POLS-2301 Final Exam Review Dr.
Easterly Lamar University
What is one of the biggest problems with federal block grants? - ✔️✔️There is a need
to be sure that the states are following the precise regulations established by the federal
government.
Which state's health care law became the template for the 2010 Affordable Care Act? -
✔️✔️Massachusetts
How many states have legal or constitutional provisions requiring that their proposed
budgets are balanced? - ✔️✔️49
Which of the following statements about state and federal budgets is the MOST
accurate? - ✔️✔️The vast majority of state governments must balance their budgets,
but the federal government is allowed to run budget deficits.
Which of the following statements best summarizes Presidents Herbert Hoover's views
on federal action during the Great Depression? - ✔️✔️The federal government could
do little to alleviate the misery caused by the depression and state and local
governments should be responsible for responding to the crisis
Although __________ percent of the population was of African descent at the time of
the Founding, only about _________ percent of this group was free from slavery -
✔️✔️20, 1.5
A representative democracy is a system of government that - ✔️✔️gives citizens a
regular opportunity to elect top government officials.
Americans have generally tolerated great differences among rich and poor citizens
because - ✔️✔️mobility is possible and based on their efforts
The fact that the tax code in the United States is more advantageous to wealthy citizens
than that of almost any other western nation supports the claim that Americans -
✔️✔️generally tolerate economic inequality
Approximately ___________ percent of Americans can correctly identify all three
branches of the federal government - ✔️✔️30%
, When drafting the Texas Constitution of 1876, the framers wanted to create a
government based on which of the following principles? - ✔️✔️the necessity of strong
limitations on the authority of state officials
Discussion of the judicial department is in Article _______ of the Texas Constitution. -
✔️✔️5
Who were the Radical Republicans - ✔️✔️supported blacks, no confederate leaders
_________ dominated the secession convention of 1861 - ✔️✔️Lawyers and
slaveholders
Texas became an independent republic in ___________ and became part of the United
States in ___________ - ✔️✔️1836; 1845
Which of the following was part of the annexation agreement between Texas and the
United States? - ✔️✔️Texas could keep public lands, U.S. Congress would not accept
those in exchange for payment of debt; We can divide into a total number of 4 states; 5
including Texas
The U.S House of Representatives was designed to - ✔️✔️Ensure majority rights
The Bill of Rights was designed to protect - ✔️✔️liberty
The 9/11, terrorist attacks ___________ Americans' trust in government -
✔️✔️increased
Thinking about the constitutions of Texas and the United States, both are based upon
which fundamental idea? - ✔️✔️political power is derived from the people
The Texas Constitution requires which of the following for amending the state
constitution? - ✔️✔️a two-thirds vote in both houses of the state legislature and a
majority vote from the voters of Texas
Currently, how many states allow guns to be carried on college campuses? - ✔️✔️10
In a decision on the Affordable Care Act, the supreme court ruled that - ✔️✔️the
supreme court upheld all of the affordable care act except the requirement that states
expanding medicaid
Gibbons v. Ogden (1824) was important because it - ✔️✔️reinforced a nationalistic
interpretation of the constitution because it defined the power to regulate interstate
Easterly Lamar University
What is one of the biggest problems with federal block grants? - ✔️✔️There is a need
to be sure that the states are following the precise regulations established by the federal
government.
Which state's health care law became the template for the 2010 Affordable Care Act? -
✔️✔️Massachusetts
How many states have legal or constitutional provisions requiring that their proposed
budgets are balanced? - ✔️✔️49
Which of the following statements about state and federal budgets is the MOST
accurate? - ✔️✔️The vast majority of state governments must balance their budgets,
but the federal government is allowed to run budget deficits.
Which of the following statements best summarizes Presidents Herbert Hoover's views
on federal action during the Great Depression? - ✔️✔️The federal government could
do little to alleviate the misery caused by the depression and state and local
governments should be responsible for responding to the crisis
Although __________ percent of the population was of African descent at the time of
the Founding, only about _________ percent of this group was free from slavery -
✔️✔️20, 1.5
A representative democracy is a system of government that - ✔️✔️gives citizens a
regular opportunity to elect top government officials.
Americans have generally tolerated great differences among rich and poor citizens
because - ✔️✔️mobility is possible and based on their efforts
The fact that the tax code in the United States is more advantageous to wealthy citizens
than that of almost any other western nation supports the claim that Americans -
✔️✔️generally tolerate economic inequality
Approximately ___________ percent of Americans can correctly identify all three
branches of the federal government - ✔️✔️30%
, When drafting the Texas Constitution of 1876, the framers wanted to create a
government based on which of the following principles? - ✔️✔️the necessity of strong
limitations on the authority of state officials
Discussion of the judicial department is in Article _______ of the Texas Constitution. -
✔️✔️5
Who were the Radical Republicans - ✔️✔️supported blacks, no confederate leaders
_________ dominated the secession convention of 1861 - ✔️✔️Lawyers and
slaveholders
Texas became an independent republic in ___________ and became part of the United
States in ___________ - ✔️✔️1836; 1845
Which of the following was part of the annexation agreement between Texas and the
United States? - ✔️✔️Texas could keep public lands, U.S. Congress would not accept
those in exchange for payment of debt; We can divide into a total number of 4 states; 5
including Texas
The U.S House of Representatives was designed to - ✔️✔️Ensure majority rights
The Bill of Rights was designed to protect - ✔️✔️liberty
The 9/11, terrorist attacks ___________ Americans' trust in government -
✔️✔️increased
Thinking about the constitutions of Texas and the United States, both are based upon
which fundamental idea? - ✔️✔️political power is derived from the people
The Texas Constitution requires which of the following for amending the state
constitution? - ✔️✔️a two-thirds vote in both houses of the state legislature and a
majority vote from the voters of Texas
Currently, how many states allow guns to be carried on college campuses? - ✔️✔️10
In a decision on the Affordable Care Act, the supreme court ruled that - ✔️✔️the
supreme court upheld all of the affordable care act except the requirement that states
expanding medicaid
Gibbons v. Ogden (1824) was important because it - ✔️✔️reinforced a nationalistic
interpretation of the constitution because it defined the power to regulate interstate
