BYU FINAL EXAM GOVT 041 S003
AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND
CITIZENSHIP CERTIFICATION
EVALUATION SET COMPLETE QUESTIONS
RELIABLE ANSWERS
⩥ Washington on political parties.
Answer: Did not like them
⩥ Schattschneider on political parties.
Answer: they created modern democracy, unthinkable without them
⩥ Rauch on parties.
Answer: Without them, Congress would have no organization
⩥ Thomas Jefferson's "Republican Vision".
Answer: strong states, limit national, narrow interpretation of
Constitution, pro-farmer,
⩥ Alexander Hamilton's "Federalist vision".
Answer: strong national govt, broad interpretation, pro-commercial,
urban life, favored leadership by the elites
, ⩥ Why two-party system?.
Answer: winner take all, single member legislative districts
⩥ Proportional representation.
Answer: percentage of votes party gets = percentage of seats party gets
⩥ Mary Ann Glendon on expanding rights.
Answer: we shouldn't frame every social controversy in terms of a clash
of rights
⩥ Federalist #84.
Answer: Constitution is a Bill of Rights
⩥ Two ways of stating rights.
Answer: General (1st amendment) or Specific (3rd)
⩥ John C. Calhoun on slavery.
Answer: "most safe and stable basis for free institutions in the world"
⩥ George Fitzhugh on slavery.
AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND
CITIZENSHIP CERTIFICATION
EVALUATION SET COMPLETE QUESTIONS
RELIABLE ANSWERS
⩥ Washington on political parties.
Answer: Did not like them
⩥ Schattschneider on political parties.
Answer: they created modern democracy, unthinkable without them
⩥ Rauch on parties.
Answer: Without them, Congress would have no organization
⩥ Thomas Jefferson's "Republican Vision".
Answer: strong states, limit national, narrow interpretation of
Constitution, pro-farmer,
⩥ Alexander Hamilton's "Federalist vision".
Answer: strong national govt, broad interpretation, pro-commercial,
urban life, favored leadership by the elites
, ⩥ Why two-party system?.
Answer: winner take all, single member legislative districts
⩥ Proportional representation.
Answer: percentage of votes party gets = percentage of seats party gets
⩥ Mary Ann Glendon on expanding rights.
Answer: we shouldn't frame every social controversy in terms of a clash
of rights
⩥ Federalist #84.
Answer: Constitution is a Bill of Rights
⩥ Two ways of stating rights.
Answer: General (1st amendment) or Specific (3rd)
⩥ John C. Calhoun on slavery.
Answer: "most safe and stable basis for free institutions in the world"
⩥ George Fitzhugh on slavery.
