UARK PLSC FINAL EXAM UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

UARK PLSC FINAL EXAM UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS

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1. checks and balances
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the principle that allows each branch of government to exercise some form of control over the others

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2. constituency
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the voters in a state or district

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3. government
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a system or organization for exercising authority over a body of people

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4. public policy
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a government plan of action to solve a problem

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5. Articles of Confederation
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the first constitution of the United States (1777), creating an association of states with weak central
government

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6. Shay's Rebellion
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a grassroots uprising (1787) by armed Massachusetts farmers protesting forecolsures

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7. Great Compromise
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the constitutional solution to congressional representation: equal votes in the Senate, votes by population
in the House

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8. Three-fifths compromise
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the formula for counting five slaves as three people for purposes of representation that reconciled northern
and southern factions at the Constitutional Convention

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9. Federalists
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supporters of the Constitution who favored a strong central government

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10. Anti-Federalists
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advocates of states rights who opposed the Constitution

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11. unitary government
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government in which all power in centralized

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12. federalism
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a political system in which power is divided between the central and regional units

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13. confederalism
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governments in which local units hold all the power

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14. dual federalism
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the federal system in which the national and state governments are responsible for separate policy areas

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15. nullification
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the declaration by a state that a federal law is void within its borders

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16. block grants
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federal funds provided for a broad purpose and unrestricted by detailed requirements and regulations

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17. devolution
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the transfer of powers and responsibilities from the federal government to the states

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18. unfunded mandate
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a federal order mandating that states operate and pay for a program created at the national level

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19. separation of powers
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the institutional arrangement that assigns . judicial, executive, and legislative powers to different persons
or groups, thereby limiting the powers of each

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20. factions
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groups of citizens united by some common passion or interest and opposed to the rights of other citizens or
to the interests of the whole community

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21. necessary and proper clause
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constitutional authorization for Congress to make any law required to carry out its powers

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22. judicial review
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the power of the supreme court to rule on the constitutionality of laws

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23. concurrent powers
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powers that are shared by the federal and state governments

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24. civil liberties
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individual freedoms guaranteed to the people primarily by the Bill of Rights

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25. civil rights
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citizenship rights guaranteed to the people and protected by the government

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26. Bill of Rights