CLEP Exam - American
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Type of voting system that became well known immediately following the 2000
election - ANSWER-Punch cards
A person who votes based on what candidate says he or she will do in the future is
said to be engaged in this type of voting - ANSWER-Prospective voting
Should presidential candidates receive an equal number of electoral votes, the
election is decided by___________ - ANSWER-House of Representatives
, "A form of government in which the people (defined broadly to include all adults
or narrowly to exclude women and slaves, for example) are the ultimate political
authority" - ANSWER-Democracy
New England town's meetings are examples of this type of democracy - ANSWER-
Direct democracy
Under the pen name "Publius," Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay
wrote this - ANSWER-The Federalist Papers
In the seventeenth century, the signers of which document agreed to live under
the colony's recognized authority and to wait for a royal charter, such as the
Virginians had? - ANSWER-The Mayflower Compact
The last state to ratify the U.S. Constitution - ANSWER-Rhode Island
The purpose of the electoral college is to choose the_________ - ANSWER-U.S.
President
In the debates over the Constitution, federalist sand anti-federalist a spoke of
factions the way we today speak of _________ - ANSWER-Interest groups
"All Bills for raising revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives." These
words appear in which article of the U.S. Constitution? - ANSWER-Article I
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Type of voting system that became well known immediately following the 2000
election - ANSWER-Punch cards
A person who votes based on what candidate says he or she will do in the future is
said to be engaged in this type of voting - ANSWER-Prospective voting
Should presidential candidates receive an equal number of electoral votes, the
election is decided by___________ - ANSWER-House of Representatives
, "A form of government in which the people (defined broadly to include all adults
or narrowly to exclude women and slaves, for example) are the ultimate political
authority" - ANSWER-Democracy
New England town's meetings are examples of this type of democracy - ANSWER-
Direct democracy
Under the pen name "Publius," Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay
wrote this - ANSWER-The Federalist Papers
In the seventeenth century, the signers of which document agreed to live under
the colony's recognized authority and to wait for a royal charter, such as the
Virginians had? - ANSWER-The Mayflower Compact
The last state to ratify the U.S. Constitution - ANSWER-Rhode Island
The purpose of the electoral college is to choose the_________ - ANSWER-U.S.
President
In the debates over the Constitution, federalist sand anti-federalist a spoke of
factions the way we today speak of _________ - ANSWER-Interest groups
"All Bills for raising revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives." These
words appear in which article of the U.S. Constitution? - ANSWER-Article I
