy Clause and Necessary and Proper Clause
How did the Supreme Court interpret the Necessary and Proper Clause in
McCulloch v. Maryland?
- Correct Answer - It recognized that Congress could create a national
bank even though it did not have an enumerated power to do so.
How does the district method for distribution of electoral votes differ from
the winner-take-all method?
- Correct Answer - It allocates two electoral votes to the winner of a
state's popular vote and It allocates one electoral vote to the popular vote
winner of each congressional district.
What happens if no candidate for president receives a majority of the
electoral vote?
- Correct Answer - The House of Representatives is called upon to
choose who will be president.
,What determines the outcome of presidential elections?
- Correct Answer - Swing states and Electoral Votes
What must a candidate win when seeking a state's electoral votes?
- Correct Answer - A candidate must win a plurality of the state's popular
vote.
Which are true regarding presidential electors?
- Correct Answer - Pledged to support the candidate or political party that
nominated them and Nominated by the candidates or political parties.
What influences presidential campaign strategies?
- Correct Answer - Which states a campaign feels it might win, Which
states a campaign is certain it will win, Which states a campaign is certain
to lose in the election.
Which president received fewer popular votes but won the Electoral
College?
- Correct Answer - George W. Bush, who won over Al Gore
, How is a president selected if no one receives a majority vote in the
Electoral College?
- Correct Answer - The choice goes to the House of Representatives to
determine who of the top three finishers will be elected with each state
having one vote.
What is one advantage of the Electoral College system?
- Correct Answer - The Electoral College system, with its runoff procedure,
has always worked.
Which is an example of an interest group that follows an electoral strategy
for making campaign contributions?
- Correct Answer - An interest group gives to a candidate who is a firm
believer in the group's cause to try to push the candidate over the top to
victory, thereby avoiding the need for much direct lobbying.
Suppose a fundraiser went out and asked several of her friends to
contribute to a political candidate. Instead of collecting the money and
writing a single check herself, she has her friends all make their checks out
directly to the candidate but delivers all the checks to the candidate herself,
in one package. What is this fundraising tactic?
- Correct Answer - Bundling
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