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CSET Political Science Government
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Answer 32 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Advocates the restriction of governmental activities within narrow limits - leaving a broad area of freedom to the individual.
The 19th Amendment
No minor party
Major parties
Individualism
2. The primary meaning is government by the people. Indirect democracy implies government by the people's representatives - as in the U.S.
The power of enforcement
Democracy
Control of expenditures
Federation
3. Holds that all government is evil - unnecessary - & undesirable.
Presidential government
Article I - Section 10
The 24th Amendment
Anarchism
4. A federation - such as the US - is a union of 2 or more local governments under 1 central gov. - with both the central & local govs excercising independent spheres of authority - either in theory or in practice. In encourages unity in matters of gene
The economic interest theory
Federation
Democracy
Governmental stability
5. A loose union of states in which the principal power of gov are retained by the individual member states. Central gov. exists to perform a limited # of functions - such as national defense. The US was a confederation for 8 years under the Articles of
Dictatorship
Confederation
The 19th Amendment
Socialism
6. Has ever had a president elected.
The power of enforcement
Voters
Governmental stability
No minor party
7. The right of the ruler to rule was inherited from his or her ancestors - who were believed to have been appointed by a supreme being. It is identified w/absolutist governments. It was accepted as the justification for the rule of kings in much of the
The 14th Amendment
The force theory
Voters
The theory of the Divine right
8. Are usually majority decisions - encouraging majority support for governmental policies.
Electoral decisions
The force theory
Federation
Socialism
9. Is an example of a legislative check on the executive branch.
Confederation
Minor parties
The theory of the Divine right
Control of expenditures
10. It defines citizenship - providing supremacy of national citizenship over state citizenship. It restrains the states from depriving persons of life - liberty - or property without due process of law or denying persons the equal protection of laws.
Cabinet or parliamentary govt.
The power of enforcement
The 14th Amendment
The force theory
11. Forbids states to collect a poll tax as a prerequisite to voting in national elections.
The 19th Amendment
The 24th Amendment
No minor party
Dictatorship
12. Is enhanced by a two - party system as opposed to a multiparty system.
Classification According to the Relationship Between the Executive & the Legislature
The presidential veto
Governmental stability
The 19th Amendment
13. Of court decisions is a check of the executive over the judicial branch.
The power to interpret
The force theory
Electoral decisions
The power of enforcement
14. Sometimes disappear - but the development of a new second party is the traditional pattern.
Classification According to the Relationship Between the Executive & the Legislature
The theory of the Divine right
Minor parties
Major parties
15. Do arise & influence national politics. Minor parties have sometimes had senators & representatives elected and have occasionally dominated state & local politics.
The theory of the Divine right
Minor parties
Confederation
No minor party
16. Can be confronted with an either - or choice - thus simplifying decisions & political processes.
Two major parties
Individualism
Democracy
Voters
17. Policy - making executives are the prime minister & the # of the cabinet - all of whom are members of the legislature & dependent on support of the legislature for continuance in office. Parliamentary gov. differs from the American system of separati
The 14th Amendment
Electoral decisions
Cabinet or parliamentary govt.
Two major parties
18. Laws - & treaties of the US.
Governmental stability
Separation and balance of powers
Major parties
The supremecy of the Constitution
19. Allows 18- year olds to vote in national elections.
Individualism
Separation and balance of powers
The 26th Amendment
Democracy
20. During most of US history - power has alternated between 2 major parties.
Confederation
Two major parties
Socialism
The 14th Amendment
21. The primary role of gov. & of the state is to develop - promote - & protect economic interests such as trade - markets - commerce - & wealth. Economic interestss that thrive under the protection of the state are powerful in determining the direction
Confederation
The economic interest theory
Federation
The force theory
22. Forbids states to deny women the right to vote.
The 19th Amendment
Governmental stability
Separation and balance of powers
The 24th Amendment
23. Intended to give blacks the right to vote.
Electoral decisions
The 15th Amendment
Cabinet or parliamentary govt.
The 26th Amendment
24. This forbids the states to enter treaties - coin money - subvert the national currency - or pass any law impairing the obligation of contracts - and so on. It outlaws tariffs by states.
Two major parties
Control of expenditures
Major parties
Article I - Section 10
25. ...see following cards.
The 26th Amendment
The power to interpret
The theory of the Divine right
Classification According to the Relationship Between the Executive & the Legislature
26. A distictive feature of the executive is that he or she is elected independently of the legislative & holds office for a fixed period. Also - the executive has extensive power not subject to control by the legislature. The term presidential governmen
The power to interpret
Presidential government
Voters
Minor parties
27. Government resting on the will of a single person or a small group of persons. The welfare of the state is often held above the welfare of the individual.
Presidential government
Dictatorship
The presidential veto
The economic interest theory
28. Powers are carefully separated & balanced among executive - legislative - & judicial branches to avoid centralization of powers & resultant tyranny.
The presidential veto
Federation
Separation and balance of powers
The force theory
29. Is an example of an executive check on the legislative branch.
Two major parties
The 19th Amendment
The presidential veto
The power to interpret
30. This theory holds that the state is a product of force & conquest. Like other theories - it cannot be proved & is generally considered inadequate as an explanation of the origin of the state.
Major parties
The force theory
Cabinet or parliamentary govt.
Individualism
31. The Constitution & laws is an example of a check the judicianry holds over the president & Congress.
The power of enforcement
The power to interpret
Article I - Section 10
Socialism
32. Stands for relatively rapid & sweeping economic collectivism (govt. ownership).
Socialism
Two major parties
The 24th Amendment
Anarchism