Question 1

The Constitution specifically enumerates the powers of the state governments.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

How did the Marshall Court change American federalism? Provide at least three examples.

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Question 3

Various levels of government worked together in a layer cake fashion after Hurricane Katrina.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

An example of a concurrent power is

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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 5

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The era of dual federalism ended with the

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

Question 7

What are the constitutional foundations of American federalism?

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Question 8

The Seventeenth Amendment lessened state power by

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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 9

What is a federal system,and how does it differ from other systems of government?

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A federal system of government is a syst...

Question 10

Categorical grants

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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 11

In a confederate system,the state governments draw their power from the people.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Only the federal government has the authority to enact regulations concerning endangered species.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

President George W.Bush promoted progressive federalism.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

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

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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 15

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

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

Question 16

For the first time in U.S.history,the New Deal embraced local governments as equal partners in an intergovernmental system.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

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

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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 18

The enumerated powers of the national government are found in

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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 19

What is political scientist Paul E.Peterson's argument about the price of federalism?

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Question 20

Should the federal government have broad power to make environmental policy?Why or why not?

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The question of whether the federal gove...

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