Deck 2: Federalism: the Power Plan

Question 1

Popular sentiment in 1787 ______ a unitary government.

A) did not support
B) favored
C) was neutral regarding
D) focused on

Answer 1

A

Question 2

The political system in which state and national governments share responsibilities is ______.

A) communism
B) unitarianism
C) federalism
D) socialism

Answer 2

C

Question 3

______ passed a law in 2012 making it a state crime to be in the United States illegally.

A) Florida
B) California
C) Arizona
D) Texas

Answer 3

C

Question 4

The ______ were in favor of a stronger central government.

A) Antifederalists
B) Whigs
C) Federalists
D) Founders

Question 5

The Continental Congress was called in ______.

A) 1770
B) 1776
C) 1780
D) 1787

Question 6

______ powers are those expressly given by the Constitution.

A) Presidential
B) Express
C) Implied
D) Enumerated

Question 7

States and the federal government can both exercise ______ powers.

A) implied
B) enumerated
C) concurrent
D) exclusive

Question 8

Nations governed only by one central government are known as ______ systems.

A) socialist
B) unitary
C) federal
D) confederal

Question 9

Because the Constitution could not list every possible situation the government may face, it provides for ______ powers.

A) enumerated
B) implied
C) exclusive
D) concurrent

Question 10

Powers that belong only to the federal government are ______.

A) enumerated
B) exclusive
C) implied
D) supposed

Question 11

The weakness of the U.S. federal government became evident when it was unable to deal with ______ after 1783.

A) an economic recession
B) a war
C) international trade
D) Native Americans

Question 12

That the Constitution is the "Supreme Law of the Land" is stated in ______.

A) the Declaration of Independence
B) the Supremacy Clause
C) the Fourteenth Amendment
D) the Necessary and Proper Clause

Question 13

In 2012, voters in Colorado approved Amendment 64, which legalized ______.

A) pay-day lending
B) polygamous marriages
C) physician-assisted suicide
D) the sale of marijuana

Question 14

______ Rebellion involved farmers protesting state efforts to take their property.

A) Smith's
B) Daniel's
C) Shays's
D) Massachusetts's

Question 15

In representative government, citizens exercise power ______.

A) directly
B) indirectly
C) efficiently
D) passively

Question 16

When a state law conflicts with federal law, ______ adjudicates.

A) the Supreme Court
B) the United Nations
C) the president
D) Congress

Question 17

According to the textbook (published in 2018), ______ states have legalized the sale of marijuana.

A) forty-nine
B) eight
C) two
D) zero

Question 18

Within their own borders, states operate as ______ systems.

A) confederal
B) federal
C) unitary
D) representative

Question 19

______ has been called "the gorilla that swallows state laws."

A) Emancipation
B) Supremacy
C) Enumeration
D) Preemption

Question 20

A(n) ______ is a voluntary association of sovereign states.

A) commune
B) unitary system
C) federal government
D) confederacy

Question 21

Constraints that apply to all federal grants are ______.

A) crosscutting requirements
B) grants-in-aid
C) categorical grants
D) revenue shares

Question 22

The official name for "Obamacare" is the ______.

A) Affordable Care Act
B) Insurance Mandate Act
C) Healthcare Mandate Law
D) Family Health Law

Question 23

John Calhoun was a ______ advocate.

A) federalism
B) gun rights
C) centralized government
D) states' rights

Question 24

The ______ theory of government holds that the Constitution is an agreement between states.

A) dual
B) cooperative
C) compact
D) centralized

Question 25

Sovereign immunity is the right of a government to not be ______ without its consent.

A) invaded
B) sued
C) entered
D) annexed

Question 26

______ are given for specific programs and give states and localities little spending discretion.

A) Grants-in-aid
B) Categorical grants
C) Centralized grants
D) Revenue-sharing grants

Question 27

Hamilton invoked the ______ Clause in order to create a national bank.

A) Necessary and Proper
B) Commerce
C) General Welfare
D) Full Faith and Credit

Question 28

The General Welfare Clause and Necessary and Proper Clause are examples of ______ powers.

A) concurrent
B) exclusive
C) enumerated
D) implied

Question 29

Centralized federalism is sometimes called ______ federalism.

A) picket fence
B) marble cake
C) layer cake
D) dual

Question 30

The idea that state and federal governments have separate and distinct responsibilities is the ______ federalism stage of federalism.

A) cooperative
B) dual
C) centralized
D) new

Question 31

Ad hoc federalism chooses a path based on ______ convenience.

A) economic
B) geographic
C) historical
D) partisan

Question 32

Grants-in-aid are ______ given to the states by the federal government.

A) conditional funding
B) regulatory powers
C) cash appropriations
D) tax levies

Question 33

The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 is an example of ______.

A) dual federalism
B) picket fence federalism
C) devolution
D) revenue sharing

Question 34

The first ten amendments to the Constitution are known as the ______.

A) Magna Carta
B) Articles of Confederation
C) Declaration of Independence
D) Bill of Rights

Question 35

______ are federal laws that direct state action without providing financial support.

A) Unfunded mandates
B) Crossover sanctions
C) Crosscutting requirements
D) Appropriations restrictions

Question 36

Centralized federalism started with the presidency of ______.

A) Franklin Roosevelt
B) Woodrow Wilson
C) Ronald Reagan
D) Lyndon Johnson

Question 37

The national income tax is levied through authorization by the ______ Amendment.

A) Fourteenth
B) Fifteenth
C) Sixteenth
D) Seventeenth

Question 38

Marriages performed in one state are recognized by other states. This is because of the obligation of states listed in the ______ Clause.

A) General Welfare
B) Commerce
C) Necessary and Proper
D) Full Faith and Credit

Question 39

The Fourteenth Amendment, protecting individual rights from the states, was passed ______.

A) shortly after the Civil War in the 1860s
B) shortly after the Revolutionary War in the 1780s
C) shortly after the Korean War in the 1950s
D) during the Johnson administration in the 1960s

Question 40

The constitutional amendment guaranteeing broad state powers is the ______ Amendment.

A) Ninth
B) Tenth
C) Eleventh
D) Twelfth

Question 41

The Southern states formed a confederacy during the Civil War.

Question 42

The Supreme Court struck down all of Arizona's 2012 anti-immigration bill.

Question 43

World War I resulted in ______ of power in the federal government.

A) a reduction
B) the rejection
C) support
D) centralization

Question 44

Dual federalism is sometimes conceived of as ______.

A) an apple pie
B) a marble cake
C) a layered cake
D) a cupcake

Question 45

Marble cake federalism is also known as ______ federalism.

A) original
B) cooperative
C) culinary
D) post hoc

Question 46

The process of a state rejecting a federal law is known as ______.

A) preemption
B) secession
C) nullification
D) persecution

Question 47

If a state were to withdraw from the United States, it would be ______.

A) preempting
B) nullifying
C) succeeding
D) seceding

Question 48

Responsibilities in a federal system are split between ______ levels of government.

A) two
B) four
C) six
D) zero

Question 49

Exclusive powers are those only granted to states.

Question 50

Which of the following is a disadvantage of a federal system of government?

A) Smaller political units promote duplication of efforts and reduce accountability.
B) Federalism helps achieve the goal of dispersing power.
C) Regional variation allows for congruence with local interests.
D) Federalism allows states to serve as "laboratories of democracy."

Question 51

States' rights advocates believe that states should be free to make their own decisions.

Question 52

The rise of ad hoc federalism is explained at least in part by the localization of party politics.

Question 53

As the United States became bigger and more industrialized, state and federal interests became more ______.

A) intertwined
B) disconnected
C) distinct
D) dissimilar

Question 54

The Fourteenth Amendment requires states to provide due process to all citizens.

Question 55

New federalism maintains that states should have ______ power and ______ money from the federal government.

A) more; the same amount of
B) more; less
C) less; more
D) the same amount of; more

Question 56

Federalism promotes duplication of efforts and reduces accountability.

Question 57

One disadvantage of federalism is that it ______.

A) allows for flexibility
B) reduces conflict
C) increases complexity
D) increases experimentation

Question 58

______ systems operate in a range between unitary and confederal systems.

A) Representative
B) Federal
C) Socialist
D) Democratic

Question 59

The Constitution contains very little about the powers of the states.

Question 60

The federal system of government in the United States was designed at the Constitutional Convention.

Question 61

How does the Supreme Court fit into the struggle for power between the states and federal government?

Question 62

List and describe some of the advantages of federalism.

Question 63

List and describe the different types of federalism. Describe some of the differences between them.

Question 64

What impact did the Great Recession of 2008-2009 have on federalism?

Question 65

What are the differences between categorical and block grants?

Question 66

General-revenue-sharing grants give states much discretion as to how to spend the money.

Question 67

List and describe some of the disadvantages of federalism.