POLS 2311 CH 1 & 2 EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
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Politics can be defined as Ans✓✓✓conflicts over the character,
membership, and policies of government.
Government is best defined as the Ans✓✓✓institutions and procedures
by which a territory and its people are ruled.
Generally speaking, in order to be a good citizen in the United States, it
is most critical to have Ans✓✓✓knowledge of the American political
system.
The belief that political authority should rest with the people themselves
is called Ans✓✓✓popular sovereignty.
The belief that citizens can influence what government does is called
Ans✓✓✓political efficacy.
Citizenship refers to Ans✓✓✓informed and active membership in a
political community.
A representative democracy is a system of government that
Ans✓✓✓gives citizens a regular opportunity to elect government
officials.
, A government that is formally limited by laws and rules is called
Ans✓✓✓constitutional.
________ are the three core values in American politics.
Ans✓✓✓Liberty, equality, and democracy
The right of each citizen to vote is an example of Ans✓✓✓political
equality.
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.
"One person, one vote" reflects the principle of Ans✓✓✓political
equality.
After the Civil War, Republicans attempted to ________ in order to
maintain Republican control over the defeated southern states.
Ans✓✓✓enfranchise newly freed slaves
The Declaration of Independence defined which three inalienable rights?
Ans✓✓✓"Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness"
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) ALREADY
GRADED A+
Politics can be defined as Ans✓✓✓conflicts over the character,
membership, and policies of government.
Government is best defined as the Ans✓✓✓institutions and procedures
by which a territory and its people are ruled.
Generally speaking, in order to be a good citizen in the United States, it
is most critical to have Ans✓✓✓knowledge of the American political
system.
The belief that political authority should rest with the people themselves
is called Ans✓✓✓popular sovereignty.
The belief that citizens can influence what government does is called
Ans✓✓✓political efficacy.
Citizenship refers to Ans✓✓✓informed and active membership in a
political community.
A representative democracy is a system of government that
Ans✓✓✓gives citizens a regular opportunity to elect government
officials.
, A government that is formally limited by laws and rules is called
Ans✓✓✓constitutional.
________ are the three core values in American politics.
Ans✓✓✓Liberty, equality, and democracy
The right of each citizen to vote is an example of Ans✓✓✓political
equality.
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.
"One person, one vote" reflects the principle of Ans✓✓✓political
equality.
After the Civil War, Republicans attempted to ________ in order to
maintain Republican control over the defeated southern states.
Ans✓✓✓enfranchise newly freed slaves
The Declaration of Independence defined which three inalienable rights?
Ans✓✓✓"Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness"
