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If states lacked the power to tax, then how would state governments get their funding?


A) They would need to enter into treaties with foreign countries to obtain funding.
B) They would be in violation of the Constitution's provisions regarding interstate commerce.
C) They would depend on the federal government to be able to function.
D) They would pass the burden of funding their budgets to local governments.
E) They would depend upon private donations from individuals and corporations.

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Explain the concept of dual federalism and its essential premises.

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Overall, to what extent does the Constitution lay out the relationship between the federal and state governments?

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Why did the Founding Fathers incorporate the principle of privileges and immunities into the Constitution?


A) To guarantee that the national government provide equivalent shares of grant money to states
B) To ensure that state governments would not discriminate against another state's citizens
C) To safeguard that a person charged with a crime in another state be returned to that state for trial or imprisonment
D) To ensure that the public acts, records, and civil proceedings of each state are legal and binding in all states
E) To guarantee that public officials would receive equal treatment under the law

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When Congress passed a tariff in 1828, why did South Carolina try to nullify it?


A) To assert the power of the state governments over the national government
B) To indicate that a state should have the ultimate authority over its citizens
C) To protect slavery
D) To increase the price of exported and imported goods
E) To assert the power of the state governments over the national government and to indicate that a state should have the ultimate authority over its citizens

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Which of the following best describes police power?


A) It is the authority to tax citizens.
B) It is reserved for the federal government to fight terrorism.
C) It is the states' rights to make laws that are prohibited by the U.S. Constitution in order to regulate commerce within their borders.
D) It is the power of local police to stop drivers suspected of being illegal immigrants.
E) It is the authority to legislate for the protection of the health, welfare, safety, and morals of the people that is delegated to the states.

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Which of the following gives Congress the power to regulate trade among the states?


A) The Bill of Rights
B) The commerce clause
C) The McCulloch v. Maryland decision
D) The necessary and proper clause
E) The Supreme Court

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Identify the key elements of cooperative federalism. Explain how it could be used to solve a problem facing society today.

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Since Madison and the Framers were fearful that local majorities would infringe on the rights of local minorities, what did they prefer over local democracies?


A) A direct democracy at the national level
B) A large-scale democracy
C) A large-scale republic
D) Small-scale town meetings
E) A small-scale republic

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Which of the following does the final provision in Article I, Section 8, of the Constitution, sometimes known as the elastic clause, state?


A) The inherent powers of Congress
B) Five ways that enumerated powers can be carried out
C) That Congress can make laws that are necessary and proper to carry out its enumerated powers
D) That Congress can declare war in situations that can be characterized as demanding flexibility
E) A flexible procedure for immediate removal of the president from office

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Which of the following did President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal include?


A) A laissez-faire plan to address unemployment and poverty issues
B) Large-scale emergency antipoverty programs
C) A hands-off approach to regulating labor relations
D) Open competition among businesses to improve the economy
E) Policies that strictly followed the interpretation of commerce in the Constitution

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Discuss how modern immigration policy is a challenge to federalism.

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Discuss the line-item veto and its significance.

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Which of the following metaphors best describes dual federalism?


A) Sponge cake
B) Layer cake
C) Fruit cake
D) Marble cake
E) Pineapple upside down cake

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Which constitutional clause prohibits states from establishing trade barriers, or leveling unequal taxes against goods from another state?


A) Necessary and proper clause
B) General welfare clause
C) Commerce clause
D) Full faith and credit clause
E) Supremacy clause

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What is the purpose of block grants or federal aid given to state or local governments?


A) It is to be divided into discrete "blocks" of grants, each limited to $100 million.
B) It is to be spent on a specific policy area decided on by the federal, state, and local governments.
C) It is to be spent in the way the state or local government decides to spend it.
D) It is to be tied to federal mandates that state or local governments must then implement or they will be taxed on the money.
E) It is to be contingent on state/local endorsement of so-called "social" federal legislation.

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What action can citizens in some states take to force a special vote to remove state elected officials before their terms expire?


A) A referendum
B) A recall
C) An initiative
D) A town meeting
E) A veto

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Which of the following statements regarding the Gibbons v. Ogden case is true?


A) The national government lost the power to regulate intrastate commerce.
B) State governments won the right to control navigation in interstate waters.
C) The power to regulate interstate commerce was determined to be an exclusive national power of the federal government.
D) The ruling provided the national government with decreasing power over economic affairs throughout the land.
E) The Supreme Court found that commerce was defined as the exchange of goods and not navigation or transport of people.

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The Constitution did not give Congress the authority to establish the Internal Revenue Service. Congress did so, however, to implement its power to "lay and collect taxes." This an example of which of the following types of power?


A) Implied
B) Delegated
C) Reserved
D) Expressed
E) Inherent

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What is the doctrine of dual federalism?


A) The function of government is determined by the people.
B) The federal government has more functions than the state governments.
C) The state governments have more functions than the federal government.
D) The state and federal governments have identical functions.
E) The state and federal governments have separate functions.

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