PLS exam
According to lecture, what solution did the framers of the Constitution come up with to deal with the
fact that their new government would be potentially dangerous to individual liberty? - correct answer
✔✔They split it into different parts to make it hard for anyone to get anything done
The historically slow pace of change for equal Civil Rights is one consequence of the "broken" federal
system the founders created. - correct answer ✔✔True
Generally speaking, and according to lecture and the text, most "Democrats" in the U.S. believe in: -
correct answer ✔✔an expanded role for government in economic matters
a limited role for government in social/moral matters
The Dred Scott case is important because it was when the Supreme Court decided to start dismantling
slavery bit by bit. - correct answer ✔✔False
Generally speaking, and according to lecture and the text, most "Republicans" in the U.S. believe in: -
correct answer ✔✔a limited role for government in economic matters
an expanded role for government in social/moral matters
When someone says "I plead the 5th!" in court, this means they are taking their right to not testify
against themselves literally from the 5th Amendment to the Constitution. - correct answer ✔✔True
According to lecture, individual freedom was cherished by the framers primarily because: - correct
answer ✔✔They believed it was the best way to construct a government based on the reality of human
nature
The growth of federal government over time has some pluses and minuses. According to lecture, what
is/are one/some of the positives of a more powerful federal government over time? - correct answer
✔✔It has protected and extended civil rights to people (and groups) in the states
It has increased economic cooperation among states
, It has provided military coordination and protection for the states
The first 10 amendments (the Bill of Rights) were added to the Constitution - correct answer ✔✔To
convince Anti-Federalists to support the Constitution.
The eventual success of the Civil Rights movement demonstrated that, at times, the federal government
could flex its muscles to make change. - correct answer ✔✔True
Each of the following describes the Constitution according to lecture, EXCEPT? - correct answer ✔✔a
document that has symbolic power but doesn't have any real legal power now
According to the principle of popular sovereignty, - correct answer ✔✔The ultimate source of authority
lies with the people
If a right is not listed specifically (explicitly) in the Constitution, do we get to exercise that right? - correct
answer ✔✔It depends; we may or may not get to exercise it.
The Constitution deals with slavery in all of the following ways EXCEPT: - correct answer ✔✔Slavery was
explicitly excluded in the Northern states
Why was a "white primary" adopted in many states? - correct answer ✔✔It was a way for political
parties to keep Black voters excluded from the political process
The fight for civil rights is also illustrative of all of the following, EXCEPT: - correct answer ✔✔The
continued movement towards less democracy over time in the U.S.
What does Professor Juenke mean when he says that the Constitution was purposefully "broken?" -
correct answer ✔✔it created a federal government that was intentionally inefficient, and at times
ineffective, to prevent some people/states from tyrannizing others.
Each of the following is part of Thomas Kida's list of mistakes we make in thinking, except: - correct
answer ✔✔We are too skeptical of experts
According to lecture, what solution did the framers of the Constitution come up with to deal with the
fact that their new government would be potentially dangerous to individual liberty? - correct answer
✔✔They split it into different parts to make it hard for anyone to get anything done
The historically slow pace of change for equal Civil Rights is one consequence of the "broken" federal
system the founders created. - correct answer ✔✔True
Generally speaking, and according to lecture and the text, most "Democrats" in the U.S. believe in: -
correct answer ✔✔an expanded role for government in economic matters
a limited role for government in social/moral matters
The Dred Scott case is important because it was when the Supreme Court decided to start dismantling
slavery bit by bit. - correct answer ✔✔False
Generally speaking, and according to lecture and the text, most "Republicans" in the U.S. believe in: -
correct answer ✔✔a limited role for government in economic matters
an expanded role for government in social/moral matters
When someone says "I plead the 5th!" in court, this means they are taking their right to not testify
against themselves literally from the 5th Amendment to the Constitution. - correct answer ✔✔True
According to lecture, individual freedom was cherished by the framers primarily because: - correct
answer ✔✔They believed it was the best way to construct a government based on the reality of human
nature
The growth of federal government over time has some pluses and minuses. According to lecture, what
is/are one/some of the positives of a more powerful federal government over time? - correct answer
✔✔It has protected and extended civil rights to people (and groups) in the states
It has increased economic cooperation among states
, It has provided military coordination and protection for the states
The first 10 amendments (the Bill of Rights) were added to the Constitution - correct answer ✔✔To
convince Anti-Federalists to support the Constitution.
The eventual success of the Civil Rights movement demonstrated that, at times, the federal government
could flex its muscles to make change. - correct answer ✔✔True
Each of the following describes the Constitution according to lecture, EXCEPT? - correct answer ✔✔a
document that has symbolic power but doesn't have any real legal power now
According to the principle of popular sovereignty, - correct answer ✔✔The ultimate source of authority
lies with the people
If a right is not listed specifically (explicitly) in the Constitution, do we get to exercise that right? - correct
answer ✔✔It depends; we may or may not get to exercise it.
The Constitution deals with slavery in all of the following ways EXCEPT: - correct answer ✔✔Slavery was
explicitly excluded in the Northern states
Why was a "white primary" adopted in many states? - correct answer ✔✔It was a way for political
parties to keep Black voters excluded from the political process
The fight for civil rights is also illustrative of all of the following, EXCEPT: - correct answer ✔✔The
continued movement towards less democracy over time in the U.S.
What does Professor Juenke mean when he says that the Constitution was purposefully "broken?" -
correct answer ✔✔it created a federal government that was intentionally inefficient, and at times
ineffective, to prevent some people/states from tyrannizing others.
Each of the following is part of Thomas Kida's list of mistakes we make in thinking, except: - correct
answer ✔✔We are too skeptical of experts
