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WorksheetsConstitution and Federalism
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
The New Jersey Plan:
Called for a one-house national legislature; each state would receive one vote.
Called for the sharing of powers among three separate branches of government.
Was a collection of eighty-five essays written in support of ratification of the Constitution.
Called for the arrest of those who did not support ratification of the Constitution.
In what year were the Articles of Confederations adopted in?
1791
1784
1779
1781
What did the Virginia Plan include?
An agreement between people and government in which citizens consent to be governed so long as the government protects their natural rights
The sharing of powers among three separate branches of government
A two-house legislature
The first basis for the new nation’s government
What is the Bill of Rights?
The power of the president to reject a law proposed by Congress
The statement in Article VI of the Constitution that federal law is superior to laws passed by state legislatures
The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution
Any powers not prohibited by the Constitution or delegated to the national government
What can the State Government not do?
Regulate intrastate commerce
Impair obligation of contracts
Maintain militia (National Guard)
Ratify amendments to the Constitution
What can the Federal Government not do?
Change state boundaries
Declare war
Conduct foreign affairs
Regulate postal system
Ex post facto is?
A law that criminalizes an act retroactively; prohibited under the Constitution
A petition that enables someone in custody to petition a judge to determine whether that person’s detention is legal
A strategy in which interest groups select the level and branch of government they calculate will be most receptive to their policy goals
A process in which powers from the central government in a unitary system are delegated to subnational units
The elastic clause is the last clause of?
Article 1, Section 5
Article 1. Section 4
Article 1, Section 6
Article 1, Section 8
General revenue sharing is?
A style of federalism premised on the idea that the decentralization of policies enhances administrative efficiency
A type of federal grant that places minimal restrictions on how state and local governments spend the money
A doctrine asserting that if a state deems a federal law unconstitutional, it can nullify it within its borders
A petition that enables someone in custody to petition a judge to determine whether that person’s detention is legal
A block grant is?
A type of grant formulated to limit recipients’ discretion in the use of funds and subject them to strict administrative criteria
A style of federalism in which the states and national government exercise exclusive authority in distinctly delineated spheres of jurisdiction
A process in which the national government attaches new administrative requirements to block grants
A type of grant that comes with less stringent federal administrative conditions and provide recipients more latitude over how to spend grant funds
