Chapter 3 Pre Test

Question 1

A system that distributes power between state and national governments

Answer 1

Federalism

Question 2

Government in which the national government holds the ultimate authority

Answer 2

Unitary system

Question 3

Specific powers granted by the US Constitution to the national government

Answer 3

Expressed powers

Question 4

General revenue-sharing grants are a central component of the process of devolution, which is a policy

Answer 4

To remove a program from one level of government by delegating it or passing it down to a lower form of government

Question 5

How did the Great Depression affect the nature of federalism in the United States?

Answer 5

It brought a dramatic increase in the growth and power of the national government over commerce, though for the most part state power was not directly curtailed

Question 6

In what specific way did the Obama administration grant more power to the state’s than had the George W. Bush administration?

Answer 6

It reversed the Bush policy of preemption in certain areas by granting more control in the areas of social policy and the environment

Question 7

In what way did the comity clause seek to promote national unity

Answer 7

It prevented states from discriminating against someone from another state or giving special privileges to their own residents

Question 8

The powers not delegated to the United States by the constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people

Answer 8

10th amendment

Question 9

The US Supreme Court upheld the right of the national government to create a national bank and reaffirmed the notion of national supremacy in which landmark case?

Answer 9

McCulloch v. Maryland

Question 10

Requires that each state’s laws be honored by the other states

Answer 10

Full faith and credit clause

Question 11

The necessary and proper clause of the US Constitution is the source of which of the following powers?

Answer 11

Implied

Question 12

The power delegates by a state to a local unit of government to manage its own affairs is known as

Answer 12

Home rule

Question 13

A federal law that requires the states to do certain things but does not provide state governments with the funding to implement these policies

Answer 13

Unfunded mandate

Question 14

State governments have more powers granted to them

Answer 14

Dual federalism

Question 15

Which government traditionally has the authority to regulate fundamental matters referred to as police powers?

Answer 15

State

Question 16

What same sex case expanded civil rights

Answer 16

Obergefell v Hodges

Question 17

What has been a key characteristic of federalism in the United States since the year 2009?

Answer 17

Greater state initiative in the realm of immigration law and policy due to federal inaction

Question 18

Which type of gravy provides the most control to state and local governments in the distribution of federal grants-in-aid?

Answer 18

Block

Question 19

Why is the post- New Deal federalism sometimes referred to as “marble cake federalism”?

Answer 19

It developed into cooperative federalism, a system in which national grants encouraged states to implement national policies, somewhat blurring the lines between national and state governments