3: The Federal System Flashcards
Which of the following is the system of government adopted under the Constitution?
federal
Which of the following is a document used to establish a local government?
charter
If you were living in a country with a unitary system of government, which government(s) would be strongest?
the national government
Which of the following was the first system of government of the United States?
confederation
Which form of government is best defined as a few people ruling in their own interest over constituents?
Oligarchy
Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution gives Congress the power to “punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas.” What sort of power is the authority to punish pirates?
enumerated
Why is it that the states establish criminal laws?
These powers are reserved to the states.
Which is an example of a concurrent power?
taxing
Which of the following is the clause of the Constitution that requires states to honor contracts from another state?
full faith and credit
In the United States, which form of government is the most numerous?
special district
Which case addressed the issue of whether the due process clause of the Fifth Amendment applied to actions of the states?
Barron v. Baltimore
In McCulloch v. Maryland, the Marshall Court decided that the federal government could create a national bank based on the Constitution’s _______________ clause.
supremacy
Which of the following was the first major Supreme Court decision to define the relationship between national and state governments?
McCulloch v. Maryland
Which of the following is defined by separate and equally powerful state and national governments?
dual federalism
One of the effects of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Amendments was _______________.
the expansion of the power of the federal government
Which do state governments tend to prefer?
block grants
One of the goals of President Ronald Reagan’s New Federalism was to _____.
return power to the states
A federal grant that would give states money for a new housing project, but that would require the states to make at least 50 percent of the housing available to low- income families, would be considered a(n) _____.
categorical grant
Which political institution acts as the umpire of the federal system?
the Supreme Court
Which of the following best describes the Rehnquist Court’s decisions on federalism?
The Court largely favored state power.
Which of the following is one of Congress’s implied powers?
conducting foreign relations
*creating a national bank*
coining money
regulating interstate commerce
Which of the following is an example of a power reserved to the national government?
creating a bank
creating public safety regulations
*coining money*
taxing
Hypothetically, if Congress passed and the president signed a new law making the actions of Hillary Clinton, in regard to her home email server, illegal, such a law would be unconstitutional because _________
it was an ex post facto law.
Which term describes the process that occurs when a state declares a federal law void?
*nullification*
interstate compact
dual federalism
necessary and proper clause
Which of the following enhances the power of the states?
Barron v. Baltimore
The New Deal marked the end of _____ and the beginning of _____.
dual federalism; cooperative federalism
South Carolina’s decision in the 1830s that a federal tariff would not apply in its state exemplifies _____.
the doctrine of nullification
Out-of-state residents have equal access to police protection as do in-state residents under the _____ clause.
privileges and immunities
According to Dillon’s Rule, your local municipal government must be authorized by which of the following?
the state government
Which of the following was Franklin D. Roosevelt’s program of relief, recovery, and reform during the Great Depression?
New Deal
In his Court-packing plan, President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposed to __________.
expand the number of Supreme Court justices by adding justices who would be friendly toward his policies
What best describes the difference between dual federalism and Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal government?
The national government had more power under the New Deal than under dual federalism.
Which of the following is true of the Roberts Court?
It avoids deciding cases involving health care.
It has recently tended to decide cases in favor of the states.
*It was initially reluctant to address high-profile federalism issues.*
It avoids deciding cases involving immigration.
What type of federalism views the relationship between federal and state governments as one that is both coercive and cooperative?
new federalism
*progressive federalism*
dual federalism
marble- cake federalism
During Barack Obama’s first term, he subscribed to a system in which policy matters are decided at the federal level when a consensus on federal standards can be reached, but are otherwise deferred to _____.
the states
A form of government in which power is vested in hereditary kings and queens who govern the entire society.
monarchy
The period from 1865-1877 after the Civil War, in which the U.S. militarily occupied and dominated the eleven former states of the Confederacy.
Reconstruction
The period from 1865-1877 after the Civil War, in which the U.S. militarily occupied and dominated the eleven former states of the Confederacy.
Reconstruction
A Supreme Court decision that ruled the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional and denied citizenship rights to enslaved African Americans. Dred Scottheightened tensions between the pro-slavery South and the abolitionist North in the run up to the Civil War.
Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857)
The powers of the national government specifically granted to Congress in Article I, section 8 of the Constitution.
enumerated powers
The military conflict from 1861 to 1865 in the United States between the Northern forces of the Union and the Southern forces of the Confederacy. Over 600,000 Americans lost their lives during this war.
Civil War
A pragmatic approach to federalism that views relations between national and state governments as both coercive and cooperative.
progressive federalism
System of government in which the local and regional governments derive all authority from a strong national government.
unitary system
A local government that is restricted to a particular function.
special district
