POLI 2051 Midterm Exam Questions Correct Answers New Update (A+ Pass)
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POLI 2051 Midterm Exam Questions Correct Answers New Update (A+ Pass)
A law passed by Congress and the adoption of a regulation by an agency are examples of which of the following? - Answers - public policies
Free speech and a free press are essential to which principle of traditional democra...
POLI 2051 Midterm Exam Questions
Correct Answers New Update (A+
Pass)
A law passed by Congress and the adoption of a regulation by an agency are examples
of which of the following? - Answers -✔✔ public policies
Free speech and a free press are essential to which principle of traditional democratic
theory? - Answers -✔✔ enlightened understanding
The U.S. preference for __________ economic policies helps to explain why we have a
smaller and more limited government than do most other advanced industrialized
countries. - Answers -✔✔ laissez-faire
The ways in which people get involved in politics make up their political __________. -
Answers -✔✔ participation
What best describes a linkage institution? - Answers -✔✔ a channel through which
people's concerns become part of the political agenda
What condition occurs when interests conflict and no coalition is strong enough to form
a majority and establish policy, yet each may be strong enough to thwart the will of the
others? - Answers -✔✔ policy gridlock
What determines whom we select as our governmental leaders and what policies these
leaders pursue? - Answers -✔✔ politics
What kind of public policy involves the legislative enactment of taxes and expenditures?
- Answers -✔✔ budgetary choice
What makes up the government's policy agenda? - Answers -✔✔ the issues that attract
the serious attention of public officials and other political actors
What most closely exemplifies equality in voting? - Answers -✔✔ one person, one vote
Which theory argues that special interest groups have essentially become sovereign,
and the government is merely their servant? - Answers -✔✔ hyperpluralism
Who is at the center of all theories of elitism? - Answers -✔✔ big business
, (2)In Federalist 10, who wrote, "The most common and durable source of factions has
been the various and unequal distribution of property"? - Answers -✔✔ James Madison
John Locke's belief that government derives its authority from the people influenced the
Declaration of Independence, which says, "Governments are instituted among men,
deriving their just powers from _______________. - Answers -✔✔ the consent of the
governed
The Articles of Confederation required __________ consent from the states for
ratification. - Answers -✔✔ unanimous
The meaning of the Constitution can change through __________. - Answers -✔✔
judicial interpretation
What did the Connecticut Compromise help to establish? - Answers -✔✔ the Senate
and the House of Representatives
What is the name given to the rights that are inherent in all human beings and not
dependent on government? - Answers -✔✔ natural rights
What was a fear of the Anti-Federalists during the Constitutional Convention and
subsequent debate? - Answers -✔✔ that a strong national government would infringe
on the rights of the states
Which constitutional plan called for representation in Congress to be based on state
population? - Answers -✔✔ Virginia Plan
Which of the following accurately describes the Constitutional Convention? - Answers -
✔✔ A disproportionate number of delegates were economic elites.
Which of the following most directly protects individuals' civil liberties? - Answers -✔✔
the Bill of Rights
Which of the following were most likely to oppose the proposed Constitution? - Answers
-✔✔ small farmers
While working on the Constitution, what aspect of the new government most concerned
James Madison? - Answers -✔✔ tyranny of the majority
(3)How does federalism contribute to democracy? - Answers -✔✔ It increases citizens'
access to government.
The Constitution says that states are required to return a person charged with a crime in
another state to that state for trial or imprisonment, a practice called __________. -
Answers -✔✔ extradition
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