Chapter Four

Question 1

Article that limits the powers of the states

Answer 1

Article VI

Question 2

Name of the clause that says states shall no violate Article VI when making laws

Answer 2

Supremacy Clause

Question 3

Concept the founding fathers came up with to protect themselves from all powerful central gov

Answer 3

federalsim

Question 4

what type of power is granting someone a title of nobility

Answer 4

denied powers

Question 5

implied powers

Answer 5

powers the government requires to carry out its expressed constitutional powers

Question 6

how many years have we had the constitution

Answer 6

237

Question 7

level of gov that regulates interstate commerce

Answer 7

federal

Question 8

level of gov that regulates intrastate commerce

Answer 8

state

Question 9

2 or more govs having power over the same people in the same territory

Answer 9

federalism

Question 10

the US establishing the voting age to 18 is an example of what clause

Answer 10

supremacy clause

Question 11

developing nuclear weapons is an example of what powers

Answer 11

implied

Question 12

levying taxes is an example of what powers

Answer 12

concurrent and expressed

Question 13

ability to administer elections and establish voting laws in a example of what powers

Answer 13

reserved

Question 14

5 concurrent powers via federalism

Answer 14

levy taxes
borrow money
charter banks
protect public health
establish courts

Question 15

3 powers directly stated in the Constitution

Answer 15

declare war
conduct foreign affairs
set immigration policy

Question 16

3 powers that state govs can do via federalsim

Answer 16

establish schools
conduct elections
provide licenses and rules for marriage

Question 17

Act that congress must pass for territories to become states

Answer 17

enabling act

Question 18

sums of money given to state or local govs for specific purposes

Answer 18

federal grants

Question 19

federal govs ability to take over a state function

Answer 19

preemption

Question 20

supreme court case settled the argument over what level of gov has more power

Answer 20

mcCulloch v maryland

Question 21

requires states to meet minimum national standards

Answer 21

mandates

Question 22

who holds the ultimate sovereign power in our republic

Answer 22

the voters

Question 23

what pres sent troops to little rock

Answer 23

dwight eisenhower

Question 24

what fraction of states have to approve amendments

Answer 24

3/4 or 38 states

Question 25

US's 5 territories

Answer 25

guam puerto rico american samoa northern mariana islands virgin islands

Question 26

the 1990 nurtritional and education act is an example of

Answer 26

a restraint

Question 27

restraint

Answer 27

an act that limits a state's ability to regulate an area

Question 28

FIT

Answer 28

federal income tax

Question 29

what supreme court case overruled plessy v ferguson

Answer 29

brown v board of education

Question 30

in order to vote in a different stats, what must you establish

Answer 30

residency

Question 31

why do states attract businesses

Answer 31

grow economy

Question 32

3 reasons to regulate business

Answer 32

benefits economy keeps unemployment down protect consumers

Question 33

interstate compacts are used to deal with what types of problems

Answer 33

regional

Question 34

what 2 states had issues over boundaries in 1970

Answer 34

Tennessee and arkansas

Question 35

what level of gov establishes policies that state schools must follow

Answer 35

state gov

Question 36

what 3 areas does the state budget reveal

Answer 36

wealth problems priorites

Question 37

extradite

Answer 37

to return a fugitive who fled across states lines

Question 38

what was the first interstate compact

Answer 38

port of new york authority

Question 39

what is the main cause of diputes in the west

Answer 39

water resources

Question 40

5 region names in US

Answer 40

midwest new england mid atlantic southeast southwest

Question 41

2 areas that state govs regulate

Answer 41

water and air pollution

Question 42

states rights

Answer 42

favors state and local govs conservative, republican, libertarian

Question 43

nationalists

Answer 43

favors national action liberal, democrat, progressive

Question 44

key element that increases political participation

Answer 44

voting

Question 45

element of gov that decreases the rick of a monopoly

Answer 45

federalism

Question 46

necessary and proper clause

Answer 46

elastic clause

Question 47

public policy

Answer 47

course of action that a gov takes

Question 48

what made affordable care act of 2010 ok

Answer 48

falls under congress's taxing power

Question 49

what level of gov has recently toon more responsibility

Answer 49

state

Question 50

what act abolished states discriminatory voting practices

Answer 50

civil rights act of 1964

Question 51

one size fits all

Answer 51

nationalist

Question 52

sunset laws

Answer 52

laws with an automatic end date