Spring 2009 Review for Test 1

 

Objective Questions (90 points). Multiple choice and true/false. You are responsible for all the material in the chapters, but you would be wise to focus most of your study on the key terms and phrases at the end of each chapter. I will reproduce them for you below. Wow! Now that I produced them all, I see that you should have learned a lot!

  1. paradox

  2. Federalist Papers

  3. political science

  4. civics

  5. republic

  6. democracy

  7. initiative process

  8. recall

  9. politics

  10. Aristotle

  11. power

  12. paradox of power

  13. government

  14. ideology

  15. populists

  16. libertarians

  17. liberals

  18. conservatives

  19. unitary system

  20. confederal system

  21. federal system

  22. Founding Fathers or Founders

  23. ratification

  24. by-laws

  25. Divine Right

  26. Enlightenment

  27. Magna Charta

  28. English Bill of Rights

  29. Mayflower Compact

  30. Continental Congress

  31. Articles of Confederation

  32. Shay’s Rebellion

  33. Annapolis Convention

  34. Alexander Hamilton

  35. Ben Franklin

  36. James Madison

  37. George Washington

  38. Gouverneur Morris

  39. Federalists

  40. Anti-Federalists

  41. Federalist Papers

  42. Preamble to the Constitution

  43. Supremacy Clause

  44. Amendment process, proposal and ratification

  45. Equal Rights Amendment

  46. apportionment

  47. Virginia Plan and New Jersey Plan

  48. bi-cameral

  49. Connecticut or Great Compromise

  50. Baron de Montesquieu and separation of powers

  51. parliamentary system

  52. checks and balances

  53. separation of powers

  54. power of the purse

  55. watchdog function

  56. impeach

  57. judicial review

  58. executive privilege

  59. signing statements

  60. Three-fifths compromise

  61. Electoral College

  62. electors

  63. absolute majority

  64. election of 1800

  65. unitary system

  66. confederal system

  67. federal system

  68. reserved powers

  69. enumerated powers

  70. implied powers

  71. necessary and proper clause or elastic clause

  72. staggered elections

  73. Living Constitution

  74. loose construction

  75. strict or narrow construction

  76. original intent or originalism

  77. judicial activism and judicial restraint

  78. people’s branch

  79. number of members in the House of Representatives

  80. enumeration

  81. terms for office and qualifications for the House and Senate

  82. President of the Senate

  83. President Pro Tempore

  84. quorum

  85. roll call votes

  86. line item veto

  87. pocket veto

  88. enumerated powers

  89. necessary and proper clause

  90. elastic powers

  91. appropriations bill

  92. spoils system

  93. re-election rates for Congress

  94. incumbents

  95. franking privilege

  96. pork barrel legislation

  97. casework

  98. gerrymandering

  99. competitive districts

  100. home style

  101. watchdog function

  102. Congressional caucuses

  103. seniority

  104. Speaker of the House

  105. Senate Majority Leader

  106. Minority Leader

  107. Party Whips

  108. State of the Union Address

  109. Ways and Means Committee

  110. Budget Committees

  111. Congressional Budget Office

  112. Appropriations Committees

  113. Judiciary Committee

  114. Foreign Relations Committee

  115. subcommittees

  116. hearings

  117. marking up a bill

  118. Rules Committee

  119. discharge petition

  120. unanimous consent agreements

  121. Committee of the Whole

  122. filibuster

  123. cloture vote

  124. Conference Committee

  125. veto

  126. two presidential power traps

  127. executive power

  128. recess appointment

  129. executive agreements

  130. State of the Union Address

  131. Mr. President

  132. cabinet

  133. two term tradition

  134. winner-take-all rule

  135. party caucus nomination system

  136. convention nomination system

  137. patronage or spoils system

  138. emergency powers

  139. front porch campaign

  140. stewardship theory

  141. fireside chats

  142. hundred days

  143. New Deal

  144. court packing plan

  145. Great Society

  146. Vietnam War

  147. madman theory

  148. Watergate

  149. Iranian Hostage Crisis

  150. Iran-Contra Affair

  151. teflon president

  152. textbook presidency

  153. Great White Fleet

  154. power to persuade

  155. court politics

  156. lame duck

  157. Executive Office of the President

  158. National Security Council

  159. Council of Economic Advisors

  160. Office of Management and Budget

  161. White House Office

  162. chief of staff model

  163. hub and wheel model

  164. Walter Mondale

 

 

Essay Questions (10 points). Choose one of the following (we will narrow it down to two in class) 

 

1. Discuss how the idea of ideology can help citizens decide what positions to take on issues, how well it actually helps in practice, and then apply it to your own positions on several political issues. Make sure that you discuss the four major ideological groups covered in the chapter, even though only one may apply to you.

 

2. Consider the following statement. The Constitution is filled with compromises that the founding fathers had to make to get the document ratified, even if what they ended up with was less than ideal. Discuss three of these major compromises, why each one was necessary, and future problems caused by each one. 

 

3. Describe the range of advantages that incumbents have over challengers in congressional elections? (You should cover about 5 separate points.)

 

4. Describe the nature of the presidential power trap, its relation to the paradox of presidential power, and how it is related to both presidents themselves and to voters. How might we all start to escape this