Chapter 4 Review Game

What was the MAIN reason the Framers created Federalism?

• All the power goes to a central government

• To make elections fair

• To prevent either England or France from taking over

• To protect citizens from an all-powerful central government

What is a concurrent power?

• Power shared by the state and federal governments

• Power reserved for the federal government

• Power reserved to the states

• Wrong answer #3

Which of the following powers is denied to both the federal and state governments?

• Power to establish legal codes

• Power to grant titles of nobility

• Power to set and collect taxes

• Power to have a Navy

What must happen before a territory becomes a state?

• Congress must ask the President for permission

• The President must ask Congress for permission

• The Supreme Court must judge the state viable

• Congress must pass an enabling act

What recourse do states have if they can't settle their differences?

• They can petition the Senate to hear and decide the case

• They can petition the House of Representatives to hear and decide the case

• They can petition the Supreme Court to hear and decide the case

• They can petition the President to hear and decide the case

Public policy is......?

• A course of action that the government decides to take

• Enacted at the federal level

• Enacted at the state level

• Available only to government officials

According to the Supreme Court, what made the 2010 Affordable Care Act constitutional?

• It allowed people to opt out of health care

• It favored small business, not big business

• It fell under Congress's fairness power

• It fell under Congress's taxing power

What was Alexander Hamilton's main objective for ratifying the Constitution

• Establishing federalism

• Establishing control of the Senate

• Establishing the supremacy of the states

• Establishing the supremacy of the central government

As interpreted by the Supreme Court, interstate commerce involves producing, buying, selling, and transporting goods

• within any state

• across state lines

• as exports to any country

• as imports from another country

What is the best explanation for why Congress must approve of Interstate Compacts?

• To prevent states from allying against the Union

• to avoid accusations of favoritism

• to moderate interstate agreements

• to ensure the compact is legal and Constitutional