POLS-1101 American Government Final Exam |50
Questions and Answers
1. A representative democracy is also called a: - -C. Republic
-2. The concept that we need government to protect us from our own selfish, evil natures is
associated with the ideas of the English philosopher: - -B. Lock
-3. A bicameral legislature: - -B. Two houses
-4. Like most of the framers of the Constitution, James Madison and Alexander Hamilton
were: - -C. very well educated, and both political thinkers and philosophers
-5. The division of government in the Constitution between three branches of government
was intended to prevent what the founders thought was the county's greatest danger. What
was this danger? - -C. power concentrated in one place
-6. The Constitution divides powers between 3 branches of government. No one branch
can dominate the government. This is known as the system of: - -C. checks and balances
-7. The case of Marbury v. Madison is cited as 1 Cranch 137 (1803). The "137" stands for
the: - -D. page number
-8. Dual Federalism is the view that in the federal system: - -B. the power of each level of
government is limited to its own sphere
-9. The full faith and credit clause of the Constitution requires the states to honor each
other's legal decisions. An exception to this has been stated do not always recognize each
other's: - -D. divorce and child support decrees
-10. Sovereign immunity refers to the old tradition that a citizen cannot: - -A. sue the
government for damages
-11. Congress got all the states to adopt a 21-year age limit on drinking by: - -C. the threat
of cutting grants of highway funds
-12. A Block Grant offers to a state government money to be spent: - -A. any way the state
wants to
-13. The greatest problem with federalism is: - -A. the confusion of laws and governments
-14. A major source of the ideas in the American Bill of Rights (the first ten amendments to
the U.S. Constitution) was: - -A. The British Bill of Rights of 1689
Questions and Answers
1. A representative democracy is also called a: - -C. Republic
-2. The concept that we need government to protect us from our own selfish, evil natures is
associated with the ideas of the English philosopher: - -B. Lock
-3. A bicameral legislature: - -B. Two houses
-4. Like most of the framers of the Constitution, James Madison and Alexander Hamilton
were: - -C. very well educated, and both political thinkers and philosophers
-5. The division of government in the Constitution between three branches of government
was intended to prevent what the founders thought was the county's greatest danger. What
was this danger? - -C. power concentrated in one place
-6. The Constitution divides powers between 3 branches of government. No one branch
can dominate the government. This is known as the system of: - -C. checks and balances
-7. The case of Marbury v. Madison is cited as 1 Cranch 137 (1803). The "137" stands for
the: - -D. page number
-8. Dual Federalism is the view that in the federal system: - -B. the power of each level of
government is limited to its own sphere
-9. The full faith and credit clause of the Constitution requires the states to honor each
other's legal decisions. An exception to this has been stated do not always recognize each
other's: - -D. divorce and child support decrees
-10. Sovereign immunity refers to the old tradition that a citizen cannot: - -A. sue the
government for damages
-11. Congress got all the states to adopt a 21-year age limit on drinking by: - -C. the threat
of cutting grants of highway funds
-12. A Block Grant offers to a state government money to be spent: - -A. any way the state
wants to
-13. The greatest problem with federalism is: - -A. the confusion of laws and governments
-14. A major source of the ideas in the American Bill of Rights (the first ten amendments to
the U.S. Constitution) was: - -A. The British Bill of Rights of 1689
