Question 1

How did the traditional system of dual federalism establish a "commercial republic"?

Accepted Answer

A)   The federal government passed laws forbidding any regulation of capitalism.
B)   The function of the federal government was to promote and assist commerce.
C)   Dual federalism established property-holding requirements for federal officeholders.
D)   The federal government was originally designed to regulate and control the marketplace.
E)   The federal government sold many natural resources from publicly owned lands.

Question 2

Which of the following Supreme Court cases limited federal power?

Accepted Answer

A)   United States v. Lopez and Printz v. United States
B)   Gibbons v. Ogden and McCulloch v. Maryland
C)   Gibbons v. Ogden and Brown v. Board of Education
D)   McCulloch v. Maryland and Brown v. Board of Education
E)   Gibbons v. Ogden and Roe v. Wade

Question 3

A ________ grant requires state and local governments to submit proposals to the federal government and compete for funding.

Accepted Answer

A)   Pell
B)   formula
C)   project
D)   federal
E)   contest

Question 4

Which of the following economic policies was the national government allowed to implement during the nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)   establishing a series of national banks
B)   regulating the health and safety of the workplace
C)   regulating the use of child labor
D)   preventing the production of impure goods
E)   prohibiting fraud

Question 5

________ was the first president to promote New Federalism.

Accepted Answer

A)   Abraham Lincoln
B)   Franklin Roosevelt
C)   Dwight Eisenhower
D)   Lyndon Johnson
E)   Richard Nixon

Question 6

________ is the strategy of delegating a policy program to a lower level of government.

Accepted Answer

A)   Home rule
B)   Redistribution
C)   Devolution
D)   Preemption
E)   Incorporation

Question 7

________ compels state officials to obey costly federal regulations, but does not reimburse those costs.

Accepted Answer

A)   A grant-in-aid
B)   A preemption
C)   An unfunded mandate
D)   A block grant
E)   General revenue sharing

Question 8

Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)  was important because it

Accepted Answer

A)   fully developed the concept of judicial review.
B)   fully developed the concept of dual citizenship.
C)   established the supremacy of the national government in all matters affecting interstate commerce.
D)   determined that the forced relocation of the Five Civilized Tribes to Oklahoma was unconstitutional.
E)   determined that the Bill of Rights applied to state governments as well as to the federal government.

Question 9

Which of the following statements is true about the Defense of Marriage Act?

Accepted Answer

A)   The Defense of Marriage Act was passed in 1996.
B)   The members of Congress who voted for it wanted to express their support for same-sex marriage.
C)   The Act stipulates that the federal government will recognize same-sex marriage.
D)   The Act stipulates that states have to recognize same-sex marriage.
E)   The Act stipulates that same-sex marriage partners are eligible for Social Security and Medicare benefits.

Question 10

Trace the changes in federalism throughout American history. What was doctrine of dual federalism? How was governmental power distributed under this system? How did the Great Depression lead to the decline in dual federalism?

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Question 11

Which event was most influential in the rise of a more active national government?

Accepted Answer

A)   the War of 1812
B)   the Civil War
C)   World War I
D)   the Great Depression
E)   the Cold War

Question 12

Block grants are designed to

Accepted Answer

A)   fund a large number of similar projects.
B)   fund urban improvements on a specific city block.
C)   give the states considerable discretion in how the money should be spent.
D)   fund capital improvements in a specific block of schools.
E)   impose strict limits on how state governments can spend money from the federal government.

Question 13

Nations that adopt a federal arrangement tend to have

Accepted Answer

A)   diverse ethnic or language groups.
B)   multiparty systems.
C)   strong executives.
D)   no history of feudalism.
E)   a history of totalitarianism.

Question 14

When the Alaskan legislature passed a law in the 1970s that gave state residents preference over nonresidents in obtaining work on oil pipelines, this law violated the ________ clause.

Accepted Answer

A)   interstate commerce
B)   full faith and credit
C)   privileges and immunities
D)   takings
E)   necessary and proper

Question 15

Why were attempts by Congress to regulate child labor and factory conditions in local workplaces struck down by the Supreme Court as unconstitutional in the late nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)   Regulating local workplaces was perceived to be inconsistent with the full faith and privileges clause of the Constitution.
B)   Regulating local workplaces was perceived to violate the Twenty-First Amendment to the Constitution.
C)   Regulating local workplaces was perceived to violate the comity clause of the Constitution.
D)   Regulating local workplaces was beyond the scope of understanding of interstate commerce at the time and was, therefore, perceived to be an unconstitutional exercise of power by the federal government.
E)   Regulating local workplaces was perceived to violate the strongly held value of regulated federalism.

Question 16

Which of the following is the best example of a unitary system of government?

Accepted Answer

A)   The federal government sets education policies for all schools.
B)   The federal government establishes general guidelines for schools but leaves most specific policy decisions up to local school boards.
C)   The federal government makes funding for schools dependent on test scores but allows local school boards the freedom to determine how to best prepare students for the tests.
D)   The federal government provides parents with vouchers for private schools, and local governments have no role to play in education policy.
E)   The federal government provides no funding for schools and leaves education policy entirely up to local school boards.

Question 17

What is the main purpose behind the privileges and immunities clause of Article IV?

Accepted Answer

A)   It prevents states from discriminating against nonresidents.
B)   It compels each state to recognize the laws of other states.
C)   It requires all states to provide a uniform standard of benefits and entitlement.
D)   It states that the Bill of Rights applies to the actions of state governments as well as the national government.
E)   It prevents states from coining their own money.

Question 18

The Supreme Court justices determined that the Affordable Care Act was

Accepted Answer

A)   unconstitutional under the First Amendment.
B)   constitutional under the commerce clause of Article I.
C)   constitutional under Congress's power to tax.
D)   constitutional under the Third Amendment.
E)   none of the above

Question 19

During most of the nineteenth century, Congress used it powers to ________ commerce.

Accepted Answer

A)   regulate
B)   facilitate
C)   limit
D)   corrupt
E)   prohibit

Question 20

________ occurs when a state grants a city the ability to govern its own local affairs.

Accepted Answer

A)   Home rule
B)   Dual federalism
C)   Ostracism
D)   Separation of powers
E)   City governance

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Nations that adopt a federal arrangement tend to have

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________ is the strategy of delegating a policy program to a lower level of government.

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Which of the following statements is true about the Defense of Marriage Act?

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Which of the following is the best example of a unitary system of government?

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Block grants are designed to

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Which of the following economic policies was the national government allowed to implement during the nineteenth century?

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Trace the changes in federalism throughout American history. What was doctrine of dual federalism? How was governmental power distributed under this system? How did the Great Depression lead to the decline in dual federalism?

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________ compels state officials to obey costly federal regulations, but does not reimburse those costs.

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Which event was most influential in the rise of a more active national government?

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