POLS 120 LCC Test One Questions With Explanations Of Answers

The main, overarching mechanism for controlling people's behavior and managing their conflicts is: - correct answers Government The U.S. Congress provided an apology and reparations to which of the following groups? - correct answers Japanese Americans interned during WWII Government is defined as: - correct answers A social institution that controls the behavior of people To control the behavior of its people, government: - correct answers Manages conflict, devises rules and regulations, and establishes order When a government provides for the public good, it: - correct answer creates policies that benefit society as a whole, rather than specific individuals The function of the government to manage and resolve conflict takes place through the process of: - correct answers Politics The process of politics includes: - correct answers Compromise, discussion (conflict), and competition Which of the following is not an example of a service that government in the US makes available for citizens? - correct answers Tax form preparation The Affordable Care Act of 2010, which provides heath care for many of the uninsured, most closely reflects which function of government? - correct answers Provisions of Services Direct democracy exists: - correct answers When people make the political decisions instead of electing representatives to do so Which of the following is an example of direct democracy? - correct answers Referendums and Initiatives The U.S. Government is an example of which democracy? - correct answers Representative Democracy Which of the following demonstrate that the concept of the rule of law has not been applied equally throughout U.S. history? - correct answers Some individuals receive different criminal sentences for the same crime solely based on their race Which of these apply to classical liberalism and classical republicanism, but not the tradition of exclusion? - correct answers Rule of law, market economy, and religious freedom Which of the following doctrines aided in the justification of the exclusion of women from the political system? - correct answers Coverture Race is: - correct answers a social and political construct This was the first main act passed by Parliament on 1764 that many colonists saw as economically oppressive, in that it required them to pay a heavy tariff on raw materials and manufactured products imported from foreign countries. - correct answers Sugar Act Which parliamentary act was the first to impose a direct tax on the colonists? - correct answers tamp Act To protest the Tea Act in 1773, colonists disguised as ____________ boarded ships in Boston Harbor and threw tea chests overboard. - correct answers American Indians How did Parliament respond to the protest of the Boston Tea Party? - correct answers Revoked the Massachusetts colonial charter Which of the following is true? - correct answers American Revolution started in Mass. and before the Declaration of Independence The colonists believed they were being treated unfairly by Britians due to: - correct answers Taxation without representation, removal of power from the colonial governments, and lack of colonial governing power