POLS 1113 American Federal Questions

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POLS 1113American Federal Questions

• Chapter 3 UniverseFederalism

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Federalism refers to

• a. interstate relations.
• b. international relations between the United
  States and other countries.
• c. a political system in which primary power is
  reserved by the state governments.
• d. a relationship between the national and state
  governments.
• e. a political system in which all power is
  vested in the national government.

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Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution
elaborates the __ clause that, in theory, grants
the federal government unlimited power.

• a. necessary and proper d. privileges and
• b. supremacy immunities
• c. full faith and credit e. equal
  protection

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The new Constitution clearly established the
federal governments right to tax in order to

• a. diminish the powers of the state governments.
• b. avoid the financial problems of the previous
  government.
• c. establish a unitary system of the government.
• d. maintain one of the few strengths of the
  previous system of government.
• e. crush the independence of freedom-loving
  Americans.

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Powers derived from Article I, Section 8 are
known as __ powers that further the ability to
government to fulfill its enumerated powers.

• a. preemptory d. dictatorial
• b. reserve e. implied
• c. prerogative

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In situations of conflict between state and
national law, national law prevails due to

• a. federalism. d. the 10th
  Amendment.
• b. the supremacy e. the national
• clause.
  government having
• c. the full faith and control of
  the military.
• credit clause.

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The Constitution has a long list of federal
powers, but few powers are listed to the states.
According to the authors, the reason is that

• a. states had all the power at the writing of the
  Constitution, and a list was deemed unnecessary.
• b. the framers thought the federal government was
  more important, and should be more powerful.
• c. states were designed by the Constitution to be
  subordinate units to the federal government.
• d. the framers believed that the states would
  wither on the vine.
• e. all of the above.

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Among the concurrent powers of the U.S.
constitutional system include all of the
following EXCEPT

• a. taxation. d. coining
  money.
• b. establishing courts. e. borrowing
  money.
• c. making and enforcing
• laws.

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The __ Amendment empowers the federal government
to impose income taxes to meet its financial
needs.

• a. 14th d. 17th
• b. 15th e. 18th
• c. 16th

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In additional to granting powers to state and
national governments, Article I also explicitly
denies some powers to both the state and federal
governments, including

• a. bills of attainder. d. grant titles
  of nobility.
• b. ex post facto laws. e. all of the
  above.
• c. entering into compacts
• with foreign nations.

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A law declaring an act illegal without the
benefit of a judicial trial is called

• a. mob justice. d. an ex
  officio law.
• b. a bill of attainder. e. habeas
  corpus rules.
• c. an ex post facto law.

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The clause that ensures that judicial decrees and
contracts made in one state will be binding and
enforceable in another is called the __ clause.

• a. supremacy d. full faith
  and credit
• b. reciprocity e. equal
  protection
• c. privileges and
• immunities

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In the Supreme Court case __, the Court ruled
that Congress had the authority to charter a
bank, and that states could not tax federal
entities.

• a. Marbury v. Madison d. Dred Scott v.
• b. McCulloch v. Maryland Sandford
• c. Gibbons v. Ogden e. Plessy v.
• 
  Ferguson

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The Supreme Court case __ (1824) addressed the
important question of the scope of Congresss
authority to regulate commerce.

• a. Marbury v. Madison d. Dred Scott v.
• b. McCulloch v. Maryland Sandford
• c. Gibbons v. Ogden. e. Plessy v.
• 
  Ferguson

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The judicial doctrine, associated with the tenure
of chief justice Roger Taney but holding for
nearly a century of the Courts history, that the
national government should not exceed its
enumerated powers, was called __, and was the law
of the land between 1835-1934.

• a. confederalism d. states
  rights
• b. neo-federalism e. constrained
  federalism
• c. dual federalism

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The __ (1861-1865) forever changed the nature of
federalism, as the federal government
increasingly sought to impose its will on the
states.

• a. Louisiana Purchase d. Great Depression
• b. Civil War e.
  impeachment of Bill
• c. destruction of the Clinton
• Second National Bank

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The Supreme Court ruled in Plessy v. Ferguson
(1896) that

• a. racial segregation was constitutional so long
  as the state provided separate but equal
  facilities to minorities.
• b. segregation was inherently unconstitutional
• c. states could invoke their 10th Amendment
  reserved powers to maintain order, and the
  federal government was expressly barred from
  intruding into domestic policy.
• d. states were prohibited from protecting the
  general welfare of their citizens.
• e. slavery was constitutional.

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In the 1930s, the __ created a crisis that
demanded a new way of thinking of the
relationship between the federal and state
governments.

• a. First World War d. Civil War
• b. Great Depression e. Cold War
• c. Second World War

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During the early years of FDRs __, the Supreme
Court ruled many programs unconstitutional
because the Court continued to think of the
relationship between the federal government and
the states in terms of layer cake federalism.

• a. Great Society d. New Frontier
• b. New Deal e. New Federalism
• c. Fair Deal

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During the first phase of the New Deal
(1932-1936), the attitude of the Supreme Court
towards federal intervention in the economy could
best be described as

• a. enthusiastic. d. laissez faire.
• b. mordant. e. demented.
• c. activist.

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Cooperative federalism (1932-1968) was
characterized by

• a. stronger state governments.
• b. increasing the power of local governments at
  the expense of the federal government.
• c. a shift in power from national to state
  governments.
• d. a stronger, more influential national
  government.
• e. direct appeals to individual citizens to
  participate in the governing process.

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The first genuine federal grant program funded

• welfare and d. a national
  health
• pension payments. care system.
• b. land-grant colleges. e. all of the
  above.
• c. roads and bridges

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Cooperative federalism was also called __
federalism.

• a. layer-cake d. rum-cake
• b. sponge-cake e. heroin-cake
• c. marble-cake

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Federal grant programs often have the effect of

• a. enhancing the ability of the federal
  government to impose national goals on the states
• b. reducing the power of the national government
  over the states.
• c. giving federal powers and funds to the states
  with few strings attached.
• d. forcing states to seek funds from foreign
  governments.
• e. all of the above.

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In 1964, Lyndon Johnson launched his Great
Society program, which attempted to evade the
influence of big state-wide machines by

• a. appointing political commissioners to
  administer federal funding programs.
• b. channeling funding to local governments and
  citizen action groups.
• c. giving federal agencies control of all
  spending decisions.
• d. options a and c.
• e. all of the above.

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The Reagan Revolution resulted in a new phase of
federalism, called __ federalism.

• a. marble-cake d. new
• b. dual e. snake-oil
• c. layer-cake

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Programs designed to channel federal money to the
states with no strings attached are known as

• a. block grants. d. preemptive
  grants.
• b. Pell grants. e. suspense
  grants.
• c. categorical grants.

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Grant programs for which Congress appropriates
money for a specific purpose, and which allocates
money to the states by a precise formula and
frequently with lots of conditions attached, are
called __ grants.

• a. conditional d. ad hoc
• b. categorical e. exigent
• c. provisory

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The effect of Reagans interpretation of
federalism was

• a. little change in the relationship between the
  federal and state governments.
• b. many governors has to cut spending and/or
  raise taxes to maintain services.
• c. a dramatic strengthening of the power of the
  states.
• d. many states emulated the federal government,
  cutting taxes and dramatically scaling back
  social services.
• e. that absolutely nothing changed.

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The GOPs Contract With America resulted in or
proposed

• a. Republican control of the House of
  Representatives.
• b. Republican control of the Senate.
• c. every GOP governor seeking election in that
  cycle was elected or reelected.
• d. radical scaling back of the power of the
  federal government.
• e. all of the above.

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The author of the Contract With America was __
(R-GA), who became Speaker of the House of
Representatives from 1994-1998.

• a. Jim Wright d. Newt Gingrich
• b. Dennis Hastert e. Jim Livingston
• c. Tom DeLay

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In 1994, public opinion polls indicated that __
percent of Americans felt that the federal
government had too much power.

• a. 24 d. 53
• b. 35 e. 65
• c. 48

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The Contract with America resulted in

• a. comprehensive change in federal policy not
  seen since the 1930s.
• b. more powerful state governments than has been
  seen since the Civil War.
• c. few actual laws and very little change in
  public policy.
• d. options a and b.
• e. all of the above.

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National laws that direct state or local
governments to comply with federal rules and
regulations without providing necessary funding
are called

• a. manifest decrees. d. stipulations.
• b. unfunded mandates. e. voided
  requirements.
• c. impoverished edicts.

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Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC)
was replaced by Temporary Aid to Needy Families
(TANF), which was part of the larger

• a. We Dont Like Poor People Act (WDLPP).
• b. Get Off Your Butts and Get a Job Act
  (GOYBGJA).
• c. Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity
  Reconciliation Act (PRWOR).
• d. Ayn Rand Memorial Omnibus Package (ARMOP).
• e. Let a Thousand Flowers Bloom Act (LTFB).

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The method by which the federal government can
override state or local actions is called

• a. abeyance. d. preemption.
• b. regulatory federalism. e. rescission.
• c. elasticlausing.

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The Supreme Court, during the Reagan
Administration, began to

• a. expand federal governmental authority.
• b. issue more liberal opinions than in previous
  eras.
• c. began restricting the Reagan administrations
  attempts to reform the relationship between the
  federal government and the states.
• d. return power to the states.
• e. all of the above.

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True/False Universe
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The devolution revolution expands the power of
the federal government.

• a. True b. False

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The challenge for the United States has always
been to preserve the independence and rights of
the states while establishing an effective
national government.

• a. True b. False

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The word federal is frequently used in the
Constitution to describe the system of divided
powers.

• a. True b. False

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The necessary and proper clause is the root of
Congresss implied powers.

• a. True b. False

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The Constitution specifically enumerates all
powers to the state and local governments.

• a. True b. False

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Implied powers are derived from constitutionally
enumerated powers.

• a. True b. False

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The supremacy clause of the Constitution
mandates that state laws supercede national laws.

• a. True b. False

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Taxation is a concurrent power in the U.S.
federal system.

• a. True b. False

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In McCulloch v. Maryland (1819), the Supreme
Court ruled that the commerce clause could not be
invoked to reduce state powers.

• a. True b. False

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Throughout our history, the basic rules and
assumptions governing federalism have remained
unchanged.

• a. True b. False

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The Civil War and the Great Depression were two
of the historical events that tended to
consolidate power within the federal government
at the expense of the state governments.

• a. True b. False

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During the late 1880s and 1890s, the Supreme
Court consistently ruled to prevent Congress from
interfering in economic matters.

• a. True b. False

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In the early 1930s, Supreme Court was generally
supportive of FDRs attempts to deal with the
Great Depression.

• a. True b. False

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Block grants are federal funds given to the
states with few strings attached.

• a. True b. False

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Many people today are calling for a return of
power to the states.

• a. True b. False

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Preemption is one way for states to prevent
federal usurpation of their power.

• a. True b. False

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In the 1980s and 1990s, the Supreme Court was
focused on rebalancing the federal system by
shifting federal powers to the states.

• a. True b. False