Chapter 3 Federalism Flashcards
Intergovernmental relations are the complex network of interrelationships among governments, ie., political, fiscal, programmatic and administrative process by which higher units of government share revenues and other resources with lower units of government.
True
The United Nations is basically a federal association of nation states.
False
The Northwest land ordinance gave federal lands for public education in the western territories.
True
In McCulloch v Maryland, The Supreme Court ruled that the federal government did not have the right of eminent domain to seize state land to build a branch office of the national bank in Maryland.
False
Categorical grants are federal payments to state or federal or state payments to local governments for specified purposes.
False
The full faith and credit clause of article the places the individual as a citizen of his/her country above residency in a state.
False
Under the formula grant program, Congress allocated money to states and local governments based on a predetermined formula.
True
As adopted in 1789, the Constitution created a national government was sovereign Powers of its own-powers that one belongs exclusively to the states
True
Federalism is actually a hybrid combination of the Unitary and Confederative systems.
True
According to article IV, states are required to recognize the public acts, records and judicial proceedings of every other state.
True
Federal grant programs may also include cross cutting regulations to include if necessary, and an environmental impact statement.
True
In Cohen v Virginia, the Supreme Court ruled that states do not have the right to secede from the union.
False
Article I love the United States Constitution grants Congress exclusive authority to levy and collect taxes for the national government.
True
The supremacy clause of article IV of the United States Constitution makes the Constitution the
“supreme law of the land”
False
The 9th amendment to the U.S. Constitution gives the state their reserved powers.
False
An interstate compact is an agreement between two or more states requiring congressional approval.
True
John C. Calhoun believed in the compact theory of Governments whereby governments were created by and existed for the benefit of the people.
True
The anti-Federalist believed that the necessary and proper clause along with the supremacy clause gave the national government too much power and authority over state governments.
True
In Marbury v Madison, United States Supreme Court defined interstate commerce as including all navigable waters even those within a state.
False
Advantages of the unitary system are uniformity of public policy enforcement and a centralized government.
True
A Confederative System is the mode of political organization that unites separate units within an overarching political system by distributing power among general and constituent governments in a manner designed to protect the existence and authority of both.
False
In Cohen v Virginia (1821) The Supreme Court upheld a federal courts authority to review judicial decisions rendered by state courts.
True
In Texas v white, The Supreme Court ruled that Congress could tax interest earned from individual savings accounts and dividends on state and locally issue bonds.
False
Article I I I, section 4 of the United States Constitution places certain restrictions on both the national and state governments.
False
Intrastate commerce is all commerce traveling across the boundary lines.
False
According to the constitution, the writ of habeas corpus cannot be suspended except in the cases of rebellion and insurrection
True
Eminent domain is an example of a government’s proprietary function.
True
In plintz v United States, The Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional a federal law making it a crime to carry a gun within 1000 feet of a school.
False
In Garcia v San Antonio metropolitan transit authority, The Supreme Court ruled constitutional a federal mandate requiring that all state public employees be paid at least minimum wage and overtime.
True
Pragmatic federalism is based on the creation of empowerment zones whereby nonfederal resources are combined with modest federal cash outlays.
False
States rights is defined as the opposition to increasing the national government’s power at the expense of the states.
True
Calhoun’s concept of interposition is based on the believe that Democratic decisions should be made only with the concurrence of all major segments of society.
False
The national government has the authority to oversee all commercial activity that crosses any state boundary line.
True
Pres. George W. Bush retooled Reagan’s new federalism into his own concept entitled constrained empathetic federalism.
False
According to Calhoun, if the national government failed to fulfill the needs of the people of a particular state, then that State had the right to nullify its compact with the national government and form its own government.
True
Dual federalism is often times called marble cake federalism.
False
The Supremacy clause is located in _________ of the United States Constitution
Article VI
A _________ was a federal payment to a state or local government for a specific purpose.
Categorical grant
_________ is the authority to promote and safeguard the health, morals, safety and welfare of the people.
Police powers
____________ are given for prescribed Broader activities from healthcare to education
Block grants
The ___________ is one in which principal power within the political system lies at the level of a national or central government
Unitary system
Under the general revenue fund, _______ was a combination of federal and state money allocated on a formula basis to assist local communities to find intercity projects.
Revenue sharing
Created by Ronald Reagan, __________ was designed to reduce the role of national government in state and local affairs.
New federalism
Calhoun’s concept of __________ placed the states as the middleman or buffer zones to shield the people living in their states from harmful national mandates
Interposition
In federalist #45, _________ attempted to explain the relationship between the states and the national government.
James Madison
In ___________ (1948), The Supreme Court ruled that any state law denying women the right to practice certain occupations usually held by men were unconstitutional
Goesaert v cleary
A __________ System is a loose collection of states in which principal power lies at the level of the individual state rather than at the level of the central or national government
Confederative
In _________, The Supreme Court ruled that Congress could tax interest earned from individual savings accounts in dividends on state and local he issued bonds
South Carolina V baker
In ________, The Supreme Court upheld a federal courts the Dority to review decisions rendered by state courts
Cohen V Virginia
The necessary and proper clause of the United States Constitution is located in __________
Article 1, section 8
________ of the United States Constitution grants Congress the exclusive authority to levy and collect taxes for the National government
Article I
The necessary and proper clause is also known as the _______
Implied powers doctrine
The power for both the states and the national government to levy and collect taxes is an example of ________
Concurrent powers
In ______, the supreme court reinforced the equality of the United States by ruling that All states are admitted into the union on an equal footing.
Coyle V smith
Until 1932, the relationship between the states and the national government was ______ whereby autonomous national, sub national and local governments all pursue their own interest independently of each other.
Dual federalism
