3 Week

Question 1

Limiting government by dividing it into two levels (national and state), each with sufficient independence to compete with the other, is called …

Answer 1

federalism

Question 2

The use of federalism to distribute power among multiple actors is an example of which of the five principles of politics?

Answer 2

institution, because it reflects the influence of structural design on political outcomes

Question 3

Federalism seeks to limit governmental tyranny by distributing power among which two sovereign entities?

Answer 3

national and state governments

Question 4

Which term describes the division of powers and functions between national and state governments

Answer 4

federalism

Question 5

The system of government in which a constitution divides power between a central government and regional governments is known as …

Answer 5

federalism

Question 6

The national government under the Articles of Confederation is an example of a national government that …

Answer 6

lacked sovereignty

Question 7

A government that has supreme and independent political authority is said to have …

Answer 7

sovereignty

Question 8

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 …

Answer 8

history principle

Question 9

Which constitutional amendment was adopted to address the Antifederalists’ concerns that a strong central government would encroach upon the power of the states?

Answer 9

Tenth Amendment

Question 10

All of the following are examples of the police powers reserved to the states EXCEPT …

Answer 10

ensuring compliance with state-employed religious inspectors

Question 11

In addition to the expressed powers granted to the federal government, which powers are derived from the expansive interpretation of delegated powers?

Answer 11

implied powers

Question 12

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?

Answer 12

institution principle

Question 13

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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.

Answer 13

necessary and proper

Question 14

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?

Answer 14

necessary and proper clause

Question 15

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 …

Answer 15

the necessary and proper clause

Question 16

In addition to expressed and implied powers, the Constitution affirmed the power of the national government over state governments in the …

Answer 16

supremacy clause

Question 17

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?

Answer 17

supremacy clause

Question 18

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.

Answer 18

reserved

Question 19

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 …

Answer 19

reserved to the states or to the people

Question 20

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.

Answer 20

reserved

Question 21

The power of eminent domain refers to …

Answer 21

the right of state governments to take private property for public use with compensation for the loss

Question 22

Private property exists because laws against trespassing are defined by …

Answer 22

state statutes

Question 23

Powers reserved to the government to regulate the health, safety, and morals of its citizens are known as __________ powers.

Answer 23

police

Question 24

The power of state and federal authorities to charter banks is an example of a __________ power.

Answer 24

concurrent

Question 25

The power to levy taxes is an example of a __________ power.

Answer 25

concurrent

Question 26

Article IV of the U.S. Constitution calls for “full faith and credit,” meaning that …

Answer 26

each state is expected to honor the public acts of other states, such as marriages

Question 27

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.

Answer 27

full faith and credit

Question 28

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.

Answer 28

full faith and credit

Question 29

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 …

Answer 29

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the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act