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WorksheetsAP GoPo Federalism
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
Which of the following provides an example of federalism in action (which requires action by both national and state bodies)?
a presidential veto
the formal amendment process
the process by which a case reaches the SCOTUS
the impeachment process
The Full Faith and Credit Clause , as well as the Privileges and Immunities Clause, can be found in
the 10th Amendment
Article III
Article IV
Article VII
Which type of power relationship prevailed between the national government and the states between 1789 and 1932?
horizontal federalism
judicial federalism
dual federalism
cooperative federalsim
The marble cake analogy, in which the responsibilities of different levels of government can be unclear and indistinct, is MOST applicable to
cooperative federalism
dual federalism
judicial federalism
horizontal federalism
In which case did SCOTUS strike down the National Gun Free School Zones Act as an unconstitutional application of the commerce clause?
Gibbons v. Ogden
McCulloch v. Maryland
South Dakota v. Dole
U.S. v. Lopez
Collectively, state-to-state obligations and their mandated relationships are known as
horizontal federalism
fiscal federalism
confederalism
vertical federalism
According to the authors of our textbook, what term has been coined to describe today's national/state relations?
conflicted federalism
fiscal federalism
dual federalism
judicial federalism
Which of these pairs of presidents are most closely associated with "new federalism," or devolution?
Jackson and McKinley
Grant and Johnson
Nixon and Reagan
Eisenhower and Truman
Clauses in national laws that direct state and local governments to do something specified by the national government are known as
declarations
supplementary clauses
categorical grants
mandates
What term is used by political scientists to describe the collaborative effort of two or more levels of government?
intergovernmental relations
inter-public partnership
confederalism
dual federalism
What type of government transfer of funds gives states the MOST freedom in the use of money?
categorical formula grants
PELL grants
categorical project grants
block grants
