SDSU CAL GOV PRACTICE SOLUTION SET
2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GUARANTEED TO PASS
●● Laissez Faire Capitalism.
Answer: Hands off government, no regulation
●● Subsidy.
Answer: Money given by government to organization; incentive
●● Wright Act.
Answer: Formation of local water irrigation districts
●● Earl Warren.
Answer: Cal Gov, 3 terms, Supreme Court Justice (by Eisenhower)
●● Earl Warren presided over.....
Answer: Brown vs. Board of Education
●● What result from cross filing?.
Answer: Allowed candidates to run as Democrat and Republican
,●● What programs did Regan cut?.
Answer: Welfare, higher education, and mental health
●● How many times was the California Constitution amended?.
Answer: Over 500 times
●● What caused term limits?.
Answer: Mistrust of politicians and voters who elected them
●● What is Prop 140?.
Answer: 'Limits on Terms of Office, Legislators' Retirement, Legislative
Operating Costs Amendment': Term Limits
●● What is Prop 13?.
Answer: 'People's Initiative to Limit Property Taxation': Lowering
property taxes
●● What did some public school teachers resist signing?.
Answer: The loyalty oath
●● Only successful recall.
Answer: Governor Davis
,●● The Loyalty Oath.
Answer: Defend US Constitution and CA Constitution; controversial
because some don't want to bear arms
●● How does the state constitution protect public school teachers'
salaries?.
Answer: Min of $2,400 annually
●● What happened during the energy crisis?.
Answer: Electrical prices when up, gaps in electrical service
●● Direct primaries.
Answer: Voters themselves nominate candidates
●● DREAM Act.
Answer: Development/Relief and Educations for Alien Minors
●● What happens when there is a vacancy in the Supreme Court, Courts
of Appeal, or Superior Court?.
Answer: Governor appoints them
●● Special Interest Groups.
, Answer: People seeking special advantages through lobbying
●● # of terms of assembly members.
Answer: three -2 year terms; 6 terms max
●● Primary Elections.
Answer: Voters choose party nominees to run for office
●● # of California counties.
Answer: 58
●● Who is the Governor?.
Answer: Jerry Brown, since 2011
●● What is the lower house in CA?.
Answer: The Assembly (80 members)
●● What did policymakers learn under new federalism?.
Answer: Develop programs and revenue sources independent of the
federal policy
●● What are revenue sources? (6).
2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GUARANTEED TO PASS
●● Laissez Faire Capitalism.
Answer: Hands off government, no regulation
●● Subsidy.
Answer: Money given by government to organization; incentive
●● Wright Act.
Answer: Formation of local water irrigation districts
●● Earl Warren.
Answer: Cal Gov, 3 terms, Supreme Court Justice (by Eisenhower)
●● Earl Warren presided over.....
Answer: Brown vs. Board of Education
●● What result from cross filing?.
Answer: Allowed candidates to run as Democrat and Republican
,●● What programs did Regan cut?.
Answer: Welfare, higher education, and mental health
●● How many times was the California Constitution amended?.
Answer: Over 500 times
●● What caused term limits?.
Answer: Mistrust of politicians and voters who elected them
●● What is Prop 140?.
Answer: 'Limits on Terms of Office, Legislators' Retirement, Legislative
Operating Costs Amendment': Term Limits
●● What is Prop 13?.
Answer: 'People's Initiative to Limit Property Taxation': Lowering
property taxes
●● What did some public school teachers resist signing?.
Answer: The loyalty oath
●● Only successful recall.
Answer: Governor Davis
,●● The Loyalty Oath.
Answer: Defend US Constitution and CA Constitution; controversial
because some don't want to bear arms
●● How does the state constitution protect public school teachers'
salaries?.
Answer: Min of $2,400 annually
●● What happened during the energy crisis?.
Answer: Electrical prices when up, gaps in electrical service
●● Direct primaries.
Answer: Voters themselves nominate candidates
●● DREAM Act.
Answer: Development/Relief and Educations for Alien Minors
●● What happens when there is a vacancy in the Supreme Court, Courts
of Appeal, or Superior Court?.
Answer: Governor appoints them
●● Special Interest Groups.
, Answer: People seeking special advantages through lobbying
●● # of terms of assembly members.
Answer: three -2 year terms; 6 terms max
●● Primary Elections.
Answer: Voters choose party nominees to run for office
●● # of California counties.
Answer: 58
●● Who is the Governor?.
Answer: Jerry Brown, since 2011
●● What is the lower house in CA?.
Answer: The Assembly (80 members)
●● What did policymakers learn under new federalism?.
Answer: Develop programs and revenue sources independent of the
federal policy
●● What are revenue sources? (6).
