PLS 101 EXAMS MISSOURI STATE ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT AND VERIFIED ANSWERS. Graded A+

PLS 101 EXAMS MISSOURI STATE ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT AND VERIFIED ANSWERS "Boston Tea Party - Correct Answer Brits taxed the colonist, the colonists protested by throwing tea into Boston harbor" "What was the Art. of Confederation? - Correct Answer The compact among the 13 original states that established the 1st gov. of the USA" "John Locke and God given rights - Correct Answer Rights on earth come from God; Rights are Life, Liberty, and Property" Original Dilemmas of Democracy - Correct Answer Freedom vs Order" "Modern Dilemmas of Democracy - Correct Answer Freedom vs Equality" "Freedom - Correct Answer Freedom of, Freedom from" "Order - Correct Answer Preserving life and protecting property" "Equality - Correct Answer Political, social, opportunity and outcome" "Direct Democracy - Correct Answer All members of the group meet to make decisions, observing political equality and majority rue" "Indirect Democracy - Correct Answer citizens participate in government by electing public officials to make government decisions on their behalf" "Democracy - Correct Answer A system of government in which, in theory, the people rule either directly or indirectly" "Republic - Correct Answer A gov. rooted in the consent of the governed, whose power is exercised by elected representative responsible to the governed" "Libertarians - Correct Answer Those who are opposed to using government to promote either order or equality" "Freedoms of Colonial Americans - Correct Answer Religion, Inherit property, Choose Profession" "Social Contract Theory - Correct Answer Belief that the people agree to set up rulers for certain purposes and thus have the right to resist or remove rulers who act against those purposes" "Major Premise - Correct Answer Social Contract Theory" "Minor Premise - Correct Answer Calling king a Tyrant" "Conclusion of Declaration of Indep. - Correct Answer We are in rebellion and should be free" "Virginia Plan - Correct Answer 2 houses chosen based on population, 1 Executive (Prez), Judicial Branch" "New Jersey Plan - Correct Answer Unicameral Legs. Equal Representation, Multi person Executive" "Great Compromise - Correct Answer HoR-Population Senate-Equal Representation" "Electoral College - Correct Answer A group of electors chosen for the purpose of selecting the president and vice president" "Purpose of 1st three articles - Correct Answer Establish the separate branches of government and specify their internal operations and powers" "Artilce 1, Section 8 - Correct Answer Expresses the principle of enumerated powers" "What are the first 10 amendments? - Correct Answer Bill of Rights" "How many amendments are there? - Correct Answer 27" "Formal amending process - Correct Answer Proposal (2/3) and ratification (3/4)" "Informal amending process - Correct Answer Political Practice and Judicial Review" "Repulicanism - Correct Answer A form of Gov. in which power resides in the people and is exercised by their elected representatives" "Federalism - Correct Answer Division of power between a central Gov. and regional governments" "Seperation of Powers - Correct Answer assignment of the lawmaking, law-enforcing, and law-interpreting functions of gov. to independent branches" "Checks and Balances - Correct Answer Gives each branch some scrutiny of and control over the other branches" "Where is the BoR located - Correct Answer First" "Bills of Attainder - Correct Answer Laws specifically targeted to one individual" "Habeas Corpus - Correct Answer You can;t hold someone without being charged of a crime" "Ex post facto - Correct Answer Can't be charged of crime that was illegal today but not yesterday" "5 things constitution needs to accomplish - Correct Answer Form of Gov., Distribute political power, Establish Authority of Gov., Limits Gov., Conflict management, Define citizenship" "Grants-In-Aid - Correct Answer Money provided by one level of government to another to be spent for a given purpose" "Block Grants - Correct Answer Federal government makes categories for grants, gives money to states who decide how to spend it. some is used in state projects, some is passed to local governments. Allows for great discretion of how money is spent" "Formula Grant - Correct Answer Everyone who qualifies will receive this grant" "Project Grant - Correct Answer Federal government gives money to states for projects. Local governments apply for project grants and receive money from states" "Incentives - Correct Answer Rewards given to make something happen" "Sanctions - Correct Answer Punishments for not doing what was told -Judicial: Courts step in and tell the states they have to do something -Legislature: Congress passes a law that says "I'm doing this because you screwed up" FBI and National Guard will step in" "How often do voters decide whether convention should be called - Correct Answer Every 20 years" "Year of MO consitition - Correct Answer 1945" "Hancock Amendment - Correct Answer Balanced Budget; No tax, license, or fee without voter apporoval" "Referendum - Correct Answer vote on policy issue" "Initiative - Correct Answer Procedure by which voters can propose an issue to be decided by the legislature or by the people in a referendum. Requires gathering specific number of signatures and submitting a petition to a designated agency" "Recall - Correct Answer The process of removing an elected official from office" "Dual (layer) Federalism - Correct Answer Separation between national and state governments. causes tense relationship. Uses supremacy clause" "Coopertive (marble) Federalism - Correct Answer Cooperative relationship between national and state governments. Don't always get along" "Enumerated powers - Correct Answer the powers exclusively granted to Congress by the Constitution" "Implied Powers - Correct Answer those powers that Congress needs to execute its enumerated powers" "Elastic Clause - Correct Answer Last clause in Article 1, section 8. Gives Congress the means to execute its enumerated powers. bases for Congress's implied powers also called necessary and proper class" "Supermacy Clause - Correct Answer Clause in Article 6 of the Constitution that asserts that national laws take precedence over state and local laws when they conflict" "McCulloch v Maryland - Correct Answer 1819 Court Case. Questioned if federal government could have a national bank. Supreme court used implied powers to justify national bank" "Dred Scott - Correct Answer 1857. Dred scott was free in Minnesota then captured and returned as a slave in Missouri. Pleaded he should be free, did not receive freedom. supported dual federalism" "Brown v. Board of Education - Correct Answer 1954 court case. Supreme court said "separate but equal" was unequal. Told states they had to integrate schools. Increased cooperative federalism, expanded federal power"