Political Systems: AKS 27c and 27d

Which issue prompted the MOST debate of states’ rights in the mid-1900s?

• trade

• slavery

• illegal immigration

• racial desegregation

Which Constitutional Amendment would states’ rights activists MOST LIKELY cite as a limit on federal powers?

• Sixth Amendment

• Tenth Amendment

• Fourth Amendment

• Eighth Amendment

Which statement BEST describes changes in federalism in the United States?

• Since the Civil War, states have gained power and the national government has lost power.

• Since the Civil War, the national government has gained power and states have lost power.

• Since the Civil War, states and the national government have reached an equal balance of power.

• Since the Civil War, the issue of state and national government power has ceased to be important.

The federal government has tried to pressure states into accepting national speed limits and national drinking ages by

• withholding highway funding.

• closing National Guard bases.

• changing fair housing regulations.

• overturning Supreme Court rulings.

Based on the 1754 cartoon by Benjamin Franklin, what was MOST LIKELY his perspective on the balance between the state and national governments?

• Organizing states into a nation is impossibly difficult.

• A country assembled of states is sure to be treacherous.

• States need to cooperate for the national good to prosper.

• Countries are made of states that cannot be made to cooperate.

The Supreme Law of the Land is the

• Bill of Rights.

• U.S. Constitution.

• will of the people.

• executive order of the President.

If a state law is in conflict with a national law, a state judge must

• uphold the state law.

• uphold the Constitutional law.

• refer the matter to a federal court.

• refer the matter to a municipal court.

The main effect of the Supremacy Clause is to

• hold Constitutional law above all other laws.

• establish judicial review of all legislation.

• protect the rights of individuals against governments.

• ensure that the text of the Constitution never changes.

What is the main effect of Article VI of the Constitution?

• It explains how the Constitution may be amended.

• It establishes the importance of the Constitution.

• It lists the duties and rights of individual states.

• It establishes the Supreme Court and all lower courts.

Which of these is a difference between state and federal laws?

• States laws can supersede federal laws.

• Federal laws can supersede state laws.

• State laws cannot be declared unconstitutional.

• Federals laws cannot be declared unconstitutional.