POSC 100 Exam Prep: Comprehensive Midterm & Final Guide - Simong
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Who wrote the common-sense pamphlet in January 1776 that urged American colonists to break away
from British rule and become an independent nation? - correct answer ✔✔Thomas Paine
In the view of the American founders, what do the fundamental principles in the Declaration of
Independence mean? - correct answer ✔✔The principles do not change over time, are not merely
subjective values, and do not vary from one culture to another
Which of the following is one of the essential elements of the rule of law? - correct answer
✔✔Individual rights are understood to be the foundation of law rather than the creation of law
According to the Founders, which of the following pose the greatest dangers in a direct democracy? -
correct answer ✔✔Skillful orators and majority faction
Who first developed both the concept of state of nature and natural rights? - correct answer ✔✔John
Locke
Which of the following accurately describes the concept of Deliberation? - correct answer ✔✔Reasoning
on the merits of public policy
Who wrote the Spirit of the Laws (1748) - correct answer ✔✔Montesquieu
_____ protects individuals from arbitrary arrest by authorizing a judge to free someone from
confinement if there are not sufficient legal grounds for holding him or her - correct answer ✔✔Writ of
Habeas Corpus
Which of the following countries practices the confederate system? - correct answer ✔✔The European
Union
, Which of the following was NOT one of the outcomes of the Missouri Compromise in 1818? - correct
answer ✔✔Congress had no constitutional authority to restrict a new state's right to implement slave
law
A law that makes an act criminal after it was committed or increases the penalty after the fact is called -
correct answer ✔✔Ex post facto law
Which one of the following is NOT one of the six main principles on which the constitution is based? -
correct answer ✔✔Protection of property
Who in the following was NOT one of the members of the Broad Nationalists? - correct answer
✔✔Roger Sherman (connecticut)
How did the American Constitution in 1789 decide the number of representatives in the House and
Electoral College? - correct answer ✔✔The number of total free men plus 3/5 of the slaves in a state
An act of the legislature convicting someone of a crime and imposing a punishment without a trial is
called a - correct answer ✔✔Bill of attainder
Which one of the following is NOT a provision of the War Powers Resolution in 1973? - correct answer
✔✔Congress must approve the introduction of military forces into hostilities in advance
A U.S federal court uses this criteria to decide whether to take a case, it means "the court will not decide
a case if the dispute has been resolved or rendered irrelevant by subsequent events" - correct answer
✔✔Mootness
This country practices the multiple courts system with the Federal Supreme Court of Justice in the
Highest court for all criminal matters & the Federal Constitutional Court is the highest court on all
constitutional issues - correct answer ✔✔Germany
The supreme court first exercised judicial review in this landmark case? - correct answer ✔✔Marbury vs
Madison
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Who wrote the common-sense pamphlet in January 1776 that urged American colonists to break away
from British rule and become an independent nation? - correct answer ✔✔Thomas Paine
In the view of the American founders, what do the fundamental principles in the Declaration of
Independence mean? - correct answer ✔✔The principles do not change over time, are not merely
subjective values, and do not vary from one culture to another
Which of the following is one of the essential elements of the rule of law? - correct answer
✔✔Individual rights are understood to be the foundation of law rather than the creation of law
According to the Founders, which of the following pose the greatest dangers in a direct democracy? -
correct answer ✔✔Skillful orators and majority faction
Who first developed both the concept of state of nature and natural rights? - correct answer ✔✔John
Locke
Which of the following accurately describes the concept of Deliberation? - correct answer ✔✔Reasoning
on the merits of public policy
Who wrote the Spirit of the Laws (1748) - correct answer ✔✔Montesquieu
_____ protects individuals from arbitrary arrest by authorizing a judge to free someone from
confinement if there are not sufficient legal grounds for holding him or her - correct answer ✔✔Writ of
Habeas Corpus
Which of the following countries practices the confederate system? - correct answer ✔✔The European
Union
, Which of the following was NOT one of the outcomes of the Missouri Compromise in 1818? - correct
answer ✔✔Congress had no constitutional authority to restrict a new state's right to implement slave
law
A law that makes an act criminal after it was committed or increases the penalty after the fact is called -
correct answer ✔✔Ex post facto law
Which one of the following is NOT one of the six main principles on which the constitution is based? -
correct answer ✔✔Protection of property
Who in the following was NOT one of the members of the Broad Nationalists? - correct answer
✔✔Roger Sherman (connecticut)
How did the American Constitution in 1789 decide the number of representatives in the House and
Electoral College? - correct answer ✔✔The number of total free men plus 3/5 of the slaves in a state
An act of the legislature convicting someone of a crime and imposing a punishment without a trial is
called a - correct answer ✔✔Bill of attainder
Which one of the following is NOT a provision of the War Powers Resolution in 1973? - correct answer
✔✔Congress must approve the introduction of military forces into hostilities in advance
A U.S federal court uses this criteria to decide whether to take a case, it means "the court will not decide
a case if the dispute has been resolved or rendered irrelevant by subsequent events" - correct answer
✔✔Mootness
This country practices the multiple courts system with the Federal Supreme Court of Justice in the
Highest court for all criminal matters & the Federal Constitutional Court is the highest court on all
constitutional issues - correct answer ✔✔Germany
The supreme court first exercised judicial review in this landmark case? - correct answer ✔✔Marbury vs
Madison
