Chapter 4

Question 1

Which of the following is an expressed power of the federal government that is not shared with the states

Answer 1

• issue money
• declare war
• create treaties
• regulate trade

Question 2

Which of the following is an implied power of the federal government

Answer 2

• government can build an interstate highway system
• print money
• create a bureaucracy to carry out expressed power

Question 3

Which of the following is a power reserved to the states

Answer 3

• declare speed limit
• running elections
• education

Question 4

The power to borrow money is which type of power

Answer 4

Expressed power or concurrent power

Question 5

What is the meaning of the supremacy clause

Answer 5

Federal laws are over state law unless the states rule that law unconstitutional

Question 6

The federal government is denied the power to do which of the following

Answer 6

• can’t deny trial by jury,
• double jeopardy,
• cruel or unusual punishments,
• can’t take freedom of speech, religion, press

Question 7

No level of government may try a person under the ex post facto law, meaning a law that was passed

Answer 7

Can’t punish the person or group if the crime was done before the law was passed

Question 8

Under the full faith and credit clause of the constitution, a state must

Answer 8

Honor public acts of other states (marriages, divorces, crimes)
-can’t punish people, can only send them back to state they were charged

Question 9

The framers of the constitution got many ideas about governing from which of the following?

Answer 9

The enlightenment, the eighteenth century

Question 10

Creating local governments is which type of power

Answer 10

Reserved power ( power left to state )

Question 11

The main responsibility for resolving conflicts between the states and the federal government lies with which of the following?

Answer 11

The Supreme Court

Question 12

Which of the following was a key issue in the case of McCulloch v. Maryland

Answer 12

Maryland tried to tax the federal bank

Question 13

How was the relationship between the federal and state governments generally understood during the period of dual federalism

Answer 13

• States did this, government did that
• supreme in own spheres
• did not overlap powers

Question 14

According to the doctrine of nullification, states could

Answer 14

Refuse to enforce laws in their state that government told them to enforce

Question 15

The term cooperative federalism refers to

Answer 15

States and government work together to solve issues

Question 16

Which of the following proposals is an example of the kind of federalism favored by Ronald Reagan

Answer 16

Provide block grants (fewer restrictions/conditions attached to them)(more flexibility)

Question 17

The republicans 1994 contract with America is an example of which of the following ideas

Answer 17

Devolution

Question 18

Which statement best describes the doctrine of succession

Answer 18

If states don’t like the governments actions, they can quit the union

Question 19

Why is the 16th amendment an important element in the system of fiscal federalism

Answer 19

It Granted the government power to income tax (this made it easier to raise money faster and more money then a tariff)

Question 20

The federal governments chief tool for influencing states and communities is

Answer 20

A grant

Question 21

Which of the following is the main source of income for the federal government today

Answer 21

Income tax

Question 22

Why did president Reagan use block grants in the 1980s

Answer 22

To give more power back to the states (lessen power of the national government)

Question 23

Which of the following best describes federal mandates

Answer 23

Something the states must do If they want the money form the federal government

Question 24

Which of the following was a significant feature of the welfare reform of 1996

Answer 24

Block grants (gave states more control over welfare)

Question 25

When congress places demands on states without grant money, it is called a

Answer 25

Unfunded mandate

Question 26

Which of the following would be most likely if devolution were applied to a health care program

Answer 26

States would have more control over the spending (in the form of a block grant)

Question 27

What justification has the national government used for imposing federal mandates such as school busing, desegregation, and affirmative action

Answer 27

The equal protection clause in the 14th amendment

Question 28

Which of the following best expresses the federal governments chief reason for providing grants in aid

Answer 28

To influence states and local policies (get them to do what they want them to)

Question 29

Which of the following is the best argument for giving states a role in controlling immigration

Answer 29

• the states have to deal with the effects of the immigrants, they would fund any extra costs
• The states understand its needs more then government

Question 30

Federalism in which national and state governments work together to meet the crisis

Answer 30

Cooperative federalism

Question 31

Another name for the necessary and proper clause, and is used to stretch the powers of congress

Answer 31

Elastic clause

Question 32

Declares that national laws are supreme over state laws, unless the national law is unconstitutional

Answer 32

Supremacy clause

Question 33

Powers reserved for the states

Answer 33

Reserved power

Question 34

Powers stated in the constitution

Answer 34

Delegated power

Question 35

Shared powers of state and national governments

Answer 35

Concurrent power

Question 36

Grants that can only be used for a specific purpose, or category

Answer 36

Categorical grant

Question 37

Powers that historically have been recognized as naturally belonging to all governments with a sovereign nation

Answer 37

Inherent power

Question 38

Prevents states from discriminating against the citizens of other states (receive all privileges and immunities no matter what state)

Answer 38

Privileges and immunities clause

Question 39

Granted large tracts of land to states

Answer 39

Morrill act

Question 40

Federalism that involved releasing national funds in the form of grants to state and local governments to achieve national goals

Answer 40

Creative federalism

Question 41

Both state and national governments are equal authorities operating within their own spheres of influence

Answer 41

Dual federalism

Question 42

Something the national government orders the state governments to do without giving them grants

Answer 42

Unfunded mandate

Question 43

Powers not specifically listed in the constitution

Answer 43

Implied power

Question 44

Idea that states had the right to separate themselves from the union

Answer 44

Doctrine of succession

Question 45

Idea that states had the right to ignore national laws that they believed contradicted or clashed with state interests

Answer 45

Doctrine of nullification

Question 46

Laws made “after the fact”

Answer 46

Ex post facto law

Question 47

Powers specifically listed in the constitution

Answer 47

Expressed power