PLSI 2 Exam 1
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1. Most police power in the US is reserved to the tru
states and carried out by local police officers (T
or F)
2. In the U.S., sovereignty is guaranteed to the people
3. The history of social contracts among English mayflower
speaking people goes back to the
4. The US has which kind of governmental struc- federalism Legislative, executive,
ture? judicial
5. The enumeration of judicial powers can be found Article iii
in which part of the Constitution?
6. The ruling in the Gibbons v Ogden (1824) demon- interstate Commerce - "all commer-
strated ? cial intercourse meaning all busi-
ness dealings; only federal govern-
ment can regulate interstate com-
merce
7. A republican form of government is guaranteed sovereign power rests with the peo-
to the states by the Constitution and is charac- ple, rather than with a king or
terized by monarch
8. The ruling in the McCulloch vs MD (1819) prohib- Tru
ited state taxation of federal government agen-
cies, even if they are private contractors like the
Bank of the United States (T o F)
9. John Locke (later Thomas Jefferson) argued that natural/property rights (life, liberty,
government should be responsible for protect- and property)
ing
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10. A social contract is an agreement between the people of a state and govern-
ment of a state
11. The Declaration of Independence was primarily Thomas Jefferson
authored by
12. According to Robert Dahl, what is politics who governs
13. According to the lecture, the primary author of James Madison
the US constitution was
14. The idea that people existed in a war-like state of Thomas Hobbes
nature where life was "rude, British, and short"
prior to the formation of government, was artic-
ulated by
15. From a Hobbesian perspective, what would be maintaining order
the most important of the functions of govern-
ment?
16. Which of the following is true about the practice all
of Judicial Review?
17. The Federalist papers were primarily authored James Madison, Alexander Hamil-
by ton, and John Jay
18. In determining population for the US House or tru
Rep, slaves were counted as 3.5 of a person (T o
F)
19. Sovereignty is defined as: supreme and final political author-
ity, ultimate political authority rests
with the will of the people
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1. Most police power in the US is reserved to the tru
states and carried out by local police officers (T
or F)
2. In the U.S., sovereignty is guaranteed to the people
3. The history of social contracts among English mayflower
speaking people goes back to the
4. The US has which kind of governmental struc- federalism Legislative, executive,
ture? judicial
5. The enumeration of judicial powers can be found Article iii
in which part of the Constitution?
6. The ruling in the Gibbons v Ogden (1824) demon- interstate Commerce - "all commer-
strated ? cial intercourse meaning all busi-
ness dealings; only federal govern-
ment can regulate interstate com-
merce
7. A republican form of government is guaranteed sovereign power rests with the peo-
to the states by the Constitution and is charac- ple, rather than with a king or
terized by monarch
8. The ruling in the McCulloch vs MD (1819) prohib- Tru
ited state taxation of federal government agen-
cies, even if they are private contractors like the
Bank of the United States (T o F)
9. John Locke (later Thomas Jefferson) argued that natural/property rights (life, liberty,
government should be responsible for protect- and property)
ing
1/6
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10. A social contract is an agreement between the people of a state and govern-
ment of a state
11. The Declaration of Independence was primarily Thomas Jefferson
authored by
12. According to Robert Dahl, what is politics who governs
13. According to the lecture, the primary author of James Madison
the US constitution was
14. The idea that people existed in a war-like state of Thomas Hobbes
nature where life was "rude, British, and short"
prior to the formation of government, was artic-
ulated by
15. From a Hobbesian perspective, what would be maintaining order
the most important of the functions of govern-
ment?
16. Which of the following is true about the practice all
of Judicial Review?
17. The Federalist papers were primarily authored James Madison, Alexander Hamil-
by ton, and John Jay
18. In determining population for the US House or tru
Rep, slaves were counted as 3.5 of a person (T o
F)
19. Sovereignty is defined as: supreme and final political author-
ity, ultimate political authority rests
with the will of the people
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