Federalism

Federalism

A FEW REVIEW QUESTIONS

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The branch of government that interprets laws

• Congress
• Executive
• Legislative
• Judicial

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Defines the constitution's purpose: form a more perfect union; establish justice; ensure domestic tranquility; provide for the common defense; promote the general welfare; secure liberty to posterity.

• Ex Post Facto Clause

• Preamble

• Elastic Clause

• Due Process, 14th Amendment

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The branch of government that makes laws

• Legislative
• Executive
• Judicial
• Supreme Court

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The branch of government that carries out laws

• Legislative
• Judicial
• Executive
• Congress

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The document that replaced the Articles of Confederation

• Declaration of Independence
• Preamble
• Supremacy Clause
• Constitution

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Under the Articles of Confederation the United States did not have one of these

• president
• congress
• military
• government

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The first document that explained how the original 13 states would be governed

• Constitution
• Preamble
• Declaration of Independence
• Articles of Confederation

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A group of individuals united together for a purpose

• confederation
• Supremacy
• reserved
• expressed

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The second and final attempt to write a document that would govern the United States

• Articles of Confederation
• Declaration of Independence
• Constitution
• Preamble

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The division of power between a central government and state governments is called

• The United States
• the Supremacy Clause
• the Necessary and Proper Clause
• federalism

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The central government of the United States is called the 

• federal government
• executive branch
• constitution
• congress

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The power to tax is a(n)

• implied power
• concurrent power
• reserved power
• abused power

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Powers that are not given to the Federal government are 

• implied powers
• expressed powers
• reserved powers
• super powers

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Which amendment protects the powers and rights of State Governments?

• 1st Amendment
• 2nd Amendment
• 9th Amendment
• 10th Amendment

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Powers of Congress that are not stated in the Constitution are 

• reserved
• expressed
• concurrent
• implied

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Collect Taxes is a __________ power

• Federal
• State
• Shared
• This choice is wrong

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Print Money

• Federal power
• State power
• (Concurrent) Shared power

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Create an army and a navy

• Federal
• State
• Shared

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Declare War

• Federal
• State
• Shared

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Make treaties and deals with foreign countries

• Federal
• State
• Shared

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Run public schools

• Federal
• State
• Shared

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Powers of Congress that are stated in the Constitution

• expressed
• reserved
• implied
• concurrent

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The power to run public schools is a(n)

• concurrent power
• expressed power
• reserved power
• implied power

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The power to print money is a(n)

• reserved power
• concurrent power
• implied
• expressed power

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Federalism characterized by a national government exercising its power independently from state governments.

• Marble cake federalism

• Layer cake federalism

• Fiscal federalism

• Dual federalism

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"Marble cake federalism" is associated with the

• increasing political power of local government over the last two decades

• pattern of intergovernmental cooperation that has blurred the lines between the states and national governments

• practice of federal officials bribing their state counterparts with various gifts in order to convince them to follow national standards

• confusion that emerged during the 1960's about which layer of government is actually responsible for regulating the national economy

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What model of federalism is sometimes described metaphorically as a marble cake?

• cooperative federalism

• dual federalism

• progressive federalism

• new federalism

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Federalism characterized by a national government exercising its power independently from state governments.

• Marble cake federalism

• Layer cake federalism

• Fiscal federalism

• Dual federalism

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Dual Federalism is like layered cake, where the national and state governments are separate.

• True
• False

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Of the following, which has been used most to expand the power of the national government?

• The commerce clause of the Constitution
• The bill of attainder clause of the Constitution
• The First Amendment
• The Fifth Amendment

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Which of the following is a correct statement about the federal government’s role in interstate commerce?

• The fed. government has no role in regulating interstate commerce.

• The fed. government’s role is limited to regulating activities that may lead to federal crimes.

• The fed. government’s role is limited to regulating the transport of agricultural goods.

• The fed. government’s role has been greatly expanded through the interpretation of the interstate commerce clause.

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Although federal law has established a minimum age of 18 to purchase tobacco products, the age of consent for sexual activity varies from between 16 and 18, depending on the state. What explains this difference?

• The Constitution’s privacy clause forbids the federal government from regulating private sexual conduct

• Voters have consistently elected national representatives who have refused to regulate teenage sex

• The commerce clause has been used to justify tobacco laws because the products are sold across state lines

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In the Constitution, the implied powers of Congress come from the 

• Necessary and Proper Clause
• Supremacy Clause
• Relative Clause
• Santa Clause

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In McCulloch v. Maryland, the Supreme Court established which of the following principles?

• States cannot interfere with or tax the legitimate activities of the federal government
• The federal Bill of Rights places no limitations on the states
• The federal government has the power to regulate commerce
• It is within the judiciary's authority to interpret the Constitution

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What are Elastic Powers (Necessary and Proper)?

• powers that the government requires to carry out expressed constitutional powers

• powers the Constitution grants to the national government

• powers that the National Gov’t may exercise simply because it is a government

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The court case that established that the Federal Government has the power to stretch its powers was

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Roe v. Wade

• McCulloch v. Maryland

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The Supremacy Clause states that 

• state laws are superior to federal laws
• federal laws are superior to state laws
• expressed powers are superior to implied powers
• Alabama is superior to Auburn

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This clause of the Constitution forbids states from discriminating against citizens of another state.

• Full Faith and Credit Clause
• Necessary and Proper Clause
• Privileges and Immunities Clause
• Supremacy Clause

Full Faith and Credit Clause

The Full Faith and Credit Clause—Article IV, Section 1, of the U.S. Constitution—provides that the various states must recognize legislative acts, public records, and judicial decisions of the other states within the United States.

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This clause of the Constitution requires states to recognize the licenses and contracts issued by other states.

• Privileges and Immunities Clause
• Full Faith and Credit Clause
• Necessary and Proper Clause
• Supremacy Clause

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States must recognize the validity of the acts, records, court decisions, etc of other states.

• Full Faith and Credit Clause

• Contracts Clause

• Bill of Attainder

• Elastic Clause

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Fiscal Federalism states that

• states should set their own economic policies
• federal power should be limited 
• increases competition between states
• all of these

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Fiscal federalism 

• involves decentralization of decision-making
• centralization of decision-making
• does not allow for differences in states
• provides policies that are one-size-fits-all

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Under fiscal federalism if states differentiate themselves on the basis of taxes, spending, and regulation citizens have more freedom to decide the rules under which they live.

• True
• False

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Which of the following refers to the process of transferring powers from the federal government to state governments?

• Devolution
• Monetarism
• Reconstruction
• Centralization

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The most important way the Federal Government can get the States to do what it wants is to award or deny money in the form of Block or Categorical _______.

• Tax Vouchers
• State Income Credits
• Grants (Grants-in-Aid)
• National Bonds

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What program below is an example of a categorical grant?

• Welfare
• Medicaid
• Temporary Aid to Needy Families
• The US Department of Defense

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Those regulations passed by Congress or issued by regulatory agencies to the states without federal funds to support them.

• Block grants

• Categorical grants

• Unfunded mandates

• Funded mandates

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What is a Block Grant?

• a reverse grant-in-aid, in which money flows from the states back to the federal government

• a grant of money used for broader programs with more local discretion in spending

• a grant with an amount based upon population

• a grant for a very specific purpose, and usually requires matching funds from local government

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Many scholars argue that categorical grants-in-aid do which of the following?

• Give states far too much power over national monies

• Broaden state power beyond that outlined in the Constitution

• Weaken the power of state governors and legislators

• Give new life to the idea of dual federalism

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A written agreement between two or more states.

• Interstate Compact
• Enabling Act
• State's Rights Position
• Nationalist Position

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What does Full Faith and Credit mean?

• the requirement that states settle their differences with one another without the use of force

• each state must give one another's citizens all the "privileges and immunities" of their own citizens

• each state must return to a state criminals who flee across state lines

• each state must recognize the laws and proceedings of every other state

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What does extradition mean?

• giving up one's citizenship by leaving to live in a foreign country

• the right of Congress to refuse to seat an elected member by a majority vote

• a law that makes a crime of an act that was legal when it was commited

• to return a criminal or fugitive who flees across state lines back to the original state

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Review: Which of the following is a provision that gives the federal government's laws precedence over state governments?

• Supremacy clause

• Presentment clause

• Equal protection clause

• Establishment clause

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Review: Of the following, which has been used most to expand the power of the national government?

• The commerce clause of the Constitution

• The bill of attainder clause of the Constitution

• The First Amendment

• The Fifth Amendment

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Review: Which of the following is an example of a kind of federalism in which the state and federal governments have distinct, separate spheres in which each level is dominant in its own sphere?

• Dual Federalism

• Cooperative Federalism

• Confederalism

• Nullification crisis

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Review: Which decision below gave the federal government exclusive power to regulate interstate commerce?

• McCulloch v. Maryland

• Gibbons v. Ogden

• Dred Scott v. Sandford

• Plessy v. Ferguson