GOVT 201 Midterm Exam Quiz

GOVT 201 Midterm Exam Quiz | regent-university

•             Question 1               

                George Washington __________________.                                   

                 a. Owned slaves and thought slavery was just and moral.

                b. Did not own slaves, but as a land owner, he defended right of others to own slaves for purposes of taking care of the land.                          

                c. Owned slaves, but eventually set them free.

                d. Did not own slaves because he thought it an evil.                                               

•             Question 2                

                According to Spalding, what of the following consequences of private property is false?                                               

                a. Private property makes possible the enjoyment of the wealthy, but not the poor.

                b. Private property increases economic activity and overall wealth, because it provides incentives to save, earn, and invest.

                c. Private property makes individual independence possible.

                d. All of the above are false.

                                               

•             Question 3               

                The relative power of the three branches of government is best summarized:                                 

                a. Congress is most powerful

                b. President is most powerful.

                c. Supreme Court is most powerful.         

               d. Three branches are co-equal.

                                               

•             Question 4               

                In his First Inaugural Address, Thomas Jefferson called  ___________________ "the essential principles of government."                                  

                a. "The sword of revolution..."

                b. "Freedom of religion."

                c. "Peace, comerce, and friendship with all nations."         

               d. All of the above.

                                               

•             Question 5               

                Which of the following principles or concerns was the most important of the American Founders?                                          

                a. Equality            

               b. Liberty

                c. Protection of financial interests

                d. Foreign affairs.

                                               

•             Question 6               

                In 300-400 words (maximum), critically assess how the principles "rule of law" and "equal rights" before the law were (or were not) on display in 2020. Approach the question in two ways: a) assess the "textbook" definition and description of each principle according to your readings and videos in weeks 1-4; and b) examine an actual event (s) that took place over the past nine months or so, since the onset of the pandemic, or following the death of George Floyd in late May, that created challenges for government officials to balance theory with practice.                           

   

•             Question 7               

                In Episode 1 of "The Good Society," Father Sirico learned the importance of the following from his boyhood.                                     

                a. Citizenship

                b. Biology 

                  c. Anthropology

                d. Freedom of speech

                                               

•             Question 8               

                The Magna Carta was written in ____________.                                             

               Answers:            

               a. 1689

                b. 1776

                c. 1492   

               d. 1215

                                               

•             Question 9               

                According to "The Good Society," the primary end of economics is:                                         

                a. math.

                b. productivity    

               c. human person

                d. equilibrium between supply and demand.

                                               

•             Question 10               

                The 19th Amendment upholds the right to vote for:                                       

                a. 18-year olds.

                b. African-Americans.     

                c. Women

                d. None of the above

                                               

•             Question 11               

                In which founding document, does the following phrase appear: "We hold these truths to be self-evident..."                                    

                a. Mayflower Compact

                b. Gettysburg Address

                c. U.S. Constitution          

                d. Declaration of Independence

                                               

•             Question 12               

                What does the phrase "natural rights" mean as stated in the Declaration of Independence?                                     

                a. Rights given to people by government.

                b. People have right to claim anything they want.

                c. Government has power to adopt rights based on political and cultural impulses.            

                d. All people entitled to certain rights because people are by nature free and equal.

                                               

•             Question 13               

                According to Spalding, how did Thomas Jefferson and Jeffersonians think about the economy?                                                

                a. Best source of citizenship was presence of large farming class, thus he rejected idea of protection of private property was to be the responsibility of government

                 b. Best source of citizenship was presence of large agricultural class, but he generally supported the right to private property.

                c. Best source of citizenship was presence of large farming class, and to provide institutional support for farmers, he advocated redistribution of wealth.

                d. None of the above.

                                               

•             Question 14       

                "E Pluribus Unum" translates:                                   

               a. Out of one, many

                b. From one, many           

                c. Out of many, one

                d. None of the above

                                               

•             Question 15

                Which is true of the "rule of law?"                                           

                a. All people are subject to and equally protected by the law.

                b. There is a regular process of law enforcement, not an arbitrary one.

                c. Rule of Law applies to everyone: ruler and ruled alike.

                 d. All of the above.

                                               

•             Question 16               

                Spalding considers language of the U.S. Constitution:                                    

                 a.straightforward and accessible, and can be understood by the common citizen.

                b. Is inherently ambiguous and must be interpreted by legal scholars for the rest of us to understand it.

                c. Is to establish a new government protected the financial interests of many of the Founders.

                d. None of the above.

                                               

•             Question 17               

                Which was not one of the American founding principles mentioned in the "The Good Society" video?                                   

                a. Religious liberty and self-government                

                b. Social justice

                c. Rule of law

                d. Private property

                                               

•              Question 18               

                According to Federalist 10, which form of government did the Founders create?                                              

                a. Democracy

                b. Monarchy       

                c. Republic

                d. Oligarchy

                                               

•             Question 19               

                Which person was the first black woman to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives?                                   

              a. Barbara Jordan

                b. Michelle Obama

                c. Maxine Watters

                d. Jocelyn Edwards

                                               

•             Question 20               

                A proper anthropology to inform our understanding of economics requires that humans are:                                    

                a. Free.

                b. Rational

                c. Embodied persons.     

                d. All of the above.

                                               

•             Question 21               

                The 26th Amendment established suffrage rights for:                                   

                a. Women            

                b. 18-year olds

                c. African Americans

                d. None of the above.

                                               

•             Question 22               

                ____________________ wrote "How the American Views the Equality of Sexes" in 1835, arguing that women are indeed equal to men.                                   

                a. Robert Goldwin

                b. John Adams   

                c. Alexis de Tocqueville

                d. Thomas Jefferson

                                               

•             Question 23               

                Which statement best summarizes the American Founders' understanding of liberty:                                    

                a. Liberty means doing anything you want.           

              b. Liberty means the rightful exercise of freedom.

                c. Liberty means ability to do something as opposed to the duty to be something.

                d. None of the above.

                                               

•             Question 24               

                ___________________ has the constitutional duty to declare war:                                      

                 a. Supreme Court.

                b. President                 

                c. Congress

                d. Federal bureaucracy

                                               

•             Question 25               

                Which of the following describes the role of the U.S. Supreme Court?                                   

                a. Founders inserted power of Judicial Review into Article 3.

                b. Chief requisite virtue of a judge is empathy.                 

                 c. Alexander Hamilton in Federalist 78, believed Supreme Court can strike down laws of Congress to protect long-term will of people through Constitution.

                d. Founders believed Supreme Court is a policy-making body.

                                               

•             Question 26               

                In 1987, Thurgood Marshall, the first black Supreme Court justice, said                                  

                    a. The Constitution did not achieve the goal of equality until the 14th Amendment.

                    b. The Constitution was "defective from the start."

                    c. The "three-fifths clause" was a compromise that failed.              

                     d. All of the above

                                               

•             Question 27              

                The right to private property is best summarized:                                            

              a. The right to acquire, keep, and sell private property.

                b. The right to be "free from want."

                c. The right to possess private property.

                d. The right to private property is a myth; it does not exist.

                                               

•             Question 28               

                Which statement is true of the principle of separation of powers?                                         

                a. Three powers are not actually separate, but share powers with each other.

                b. Separation of powers is critical so as government avoids becoming a tyranny.

                c. Former Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia thought that the separation of powers principle distinguished U.S. Government from other constitutional governments.                 

                d. All of the above.

                                               

•             Question 29               

                George Washington expressed which of the following concerns in his Farewell Address?                                             

                a. Americans must retain her religon and morality to maintain her republican government.

                b. American must act justly and peaceably with all nations, whenever possible.

                c. American must avoid excessive partisan disputes

                d. All of the above.

                                               

•             Question 30               

                The primary way to change the Constitution is by:                                           

                  a. Revolution

                  b. Executive order                 

                  c. Article 5

                d. Article 4

                                               

•             Question 31

               

                According to Spalding, which country most influenced the ideas and practices of the American Founders?                                           

 

                 a. Great Britain

                b. France

                c. Ancient Greece

                d. Germany