UTA POLS 2311 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
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The belief that political authority should rest with the people themselves
is called Ans✓✓✓popular sovereignty
Citizenship refers to Ans✓✓✓informed and active membership in a
political community
A representative democracy (also known as a republic) is a system of
government that Ans✓✓✓gives citizens a regular opportunity to elect
government officials.
Politics can be defined as Ans✓✓✓conflicts over the leadership,
structure, and policies of government
Overall, Americans' trust in their government has ________ since the
1960s. Ans✓✓✓declined sharply
Limited Government is best defined as Ans✓✓✓a government whose
powers are defined and constrained by a constitution.
The Declaration of Independence defined which three inalienable rights
Ans✓✓✓life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
,American democracy rests on the principle of Ans✓✓✓Majority rule
with minority rights
laissez-faire capitalism is most closely related to which core American
Value? Ans✓✓✓liberty
Direct democracy is best defined as Ans✓✓✓a system that allows
citizens to vote directly for laws and policies
Having some share or say in the composition of a government's
leadership, how it is organized, or what its policies are going to be is
called Ans✓✓✓political power
Which of the following is an example of the process of direct
democracy? Ans✓✓✓Citizens in a state approving the use of medical
marijuana through a popular referendum
Bicameralism is a constitutional principle that represents the division of
Ans✓✓✓the legislature into two chambers.
During the ratification debates, who were the Antifederalists?
Ans✓✓✓those who opposed the new Constitution because they wanted
a weaker national government
, The Articles of Confederation Ans✓✓✓Could be amended only with a
unanimous vote of the congress
Under the articles of the confederation it was left to the _________ to
execute laws passed by the Continental Congress Ans✓✓✓states
The electoral college is Ans✓✓✓Designed to select the president of the
United States
The president's power to veto a bill passed by Congress is a good
example of Ans✓✓✓Checks and balances
While the framers designed a system based on checks and balances, they
intended which branch to be the most powerful? Ans✓✓✓Legislative
The federalist papers were Ans✓✓✓a series of essays written in support
of the new Constitution.
The three branches of government created by the Constitution are
Ans✓✓✓Executive, Legislative, Judicial
The Virginia Plan proposed a system of representation in the national
legislature that was based on Ans✓✓✓the population of each state or the
proportion of each state's revenue contribution, or both.
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) ALREADY
GRADED A+
The belief that political authority should rest with the people themselves
is called Ans✓✓✓popular sovereignty
Citizenship refers to Ans✓✓✓informed and active membership in a
political community
A representative democracy (also known as a republic) is a system of
government that Ans✓✓✓gives citizens a regular opportunity to elect
government officials.
Politics can be defined as Ans✓✓✓conflicts over the leadership,
structure, and policies of government
Overall, Americans' trust in their government has ________ since the
1960s. Ans✓✓✓declined sharply
Limited Government is best defined as Ans✓✓✓a government whose
powers are defined and constrained by a constitution.
The Declaration of Independence defined which three inalienable rights
Ans✓✓✓life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
,American democracy rests on the principle of Ans✓✓✓Majority rule
with minority rights
laissez-faire capitalism is most closely related to which core American
Value? Ans✓✓✓liberty
Direct democracy is best defined as Ans✓✓✓a system that allows
citizens to vote directly for laws and policies
Having some share or say in the composition of a government's
leadership, how it is organized, or what its policies are going to be is
called Ans✓✓✓political power
Which of the following is an example of the process of direct
democracy? Ans✓✓✓Citizens in a state approving the use of medical
marijuana through a popular referendum
Bicameralism is a constitutional principle that represents the division of
Ans✓✓✓the legislature into two chambers.
During the ratification debates, who were the Antifederalists?
Ans✓✓✓those who opposed the new Constitution because they wanted
a weaker national government
, The Articles of Confederation Ans✓✓✓Could be amended only with a
unanimous vote of the congress
Under the articles of the confederation it was left to the _________ to
execute laws passed by the Continental Congress Ans✓✓✓states
The electoral college is Ans✓✓✓Designed to select the president of the
United States
The president's power to veto a bill passed by Congress is a good
example of Ans✓✓✓Checks and balances
While the framers designed a system based on checks and balances, they
intended which branch to be the most powerful? Ans✓✓✓Legislative
The federalist papers were Ans✓✓✓a series of essays written in support
of the new Constitution.
The three branches of government created by the Constitution are
Ans✓✓✓Executive, Legislative, Judicial
The Virginia Plan proposed a system of representation in the national
legislature that was based on Ans✓✓✓the population of each state or the
proportion of each state's revenue contribution, or both.
