POLS 2302 BOARD EVALUATION 2026
GUARANTEED PASS ANSWERS GRADED A+
● liberty. Answer: the power or scope to act as one pleases
● democracy. Answer: a political system in which people govern
themselves
● political efficacy. Answer: the belief that you make a difference and
that government cares about you and your views
● Articles of Confederation. Answer: the first basis for the new nation's
government, adopted in 1781, created an alliance of sovereign states
held together by a weak central government
● Shay's Rebellion. Answer: an armed uprising in Massachusetts in
opposition to increased government coercion in taxing individuals and in
their trades
● Federalists. Answer: those who supported ratification of the
Constitution
● Anti-Federalists. Answer: those who did not support ratification of the
Constitution
, ● "auxiliary precautions". Answer: checks and balances
● separation of powers. Answer: the sharing of powers among three
separate branches of government
● federalism. Answer: an institutional arrangement that creates two
relatively autonomous levels of government, each possessing the
capacity to act directly on the people with authority granted by the
national constitution
● "power map". Answer: an outline of the structure and powers of the
three branches of government. Articles
● Articles I, II, III, V, VI. Answer: I:Legislative branch-creates law
II:Executive branch-enforces law III:Judicial branch-interprets law
V:Amendments VI:Supremacy clause VI:Ratification
● Bill of Rights. Answer: First ten amendments added to the
constitution, designed to protect fundamental rights and liberties
● Alexander Hamilton. Answer: Founding father and author of the
Federalist Papers
GUARANTEED PASS ANSWERS GRADED A+
● liberty. Answer: the power or scope to act as one pleases
● democracy. Answer: a political system in which people govern
themselves
● political efficacy. Answer: the belief that you make a difference and
that government cares about you and your views
● Articles of Confederation. Answer: the first basis for the new nation's
government, adopted in 1781, created an alliance of sovereign states
held together by a weak central government
● Shay's Rebellion. Answer: an armed uprising in Massachusetts in
opposition to increased government coercion in taxing individuals and in
their trades
● Federalists. Answer: those who supported ratification of the
Constitution
● Anti-Federalists. Answer: those who did not support ratification of the
Constitution
, ● "auxiliary precautions". Answer: checks and balances
● separation of powers. Answer: the sharing of powers among three
separate branches of government
● federalism. Answer: an institutional arrangement that creates two
relatively autonomous levels of government, each possessing the
capacity to act directly on the people with authority granted by the
national constitution
● "power map". Answer: an outline of the structure and powers of the
three branches of government. Articles
● Articles I, II, III, V, VI. Answer: I:Legislative branch-creates law
II:Executive branch-enforces law III:Judicial branch-interprets law
V:Amendments VI:Supremacy clause VI:Ratification
● Bill of Rights. Answer: First ten amendments added to the
constitution, designed to protect fundamental rights and liberties
● Alexander Hamilton. Answer: Founding father and author of the
Federalist Papers
