chapter 3

federal officials seeking to give states more authority are most likely to support

• unfunded mandates

• block grants

• categorical grants

• tax expenditures

which level of government writes the majority of criminal laws

• the national government

• state government

• local government

• special judicial districts

the ____ affirms that national laws and treaties are "the supreme law of the land"

• full faith and credit clause

• necessary and proper clause

• supremacy clause

• doctrine of stare decisis

one of the key difference between block and categorical grant is

• block grants give states more discretion over how to spend funds than do categorical grants

• unlike categorical grants, block grants come with restrictions on how soon the money must be spent

• block grants have been ruled unconstitutional but categorical grants have not

• unlike categorical grants, block grants can be varied so that different states are awarded different amounts

federalism is best defined as a system of government

• in which lower levels of government have little power

• in which power is divided between a central government and regional governments

• in which the national government is funded through direct taxation of local government

• in which authority is divided into separate branches and each individual branch is given some power over the other branches

_________ compels state government to obey costly federal regulations but does not reimburse those costs.

• a grant-in-aid

• an unfunded mandate

• a block grant

• general revenue sharing

the specific powers granted to congress in article 1 section 8 of the U.S constitution are called the ____ powers

• implied

• expressed

• Sovereign

• executive

why was united states v. lopez important

• the court gave a broad interpretation of the commerce clause that expanded the power of the federal government over the states

• it was the first time that the court had used the tenth amendment to limit the power of congress

• the court found the line item veto unconstitutional

• it was the first time since the new deal that the supreme court limited congress commerce clause powers

in the united states, zoning laws, the provision of parks and recreational facilities, and basics services such as trash collection are typically the responsibility of

• local government

• state government

• the federal government

• state government and the federal government

the southern manifesto

• was written before the civil war

• was written by southern officials who declared that their states were not bound by supreme court decisions outlawing racial segregation

• argued in favor of national government power

• invalidated the tenth amendment