US GOV EXAM 1 POLS 2311 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
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The foreign-born population in the United States reached an all-time low
of 5 percent in 1970 because the Ans✓✓✓National Origins Quota
System placed strong restrictions on the number of immigrants who
could enter the United States.
The belief that citizens can influence what government does is called
Ans✓✓✓political efficacy
Direct democracy is best defined as Ans✓✓✓a system that allows
citizens to vote directly for laws and policies
described politics as "who gets what, when, and how." Ans✓✓✓Harold
Lasswell
A representative democracy is a system of government that
Ans✓✓✓gives citizens a regular opportunity to elect top government
officials
"Digital citizenship" is Ans✓✓✓the ability to participate in society
online.
The Declaration of Independence defined which three inalienable rights?
Ans✓✓✓"Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness"
, Citizenship refers to Ans✓✓✓informed and active membership in a
political community.
The belief that political authority should rest with the people themselves
is called Ans✓✓✓Popular sovereignty
The right of each citizen to vote is an example of Ans✓✓✓political
equality
Politics can be defined as Ans✓✓✓conflicts over the character,
membership, and policies of any organization to which people belong.
A government that is formally limited by laws and rules is called
Ans✓✓✓constitutional
Government is best defined as the Ans✓✓✓institutions and procedures
by which a territory and its people are ruled
What major legal and political changes led to the rise of constitutional
government in the West? Ans✓✓✓Legal limits on government and the
right of more people to vote
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) ALREADY
GRADED A+
The foreign-born population in the United States reached an all-time low
of 5 percent in 1970 because the Ans✓✓✓National Origins Quota
System placed strong restrictions on the number of immigrants who
could enter the United States.
The belief that citizens can influence what government does is called
Ans✓✓✓political efficacy
Direct democracy is best defined as Ans✓✓✓a system that allows
citizens to vote directly for laws and policies
described politics as "who gets what, when, and how." Ans✓✓✓Harold
Lasswell
A representative democracy is a system of government that
Ans✓✓✓gives citizens a regular opportunity to elect top government
officials
"Digital citizenship" is Ans✓✓✓the ability to participate in society
online.
The Declaration of Independence defined which three inalienable rights?
Ans✓✓✓"Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness"
, Citizenship refers to Ans✓✓✓informed and active membership in a
political community.
The belief that political authority should rest with the people themselves
is called Ans✓✓✓Popular sovereignty
The right of each citizen to vote is an example of Ans✓✓✓political
equality
Politics can be defined as Ans✓✓✓conflicts over the character,
membership, and policies of any organization to which people belong.
A government that is formally limited by laws and rules is called
Ans✓✓✓constitutional
Government is best defined as the Ans✓✓✓institutions and procedures
by which a territory and its people are ruled
What major legal and political changes led to the rise of constitutional
government in the West? Ans✓✓✓Legal limits on government and the
right of more people to vote
