Unit 4: Federalism Review

Which of the following is the best description of federalism? 

• A supreme federal government grants certain powers to the states

• States delegate some of their powers to a national government

• National, state, and local governments share equally in governing

• The balance of power between the central government and the states.

Which circle in the diagram best represent the FEDERAL government? 

• 1

• 2

• 3

The number that best represents the STATE level of the US Federal system is...

• 1

• 2

• 3

Which of the following is an expressed power of the federal government that is NOT shared with the states? 

• Collecting taxes

• Declare War

• Creating a National Bank

• Regulating Cell Phones and the Internet

Which of the following is a power reserved to the state? 

• Collecting taxes

• Printing money

• Controlling Public School Systems

• Establishing Courts

Which of the following was a key issue in the case of McCulloch v. Maryland? 

• Could a state tax a federal institution?

• Could states nullify acts of Congress that they disliked?

• Did a state have to return a runaway slave to another state?

• Could Congress impose federal mandates on state governments?

Concurrent powers are those that are...

• exercised by State governments alone

• exercised by the National Government alone

• exercised simultaneously by the National and State governments

• denied to both the National and the State government

Local governments derive their power from 

• both state constitutions and the national government

• the Constitution and federal laws

• city governments

• state constitutions and state law

Which of the following is an implied power of the federal government? 

• Declaring War

• Regulating Highways

• Coining Money

• Regulating Interstate Commerce

In the McCulloch v Maryland case, what was the Supreme Court ruling based on?

• Supremacy Clause

• Full Faith and Credit Clause

• Interstate Compacts

• Reserved Powers