POLS 2302 - Intro to American Gov. II Exam 1 Questions With Correct Answers.

POLS 2302 - Intro to American Gov. II Exam
1 Questions With Correct Answers


American political culture - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-is the set of
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attitudes, beliefs, and sentiments which give order and meaning to a
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political process and which provide the underlying assumptions and
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rules that govern behavior in the political system. It encompasses both
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the political ideals and the operating norms of a polity.
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liberty - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Freedom from government control
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personal freedom - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Freedom from government
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control


economic freedom - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-involves the rights of
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Americans to enjoy the fruits of ones labor (linked to capitalism, free
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markets, and the protection of private property).
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political equality - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-idea that members of the
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American political community have the right to participate in politics on
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equal terms.
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,economic equality - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-implies that each person
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should have have a fair chance to go as far as his or her talents will
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allow.


Democracy - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a form of government where the
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political power rests in the hands of people.
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political efficacy - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The belief that one's political
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participation really matters - that one's vote can actually make a
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difference


Articles of Confederation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the first basis for the
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new nations government; adopted in 1781; created an alliance of
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sovereign states held together by a weak central government.
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Shay's Rebellion - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Rebellion led by Daniel Shays
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of farmers in western Massachusetts in 1786-1787, protesting mortgage
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|foreclosures. It highlighted the need for a strong national government
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just as the call for the Constitutional Convention went out.
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Federalists - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-favored a strong national
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government

, Anti-Federalists - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-favored stronge state
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governments, and were wary of powerful national government.
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"auxiliary precautions" - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Structure in the
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government to make it more difficult for power to become concentrated
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in any one group's hands, seen by the Founders as a backup system to
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virtue.


seperation of powers - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-dividing the powers of
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government among the executive, legislative, and judicial branches
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Federalism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a form of government in which
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power is divided between the federal, or national, government and the
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states


"power map" - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-an add-in the presents data
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geographically on a virtual 3-D globe. visualization tool for charting data
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against a virtual globe
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Article 1 of the Constitution - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Legislative Branch
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Article 2 of the Constitution - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Section of the
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Constitution laying out powers and responsibilities of the Executive
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Branch