Which of the following is an idea inherent in a constitutional democracy?

Which of the following is an idea inherent in a constitutional democracy?
 
  a. The majority always gets its way.
  b. Government should be responsive, limited, and effective.
  c. Ineffective government is an unavoidable side-effect.
  d. There should be a popularly elected head of state.
  e. The majority is never morally correct.

 Q. 2

The Fifteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (1870) extended the right to vote to African Americans, but Congress had to pass the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to get defiant southern states to allow blacks to vote.
 
  a. True
  b. False
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false

 Q. 3

The choice of Ed Miliband as the leader of the Labour Party in 2010 marked
 
  a. a continuation of New Labour policies.
 b. the party's adoption of a more progressive ideology without returning to Old Labour.
 c. the party's return to social democracy associated with the Keynesian welfare state and trade unionism.
 d. the party's adoption of an even more centrist ideology in order to appeal to Liberal Democrat and moderate Conservative Party voters.
  e. a radicalization of the party's ideology moving it to the extreme left.

 Q. 4

What tool enables branches of government to resist any illegitimate expansion of power by other branches?
 
  a. Dual federalism
  b. Checks and balances
  c. Supremacy Clause
  d. Bicameralism
  e. Brokered democracy

 Q. 5

Women gained universal suffrage in the United States with passage of the Twentieth Amendment in 1901.
 
  a. True
  b. False
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false

 Q. 6

All of the following are TRUE about Britain's two-party system EXCEPT
 
  a. the Conservative and Labour parties routinely divide at least 85 percent of the seats in the House of Commons.
  b. from 1945 to 2010, only leaders of the Conservative and Labour parties served as prime ministers.
  c. from 1945 to 2005, the Conservative and Labour parties each won eight general elections.
 d. since the 1960s, the Liberal Democrats have become an important alternative to Britain's two major parties.
  e. despite the dominance of Britain's two major parties, it also has a number of national parties.

 Q. 7

What term describes the concept of a form of government ruled by active citizens rather than elected/appointed officials?
 
  a. Constitutional democracy
  b. Republic
  c. Direct democracy
  d. Segmented democracy
  e. Tyranny of the majority