USG Ch. 4, Sec. 2 and 3 Quiz

The type of federalism where the states and federal government remain supreme in their own spheres

• Dual Federalism (layer cake federalism)

• Confederate System

• Cooperative Federalism (marble cake federalism)

• New Federalism

  (devolution)

This type of grant is used for general purposes such as public health...

• Block Grant

• Federal Mandate

• State Grant

• Categorical Grant

According to the doctrine of nullification, states could

• Cancel debts owed by their residents to citizens of other states

• Appeal directly to the Supreme Court any act of Congress to which they objected

• Refuse to obey or enforce federal laws with which they disagreed

• secede from the Union and form a new nation

The term cooperative federalism refers to

• The combined influence of delegated and reserved powers under the Constitution.

• programs and authority are mixed among the national, state, and local governments

• Efforts to get states to support national measures under the Articles of Confederation.

• A program since the 1990s to promote an increase in powers of state governments

The main responsibility for resolving conflicts between the states and the federal government lies with which of the following?

• President

• U.S. Supreme Court

• State Supreme Courts

• Congress

Which Supreme Court case established implied powers of creating the national bank through the necessary and proper clause?

• Roe v. Wade

• Gibbons v. Ogden

• McCulloch v. Maryland

• Marbury v. Madison

The Constitution is the "supreme law of the land" because of...

• the supremacy clause

• the amendments

• the preamble

• the Bill of Rights

The term cooperative federalism refers to

• The combined influence of delegated and reserved powers under the Constitution.

• programs and authority are mixed among the national, state, and local governments

• Efforts to get states to support national measures under the Articles of Confederation.

• A program since the 1990s to promote an increase in powers of state governments

The constitutional clause(s) at the heart of McCulloch v. Maryland:

• Article I, Section 8, Clause 18

• the Necessary and Proper Clause

• the Supremacy Clause

• all of these are correct

What is devolution?

• The transfer of power from national to local government.

• The transfer of power from local to national government.