POLS 2311 uta EXAM 1 UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Politics - CORRECT ANSWER - Method of maintaining, managing, and gaining control
of government (who gets what, when, and how)
Articles of Confederation - CORRECT ANSWER - 1st Constitution of the U.S. 1781-1788
(weaknesses-no executive, no judicial, no power to tax, no power to regulate trade)
MucCulloch v. Maryland - CORRECT ANSWER - Maryland tried to destroy a branch of
the National Bank. Marshall stops this by using the doctrine of implied powers. This case
showed that it was possible to sue a state.
Supremacy Clause - CORRECT 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.
Forms of Government - CORRECT ANSWER - Democracy - power with people
Oligarchy - power with a small group of elites
Autocracy - power with one person
Types of Government - CORRECT ANSWER - Constitutional - several formal written
limits
Authoritarian - NO formal limits. However formal institutions place limits
Totalitarian - nothing stops the government
Structures of Government - CORRECT ANSWER - Republic - citizens vote for their
leaders
Monarchy - leader was decided at birth (king/queen)
, Dictatorship - one person controls everything. Individual takes power backed by military
Purpose of Government - CORRECT ANSWER - An institution where society influences
public policy. It is necessary to solve public issues
Problem with Democracy - CORRECT ANSWER - Not everyone gets what they want
Minorities get overlooked
Social Contract Theory - CORRECT ANSWER - Created by John Locke
Free people give up some freedom to be governed in the understanding that the government will
protect their rights.
Founding fathers took inspo from this
Articles of Confederation - CORRECT ANSWER - 1st government of the US
- congress doesn't do much
- states rule themselves
- each state sends a representative to congress
- NO court system
- NO power to tax
- NO power to enforce laws, treaties or create an army.
- led to Shays Rebellion
Shays Rebellion - CORRECT ANSWER - local farmers had a lot of issues with state
government. Highlighted issues with national government in Articles
Federalists vs Antifederalists - CORRECT ANSWER - Federalists - believe in a strong
central federal government
Antifederalists - believe most power should be with smaller, state governments
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Politics - CORRECT ANSWER - Method of maintaining, managing, and gaining control
of government (who gets what, when, and how)
Articles of Confederation - CORRECT ANSWER - 1st Constitution of the U.S. 1781-1788
(weaknesses-no executive, no judicial, no power to tax, no power to regulate trade)
MucCulloch v. Maryland - CORRECT ANSWER - Maryland tried to destroy a branch of
the National Bank. Marshall stops this by using the doctrine of implied powers. This case
showed that it was possible to sue a state.
Supremacy Clause - CORRECT 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.
Forms of Government - CORRECT ANSWER - Democracy - power with people
Oligarchy - power with a small group of elites
Autocracy - power with one person
Types of Government - CORRECT ANSWER - Constitutional - several formal written
limits
Authoritarian - NO formal limits. However formal institutions place limits
Totalitarian - nothing stops the government
Structures of Government - CORRECT ANSWER - Republic - citizens vote for their
leaders
Monarchy - leader was decided at birth (king/queen)
, Dictatorship - one person controls everything. Individual takes power backed by military
Purpose of Government - CORRECT ANSWER - An institution where society influences
public policy. It is necessary to solve public issues
Problem with Democracy - CORRECT ANSWER - Not everyone gets what they want
Minorities get overlooked
Social Contract Theory - CORRECT ANSWER - Created by John Locke
Free people give up some freedom to be governed in the understanding that the government will
protect their rights.
Founding fathers took inspo from this
Articles of Confederation - CORRECT ANSWER - 1st government of the US
- congress doesn't do much
- states rule themselves
- each state sends a representative to congress
- NO court system
- NO power to tax
- NO power to enforce laws, treaties or create an army.
- led to Shays Rebellion
Shays Rebellion - CORRECT ANSWER - local farmers had a lot of issues with state
government. Highlighted issues with national government in Articles
Federalists vs Antifederalists - CORRECT ANSWER - Federalists - believe in a strong
central federal government
Antifederalists - believe most power should be with smaller, state governments
