WorksheetsSanford AP GOV Federalism
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What kind of government concentrates all power in the national government?
a)
Federal
b)
Confederation
c)
Unitary
d)
Nationalist
2.
What power did the Articles of Confederation government enjoy?
a)
Regulate interstate commerce
b)
Impose direct taxes on the people
c)
Coin money
d)
Negotiate foreign treaties
3.
Which of the following term refers to a type of power given specifically to the federal government?
a)
Implied
b)
Inherent
c)
Expressed
d)
Reserved
4.
Which of the following is an example of an expressed power?
a)
To charter a national bank
b)
To raise taxes
c)
To annex territory to the US
d)
To tax US exports
5.
Which of the following is a term used to describe powers given to the state governments exclusively?
a)
Enumerated
b)
Inherent
c)
Reserved
d)
Concurrent
6.
Which of the following is NOT an example of a reserved power?
a)
Licensing doctors, lawyers, and barbers
b)
Managing local, state and federal elections
c)
Regulating INTRASTATE commerce
d)
Negotiating foreign treaties
7.
Which of the following is an example of a kind of federalism in which the state and federal governments have distinct, separate spheres in which each level is dominant in its own sphere?
a)
Dual Federalism
b)
Cooperative Federalism
c)
Confederalism
d)
Nullification crisis
8.
Which of the following is a type of congressional law such as a requirement that all public schools have wheelchair ramps that may or may not come with money?
a)
Block grants
b)
Mandates
c)
Categorical grants
d)
Executive orders
9.
This law transformed the welfare program from a categorical grant into _____ under President _____ ?
a)
a block grant, Clinton
b)
a voluntary program, Bush
c)
a non binding resolution, Nixon
d)
a mandate, Carter
10.
What amendment reserves powers not given to the federal government to the states?
a)
1st
b)
10th
c)
24th
d)
Trick Question: No amendment does this
11.
Which of the following groups preferred stronger state governments?
a)
New Deal Democrats in the 1930s
b)
Antifederalists
c)
the Supreme Court under Earl Warren
d)
Whig Party supporters of the American system
12.
Which of the following refers to the process of transferring powers from the federal government to state governments?
a)
Devolution
b)
Monetarism
c)
Reconstruction
d)
Centralization
13.
Which of the following was true of courts under the Articles government?
a)
Individual states did not have their own court systems
b)
There were no federal courts
c)
US legal procedures borrowed practices largely from France.
d)
American states generally did not have state constitutions
14.
Which of the following is a provision that gives the federal government's laws precedence over state governments?
a)
Supremacy clause
b)
Presentment clause
c)
Equal protection clause
d)
Establishment clause
15.
Which of the following ruled that the Medicaid expansion of the ACA was optional for state governments?
a)
Heart of Atlanta Motel v. USA
b)
Shelby County v. Holder
c)
NFIB v. Sebelius
d)
McCulloch v. Maryland
16.
Which of the clauses below was the baiss of the decision in McCulloch v. Maryland?
a)
Inelastic clause
b)
10th amendment
c)
Necessary and Proper clause
d)
Presentment clause
17.
Which decision below gave the federal government exclusive power to regulate interstate commerce?
a)
McCulloch v. Maryland
b)
Gibbons v. Ogden
c)
Dred Scott v. Sandford
d)
Plessy v. Ferguson
18.
What kind of situation characterizes contemporary US federal-state relations?
a)
Dual Federalism
b)
Strict institutionalism
c)
Cooperative Federalism
d)
Original Federalism
19.
What program below is an example of a categorical grant?
a)
Welfare
b)
Medicaid
c)
Temporary Aid to Needy Families
d)
The US Department of Defense
20.
Which Supreme Court decision below required that public schools be integrated?
a)
Korematsu v. US
b)
Marbury v. Madison
c)
Brown v. Board of Education
d)
Griswold v. Connecticut
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