Federalism Multiple Choice

Which clause of the Constitution was upheld in the Supreme Court of McCulloch v. Maryland?

• The Commerce clause

• The 3/5ths Compromise

• The Necessary & Proper Clause

• The Taxation Clause

The reserved powers of the state governments can best be described as those powers

• Not specifically granted to the national government or denied to the states

• Implied in the Fifth Amendment

• Listed specifically in the 10th Amendment

• Exercised by both the national and state governments

• Granted to states as part of the implied powers doctrine

The 17th Amendment:

• Added the Bill of Rights must be followed by state governments

• Implemented a federal income tax

• Reserved all powers not listed in the Constitution for the states

• Called for the direct election of U.S. Senators by the people

The concept that that Bill of Rights protections must be followed by state governments is knowns as?

• Incorporation

• Equal justice

• Judicial review

• Devolution

McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) was an important Supreme Court case involving federalism because

• it called for a republican form of government

• it provided for a national law protecting against domestic violence

• following this case, the Supreme Court became the third powerful branch of the national government

• the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution was upheld

• the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution was established

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

• Equal protection of the laws

• Horizontal federalism

• Affirmative action

• Dual federalism

• An unfunded mandate

Most of the individual protections of the Bill of Rights now apply to the states because of the Supreme Court’s interpretation of the Constitution’s

• Preamble

• Necessary and proper clause

• Supremacy clause

• Tenth Amendment

• Fourteenth Amendment

In McCulloch v. Maryland, the Supreme Court established which of the following principles

• Popular Sovereignty

• The Implied Powers Doctrine

• Republicanism

• The Social Contract

• The Commerce Clause Doctrine

In the U.S. v. Lopez the Supreme Court found that the federal government had stretched their use of this constitutional clause too much?

• Necessary & Proper Clause

• Supremacy Clause

• The Commerce Clause

• The 2nd Amendment

• The 14th Amendment

The political movement to return more sovereignty back to the states since the 1980s is known as?

• Federalism

• Constitutionalism

• State Sovereignty Doctrine

• Devolution