AP Gov Quiz Topics 1.5-1.7 2020

The procedure for formally amending the United States Constitution best illustrates which of the following?

• The dominance of the national government over the state governments

• The dominance of the state governments over the national government

• The Founding Fathers’ desire to create a slow and deliberate process for change

• The Supreme Court’s power to review constitutional amendments

The Americans with Disabilities Act, which provides protections for the disabled, is an example of

• state supremacy

• horizontal federalism

• affirmative action

• dual federalism

• a federal mandate

States and localities have the most discretion in establishing policy when federal funding is derived from

• categorical grants

• matching grants

• block grants

• project grants

• grants-in-aid

Concurrent powers have which of the following effects on the United States political system?

• They reinforce the expansion of the power of the national government and the supremacy of the national law.

• They eliminate disputes between the states and the national government by creating completely separate spheres of influence.

• They foster cooperation between the states and the national government by requiring that the two levels of government work together.

• They make it possible for the states and the national government to simultaneously exercise influence in the same areas of public policy.

Cooperative federalism can best be described by which of the following statements?

• Different levels of government are involved in common policy areas.

• Government must have cooperation from the people in order to make legislative decisions.

• Local levels of government can make decisions on issues more efficiently than state and national governments can.

• The federal government must make regulations that can be applied across every state in the same way.

Giving state governments greater discretion in deciding how to achieve the specific goals of welfare reform is an example of

• an unfunded mandate

• implied powers

• dual federalism

• devolution

Which of the following is the best example of a categorical grant?

• Money given to states for special education programs

• Money given to individuals in the form of tax rebates

• Money given to states unconditionally

• Money given to states to spend at their discretion on transportation

In a federal system of government, political power is primarily

• vested in local governments

• vested in the regional governments

• vested in the central government

• divided between the central government and regional governments

• divided between regional governments and local governments

Which of the following constitutional principles most directly addresses the relationship between the national and state governments?

• Checks and balances

• The Bill of Rights

• Separation of powers

• Federalism

Which of the following actions by the federal government best illustrates the concept of unfunded mandates?

• Requiring that polling booths remain open beyond the hours of the workday

• Requiring states and municipalities to provide certain services for their citizens without providing resources to pay for those services

• Requiring state governments to guarantee short-term bonds issued by large municipalities in their states

• Requiring all municipalities to impose a minimum property tax on all residential and business properties