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The federal system is the most popular system of government

True or False?

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False

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Federalism is the study of the relationship between governmental units?
True or False?

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True

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Confederacy system of government is the strongest form of government
True or False?

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False

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Jefferson Davis was the President of the confederate States of America
True or False?

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True

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The relationship between different levels of government is articulated in a constitution
True or False?

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True

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States are superior to the central government in the United States
True or False?

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False

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The Great Depression was a problem solved by the state governments
True or False?

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False

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The Merrill act gave states the land to create a state university
True or False?

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True

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Traditionally state government had superiority in educational policy
True or False?

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True

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Segregation of the south during the hundred years after the Civil War (1864-1959) was possible because of federalism
True or False?

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True

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Countries that have a unitary system of government are all of these except?

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Germany

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The case of Gibbon v. Ogden helped define the legal concept?

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Refines the boundary of interstate commerce versus intrastate commerce

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New federalism was a phrase coined by President?

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Ronald Reagan

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Federal research money was the most plentiful at universities during?

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1960s

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The head start program was part of what liberal Democratic President’s program?

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Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society

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The work Program administration (WPA) was part of what liberal Democratic President’s program?

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Franklin D. Roosevelt’s new deal

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“No child left behind” was the result of legislation from?

A

George W. Bush

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What is not a model of federalism?

A

Tertiary

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The case of McColloch v. Maryland illustrates the concept of?

A

Federal law is the supreme law

Of land

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Welfare reform was the result of legislation from?

A

William Clinton

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