PS1 Exam 1 UPDATED QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
Government - CORRECT ANSWER Means by which society organizes itself and allocates
authority to accomplish collective goals and provide benefits that society needs
Democracy - CORRECT ANSWER Political system where people govern themselves,
promotes individuals and freedom to act as one chooses
Politics - CORRECT ANSWER Process of gaining/exercising control within government to set
and achieve goals
John Locke - CORRECT ANSWER Believed that all people have natural rights to life, liberty,
and property. Human being created government, not God
God-given rights - CORRECT ANSWER Life, liberty, and property, also called natural rights
Enumerated Powers - CORRECT ANSWER Great/explicit power to federal government (to
declare war, etc)
Reserved Powers - CORRECT ANSWER Not expressly given to national government, but
intended for states
Devolution - CORRECT ANSWER When the power is gradually decentralized
Bill of attainder - CORRECT ANSWER Legislative action declaring someone guilty without
trail
New federalism - CORRECT ANSWER Premised on idea that decentralization of policies
enhance administrative efficiency
Townshend Act - CORRECT ANSWER A tax that the British Parliament placed on leads, glass,
paint and tea
, Intolerable Acts - CORRECT ANSWER 1774 Also known as the coercive acts. This closed the
Boston Port, appointed most of the government officials, and moved trials out of country
Article II of the Constitution - CORRECT ANSWER This article describes the role and power
of the Executive Branch. The President and Vice President.
Presidential Term limit- - CORRECT ANSWER to a four-year term, with a term limit of two
terms (totaling eight years)
Federalist Papers - CORRECT ANSWER 1787 Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John
Day wrote 85 essays to show the importance of a strong Federal government, they were pro
constitution.
3/5th's Compromise - CORRECT ANSWER Slave states were able to count their free
population including 60% of enslaved.
Stamp Act - CORRECT ANSWER 1765; law that taxed printed goods, including: playing
cards, documents, newspapers, etc.
National problems with the Articles of Confederation - CORRECT ANSWER It created too was
of a national government and it was underfunded
Free exercise clause - CORRECT ANSWER This limits the ability of government to
control/restrict religious practices
Full Faith and credit clause - CORRECT ANSWER Article IV the Full Faith and Credit Clause,
requires every state, as part of a single nation, to give a certain measure of respect to every other
state's laws and institutions
Establishment clause - CORRECT ANSWER Part of the First Amendment stating that
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion." : Financial aid to schools,
School prayer, Engel v Vitale 1962, Abington School District v Schempp 1963;; allowed- pledge of
allegiance, money, school vouchers
CORRECT ANSWERS
Government - CORRECT ANSWER Means by which society organizes itself and allocates
authority to accomplish collective goals and provide benefits that society needs
Democracy - CORRECT ANSWER Political system where people govern themselves,
promotes individuals and freedom to act as one chooses
Politics - CORRECT ANSWER Process of gaining/exercising control within government to set
and achieve goals
John Locke - CORRECT ANSWER Believed that all people have natural rights to life, liberty,
and property. Human being created government, not God
God-given rights - CORRECT ANSWER Life, liberty, and property, also called natural rights
Enumerated Powers - CORRECT ANSWER Great/explicit power to federal government (to
declare war, etc)
Reserved Powers - CORRECT ANSWER Not expressly given to national government, but
intended for states
Devolution - CORRECT ANSWER When the power is gradually decentralized
Bill of attainder - CORRECT ANSWER Legislative action declaring someone guilty without
trail
New federalism - CORRECT ANSWER Premised on idea that decentralization of policies
enhance administrative efficiency
Townshend Act - CORRECT ANSWER A tax that the British Parliament placed on leads, glass,
paint and tea
, Intolerable Acts - CORRECT ANSWER 1774 Also known as the coercive acts. This closed the
Boston Port, appointed most of the government officials, and moved trials out of country
Article II of the Constitution - CORRECT ANSWER This article describes the role and power
of the Executive Branch. The President and Vice President.
Presidential Term limit- - CORRECT ANSWER to a four-year term, with a term limit of two
terms (totaling eight years)
Federalist Papers - CORRECT ANSWER 1787 Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John
Day wrote 85 essays to show the importance of a strong Federal government, they were pro
constitution.
3/5th's Compromise - CORRECT ANSWER Slave states were able to count their free
population including 60% of enslaved.
Stamp Act - CORRECT ANSWER 1765; law that taxed printed goods, including: playing
cards, documents, newspapers, etc.
National problems with the Articles of Confederation - CORRECT ANSWER It created too was
of a national government and it was underfunded
Free exercise clause - CORRECT ANSWER This limits the ability of government to
control/restrict religious practices
Full Faith and credit clause - CORRECT ANSWER Article IV the Full Faith and Credit Clause,
requires every state, as part of a single nation, to give a certain measure of respect to every other
state's laws and institutions
Establishment clause - CORRECT ANSWER Part of the First Amendment stating that
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion." : Financial aid to schools,
School prayer, Engel v Vitale 1962, Abington School District v Schempp 1963;; allowed- pledge of
allegiance, money, school vouchers
