3 Week Flashcards
Limiting government by dividing it into two levels (national and state), each with sufficient independence to compete with the other, is called …
federalism
The use of federalism to distribute power among multiple actors is an example of which of the five principles of politics?
institution, because it reflects the influence of structural design on political outcomes
Federalism seeks to limit governmental tyranny by distributing power among which two sovereign entities?
national and state governments
Which term describes the division of powers and functions between national and state governments
federalism
The system of government in which a constitution divides power between a central government and regional governments is known as …
federalism
The national government under the Articles of Confederation is an example of a national government that …
lacked sovereignty
A government that has supreme and independent political authority is said to have …
sovereignty
The fact that the framers established a federal system in which the states retained a significant amount of the power they had under the Articles of Confederation is an illustration of the importance of the …
history principle
Which constitutional amendment was adopted to address the Antifederalists’ concerns that a strong central government would encroach upon the power of the states?
Tenth Amendment
All of the following are examples of the police powers reserved to the states EXCEPT …
ensuring compliance with state-employed religious inspectors
In addition to the expressed powers granted to the federal government, which powers are derived from the expansive interpretation of delegated powers?
implied powers
The allocation of primary control over police powers, property rights, and education to state and local governments is an example of a jurisdictional plan under which principle?
institution principle
Correct
The doctrine that allowed the national government to increase the scope of its authority considerably through the Supreme Court’s expansive interpretation of delegated powers was based on the __________ clause.
necessary and proper
Though the Constitution does not explicitly grant the federal government power to establish and prosecute crimes occurring within the states, over time Congress has created a large body of federal criminal law to prosecute crimes that occur in more than one state, such as the Federal Kidnapping Act. The power of Congress to enact such statutes comes from the implied powers granted by which clause in the Constitution?
necessary and proper clause
When the Supreme Court ruled that the federal government had the power to create a national bank because it had other specific powers enumerated in the Constitution, it did so by invoking …
the necessary and proper clause
In addition to expressed and implied powers, the Constitution affirmed the power of the national government over state governments in the …
supremacy clause
In Brown v. Board of Education (1954), the Supreme Court ruled that schools segregated by race were unconstitutional. In response, some states opposed to desegregation passed laws to prevent the desegregation of schools. However, the Supreme Court again ruled in Cooper v. Aaron (1958) that its 1954 decision was binding on all states, regardless of conflicting state laws. Which clause in the Constitution allowed the Supreme Court to make this 1958 ruling?
supremacy clause
Powers derived from the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution that are not specifically delegated to the national government or denied to the states are known as __________ powers.
reserved
The Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution declares that the powers the Constitution does not delegate to the national government or deny to the states are …
reserved to the states or to the people
We know that states have the power to establish local governments even though that power is not specifically granted to either the federal or state governments in the text of the Constitution. This is an example of a(n) __________ power.
reserved
The power of eminent domain refers to …
the right of state governments to take private property for public use with compensation for the loss
Private property exists because laws against trespassing are defined by …
state statutes
Powers reserved to the government to regulate the health, safety, and morals of its citizens are known as __________ powers.
police
The power of state and federal authorities to charter banks is an example of a __________ power.
concurrent
The power to levy taxes is an example of a __________ power.
concurrent
Article IV of the U.S. Constitution calls for “full faith and credit,” meaning that …
each state is expected to honor the public acts of other states, such as marriages
Each state is normally expected to honor the “public Acts, Records, and Proceedings” that take place in any other state because of Article IV, Section 1, of the Constitution, which is referred to as the __________ clause.
full faith and credit
If a couple marries in Texas as regulated by state law, then Missouri must also recognize that marriage according to the __________ clause, even though the couple was not married under Missouri state law.
full faith and credit
Until 2013, states had not been required to recognize same-sex marriages legalized in other states, despite the full faith and credit clause, because of …
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the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act
