PSCI 2306 EXAM 2 UNT | QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
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advice and consent Answer - Terms in the Constitution describing the U.S.
Senate's power to review and approve treaties and presidential appointments.
agenda setting Answer - Determining which public-policy questions will be
debated or considered.
Alexander Hamilton Answer - 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.
Amendment V Answer - due process, double jeopardy, self-incrimination and
private property
Amendment X Answer - The powers not delegated to the United States by the
Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states
respectively, or to the people.
Amendment XIII Answer - abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except
as punishment for a crime
Amendment XIV Answer - Requires states to provide to its citizens equal
protection of the law
Amendment XVI Answer - the amendment made income tax constitutional
,Article I Answer - Legislative Branch
Article II Answer - Executive Branch
bicameral Answer - A legislature consisting of two parts, or houses
Bill of Rights Answer - Added AFTER the Constitutional Convention; created to
gain support of anti-Federalists; guaranteed rights of individuals
Block grants Answer - Federal grants given more or less automatically to states
or communities to support broad programs in areas such as community
development and social services
bureaucracy Answer - a system of government in which most of the important
decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives
categorical grants Answer - Federal grants for specific purposes, such as
building an airport
caucus Answer - A meeting of local party members to choose party officials or
candidates for public office and to decide the platform.
closed rule Answer - A procedural rule in the House of Representatives that
prohibits any amendments to bills or provides that only members of the
committee reporting the bill may offer amendments.
Coat tails Answer - popular candidates that carry less popular ones into office
, Commerce Clause Answer - The clause in the Constitution (Article I, Section 8,
Clause 1) that gives Congress the power to regulate all business activities that
cross state lines or affect more than one state or other nations.
Compound Republic Answer - power divided between national and state
government power from people (US)
Conference Committee Answer - particular bill passed by each in different
form.
A special joint committee appointed to reconcile differences when bills pass
the two chambers of Congress in different forms.
Cooperative Federalism Answer - A system of government in which powers
and policy assignments are shared between states and the national
government. They may also share costs, administration, and even blame for
programs that work poorly.
De facto Answer - actual or effective, esp. when without legal authority; in fact
De jure Answer - segregation by law
Devolution Answer - The process whereby regions within a state demand and
gain political strength and growing autonomy at the expense of the central
government.
Diversity of Faculties Answer - in federalist 10, james madison argues that
every society will have an unequal distribution of property due to natural
human differences in each individual that he calls:
LATEST UPDATE | WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION
advice and consent Answer - Terms in the Constitution describing the U.S.
Senate's power to review and approve treaties and presidential appointments.
agenda setting Answer - Determining which public-policy questions will be
debated or considered.
Alexander Hamilton Answer - 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.
Amendment V Answer - due process, double jeopardy, self-incrimination and
private property
Amendment X Answer - The powers not delegated to the United States by the
Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states
respectively, or to the people.
Amendment XIII Answer - abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except
as punishment for a crime
Amendment XIV Answer - Requires states to provide to its citizens equal
protection of the law
Amendment XVI Answer - the amendment made income tax constitutional
,Article I Answer - Legislative Branch
Article II Answer - Executive Branch
bicameral Answer - A legislature consisting of two parts, or houses
Bill of Rights Answer - Added AFTER the Constitutional Convention; created to
gain support of anti-Federalists; guaranteed rights of individuals
Block grants Answer - Federal grants given more or less automatically to states
or communities to support broad programs in areas such as community
development and social services
bureaucracy Answer - a system of government in which most of the important
decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives
categorical grants Answer - Federal grants for specific purposes, such as
building an airport
caucus Answer - A meeting of local party members to choose party officials or
candidates for public office and to decide the platform.
closed rule Answer - A procedural rule in the House of Representatives that
prohibits any amendments to bills or provides that only members of the
committee reporting the bill may offer amendments.
Coat tails Answer - popular candidates that carry less popular ones into office
, Commerce Clause Answer - The clause in the Constitution (Article I, Section 8,
Clause 1) that gives Congress the power to regulate all business activities that
cross state lines or affect more than one state or other nations.
Compound Republic Answer - power divided between national and state
government power from people (US)
Conference Committee Answer - particular bill passed by each in different
form.
A special joint committee appointed to reconcile differences when bills pass
the two chambers of Congress in different forms.
Cooperative Federalism Answer - A system of government in which powers
and policy assignments are shared between states and the national
government. They may also share costs, administration, and even blame for
programs that work poorly.
De facto Answer - actual or effective, esp. when without legal authority; in fact
De jure Answer - segregation by law
Devolution Answer - The process whereby regions within a state demand and
gain political strength and growing autonomy at the expense of the central
government.
Diversity of Faculties Answer - in federalist 10, james madison argues that
every society will have an unequal distribution of property due to natural
human differences in each individual that he calls:
