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Political Science/History 15A Fall 2013

Dr. Mary Currin-Percival San Jose State University

Office: Clark Hall 406N Office hours: Monday and Wednesday 1-2pm and by appointment The first midterm exam will be held this Thursday. It will be an in-class exam and consist of 50 multiple choice and T or F questions (2 points each). Bring a scantron (T & E 200) and a #2 pencil (or several if you want to help classmates in need).

****You may use your own handwritten notes during the exam. You may not use electronic devices, photocopies, typed notes, PowerPoints, or your book. Be sure to write your responses to the questions from this study guide on other paper in your own handwriting. You will not be able to bring this printed study guide into the exam.**** Please refer to the syllabus for additional exam procedures. Please feel free to consult with me if you have questions about the exam procedure.

Be able to identify each of the terms below and discuss their significance. Be sure that you can explain how these concepts are related.

politics constitution

collective action collective action problem Prisoner’s dilemma tragedy of the commons free-rider problem

First Continental Congress Committees of Observation Declaration of Independence Second Continental Congress John Locke Popular sovereignty Separation of powers Common Sense Thomas Paine

public goods “mutual coercion, mutually agreed upon”

Federalist Papers Federalist #51 separation of powers checks and balances (and examples) Federalist #10 Faction How to control factions large republic

Articles of Confederation weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation

New Jersey Plan Virginia Plan Connecticut or Great Compromise

Shays’s Rebellion

“power of the purse”

Federalists and Antifederalists Bill of Rights bill of attainder ex-post facto laws

Article I, Section 8 enumerated powers “implied powers”

home rule Stamp Act Tea Act and Boston Tea Party Restraining Acts and Coercive Acts

U.S. Constitution

constitutional amendment process “necessary and proper clause” “supremacy clause” “commerce clause” “take care clause”

tyranny of the majority Article III Federal Courts Judicial review

bicameral legislature

3/5’s Compromise

In addition to knowing the terms, here are some questions to consider: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

What are the differences between a direct democracy and a republic? Why does the national level of government not have a system of “direct democracy”? Why are public goods so difficult to maintain? Why might public goods not be provided? How did home rule affect the relationship between Britain and the colonists? What prompted the Boston Tea Party? What was Britain’s response to the Boston Tea Party? What was the Stamp Act and why did it anger the colonists so much? What major philosophers influenced the writers of the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution and how? 10. How did the Articles of Confederation deal with states’ free-riding? (trick question!) 11. How did the Constitution address the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation? 12. Describe the characteristics of the Virginia and New Jersey Plans. Why were these important? What was the major issue these plans were trying to solve? How did the Connecticut Compromise help bring the ratification of the Constitution? 13. What is malapportionment? Explain malapportionment under the Articles. Would the Virginia Plan fix this? Would the New Jersey Plan fix this? And was the Great Compromise the “fix”? 14. What was the purpose of the Federalist Papers (when they were originally written)? What were Madison’s main arguments in Federalists #10 and #51? 15. What does “ambition counteracts ambition” mean? Relate this argument to Federalist #51. 16. Why did the Federalists say that a Bill of Rights was unnecessary? 17. What is the 3/5 compromise? What were the arguments made by the northerners and southerners? How did this help lead to the ratification of the Constitution? 18. In terms of voting, did the Constitution give a great deal of power to the people? What examples support your argument? 19. Describe the concepts of separation of powers and checks and balances. Where did these concepts/ideas come from? Be prepared to give examples. 20. What are the enumerated powers of Congress? What does this mean? Give a few examples. 21. Describe the Constitutional Amendment process. How is this process different than that found under the Articles of Confederation? Why is it different? 22. What were the major compromises created in the Constitution to solve collective action problems? 23. What is the necessary and proper clause? Does this mean Congress can do whatever it wants? 24. What is the “power of the purse”? In which house of Congress must revenue bills originate? Why? 25. What is Article I of the U.S. Constitution? Why outline this institution and its powers in Article I? 26. What is judicial review? Did the Framers unanimously agree that the U.S. Supreme Court had the power to overturn acts of Congress?...