Chapter 4 - Federalism

What is a term for a system with two or more governments exercising power over the same people and the same territory?

• federalism

• checks and balances

• delegated powers

• bicameral

Which are examples of concurrent powers in the United States?

• powers to tax exports, hold or sentence a person to jail without a fair trial, and to grant titles of nobility

• powers to conduct elections, set rules for marriages and divorces, and establish and support public schools

• powers to tax, to maintain courts and define crimes, and to take private property for public use

• powers to print and coin money, establish post offices, and conduct foreign relations

What is the term for the powers directly stated in the Constitution?

• implied powers

• expressed powers

• reserved powers

• supremacy powers

What is the term for powers not directly stated in the Constitution but are necessary to carry out functions that are directly stated?

• implied powers

• expressed powers

• reserved powers

• supremacy powers

What is the term for all powers, both stated and implied, granted to the federal government by the Constitution?

• supremacy powers

• reserved powers

• expressed powers

• delegated powers

Which are examples of reserved powers?

• powers to tax exports, hold or sentence a person to jail without a fair trial, and to grant title of nobility

• powers to conduct elections, set rules for marriages and divorces, and establish and support public schools

• powers to tax, to maintain courts and define crimes, and to take private property for public use

• powers to print and coin money, establish post offices, and conduct foreign relations

Which are examples of delegated powers that only the federal government has?

• powers to tax exports, hold or sentence a person to jail without a fair trial, and to grant titles of nobility

• powers to conduct elections, set rules for marriages and divorces, and establish and support public schools

• powers to tax, to maintain courts and define crimes, and to take private property for public use

• powers to print and coin money, establish post offices, and conduct foreign relations

What ensures that no state law or state constitution may conflict with any form of national law?

• reserved powers

• local charters

• supremacy clause

• checks and balances

Which are examples of denied powers?

• powers to tax exports, hold or sentence a person to jail without a fair trial, and to grant title of nobility

• powers to conduct elections, set rules for marriages and divorces, and establish and support public schools

• powers to tax, to maintain courts and define crimes, and to take private property for public use

• powers to print and coin money, establish post offices, and conduct foreign relations

Why were the Founders wary of giving too much power to a central government?

• They wanted to abolish state governments entirely to strengthen trade in the country.

• They thought it would prevent a reunion with Great Britain.

• They thought a strong central government would prevent a monarchy from being established.

• They did not want to return to a system like the one that existed before the Revolutionary War.