CLEMSON - POSC1010 EXAM 1
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
2026
McCulloch v. Maryland - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Maryland was trying to tax
the national bank and Supreme Court ruled that federal law was stronger
than the state law
Plessy v. Ferguson - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..a 1896 Supreme Court decision
which legalized state ordered segregation so long as the facilities for
blacks and whites were equal
Brown v. Board of Education - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..1954 - The Supreme
Court overruled Plessy v. Ferguson, declared that racially segregated
facilities are inherently unequal and ordered all public schools
desegregated.
Washington v. Davis - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Court ruling that dealt with job
testing and discrimination. DC Cops
Marbury v. Madison - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..This case establishes the
Supreme Court's power of Judicial Review
Executive Branch checks - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Veto law on legislative,
pardon criminals from judicial.
Judicial Branch checks - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..On Executive
-can declare acts unconstitutional
-serve for life
On Legislative
, -can declare acts unconstitutional
-serve for life
Power derived from consent of governed - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Locke
Articles of Confederation - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..1st Constitution of the U.S.
1781-1788 (weaknesses-no executive, no judicial, no power to tax, no
power to regulate trade)
One branch
9/13 states needed
Confederate system (AOC) - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..A system of government
with a very weak central government and strong states.
Federal System (constitution) - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Strong National Gov
Virginia Plan - ✔✔ANSW✔✔.."Large state" proposal for the new
constitution, calling for proportional representation in both houses of a
bicameral Congress. The plan favored larger states and thus prompted
smaller states to come back with their own plan for apportioning
representation.
New Jersey Plan - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..A constitutional proposal that would
have given each state one vote in a new congress
The Great Compromise - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..resolved that there would be
representation by population in the House of Representatives, and equal
representation would exist in the Senate. Each state, regardless of size,
would have 2 senators. All tax bills and revenues would originate in the
House. This compromise combined the needs of both large and small
states and formed a fair and sensible resolution to their problems.
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
2026
McCulloch v. Maryland - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Maryland was trying to tax
the national bank and Supreme Court ruled that federal law was stronger
than the state law
Plessy v. Ferguson - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..a 1896 Supreme Court decision
which legalized state ordered segregation so long as the facilities for
blacks and whites were equal
Brown v. Board of Education - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..1954 - The Supreme
Court overruled Plessy v. Ferguson, declared that racially segregated
facilities are inherently unequal and ordered all public schools
desegregated.
Washington v. Davis - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Court ruling that dealt with job
testing and discrimination. DC Cops
Marbury v. Madison - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..This case establishes the
Supreme Court's power of Judicial Review
Executive Branch checks - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Veto law on legislative,
pardon criminals from judicial.
Judicial Branch checks - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..On Executive
-can declare acts unconstitutional
-serve for life
On Legislative
, -can declare acts unconstitutional
-serve for life
Power derived from consent of governed - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Locke
Articles of Confederation - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..1st Constitution of the U.S.
1781-1788 (weaknesses-no executive, no judicial, no power to tax, no
power to regulate trade)
One branch
9/13 states needed
Confederate system (AOC) - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..A system of government
with a very weak central government and strong states.
Federal System (constitution) - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Strong National Gov
Virginia Plan - ✔✔ANSW✔✔.."Large state" proposal for the new
constitution, calling for proportional representation in both houses of a
bicameral Congress. The plan favored larger states and thus prompted
smaller states to come back with their own plan for apportioning
representation.
New Jersey Plan - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..A constitutional proposal that would
have given each state one vote in a new congress
The Great Compromise - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..resolved that there would be
representation by population in the House of Representatives, and equal
representation would exist in the Senate. Each state, regardless of size,
would have 2 senators. All tax bills and revenues would originate in the
House. This compromise combined the needs of both large and small
states and formed a fair and sensible resolution to their problems.
