STRAIGHTERLINE POLS 101 AMERICAN GOVERNMENT GRADED EXAM 1 - APRIL 2022

• POLS101_MH_V4 • Topic 3: Federalism Started on Thursday, April 7, 2022, 9:08 AM State Finished Completed on Thursday, April 7, 2022, 9:49 AM Time taken 41 mins 34 secs Grade 115.00 out of 125.00 (92%) Feedback You’re off to a good start. A course grade of 70% is required to request a transcript. You’ve met that for the first exam already, but if you want to reattempt for a higher grade you can retake this assessment. Study hard for each exam, and consider using tutoring anytime you get stuck. Remember that 10 hours of tutoring are provided to you through your StraighterLine membership. Question 1 Correct 5.00 points out of 5.00 Flag question Question text Which of the following characterizes journalist Walter Lippmann's views on democracy? Select one: a. He felt that well-funded private interest groups and lobbyists had taken the true majoritarian power of democracy away from the voting public. b. He felt that modern democratic government had become an unhealthy, pluralistic enterprise. c. He believed that among forms of government, only democracy could provide a citizen with the ability to be a "progressive being." d. He worried that most citizens are too uninformed to play the role democracy assigns them. e. None of these answers is correct. Question 2 Correct 5.00 points out of 5.00 Flag question Question text According to the Declaration of Independence, governments get their "just powers" from: Select one: a. "God Almighty." b. "the consent of the governed." c. "the various factions." d. "the teachings of Jesus Christ." e. "the benevolence of a just king." Question 3 Correct 5.00 points out of 5.00 Flag question Question text What aspect of America were William Watts and Lloyd Free referring to when they labeled it "the country of individualism par excellence"? Select one: a. the majoritarian nature of the voting and election system b. the ability of any individual to aspire to high political office c. the judicial nature of American politics, in which any individual can challenge powerful interests d. the emphasis that Americans place on economic self-reliance and free markets e. the ability of the individual to join in labor unions and interest groups to pursue his or her political and financial self-interests Question 4 Correct 5.00 points out of 5.00 Flag question Question text French philosopher Michel Foucault referred to politics as:"________." Select one: a. like making sausage b. the burden of citizens c. a means to an end d. war by other means e. a necessary evil Question 5 Incorrect 0.00 points out of 5.00 Flag question Question text The Bill of Rights Select one: a. reduced the restrictiveness of constitutionalism. b. enhanced the powers of the executive. c. further checked the power of the majority. d. enhanced the majoritarian nature of government. e. restricted the power of corporate influence in the government. Question 6 Correct 5.00 points out of 5.00 Flag question Question text Enormous concentrations of wealth and power exist in the U.S. private sector, primarily in the hands of: Select one: a. the largest labor unions. b. elite political families such as the Kennedys and the Bushes. c. middle class Americans. d. small businesses. e. large corporations. Question 7 Correct 5.00 points out of 5.00 Flag question Question text Europeans have a greater acceptance than Americans of Select one: a. tax and social policies that redistribute wealth. b. the strength of the executive branch of government. c. the majoritarian system of government. d. the influence of corporate special interests in the legislative process. e. the influence of corporate money in the election process. Question 8 Correct 5.00 points out of 5.00 Flag question Question text As described in the text, "political thinking" Select one: a. is the reflection of an individual's ideological position when applied to political issues. b. results from an individual allowing personal bias to inform all thoughts about political issues, instead of doing objective learning or research to form an opinion. c. involves the careful gathering and sifting of information in the process of forming a knowledgeable view about a political issue. d. is the result of an individual's attempts to seek out news media that reinforce a pre-existing political bias. e. is a strategy taken by those seeking election to public office in which their publicly stated positions are designed to maximize their attractiveness to the widest voting bloc. Question 9 Correct 5.00 points out of 5.00 Flag question Question text Which of the following is an accurate description of the prevalence of college education in the United States? Select one: a. Among adults twenty-five years of age and older, roughly half are college graduates. b. Among adults twenty-five years of age and older, roughly one in four is a college graduate. c. Every U.S. state has at least twenty colleges or universities within its borders. d. Despite having a much higher rate of colleges and universities per capita than European countries; the U.S. has a lower rate of college graduation per capita. e. Although the U.S. has a lower number of colleges and universities per capita than Europe, it has a much higher rate of college graduation per capita. Question 10 Correct 5.00 points out of 5.00 Flag question Question text Jefferson paraphrased _______ ideas in passages of the Declaration of Independence, including those asserting that “all men are created equal.” Select one: a. King George III’s b. George Washington’s c. John Locke’s d. Alexander Hamilton’s e. Thomas Hobb’s Question 11 Correct 5.00 points out of 5.00 Flag question Question text The writers of the Constitution devised the Electoral College as the method of choosing presidents because: Select one: a. direct election was impractical due to the poor systems of communication and transportation that existed in the late 1700s. b. that method would shield executive power from direct linkage to popular majorities. c. that method guaranteed a majority winner. d. that method would give weight to the preferences of ordinary people. e. the framers had a great deal of faith in the wisdom of the masses. Question 12 Correct 5.00 points out of 5.00 Flag question Question text The direct election of U.S. senators came about due to Select one: a. passage of the Second Amendment. b. political pressure from the Progressives. c. Jeffersonian democracy. d. Jacksonian democracy. e. the fact that state legislators no longer desired to select them. Question 13 Correct 5.00 points out of 5.00 Flag question Question text The term of office for a U.S. senator is ________ years, while that of a member of the U.S. House is ________ years. Select one: a. six; two b. four; two c. six; four d. four; four e. eight; four Question 14 Correct 5.00 points out of 5.00 Flag question Question text The Constitution prevents the government from suspending the writ of habeas corpus, meaning that the government cannot Select one: a. prosecute persons for acts that were legal at the time they were committed. b. establish a state religion based on Christian beliefs. c. enact laws that would legalize the practice of indentured servitude. d. jail a person without a court hearing to determine the legality of his or her imprisonment. e. silence freedom of the press. Question 15 Correct 5.00 points out of 5.00 Flag question Question text Who was serving as chief justice of the Supreme Court when it decided the case of Marbury v. Madison? Select one: a. John Marshall b. Thomas Jefferson c. John Adams d. James Madison e. Edmund Burke Question 16 Correct 5.00 points out of 5.00 Flag question Question text Which of the following aspects of U.S. government might be used as part of an argument that the U.S. is less democratic than some other democracies? Select one: a. the extension of popular direct election to office b. the frequency of election of its larger legislative body c. its extensive reliance on primary elections d. the frequency of election of its chief executive e. its staggered terms of office of members of the legislature Question 17 Correct 5.00 points out of 5.00 Flag question Question text The type of government created in the United States in 1787 can be called: Select one: a. a pure democracy b. an oligarchy c. a constitutional democratic republic d. a theocracy e. a representative constitution Question 18 Correct 5.00 points out of 5.00 Flag question Question text A federal system is one where Select one: a. constitutional authority is centralized in a national government. b. constitutional authority is decentralized, only residing in state governments. c. constitutional authority is divided between a national government and state governments. d. constitutional authority is unlimited. e. constitutional authority is divided between multiple branches of the national government. Question 19 Incorrect 0.00 points out of 5.00 Flag question Question text ________ opposed the ratification of the U.S. Constitution. Select one: a. George Washington b. Patrick Henry c. James Madison d. Benjamin Franklin e. John Adams Question 20 Correct 5.00 points out of 5.00 Flag question Question text McCulloch v. Maryland Select one: a. ruled in favor of state-centered federalism. b. asserted that the necessary and proper clause was a restriction on the power of the national government. c. affirmed that national law is supreme to conflicting state law. d. established the Supreme Court's power to judge constitutional issues. e. allowed for a narrow reading of the Constitution. Question 21 Correct 5.00 points out of 5.00 Flag question Question text The American political system is a ________ in which constitutional authority is divided between a national government and state governments. Select one: a. confederal system b. unitary system c. federal system d. statewide system e. sovereign system Question 22 Correct 5.00 points out of 5.00 Flag question Question text At the worst depths of the Great Depression, approximately ________ percent of workers were unemployed. Select one: a. 10 b. 15 c. 25 d. 40 e. 60 Question 23 Correct 5.00 points out of 5.00 Flag question Question text While the Fourteenth Amendment was intended to protect the newly freed slaves from discriminatory action by state governments, it was also used to Select one: a. increase taxes on African American businesses. b. regulate interstate commerce. c. protect businesses from state regulation. d. pass the Sherman Antitrust Act (1890). e. limit the Federal government’s regulatory power over commerce. Question 24 Correct 5.00 points out of 5.00 Flag question Question text The expansion of the power of the federal government and its ability to spur the national economy occurred under Select one: a. Herbert Hoover b. Abraham Lincoln c. Franklin D. Roosevelt d. Andrew Jackson e. Teddy Roosevelt Question 25 Correct 5.00 points out of 5.00 Flag question Question text In Lochner v. New York (1905), the Supreme Court ruled that Select one: a. the doctrine of separate but equal was constitutional. b. state regulation of labor practices violated firms' property rights. c. the Fourth Amendment did not apply to interstate commerce. d. factory practices could only be regulated by the states. e. factory practices could only be regulated by the federal government.