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CLEMSON POSC 1010 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS
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McCulloch h h v. h h Maryland h h - h h CORRECT h h ANSWER h h -
Maryland h h was h h trying h h to h h tax h h the h h national h h bank h h and h h Supreme h h Court h h ruled h h that
h h federal h h law h h wa hhs h h stronger h h than h h the h h state h h law




Plessy h h v. h h Ferguson h h - h h CORRECT h h ANSWER h h -
a h h 1896 h h Supreme h h Court h h decision h h which h h legalized h h state h h ordered h h segregation h h so
h h long h h as h h the h h fac hhilities h h for h h blacks h h and h h whites h h were h h equal




Brown h h v. h h Board h h of h h Education h h - h h CORRECT h h ANSWER h h -1954 h h -
The h h Supreme h h Court h h overruled h h Plessy h h v. h h Ferguson, h h declared h h that h h racially
h h segregated h h facilities hhare h h inherently h h unequal h h and h h ordered h h all h h public h h schools


h h desegregated.




Washington h h v. h h Davis h h - h h CORRECT h h ANSWER h h -
Court h h ruling h h that h h dealt h h with h h job h h testing h h and h h discrimination. h h DC h h Cops



Marbury h h v. h h Madison h h - h h CORRECT h h ANSWER h h -
This h h case h h establishes h h the h h Supreme h h Court's h h power h h of h h Judicial h h Review



Executive h h Branch h h checks h h - h h CORRECT h h ANSWER h h -
Veto h h law h h on h h legislative, h h pardon h h criminals h h from h h judicial.



Judicial h h Branch h h checks h h - h h CORRECT h h ANSWER h h -On h h Executive

-can h h declare h h acts h h unconstitutional

-serve h h for h h life

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-can h h declare h h acts h h unconstitutional

-serve h h for h h life

, Legislative h h branch h h checks h h - h h CORRECT h h ANSWER h h --creates h h lower h h courts h h (on h h judicial)

-remove h h judges h h through h h impeachment h h (on h h judicial)

-Senate h h approves/rejects h h appointed h h judges h h (on h h judicial)

-two-thirds h h vote h h to h h override h h a h h veto h h (on h h executive)

-remove h h President h h through h h impeachment h h (on h h executive)



Legislative h h Branch h h (congress) h h - h h CORRECT h h ANSWER h h -Made h h up h h of h h House h h and h h Senate



House h h of h h Representatives h h - h h CORRECT h h ANSWER h h -
the h h lower h h house h h of h h Congress, h h consisting h h of h h a h h different h h number h h of h h representatives
h h from h h each hhstate, h h depending h h on h h the h h population



Elected h h by h h popular h h vote h h ever h h 2 h h years

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Senate h h - h h CORRECT h h ANSWER h h -
the h h upper h h house h h of h h Congress, h h consisting h h of h h two h h representatives h h from

hh each h h state hh6 h h year h h terms h h 1/3 h h elected h h every h h 2 h h years

30 h h years h h old h h resident h h for h h 9 h h years



Supremacy h h Clause h h - h h CORRECT h h ANSWER h h -
Article h h VI h h of h h the h h Constitution, h h which h h makes h h the h h Constitution, h h national h h laws, h h and
h h treaties h h sup hhreme h h over h h state h h laws h h when h h the h h national h h government h h is h h acting


h h within h h its h h constitutional h h limits


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Public h h Goods h h - h h CORRECT h h ANSWER h h -
a h h commodity h h or h h service h h that h h is h h provided h h without h h profit h h to h h all h h members h h of h h a
h h society, h h either hhby h h the h h government h h or h h a h h private h h individual h h or h h organization.