Constitutional Interpretations of FEDERALISM [AP Gov Review Unit 1 Topic 8]

Which constitutional amendment reserves powers not explicitly given to the federal government for the states?

• First Amendment

• Tenth Amendment

• Fourteenth Amendment

• Nineteenth Amendment

What was the primary effect of the Fourteenth Amendment on the Bill of Rights?

• It abolished slavery.

• It granted women the right to vote.

• It applied the protections of the Bill of Rights to state governments.

• It established the federal income tax.

In McCulloch v. Maryland, the Supreme Court's decision regarding the Necessary and Proper Clause established what principle?

• States have the right to tax federal institutions.

• Federal laws are always subordinate to state laws.

• Congress has implied powers beyond those explicitly listed in the Constitution.

• The federal government cannot establish a national bank.

The Supreme Court's ruling in United States v. Lopez limited the power of Congress under the Commerce Clause by determining that:

• Gun control laws are exclusively a federal responsibility.

• The federal government can regulate any activity that indirectly affects interstate commerce.

• Carrying a gun in a school zone is not an economic activity that substantially affects interstate commerce.

• States cannot pass their own gun control legislation.