Pols 1100 (POLS1100)

What is a political party? - Answer A group of people who share the same ideologies and political standing and who work together to implement their policies and elect their candidates What are some of the political parties in America today? - Answer Democratic Party, Republican Party, Libertarian Party, Green Party What types of party systems exist? - Answer ((Single Party System)) - A political system in which only one political party has the right to form the governmen...

Congress's Powers - Answer 1. Power of force (military forces) 2. money (lay/collect taxes/deal with debt/bankruptcy/impose duties/borrow and coin money) Regulate interstate commerce undertake public works acquire and control federal lands promote science and useful Arts regulate the militia declare war deal with piracy regulate foreign commerce raise/regulate armed forces approve treaties appoint ambassadors constituency - Answer the people living in a district m...

Eighteenth-century republican principles included all of the following EXCEPT: - Answer Popular sovereignty Fundamental principles of representative democracy include all of the following EXCEPT: - Answer Property Rights The separation of powers and checks and balances are constitutional provisions designed to protect against: - Answer The abuse of power The 2000 presidential election showed that: - Answer The United States is not a pure democracy The unequal ...

True or False? Direct democracy has only ever existed in the small and simple city-states of Ancient Greece. A. true B. false - Answer B. false The political leverage the federal government has over the states due to its advantage in monetary resources is explained by the concept of... A. budget federalism B. dual federalism C. fiscal federalism D. unitary federalism - Answer C. fiscal federalism To balance the interests of small states and large states, representatio...

Political science - Answer the systematic study of government and politics Aristocracy - Answer Government power concentrated among the top social class Authority - Answer the right to use power Autocracy - Answer Form of government ruled by a single person Capitalism - Answer An economic system based on the idea that government should interfere with economic transactions as little as possible Constitutionalism - Answer Limiting government power...

Political Efficacy - Answer the belief that ordinary citizens can influence what government does Which of the following is most true about Americans' trust in their government - Answer American's trust in their government has decreased in the past 50 years Which of the following best describes the term "digital citizenship" - Answer A new government initiative to expand online voter registration Which of the following best describes the form of rule which p...

political culture - Answer commonly shared attitudes, beliefs, and core values about how government should operate political socialization - Answer The process by which we develop our political attitudes, values, and beliefs. agents of socialization - Answer social institutions, including families and schools, that help to shape individuals' basic political beliefs and values frames of reference - Answer lenses through which individuals view the world in order...

What is the definition of Federalism? A. The power of the Fed. Gov. is limited by a constitution B. The Constitution is the final governing authority of a country C. The separation of power between the States and the Fed. Gov. D. I have no idea. - Answer c. the separation of power between the States and the Fed. Gov. What are "enumerated" powers? A. Powers delegated to the States B. Powers written in the Constitution for the Federal Government. C. Powers directly prohibited...

Under the Articles of Confederation, Congress had the power to: - Answer make treaties, convene a national Congress, and direct armed forces The Articles of Confederation did not give Congress the power to: - Answer levy income taxes Prior to the French and Indian War, when the colonists disliked a rule or Act of the English Parliament, they: - Answer ignored it The Boston Massacre was precipitated by the: - Answer Townshend Act At what gathering was the Decla...

political science - Answer It is the systematic study of government and politics. It is the way of how a government rules over a country. great compromise - Answer this had established the constitution as the supreme law of the land. checks and balances - Answer A system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other branches in order to prevent abuse of power Shay's Rebellion - Answer A rebellion led by farmers in western Massachusetts...