PLSI 2- Exam 1
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1. Most police power in the U.S. is True
reserved to the states (and car-
ried out by local police officers
T or F)
2. In the U.S., sovereignty is guar- The people
anteed to?
3. The history of social contracts Mayflower
among English speaking peo-
ple goes back to the?
4. The U.S. has which kind of gov- Constitutional Federal (Democratic ) republic
ernmental structure?
5. The enumeration of judicial Article III Section I, II
powers can be found in which
part of the Constitution?
6. The ruling in the Gibbons v. Og- Established the principle that states cannot pass laws that
den (1824) demonstrated? interfere with the power of Congress to regulate interstate
commerce. This power greatly strengthened federal power
(over state power). This decision gave the Federal Govern-
ment (Congress) the green light to regulate ANYTHING hav-
ing to do with INTERSTATE COMMERCE.
7. A Republican form of govern- Sovereign power rests with the people, rather than a king or
ment is guaranteed to the monarch
states by the Constitution and is
characterized by?
8. The ruling in McCulloch vs. MD True
(1819) prohibited state taxation
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of federal government agen-
cies, even if they are private
contractors, like the Bank of the
United States (T or F)
9. John Locke (and later Thomas John Locke's ideas of natural rights, life, liberty, and property,
Jefferson) argued that govern- and they people's right to overthrow the government if they
ment should be responsible for did not uphold those rights.
protecting?
10. A social contract is an agree- The people and their leaders in which the people agree to
ment between? give up some liberties so that their other liberties are pro-
tected.
11. The Declaration of Indepen- Thomas Jefferson
dence was primarily authorized
by?
12. According to Robert Dahl, what The process that determines the authoritative allocation of
is politics? values.
13. The primary author of the U.S. James Madison
Constitution was?
14. The idea that people existed Thomas Hobbs
in a war-like state of nature
where life was, "rude, brutish,
and short" prior to the forma-
tion of government, was articu-
lated by?
15. Establishing prisons to hold criminals and reduce crime/
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1. Most police power in the U.S. is True
reserved to the states (and car-
ried out by local police officers
T or F)
2. In the U.S., sovereignty is guar- The people
anteed to?
3. The history of social contracts Mayflower
among English speaking peo-
ple goes back to the?
4. The U.S. has which kind of gov- Constitutional Federal (Democratic ) republic
ernmental structure?
5. The enumeration of judicial Article III Section I, II
powers can be found in which
part of the Constitution?
6. The ruling in the Gibbons v. Og- Established the principle that states cannot pass laws that
den (1824) demonstrated? interfere with the power of Congress to regulate interstate
commerce. This power greatly strengthened federal power
(over state power). This decision gave the Federal Govern-
ment (Congress) the green light to regulate ANYTHING hav-
ing to do with INTERSTATE COMMERCE.
7. A Republican form of govern- Sovereign power rests with the people, rather than a king or
ment is guaranteed to the monarch
states by the Constitution and is
characterized by?
8. The ruling in McCulloch vs. MD True
(1819) prohibited state taxation
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of federal government agen-
cies, even if they are private
contractors, like the Bank of the
United States (T or F)
9. John Locke (and later Thomas John Locke's ideas of natural rights, life, liberty, and property,
Jefferson) argued that govern- and they people's right to overthrow the government if they
ment should be responsible for did not uphold those rights.
protecting?
10. A social contract is an agree- The people and their leaders in which the people agree to
ment between? give up some liberties so that their other liberties are pro-
tected.
11. The Declaration of Indepen- Thomas Jefferson
dence was primarily authorized
by?
12. According to Robert Dahl, what The process that determines the authoritative allocation of
is politics? values.
13. The primary author of the U.S. James Madison
Constitution was?
14. The idea that people existed Thomas Hobbs
in a war-like state of nature
where life was, "rude, brutish,
and short" prior to the forma-
tion of government, was articu-
lated by?
15. Establishing prisons to hold criminals and reduce crime/
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