REA CLEP American Government Study

The Constitution of the United States was written in the year . - Correct answer-1787 A(n) is 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. - Correct answer-democracy List the three qualifications of suffrage for citizens of the United States. 1. at least years of age 2. is not a felon serving time in prison 3. has not, by reason of , been placed under the supervision of another person - Correct answer-eighteen felon insanity men In what year was African Americans granted suffrage? - Correct answer-1870 Women did not receive nationwide suffrage until . - Correct answer-1920 For the most part, the United States is a(n) democracy, meaning that voters elect the people who represent them in governmental bodies. - Correct answer￾representative The first direct democracy we know of was in the Greek city-state of . - Correct answer-Athens Direct democracy in the United States today can be seen in , where citizens of a town make decisions about local matters. - Correct answer-New England town meetings Other manifestations of direct democracy came in the form of , , and . - Correct answer-initiatives referenda recall A republic is a political system in which the people have political power - that is, they exercise . - Correct answer-popular sovereignty The United States is best described as a . - Correct According to the theory of , the government should do what most people in the country want it to do. - Correct answer-majoritarianism A(n) is the proposal by a specified number of voters of a statute, constitutional amendment, or ordinance to compel a popular vote on its adoption; also known as a proposition. - Correct answer-initiative A(n) is the submission of a piece of legislation (intended or actual) directly to voters for approval. - Correct answer-referendum In 2006, voters in Michigan voted on an initiative to eliminate programs in public universities and in state employment. - Correct answer-affirmative action programs seek to compensate for past discrimination by giving special attention in hiring and college or university admissions to people from groups discriminated against. - Correct answer-Affirmative action A is the direct action of voters to remove a political figure from office. - Correct answer-recall The Constitution's framers put in place a democracy because they worried that the "passions" of the people, which sometimes were driven by political fads, could derail good government. - Correct answer-representative A(n) is a political system without a monarch. - Correct answer-republic answer-democratic republic According to the theory, elites run for office, pay for campaigns, scratch their friends' backs, and accumulate power - all while singing the praises of popular sovereignty. - Correct answer-elite Because even after the American Revolution, most of the country's leaders argued that only men who owned a certain amount of property should have the vote, one can deduce that the Constitutional framers seemed to advocate a form of theory. - Correct answer-elite Many see the United States operating on the theory of political , meaning that different interest groups argue for different things; they are then willing to make political compromises and accommodations, which is considered the art of politics. - Correct answer-pluralism