Gov Final Exam Review 2023
GRADED A+ (ACTUAL EXAM ) Questions and Answers (Solved)
- Anti-Federalists
Answer: believed that a national government would be too powerful;
opposed the Constitution
- Judicial Review
Answer: gives the courts the power to declare an act of Congress
unconstitutional
- Inherent Powers
Answer: powers that are not written into the Constitution but exist
because the US is a sovereign state
- Force Theory
Answer: the idea that the state was born when one person or a small
group claimed control over an area and its people
- Confederate Government
Answer: states cooperate in matters of common concern but still retain
their separate identities
- Democracy
Answer: political system in which supreme authority resides with the
people
- Federalists
Answer: favored ratification of the Constitution
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- Connecticut Compromise
Answer: created a bicameral legislature, with equal representation in the
Senate and proportional representation in the House of Representatives
- 5th Amendment
Answer: declares that no person can be forced to be a witness against
himself in a criminal case
- Checks and Balances
Answer: keeps one branch from having more power than the others
- Single-Issue Party
Answer: a political party who focuses on one issue such as the
environment; they fade away when their issue loses relevance
- Watchdog Function
Answer: the party out of power criticizes the policies and behaviors of
the party in power
- Political Party
Answer: a group of people with shared ideas who seek to control
government
- Party Identification
Answer: the single most significant and lasting predictor of how a person
will vote
- Franchise
Answer: the right to vote
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