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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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A) Sponge cake
B) Layer cake
C) Fruit cake
D) Marble cake
E) Pineapple upside down cake
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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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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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A) A referendum
B) A recall
C) An initiative
D) A town meeting
E) A veto
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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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A) Implied
B) Delegated
C) Reserved
D) Expressed
E) Inherent
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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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