Final Exam Review

Unit 1 - Governments, Citizenship, and the Responsibilities of Citizens

The following term best describes the number of students registered in and attending a school:

Which of the following would NOT be true of the Federalist Party?

The following statement best reflects the results of the Seven Years’ War with respect to Britain:

Qualifications for representatives in the House include all of the following EXCEPT for this:

The first executive department established by the new American government after the 1789 Constitution was:

Unit 8 - Citizens and Public Policy

The following term best describes fair treatment through the normal judicial system:

An amicus curiae brief would be used to lobby:

Unit 3 - The U.S Constitution

The right to attend worship services where you choose would be an example of:

The following term refers to an alliance for combined action, such as an alliance of political parties:

Unit 2 - Foundations of American Political Philosiphies

The following term best describes governmental powers made legal by legislation:

The following term best describes a person who seeks to influence a politician or public official on an issue:

The following term best describes the act of incorporating new territory into the domain of a city, country, or state:

Which of the following statements is true about general law townships and charter townships?

The following term best describes an image, video, or advertisement that circulates rapidly on the Internet:

Which of the following was NOT discussed as a reason for the failure of prohibition?

All of the following were grievances of the rebels in Shays Rebellion EXCEPT for this:

Which of the following would NOT be considered to be an example of a civic responsibility?

The following amendment repealed the prohibition amendment:

The following part of the Constitution describes the methods for amending the Constitution:

The rejection of the League of Nations treaty would be an example of:

Which of the following would NOT be a way a person might lose American citizenship?

The right to own a gun for self-defense is protected by the:

A person applying for American citizenship must:

A millage rate of 5 mills would mean that a homeowner with a house worth $100,000 would pay the following amount:

Which of the following is true about townships?

William M. Tweed would most accurately be described as:

The Electoral College has the following number of members:

The following term best describes loyalty first to one's own region as opposed to the country as a whole:

Which of the following statements best reflects the concept of a municipal corporation?

A country in which the central government holds most of the political authority is known as:

The following term best describes Common Cause, the organization founded by Ralph Nader:

Which of the following best reflects the status of the Indoor Tanning Association?

The Supreme Court currently has the following number of members:

The following plan called for a single legislative house with equal representation for each state:

After it is officially proposed, a constitutional amendment must then be ratified by:

At the time of independence, most American political power rested with the following group:

The following term best describes a formal accusation of wrongdoing against a public official:

The following term best describes the part of English law derived from custom and judicial precedent:

Which of the following would NOT be considered to be a cause of the American Revolution?

The following term best describes a number that is greater than half of a total:

Which of the following would NOT be true of the Republicans in the 1790s?

The following term best describes a military or political group that rules a country after taking power by force:

The group known as the mugwumps is most closely associated with the start of:

The following statement best describes the concept of divine right of kings:

A country with a weak central authority that derives all its powers from the state or provincial governments is known as

The following part of the Constitution declares federal laws to have authority over state laws:

Which of the following is NOT true about qualifications to vote in the state of Michigan:

Unit 6 - The Electoral Process

The following best reflects the concept of a determinant:

American foreign policy in the 1920s and 1930s tended to be:

An assembly in 1786 in the following city failed to produce any changes to solve American problems:

The following statement best explains the reasons for a system of checks and balances:

The following statement best reflects the concept of propaganda:

The term satyagraha can best be translated as follows:

The following term best describes the denial of the right to vote to a person or group of people:

New Light ministers:

Under the new Constitution of 1787, the president would be elected by:

A person applying for American citizenship must be at least:

The following term best describes an administrator in charge of a school district:

Wayne County would be an example of:

The informal name for the heads of the fifteen executive branch departments is:

The federal courts' most important power is that of:

Unit 7 - State and Local Governments

Unit 4 - The Bill of Rights and Amending the Constitution

The right to publish a newspaper with articles critical of the government would be an example of:

Michigan and its citizens are overly dependent upon the following sector of the economy:

The question of what entity should make foreign affairs policy is primarily the struggle between:

The increase in the amount of time people spend online owes much to the following factor:

Unit 5 - Branches of the Federal Government

The following statement best reflects the concept of inalienable rights:

form of government by a titled person such as a king or queen is known as:

The following term refers to an organized group that is against another party or the government:

If a citizen over the age of 18 was denied the right to vote, which amendment protects that person’s rights?

The following term best describes power of a legal or political agency to exercise authority over people or territory:

Prices for consumer goods during the Revolutionary period:

The following amendment established direct election of U.S. senators:

A ballot measure proposing a new law would be an example of:

The following is true about grassroots organizing?

Colonists of the American revolutionary period who supported the British cause were known as:

The following statement best reflects the results of the Seven Years’ War with respect to Britain:

The following term best describes the state department responsible for prisons, parole, and probation:

The following Enlightenment figure had the greatest influence on the American revolutionaries:

The process of admitting a foreigner to the citizenship of a country is known as: