Chapter 2

Question 1

Unitary

Answer 1

A system of government in which constitutional authority rests a national or central government

Question 2

Confederal

Answer 2

A system of government in which member state or regional government have all authority, and any central government has only the power that state governments choose to delegate it to

Question 3

What is an example of modern day confederation?

Answer 3

The European Union

Question 4

Federal

Answer 4

A system of government in which governmental powers are divided and shared between a national or central government and state or regional government

Question 5

Delegated Powers

Answer 5

Powers that the constitution gives to the national government

Question 6

What do delegated powers include?

Answer 6

Enumerated powers found in Article 1 Section 8 of the US Constitution as well as a few other powers that have evolved over time

Question 7

Expressed Powers

Answer 7

The powers that are clearly expressed in Article 1 Section 8 of the US Constitution

Question 8

Implied Powers

Answer 8

Delegated powers that are assumed to exist in order to for the federal government to perform the functions that are expressly delegated

Question 9

Inherent Powers

Answer 9

The powers that usually come with an office or a position - generally the executive branch

Question 10

Reserved Powers

Answer 10

The powers that belong to the state

Question 11

Where do the reserved powers come from?

Answer 11

The tenth amendment

Question 12

Concurrent Powers

Answer 12

Those powers shared by the national government and the states

Question 13

Supremacy Clause

Answer 13

States that the US Constitution, as well as laws treaties created in accordance with the US Constitution, supersede state and local laws

Question 14

Tenth Amendment

Answer 14

Section of the US Constitution that reserves powers to the states

Question 15

Commerce Clause

Answer 15

An enumerated power in Article 1, Section 8 of US Constitution that gives Congress the power to regulate commerce

Question 16

Necessary and Proper Clause

Answer 16

The last clause in Article 1 Section 8 of the US Constitution, also known as the elastic clause

Question 17

Dual Federalism

Answer 17

The understanding that the federal government and state governments are both sovereign with their sphere of influence

Question 18

Categorical Grants

Answer 18

Federal aid to state or local government for specific purposes, granted under restrictive conditions and often requiring matching funds from the receiving government

Question 19

Block Grants

Answer 19

Federal grants to state or local governments for more general purposes and with fewer restrictions than categorical grants

Question 20

Devolution

Answer 20

The attempt to enhance the power of state or local governments, especially by replacing relatively restrictive categorical grants in aid with more flexible block grants

Question 21

Separate-but-equal doctrine

Answer 21

Doctrine that resulted from the Supreme Court ruling in Plessy vs. Ferguson legalized segregation

Question 22

Jim Crow Laws

Answer 22

State and local laws that mandated racial segregation in almost every aspect of life

Question 23

A system of government that is divided and shared between a national or central government and state or regional governments is utilized by

Answer 23

North America, Mexico, and Canada

Question 24

What was one critical challenge to writing the Articles of Confederation in 1787?

Answer 24

The creation of a representative government for a large nation with a diverse population

Question 25

Texas’s political figures have been pushing for a shift in power

Answer 25

away from the federal government.

Question 26

Powers of the national government stated in the United States Constitution are called

Answer 26

delegated.

Question 27

Under Article 1, the U.S. Constitution gives the national government all of the following expressed powers except

Answer 27

regulate intrastate commerce.

Question 28

Which Article and Section was used to justify the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act?

Answer 28

Article 1 section 8

Question 29

Which of the following is not a provision of the federal Patient Protection and Affordability Care Act (Health Care Reform)?

Answer 29

The Medicaid program will be reduced due to a reduced need

Question 30

What is known as the “hidden tax” on the American people?

Answer 30

The added cost to American families and employers of covering those who are uninsured

Question 31

Which of the following is not true of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)?

Answer 31

DOMA was fully endorsed by President Obama and the Judicial Department

Question 32

Which court case grants the accused the right to confront the witnesses against the accused?

Answer 32

Pointer v. Texas

Question 33

Which power gives the U.S. Congress the authority to create rules for immigration and naturalization?

Answer 33

Article I, Section 8