Practice Final

I. Identifications. Explain the meaning and significance of 12 of the 15 following items (4 points each).Each answer should be a brief paragraph. What is fair game for an identification?

• Items that we have discussed in class or on the blog;
• Items that appear in bold or italics in the readings;
• Items that cover several pages in the readings.

1. National Security Act of 1947
2. Progressive taxes
3. Stare decisis
4. Federal Register
5. Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
6. Cloture
7. Exclusionary rule
8. Unfunded mandate
9. Bill of attainder
10. Entitlements
11. Party identification
12. Thirteenth Amendment
13. Statutes
14. Recess appointments
15. "Oppo"

II. Short answers. Answer 3 of 4 (6 points each). Each answer should be a brief paragraph.

1. Explain the difference between unilateralism and multilateralism in foreign policy.
2. Briefly explain: “I go further, and affirm that bills of rights, in the sense and to the extent in which they are contended for, are not only unnecessary in the proposed Constitution, but would even be dangerous.”
3. Briefly explain: “Our written laws are often hard to understand, but everyone can read them, whereas nothing could be more obscure and out of research of the common man than a law founded on precedent.”
4. Does the prohibition against double jeopardy prevent the federal government from prosecuting even after an acquittal in a state criminal case?  Explain.

III. General Essays. Answer 2 of 3 (17 points each). Each answer should take 3-4 small bluebook pages.

1. How can federalism foster deliberation and active citizenship?
2. The unemployment rate remains over 8 percent. Is the president responsible? In your answer, consider the structure of federal economic policymaking.
3. See this article.  Explain how it illustrates basic features of the nation’s civic culture.

IV. Bonus questions (one point each) Very briefly identify the following:

• Susana Martinez
• Paul Ryan
• Bobby Jindal
• Cathy McMorris Rodgers
• Francis J. LaBelle