J. Meyer - LACC -

Poli. Sci. 1 - US Gov. ONLINE - QUIZ 1

 

email the answers to me this week BEFORE midnight SUNDAY.

meyerjn@lacitycollege.edu

Remember - there are two (2) parts to this quiz - the true/false worth 2 points each - total 20 points and the short essay (worth five points).

Please DO NOT attach this to an email - just email me the answers! (Don't forget the short essay!)

Part 1 - TRUE/FALSE  (just write the number and T or F - for true and false).

Do not copy the questions - send only the number of the question and the answer (e.g., #3 T) IN ORDER.      Two (2) points for each question AFTER THAT- write a short essay (1-3 paragraphs) on the question below (5 points) - TOTAL POINTS:  25! Good luck and have fun.

1. The US is a direct democracy.

2. Any person or group can seek to exercise political power.

3. The term government refers to the institutions and processes by which rules are made and enforced for all members of society.

4.  Citizens may collect signatures on a petition. If enough signatures are obtained and a vote is then held on whether an official may continue to hold office, this is known as a recall.

5.  Thomas Jefferson claimed a nation cannot be both ignorant and free.

6.  An example of liberty is one's freedom to worship or not as one chooses.

7.  The idea that economic equality is necessary for the existence of a democratic society is recent.

8.  For over 200 years the U.S. Constitution has served as the basic instrument of government for the U.S.A

9. Sessions of the Philadelphia Constitutional Convention were closed to the public.

10. Proponents of the Constitution were called Federalists.  Opponents were called Anti-Federalists.

SHORT ESSAY QUESTION:

To the Founders, the most important concept may have been limiting government's power - or "limited government."  What aspects of the constitution limited government?  Do we see evidence that it still happens today?

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