Clemson POSC 1010 Exam 1 Study Guide & Practice Questions
McCulloch v. Maryland - (answer)Maryland was trying to tax the national bank and Supreme Court ruled
that federal law was stronger than the state law
Plessy v. Ferguson - (answer)a 1896 Supreme Court decision which legalized state ordered segregation
so long as the facilities for blacks and whites were equal
Brown v. Board of Education - (answer)1954 - The Supreme Court overruled Plessy v. Ferguson, declared
that racially segregated facilities are inherently unequal and ordered all public schools desegregated.
Washington v. Davis - (answer)Court ruling that dealt with job testing and discrimination. DC Cops
Marbury v. Madison - (answer)This case establishes the Supreme Court's power of Judicial Review
Executive Branch checks - (answer)Veto law on legislative, pardon criminals from judicial.
Judicial Branch checks - (answer)On Executive
-can declare acts unconstitutional
-serve for life
On Legislative
-can declare acts unconstitutional
-serve for life
Legislative branch checks - (answer)-creates lower courts (on judicial)
-remove judges through impeachment (on judicial)
-Senate approves/rejects appointed judges (on judicial)
-two-thirds vote to override a veto (on executive)
-remove President through impeachment (on executive)
, Clemson POSC 1010 Exam 1 Study Guide & Practice Questions
Legislative Branch (congress) - (answer)Made up of House and Senate
House of Representatives - (answer)the lower house of Congress, consisting of a different number of
representatives from each state, depending on the population
Elected by popular vote ever 2 years
impeachment
Senate - (answer)the upper house of Congress, consisting of two representatives from each state
6 year terms 1/3 elected every 2 years
30 years old resident for 9 years
Supremacy Clause - (answer)Article VI of the Constitution, which makes the Constitution, national laws,
and treaties supreme over state laws when the national government is acting within its constitutional
limits.
Public Goods - (answer)a commodity or service that is provided without profit to all members of a
society, either by the government or a private individual or organization.
Private Goods - (answer)A good, or service that is individually consumed and that can be profitably
provided by privately owned firms because they can exclude nonpayers from receiving the benefits.
Club Goods - (answer)goods that are excludable but not rival in consumption
Rival Goods - (answer)goods or services characterized by the fact that one person's enjoyment of the
good or service reduces the quantity available for others' enjoyment
Excludable goods - (answer)are those that the consumer must purchase before being able to use them
Securing rights of the people - (answer)Locke
McCulloch v. Maryland - (answer)Maryland was trying to tax the national bank and Supreme Court ruled
that federal law was stronger than the state law
Plessy v. Ferguson - (answer)a 1896 Supreme Court decision which legalized state ordered segregation
so long as the facilities for blacks and whites were equal
Brown v. Board of Education - (answer)1954 - The Supreme Court overruled Plessy v. Ferguson, declared
that racially segregated facilities are inherently unequal and ordered all public schools desegregated.
Washington v. Davis - (answer)Court ruling that dealt with job testing and discrimination. DC Cops
Marbury v. Madison - (answer)This case establishes the Supreme Court's power of Judicial Review
Executive Branch checks - (answer)Veto law on legislative, pardon criminals from judicial.
Judicial Branch checks - (answer)On Executive
-can declare acts unconstitutional
-serve for life
On Legislative
-can declare acts unconstitutional
-serve for life
Legislative branch checks - (answer)-creates lower courts (on judicial)
-remove judges through impeachment (on judicial)
-Senate approves/rejects appointed judges (on judicial)
-two-thirds vote to override a veto (on executive)
-remove President through impeachment (on executive)
, Clemson POSC 1010 Exam 1 Study Guide & Practice Questions
Legislative Branch (congress) - (answer)Made up of House and Senate
House of Representatives - (answer)the lower house of Congress, consisting of a different number of
representatives from each state, depending on the population
Elected by popular vote ever 2 years
impeachment
Senate - (answer)the upper house of Congress, consisting of two representatives from each state
6 year terms 1/3 elected every 2 years
30 years old resident for 9 years
Supremacy Clause - (answer)Article VI of the Constitution, which makes the Constitution, national laws,
and treaties supreme over state laws when the national government is acting within its constitutional
limits.
Public Goods - (answer)a commodity or service that is provided without profit to all members of a
society, either by the government or a private individual or organization.
Private Goods - (answer)A good, or service that is individually consumed and that can be profitably
provided by privately owned firms because they can exclude nonpayers from receiving the benefits.
Club Goods - (answer)goods that are excludable but not rival in consumption
Rival Goods - (answer)goods or services characterized by the fact that one person's enjoyment of the
good or service reduces the quantity available for others' enjoyment
Excludable goods - (answer)are those that the consumer must purchase before being able to use them
Securing rights of the people - (answer)Locke
