Deck 3: Federalism

Question 1

Under a ______ system, the structures of government are placed entirely in the hands of a national government.

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

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Angel McClary Raich and Diane Monson filed suit against the federal government in which state?

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

Answer 2

C

Question 3

The Constitution clearly establishes that ultimate political authority rests with the

A)president.
B)states.
C)national government.
D)people.

Answer 3

D

Question 4

The federal government has argued that it has the authority to control drugs at the national and state levels because of their financial and business impact on a national level.In applying this argument, they are relying upon the ______ Clause.

A)Establishment
B)Supremacy
C)Elastic
D)Commerce

Question 5

______ has contributed to the growth of national power when combined with the Necessary and Proper Clause.

A)Vagueness in the language of the specific powers of national government
B)The lack of clear boundaries between national powers and those of the states
C)The need for centralized control over important policy issues such as drugs and education
D)The failure of clearly defined national powers to be expressed in the Constitution

Question 6

Most of the enumerated powers in the Constitution were granted to the ______ branch.

A)executive
B)legislative
C)judicial
D)bureaucratic

Question 7

Recent focus has been on the recognition of same-sex marriage licenses issued in one state and carried forward to another that failed to recognize same-sex marriage.This would most likely be considered a violation of which of the following important clauses?

A)the Supremacy Clause
B)the Necessary and Proper Clause
C)the Full Faith and Credit Clause
D)the Commerce Clause

Question 8

Raich and Monson were using marijuana under California's

A)Recreational Drug Use Law.
B)Compassionate Use Act.
C)Don't Ask Don't Tell Policy.
D)Constitutional provisions.

Question 9

Which of the following is most often used along with the Necessary and Proper and Supremacy Clauses to create federal law and policy?

A)the Establishment Clause
B)the Commerce Clause
C)the Clear and Present Danger Clause
D)the Full Faith and Credit Clause

Question 10

Under a ______ system of government, powers are shared between the national government and the states.

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

Question 11

Powers that are explicitly granted to the government in the Constitution are known as ______ powers.

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

Question 12

Key to a true federal system is the existence of

A)state authority in all governmental matters so as to limit the authority of the national government.
B)a system of direct initiative and voting in all important matters similar to a direct democracy.
C)constitutional protections for each level against encroachment on its powers by the other level.
D)provisions of strong national governmental powers so as to limit the power of the states themselves.

Question 13

While the Constitution created much of the basic framework for the division of power, it failed to perfectly delineate

A)the barriers between the branches of government.
B)the boundaries between national and state powers.
C)the corresponding checks and balances of government.
D)the degree to which citizens would granted sovereignty.

Question 14

Under a confederal system, such as the Articles of Confederation, national power comes from the

A)people.
B)president.
C)Congress.
D)states.

Question 15

In general, the powers of the national government are ______ written and described by the Constitution.

A)vaguely
B)unfairly
C)explicitly
D)implicitly

Question 16

One of the most important statements about where the people's authority is located is the ______ Clause.

A)Establishment
B)Supremacy
C)Elastic
D)Commerce

Question 17

The Necessary and Proper Clause is also called the ______ Clause.

A)Establishment
B)Supremacy
C)Elastic
D)Commerce

Question 18

Marijuana is considered a Class I narcotic under which of the following federal laws?

A)the Controlled Substances Act of 1970
B)the Comstock Act of 1873
C)the Volstead Act of 1919
D)The Food and Drug Act of 1906

Question 19

The new system of government created by the Constitution in which government would be divided between the national and state levels is best described as

A)federalism.
B)constitutionalism.
C)confederalism.
D)institutionalism.

Question 20

The Constitution is least clear on the way(s)in which authority and power would be vested to

A)the legislative branch including the House of Representatives and Senate.
B)the executive branch including the presidency.
C)whatever structures of government Americans would choose to create and maintain.
D)the judiciary, particularly the Supreme Court.

Question 21

Powers used by states to protect and provide for their safety, health, and general welfare are called ______ powers

A)reserved
B)police
C)martial law
D)expressed

Question 22

From the perspective of federalism, there are ______ levels of government.

A)one
B)two
C)three
D)four

Question 23

Which of the following is considered a concurrent power?

A)establishing schools
B)printing currency
C)borrowing money
D)declaring war

Question 24

The Constitution fails to describe the powers of the levels of government below what level?

A)national
B)state
C)county
D)city

Question 25

Which of the following is an example of an implied power?

A)regulating interstate commerce
B)coining and printing money
C)declaring war
D)raising an air force

Question 26

Reserved powers are found in what part of the Constitution?

A)Article I
B)Article II
C)Article III
D)the Bill of Rights

Question 27

Justice Stephen Breyer referred to Prop.215, the law that made medical marijuana legal at the state level in California, as

A)"medicine by regulation."
B)"usurping national power."
C)"entirely the right of the citizens."
D)"medicine by referendum."

Question 28

Which was the highest court to take up the case of Angel Raich and Diane Monson?

A)county
B)state
C)federal
D)Supreme

Question 29

Under the federal system, cities depend upon ______ authority in order to operate.

A)national
B)state
C)county
D)mayoral

Question 30

Which of the following are states prohibited from doing?

A)regulating commerce within the state and between its citizens
B)making laws that are binding the state and its citizens
C)establishing courts at the state, county, or local level
D)entering into treaties with foreign governments

Question 31

in its decision in the Raich case, the Court found that marijuana grown on local soil for personal use violated the ______ Clause of the Constitution.

A)Supremacy
B)Elastic
C)Commerce
D)Establishment

Question 32

Which of the following court cases centered on the questions of whether the federal government had the authority to charter a bank and whether the state governments had the right to tax such a bank?

A)Gibbons v. Ogden
B)McCulloch v. Maryland
C)Barron v. Baltimore
D)Marbury v. Madison

Question 33

Defining the relative power of the two levels of government as well as how closely they are intertwined has occurred through the ______ process.

A)executive
B)legislative
C)judicial
D)political

Question 34

Though not explicitly part of the federal structure, ______ governments also act in the political space to protect their own interests.

A)national
B)state
C)interstate
D)local

Question 35

Powers that are granted both to the states and the national government are called

A)implied powers.
B)concurrent powers.
C)expressed powers.
D)implied powers.

Question 36

In explaining the Court's Decision in Gonzalez v.Raich, the court went back to the policies of ______.

A)the Great Society
B)the War on Drugs
C)the Cold War
D)the Great Depression

Question 37

Those powers not textually granted to the federal government but which are assumed to be given to it as a result of its need to make all laws "necessary and proper" are called ______ powers.

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

Question 38

In its decision in Gonzales v.Raich (2005), the Supreme Court sided with

A)Raich and Monson.
B)the State of California.
C)the federal government.
D)the Food and Drug Administration.

Question 39

Which justice argued most vigorously against the Court's decision in the Gonzalez v.Raich case?

A)Scalia
B)Thomas
C)Breyer
D)Stevens

Question 40

Which of the following is a power prohibited to the national government without the express consent of the state's citizens?

A)declaring war
B)printing money
C)admitting new states
D)regulating commerce

Question 41

Economic problems in Europe made life hardest for which of the following?

A)industrialists
B)farmers
C)factory workers
D)small businesses

Question 42

For much of the history of the American republic, the model of the relationship between states and nation was one of

A)coercive federalism.
B)unitary federalism.
C)dual federalism.
D)cooperative federalism.

Question 43

In the Slaughterhouse Cases, the Supreme Court weighed in for the first time on the protections offered by the

A)10th Amendment.
B)13th Amendment.
C)14th Amendment.
D)15th Amendment.

Question 44

In the late 19th century, the primary theme of both national and state policy was one of

A)progressivism.
B)socialism.
C)communism.
D)laissez-faire capitalism.

Question 45

The case of McCulloch v.Maryland affirmed which of the following Constitutional clauses?

A)the Establishment Clause
B)the Necessary and Proper Clause
C)the Commerce Clause
D)the Full Faith and Credit Clause

Question 46

Which of the following cases centered around the Commerce and Supremacy Clauses of the Constitution?

A)Gibbons v. Ogden
B)McCulloch v. Maryland
C)Barron v. Baltimore
D)Marbury v. Madison

Question 47

During the entire decade of the 1930s, America's heartland experienced

A)a period of agricultural prosperity.
B)the worst drought in American history.
C)social and political unrest.
D)transition from agriculture to industrialism.

Question 48

Economically, the 1930s were a period of ______.

A)prolonged deflation and scarce money
B)exaggerated inflation and cheap credit
C)extreme prosperity and economic domination
D)rapidly growing employment opportunities

Question 49

In the 1830s, South Carolina Senator John Calhoun argued for the rights of states to

A)decide form themselves the issue of slavery.
B)secede from the Union.
C)nullify federal laws.
D)maintain sovereignty over the national government.

Question 50

The case of ______ was a landmark case in restricting the rights of African Americans following the Civil War by upholding the constitutionality of legalized racist segregation.

A)Marbury v. Madison
B)Brown v. Board of Education
C)Plessey v. Ferguson
D)Dred Scott v. Sanford

Question 51

Driving much of the politics and tensions of the 19th century was the issue of

A)commerce.
B)supremacy.
C)education.
D)slavery.

Question 52

Dual federalism

A)evenly divided the people's sovereignty between the nation and the states
B)focused the people's sovereignty entirely on the states
C)placed the sovereignty of the people primarily on the national government
D)was designed to placate the demands of the federalists and antifederalists alike

Question 53

In the 19th century, the Supreme Court stated that the governments of the United States were

A)cohesive and intertwined.
B)distinct and independent.
C)collaborative and interdependent.
D)counterproductive and polarized.

Question 54

In December 1860,

A)Texas was admitted to the Union.
B)South Carolina seceded from the Union.
C)the Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed.
D)the Supreme Court ruled on the issue of nullification.

Question 55

While John Marshall's Supreme Court affirmed national power under the Necessary and Proper Clause and the Commerce Clause, it did so with an eye toward

A)future court rulings.
B)public opinion.
C)legislative authority.
D)executive privilege.

Question 56

As the United States began to focus its attention toward the ______, the rights of ______ received less and less attention and protection.

A)Pacific Ocean | African Americans
B)Eastern Seaboard | the states
C)Northwest Territories | individual citizens
D)Southwest | Hispanic Americans

Question 57

The case of Barron v.Baltimore dealt with which of he following?

A)expanding the government's powers under the Supremacy Clause
B)acknowledging states' rights under the 10th Amendment
C)limiting the government's powers under the 5th Amendment
D)defining the boundaries of governmental commerce power

Question 58

A vision of American federalism in which the states and the national government work together to shape policy is called

A)dual federalism.
B)unitary federalism.
C)cooperative federalism.
D)coercive federalism.

Question 59

By placing limits on the Privileges and Immunities Clause of the 14th Amendment, the court upheld the authority of states to exercise their ______.

A)sovereignty
B)martial law privileges
C)police powers
D)commerce powers

Question 60

In the mid-19th century, as the original Federalist judges began to retire or passed away, many of their replacements held a stronger view of

A)state authority.
B)local authority.
C)national authority.
D)international authority.

Question 61

The relationship between the states and the nation was permanently altered during Roosevelt's New Deal by increasing

A)the level of Congressional authority to regulate interstate commerce.
B)the executive powers of the president and his/her cabinet.
C)the judicial powers of the Supreme Court and the federal court system.
D)the sovereignty of state legislatures and executives to implement new programs.

Question 62

The Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)was designed to pay farmers in order to

A)increase agricultural production.
B)save their farms from foreclosure.
C)reduce production of specific agricultural commodities.
D)change the products they were growing.

Question 63

The agency that focused on hiring young men to work on national improvement products was the

A)CCC.
B)AAA.
C)AFA.
D)NRA.

Question 64

In response to the Supreme Court decision in Schechter Poultry Corp.V.United States, the Roosevelt administration

A)conceded it had exceeded its constitutional authority.
B)called for a series of constitutional amendments expanding executive and legislative authority.
C)crafted an important set of programs and federal legislation known as the Second New Deal.
D)shifted commerce power and authority to the states in order to achieve his stated national goals.

Question 65

The most significant economic crisis in United States history was the

A)Great Depression.
B)Grand Recession.
C)Dust Bowl.
D)Stock Market Crash of 1929.

Question 66

The main form of a grant-in-aid during and after the New Deal has been the ______ grant.

A)block
B)categorical
C)devolution
D)revenue sharing

Question 67

The program that established a set of rules governing prices, outputs, wages, working hours, management-labor relations, and the employment of children for American businesses was the

A)CCC.
B)AAA.
C)AFA.
D)NRA.

Question 68

The Supreme Court's judgment in the case of Schechter Poultry Corp.V.United States had which of the following effects?

A)It found that the NRA had exceeded its constitutional authority to regulate commerce.
B)It sided with the Roosevelt administration and upheld the New Deal.
C)It led to a complete overturn of the New Deal.
D)It impacted the sovereignty of states with regard to regulating commerce.

Question 69

One of the primary tools that the federal government can use to achieve its policy objectives within the states is

A)the Commerce Clause.
B)grants-in-aid.
C)the Supremacy Clause.
D)cooperative policy development.

Question 70

Included in the Second New Deal was which of the following important government programs?

A)Medicare
B)Social Security
C)TANF
D)Medicaid

Question 71

Under President Roosevelt's administration, the only Constitutional amendment passed had the effect of

A)legalizing a national income tax.
B)granting women the right to vote.
C)repealing the ban on alcohol.
D)changing the voting age to 21.

Question 72

President Roosevelt's policies fundamentally changed the relationship between the states and the national government by

A)forcibly strengthening national police powers in comparison to those of the states.
B)collaboratively accomplishing a shared solution to economic problems.
C)strengthening state power in the governance of commercial activities.
D)dramatically strengthening the role of the national government in the economy.

Question 73

President Roosevelt's first priority was to strengthen the nation's crumbling ______ system.

A)highway
B)stock
C)banking
D)farming

Question 74

The most significant expansion of national power through the use of categorical grants-in-aid in the post-New Deal era was under Lyndon Johnson's

A)Great Society.
B)New Deal.
C)Broad Horizon.
D)Grand Contract.

Question 75

President Roosevelt's plan for tackling the Great Depression was known as the

A)Great Society.
B)New Deal.
C)Broad Horizon.
D)Grand Contract.

Question 76

Which of the following programs was included in President Johnson's Great Society?

A)Social Security
B)Medicare
C)Aid to Dependent Children
D)the Civilian Conservation Corps

Question 77

In order to battle the effects of the Great Depression, President Roosevelt called for expanded ______ power.

A)legislative
B)judicial
C)executive
D)bureaucratic

Question 78

Under the New Deal, federalism shifted to which of the following forms?

A)dual federalism
B)coercive federalism
C)cooperative federalism
D)unitary federalism

Question 79

Which of the following was formed in protest to a rising number of foreclosures?

A)the machinists' employment movement
B)the banker's trust movement
C)the farmer's holiday movement
D)the industrial prosperity movement

Question 80

By encouraging states to carry out national policy objectives, categorical grants act as a ______, and by threatening states with the withholding of funds if they fail to carry out government policy, categorical grants act as a ______

A)carrot | stick
B)motivator | reinforcer
C)punishment | reward
D)disincentive | incentive