GOVT 2301
Make-Up Exam – Test #1
Identify and discuss twenty (20) the following concepts. Be sure to indicate why the concept is important.
Provide enough information to place the concept in proper context. Use examples to illustrate your points
where appropriate. Use complete sentences and PLEASE write legibly. Use blue or black ink. Write your
answers on the paper provided. Indicate the concept you are identifying.
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Laswell’s, Easton’s, and Feagin’s definitions of politics
government
public policy
production line model
systems model
resource allocative policy
resource extractive policy
regulatory policy
symbolic policy
internal organization and management policy
direct participatory democracy
representative democracy
“deliberative will” of the people
liberal democracy
initiative
elite theory
pluralist theory
traditional democratic theory
referendum
market capitalism
market socialism
command socialism
command capitalism
laissez-faire economy
centrally-planned economy
monopoly
natural monopoly
progressive taxation vs. regressive taxation
price ceiling vs. price floor
positive externality vs. negative externality
premises of capitalism
private goods vs. public goods
free-rider problem
fiscal policy vs. monetary policy
cost-benefit analysis
GOVT 2301
Make-Up Exam – Test #2
Identify and discuss twenty (20) the following concepts. Be sure to indicate why the concept is important.
Provide enough information to place the concept in proper context. Use examples to illustrate your points
where appropriate. Use complete sentences and PLEASE write legibly. Use blue or black ink. Write your
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political culture
ideology
anarchism
totalitarianism
left-right continuum
classical liberalism
modern dilemma
original dilemma
civil order
competitive individualism
populism
progressivism
conservatism
libertarianism
atomistic concept of society
deism
mercantilism
republicanism
justice
rule of law
liberty
Shays’ Rebellion
Common Sense
Second Treatise of Civil Government
4 principles of the Declaration of Independence
Articles of Confederation
New Jersey Plan
Virginia Plan
Supremacy Clause
federal system
separation of powers
Bill of Rights
checks and balances
Federalists
Anti-Federalists
GOVT 2301
Make-Up Exam – Test #3
Identify and discuss twenty (20) the following concepts. Be sure to indicate why the concept is important.
Provide enough information to place the concept in proper context. Use examples to illustrate your points
where appropriate. Use complete sentences and PLEASE write legibly. Use blue or black ink. Write your
answers on the paper provided. Indicate the concept you are identifying.
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1869 Texas Constitution
E.J. Davis
“perpetual product of Reconstruction”
constitution of detailed provisions
1974 constitution convention
separation of powers/principle of non-delegation
process for amending the Texas Constitution
similarities between the U.S. and Texas constitutions
plural executives
dual court structure
Missouri Plan
federalism
unitary system
confederacy
Full Faith and Credit Clause
Supremacy Clause
layer cake federalism
grants-in-aid
categorical grant
block grant
fiscal dilemma of 20th century federalism
mandates vs. conditions on aid
Articles of Confederation
Federalists vs. Anti-Federalists
Bill of Rights
10th Amendment
Article I, sec. 8:18
expressly delegated powers
McCulloch vs Maryland
broad constructionist
nullification
dual federalism
Due Process Clause (14th Amendment)
Missouri v Holland
John Marshall