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ECO 101 EXAM 1

•	Question 1
The chief executive in a parliamentary system is usually called

			
•	Question 2
The United States is a(n)

			
•	Question 3
The term that the Framers of the Constitution used to describe our form of democracy was

			
•	Question 4
In addition to the power of judicial review, courts can wield influence by



Question 5
In a presidential system, the bureaucracy reports to

			
•	Question 6
	Shays- Rebellion was conducted by a group of
       
			
•	Question 7
Who said that the “real revolution” was the “radical change in the principles, opinions, and sentiments, and affections of the people”?

			
•	Question 8
The Framers of the Constitution intended to create a

			

Question 9
When all was said and done, the delegates of __________ states who remained in Philadelphia approved the Constitution.
		
•	Question 10
The Virginia Plan called for

			
•	Question 11
The Supreme Court- landmark decision in New York Times v. Sullivan focused on

			
•	Question 12
In a 1947 decision, the Supreme Court allowed a New Jersey town to fund busing to a parochial school because


Question 13
The historical source for the metaphor of a “wall of separation” between religion and the state is

			
•	Question 14
During an arrest, the police may legally search

			
•	Question 15
The Fourteenth Amendment provides for

			
•	Question 16
The Supreme Court ruled that separate educational facilities for the races are “inherently unequal” in


Question 17
When the University of Michigan employed race in its decision-making process for admissions, the Supreme Court ruled that it could only be employed as a(n)

			
•	Question 18
In the 1992 Casey decision the Court discarded the first-, second-, and third-trimester framework of Roe v. Wade because

			
•	Question 19
Which case found the Supreme Court striking down a law that banned interracial marriage?

			
•	Question 20
The attorney general was directed to bring a suit challenging the constitutionality of the poll tax in

			
Question 21
In recent years, most mandates have concerned

			
•	Question 22
Hamilton- view of the new government generally was rejected by

			
•	Question 23
The Constitution was ratified in

			
•	Question 24
The authority left to the states under the Tenth Amendment amounts to
	

Question 25
Under the grants-in-aid system,

			

•	Question 1	
By 2010, the national debt was around ___________ trillion dollars.

			
•	Question 2
	The United States is a(n)
		

Question 3
Public trust and confidence in the federal government has declined sharply since the

			
Question 4	
 	The text notes that, in the mid-1930s, the vast majority of Americans

			
•	Question 5
	
 	Today, the average income tax rate for American families is over __________ percent.
		

Question 6
	Cruel and unusual punishment is forbidden in the

			
•	Question 7
	
 	Double jeopardy is forbidden in the
			
•	Question 8
	The Articles of Confederation went into effect in


Question 9
	All of the delegates from the State of __________ left the Convention, with the exception of Alexander Hamilton.
			
•	Question 10
	The political theory of the Declaration of Independence was influenced greatly by the writings of

			
•	Question 11
	Which classic case involved prayer in public schools?

			

Question 12
		In a 1947 decision, the Supreme Court allowed a New Jersey town to fund busing to a parochial school because

			
•	Question 13
	Police may legally search persons for evidence either when they have a search warrant or when

			
•	Question 14
	The ban on double jeopardy can be found in the

Question 15
	Which case addressed the issue of school vouchers?
			
•	Question 16
	If there has been a history of discrimination, the Court has allowed requirements that contractors set aside __________ percent of their contract funds to purchase services from minority-owned businesses.

			
•	Question 17
		In which case did the Supreme Court rule states could not ban partial-birth abortions altogether?
			

Question 18
The Hyde Amendment prohibits

			
•	Question 19
	
 	The Court- landmark decision in Rostker v. Goldberg focused on gender discrimination and

			
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 	The landmark case Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenberg (1971) held that
			


Question 21
	State officials complained because Obamacare required that the states

			
•	Question 22
In 2012, the Supreme Court ruled the most controversial aspect of Obamacare withstood constitutional scrutiny as a _________ as opposed to a “penalty.”

			
•	Question 23
The first federal grants to the states began


Question 24
	Knowing the Constitution could not possibly contain an exact and exhaustive list of powers, the __________ clause was added.

			
Question 25
	Hamilton- view of the new government generally was rejected by

			

•	Question 1
	In a parliamentary system, the prime minister is chosen by the

			
•	Question 2
All of the following are characteristics of most people holding public office except

Question 3
In addition to the power of judicial review, courts can wield influence by
           
			
•	Question 4
One notable feature of the constitution of the United Kingdom is that it

			
•	Question 5
The authors suggest “stalemates” are ___________ in American politics.
	


Question 6
The number of senators allowed to each state under the Great Compromise was
		
•	Question 7
All of the delegates from the State of __________ left the Convention, with the exception of Alexander Hamilton.
	
•	Question 8
	The Virginia Plan called for



Question 9
Who, notably, said, “A little rebellion now and then is a good thing”?

			
•	Question 10
Double jeopardy is forbidden in the

			
•	Question 11

 	Under the current standard, the Supreme Court insists that obscenity convictions be based on contemporary __________ standards.


Question 12
	Since the First Congress in 1789, the House and the Senate have opened each session with

			
•	Question 13
	A bill of attainder

           		
•	Question 14
In 2010, the Supreme Court ruled that the Second Amendment means one has a “right” to _________ for self-protection.

			
•	Question 15
In a 1947 decision, the Supreme Court allowed a New Jersey town to fund busing to a parochial school because
.
			
•	Question 16
The Supreme Court- strongest statement regarding affirmative action came in a case involving

			
•	Question 17
In general, the Supreme Court has allowed race to be taken into account in the area of jobs if


Question 18
The text notes congressional law on the matter of sexual harassment is

			
•	Question 19
Which president ordered that all Japanese Americans be removed from their homes in California and placed them in relocation centers far from the coast?

			
•	Question 20
Which case banned so-called “freedom-of-choice” plans as devices for desegregating public schools?


Question 21
The authority left to the states under the Tenth Amendment amounts to

•	Question 22
	
 	National supremacy became an important legal question in an 1819 case involving a
	
•	Question 23
The doctrine of dual federalism grew out of a debate on the subject of
			

Question 24
The Constitution has been amended __________ times in more than 225 years.

			
•	Question 25
A federal grant designed for a specific purpose defined by a federal law is called a

			

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