Deck 3: Federalism

Question 1

The Supreme Court under Chief Justice John G.Roberts,Jr.,appears to be deciding federalism cases

A)similar to the Rehnquist Court.
B)in strong favor of the states.
C)without a strong inclination toward either federal or state rights.
D)in favor of the powers of the federal government.
E)following the trends of New Federalism.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

The Sixteenth Amendment granted states greater power over taxation.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Setting the time,place,and manner of elections is a concurrent power.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

The Tenth Amendment provides for

A)states' reserve or police powers.
B)states' implied powers.
C)concurrent state and federal powers.
D)enumerated federal powers.
E)taking private property for public purposes.

Question 5

A system of government where the local and regional governments derive all authority from a strong national government is known as a

A)unitary system.
B)federal system.
C)confederate system.
D)monarchy.
E)presidential system.

Question 6

The enumerated powers of the national government are found in

A)the Declaration of Independence.
B)the Preamble.
C)Article I of the Constitution.
D)Article III of the Constitution.
E)Article VII of the Constitution.

Question 7

The belief that the national government should not exceed its enumerated powers and that all other powers should be reserved to the states or the people is known as

A)the full faith and credit doctrine.
B)the doctrine of implied powers.
C)confederalism.
D)dual federalism.
E)the unitary political system.

Question 8

McCulloch v.Maryland effectively reduced the power of the states.

Question 9

The necessary and proper clause is the root of Congress's implied powers.

Question 10

Frustrated by the U.S.Supreme Court's opposition to many New Deal programs,President Franklin D.Roosevelt proposed

A)impeaching the entire Supreme Court.
B)reducing the pay of sitting Supreme Court justices.
C)increasing the number of justices from nine to thirteen.
D)packing Congress with his friends.
E)reducing the number of justices from nine to seven.

Question 11

Congress has attempted to make exceptions to the full faith and credit clause.

Question 12

The Supreme Court ruled that the due process clause of the Fifth Amendment did not apply to the states in Barron v.Baltimore.

Question 13

In situations of conflict between state and national law,national law prevails due to

A)federalism.
B)the supremacy clause.
C)the Tenth Amendment.
D)judicial interpretation.
E)the Bill of Rights.

Question 14

Under the Constitution,both the national and state governments

A)are totally autonomous.
B)do not share any powers.
C)are accountable to the people.
D)can regulate interstate commerce.
E)are able to establish local governments.

Question 15

The clause of the Constitution that ensures that judicial decrees and contracts made in one state will be binding and enforceable in another is called the ________ clause.

A)privileges and immunities
B)full faith and credit
C)equal protection
D)supremacy
E)elastic

Question 16

In The Price of Federalism,political scientist Paul E.Peterson considered how governments should best divide policymaking responsibility,focusing mainly on _______ policies.

A)redistributive and developmental
B)constructive and international
C)state and local
D)international and regulatory
E)environmental and health care

Question 17

A law declaring a citizen or a group of citizens guilty without a judicial trial is called

A)an equity law.
B)an ex post facto law.
C)a writ of mandamus.
D)an ex officio law.
E)a bill of attainder.

Question 18

The No Child Left Behind Act is an example of

A)a block grant.
B)returning power to the states as specified in the Contract with America.
C)a funded mandate.
D)preemption.
E)a categorical grant.

Question 19

Cooperative federalism has been likened to a ____ cake.

A)layer
B)marble
C)red velvet
D)sheet ?
E)pound

Question 20

Categorical grants

A)were most used during the Reagan administration.?
B)allocate federal dollars by a precise formula.
C)have few restrictions or limitations.
D)were commonplace during the era of New Federalism.
E)were not used until after the 1960s.

Question 21

A unitary system of government is found in

A)Canada.
B)Mexico.
C)Russia.
D)Great Britain.
E)Japan.

Question 22

Even though education is not a realm over which the national government generally has power,Congress has passed laws regulating educational standards under the principle of its

A)enumerated powers.
B)reserved powers.
C)full faith and credit powers.
D)police powers.
E)implied powers.

Question 23

The right of a state's reserved powers is guaranteed by the

A)supremacy clause.
B)elastic clause.
C)Tenth Amendment.
D)full faith and credit clause.
E)Eleventh Amendment.

Question 24

All of the following are generally state issues EXCEPT

A)currency circulation.
B)divorce.
C)child custody.
D)death penalty.
E)marriage age.

Question 25

The U.S.Constitution has a long list of enumerated federal powers,but few state powers are spelled out.This is because

A)the Framers thought the federal government was redundant.
B)states were designed to be subservient to the federal government.
C)there was consensus on what the powers of the federal government should be but not on the powers of the states.
D)the Framers believed the states to be politically irrelevant.
E)states had all the power at the writing of the Constitution and a list was deemed unnecessary.

Question 26

The Supreme Court generally was supportive of President Franklin D.Roosevelt's early attempts to deal with the Great Depression.

Question 27

The most numerous type of government in the United States is the

A)county.
B)city.
C)municipality.
D)special district.
E)township.

Question 28

The supremacy clause is found in

A)the Declaration of Independence.
B)the Preamble.
C)Article II of the Constitution.
D)Article IV of the Constitution.
E)Article VI of the Constitution.

Question 29

Federalism refers to how power is distributed

A)among local governments.
B)among state governments.
C)within the national government.
D)between state and local governments.
E)between national and state governments.

Question 30

The Constitution did not originally empower the national government to

A)levy a national income tax.
B)make all laws necessary and proper to govern the new nation.
C)enforce its laws on the states.
D)abolish slavery.
E)conduct foreign relations.

Question 31

A controversial 2010 Arizona law gave local law enforcement officials the authorization to

A)maim suspected terrorists.
B)subject defendants to enhanced interrogation tactics.
C)question anyone they believe to be an illegal immigrant.
D)shoot people attempting to cross the border into the United States.?
E)use undercover operations to identify suspected illegal immigrants.

Question 32

Police powers are the basis for

A)interstate commerce.
B)federal sentencing guidelines.
C)federal civil statutes.
D)Medicaid.
E)Massachusetts's universal health care system.

Question 33

Block grants are federal monies given to the states with few strings attached.

Question 34

Under the U.S.Constitution,states have the power to make laws dealing with ________,as long as they do not violate principles set out in that document or as interpreted by the U.S.Supreme Court.
I)the death penalty
II)abortion restrictions
III)regulating commerce with Indian nations
IV)coining money

A)I and III
B)I and II
C)II and III
D)III and IV
E)I, II, III, and IV

Question 35

According to the text,proponents of the 2010 immigration law in Arizona contend all of the following EXCEPT

A)Arizona is fully within its rights to enact the legislation.
B)Arizona can take action on issues that are not addressed by Congress.
C)Arizona is better equipped at handling the modern immigration problem than the national government.?
D)this law addresses the specific needs of Arizona.
E)the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in favor of states' rights to immigration reform in similar cases.

Question 36

President Lyndon B.Johnson's Great Society program altered the fragile balance between state and federal power.

Question 37

President George W.Bush promoted progressive federalism.

Question 38

According to political scientist Paul E.Peterson,developmental programs are best left to state governments.

Question 39

Over time,the supremacy clause has been
I)questioned by the Federalists.
II)nullified by state legislative actions.
III)clarified by the Supreme Court.
IV)used to justify expansion of federal power at the expense of the states.

A)I only
B)I and IV
B)IV only
D)II and III
E)III and IV

Question 40

Article I,section 8 gives Congress the power to pass all laws necessary and proper to carry out its powers.These powers are known as

A)enumerated powers.
B)reserve powers.
C)implied powers.
D)full faith and credit powers.
E)police powers.

Question 41

If a person accused of a crime in Arizona leaves for Missouri,are Missouri authorities required to return the defendant to Arizona to stand trial?

A)Yes, but only if Arizona will not impose the death penalty.
B)No, because the privileges and immunities clause requires the person to be tried only in Missouri.
C)Yes, because it is required by the extradition clause of Article IV.
D)Yes, because it is required by the full faith and credit clause of Article IV.
E)Maybe, it depends on what the laws in Missouri are.

Question 42

The Sixteenth Amendment made the ________ possible.

A)national sales tax
B)national import tax
C)state sales tax
D)state income tax
E)national income tax

Question 43

The clause that ensures that judicial decrees and contracts made in one state will be binding and enforceable in another is called the ________ clause.

A)privileges and immunities
B)full faith and credit
C)equal protection
D)supremacy
E)elastic

Question 44

The Seventeenth Amendment lessened state power by

A)allowing Congress to tax individuals.
B)abolishing the poll tax.
C)creating a national bank.
D)instituting the direct election of Senators.
E)nullifying the Tenth Amendment.

Question 45

An example of a concurrent power is

A)setting the time, place, and manner of elections.
B)coining money.
C)establishing national courts.
D)spending money for the general welfare.
E)impeaching federal officials.

Question 46

________ contains the privileges and immunities clause.

A)Article I
B)Article III
C)Article IV
D)Article VI
E)Article VII

Question 47

The Supreme Court ruled that slaves were not citizens,but property,in the case of

A)McCulloch v. Maryland.
B)Plessy v. Ferguson.
C)Gibbons v. Ogden.
D)Dred Scott v. Sandford.
E)Brown v. Board of Education.

Question 48

What did the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Amendments have in common?

A)Both amendments increased the power of the states.
B)Both amendments increased the power of the federal government.
C)Both amendments were passed during the Civil War.
D)Both amendments increased the federal government's ability to tax individual citizens.
E)Both amendments granted civil rights to African Americans.

Question 49

The nature of federalism was changed forever by

A)Chief Justice John Rutledge.
B)the Civil War.
C)Missouri v. Department of Interior.
D)Texas v. Johnson.
E)Marbury v. Madison.

Question 50

The full faith and credit clause

A)allows Indians to establish casinos on reservation lands.
B)allows immigrants to commit crimes if that behavior is legal in their country of origin.
C)prohibits state action to ban abortion.
D)legitimizes organized religion in the United States.
E)has become a controversial issue in light of the recent legalization of gay marriage in some states.

Question 51

The Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)

A)has been declared unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court.
B)is a law designed to undercut possible state recognition of same-sex marriage.
C)is a program put forth by the Department of Defense that overrides state national guard regulations.
D)is at direct odds with the extradition clause.?
E)is likely to be added as the Twenty-Eighth Amendment of the Constitution.

Question 52

In McCulloch v.Maryland,the Supreme Court ruled that

A)the necessary and proper clause gave Congress the power to charter a bank.
B)states had the power to tax the federal government.
C)the commerce clause expressly allowed Congress to charter a bank.
D)the supremacy clause did not apply.
E)it lacked the jurisdiction over the specifics of the case.

Question 53

In addition to granting certain powers to state and national governments,Article I of the Constitution also denies some powers to those governments.Which of the following powers are denied?
I)Passing bills of attainder.
II)Entering compacts with other states.
III)Passing ex post facto laws.
IV)Laying duties on exports.

A)I and II
B)I and IV
C)III and IV
D)I, III, and IV
E)II, III, and IV

Question 54

Legal proceedings properly recorded in a court of law in California are generally deemed admissible in a court of law in Texas,or in any other state.This is an example of

A) a bill of attainder.
B)an ex post facto law.
C)a writ of habeas corpus.
D)full faith and credit.
E)equal protection.

Question 55

In Gibbons v.Ogden,the U.S.Supreme Court
I)articulated an expansive view of congressional powers.
II)gave Robert Fulton the exclusive right to operate steamships on the Hudson River.
III) concluded that commerce should be given a broad definition.
IV)declared that the states had sole authority to regulate commerce.

A)I only
B)II and III
C)I and II
D)III and IV
E)I and III

Question 56

The Supreme Court held in Barron v.Baltimore that

A)Congress had broad powers to regulate interstate commerce.
B)the Bill of Rights did not apply to state governments.
C)Congress lacked the ability to ban slavery.
D)the City of Baltimore could not nullify laws passed by Congress.
E)states could not tax the federal bank.

Question 57

In a series of cases concerning the scope of Congress's authority under the commerce clause in the late 1800s and early 1900s,the U.S.Supreme Court

A)made a series of inconsistent decisions.
B)consistently upheld congressional authority under the commerce clause.
C)refused to allow Congress to regulate monopolies.
D)allowed states to tax federal vehicles.
E)denied the federal government control over new technologies, such as the telegraph.

Question 58

The first major federalism decision by the Marshall Court was

A)Marbury v. Madison.
B)Gibbons v. Ogden.
C)McCulloch v. Maryland.
D)Martin v. Hunter's Lessee.
E)Madison v. Marshall.

Question 59

Interstate compacts

A)were abolished by the Bush Administration.
B)have not been particularly successful in helping states carry out their functions.
C)can exist only between five or fewer states.
D)allow you to transfer your driver's license from one state to another.
E)are made between states and the federal government.

Question 60

Nullification

A)was used to justify South Carolina's refusal to abide by federal tariff laws.
B)is a political maneuver where Congress purposefully invalidates state laws by passing national laws.
C)is a principle that allows states to invalidate laws from other states.
D)played no part in the development of the Civil War.
E)was deemed unconstitutional after the Supreme Court invalidated the Alien and Sedition Acts.

Question 61

President Lyndon B.Johnson's Great Society Program

A)mirrored FDR's New Deal.
B)granted funding to mainly conservative mayors and conservative state legislatures.
C)made direct grants to state governments.
D)was designed to help the middle class.
E)allocated money for urban renewal, education, and poverty programs.

Question 62

All of the following were economic events that caused the Great Depression EXCEPT

A)the stock market crash of 1929.
B)a decline in the construction industry.
C)bank failures becoming increasingly common across the country.
D)the federal government overtaking the financial sector.
E)rising automobile inventories.

Question 63

The Great Depression led to
I)a variety of innovative programs to combat unemployment.
II)a new philosophy about the role of government.
III)a growth in national government activity.
IV)a provision allowing the election of FDR for four terms.

A)I and II
B)I and IV
C)I, II, and IV
D)I, II, and III
E)I, II, III, and IV

Question 64

Arizona's immigration law is less stringent than the national government's policy.

Question 65

National laws that direct state or local governments to comply with federal rules or regulations but do not include funds to help defray the costs are called

A)unfunded mandates.
B)block grants.
C)a key item in the Contract with America.
D)executive orders.
E)sovereign immunity laws.

Question 66

During the early years of the New Deal,the Supreme Court

A)ruled certain New Deal programs unconstitutional.
B)consistently enforced the supremacy clause.
C)fully cooperated with the administration to combat the Depression.
D)worked in favor of programs designed to combat the Depression.
E)consistently returned cases involving New Deal legislation to state courts for consideration.

Question 67

Suppose the national government passes a series of aggressive anti-smoking laws that effectively invalidates state and local laws.This is an example of

A)the federal government's reserved powers.
B)preemption.
C)distributive policy.
D)an interstate compact.
E)New Federalism.

Question 68

Which of the following is the BEST example of a redistributive policy?

A)Medicaid or Medicare
B)Road construction
C)Pension programs?
D)The Clean Air Act
E)Anti-monopoly legislation

Question 69

The Contract with America was MOST influential in starting which of the following?

A)New Federalism
B)Unfunded mandates
C)Cooperative federalism
D)Stricter environmental standards
E)The Devolution Revolution

Question 70

The era of dual federalism ended with the

A)Civil War.
B)Great Depression.
C)Sherman Anti-Trust Act.
D)passage of the Fourteenth Amendment.
E)beginning of World War I.

Question 71

In the late 1990s,the U.S.Supreme Court made several rulings dealing with sovereign immunity,ruling that

A)the federal government's actions are always supreme.
B)Congress could not negotiate treaties with Indian tribes.
C)Congress could enforce national laws requiring background checks on gun purchasers.
D)there were certain policy areas Congress could not regulate.
E)the concept was incompatible with the Eleventh Amendment.

Question 72

According to the text,which of the following best exemplifies progressive federalism?

A)Economic stimulus package
B)Health care reform
C)Allowing California to impose stricter environmental standards than those established by the federal government
D)Creation of the U.S. Department of Education
E)Social Security

Question 73

Cooperative federalism is characterized by

A)a stronger, more influential national government.
B)a stronger state government.
C)a shift in power from national to state government.
D)the increasing power of local government.
E)the increasing power of both state and local governments.

Question 74

New Federalism favors ________ over ________ grants.

A)block/categorical
B)categorical/block
C)funded mandates/categorical
D)block/unfunded mandates
E)block/funded mandates

Question 75

Which of the following were characteristic of the Great Society Program?
I)Establishing Social Security
II)Combating poverty
III)Pitting governors against poor,African American citizens
IV)Using federal grants to further national needs

A) I and III
B) I, II, and IV
C) I, II, and III
D) II, III, and IV
E) I, II, III, and IV

Question 76

According to Paul Peterson,which of the following is a flaw in the federal system?

A)Policy activity is not divided in the most efficient manner.
B)There is no remedy for unfunded mandates.
C)The national government has too much power.
D)The state governments have too much power.
E)Developmental policy is virtually ignored.

Question 77

Presidents ________ and ________ believed that the national depression was a combination of state and local economic crises that should not be dealt with by the national government.

A)Coolidge/Hoover
B)Harding/Hoover
C)Coolidge/T. Roosevelt
D)Harding/Coolidge
E)T) Roosevelt/Hoover

Question 78

Categorical grants

A)are a remnant of the New Deal.
B)were at the core of Ronald Reagan's devolution revolution.
C)often involve state matching funds.
D)are given to states without conditions.
E)are virtually identical to block grants.

Question 79

During the early years of the New Deal,the attitude of the Supreme Court toward federal economic intervention could be best characterized as

A)encouraging.
B)inconsistent.
C)interventionist.
D)activist.
E)obstructionist.

Question 80

New Federalism was the guiding doctrine of the

A)Carter administration.
B)Ford administration.
C)Reagan administration.
D)Clinton administration.
E)George W. Bush administration.