Exam 1

Question 1

Federalism

Answer 1

division of governing power between the federal government and the states

Question 2

Supremacy Clause

Answer 2

federal law is supreme and that state law must, in case of conflict, yield

Question 3

Commerce Claus

Answer 3

it provides a broad source of commerce power for the federal government to regulate the economy and

it restricts state regulations that obstruct or unduly burden interstate commerce.

Question 4

eminent domain

Answer 4

The government’s power to take private property for public use

Question 5

Contract Clause

Answer 5

restrict states from retroactively modifying public charters and private contracts.

Question 6

Federal Preemption

Answer 6

right of federal government to regulate matters within its power to the exclusion of regulation by the states

Question 7

Adjudication

Answer 7

formal methods by which an agency resolves disputes

Question 8

Legislative Control

Answer 8

includes control over the agency’s budget and enabling statute

Question 9

Norris-La Guardia Act

Answer 9

Declared it to be U.S. policy that labor was to have full freedom to form unions, without employer interference.

Question 10

National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)

Answer 10

“the right to self-organization, to form, join or assist labor organizations, to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing, and to engage in concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection” is, for workers, a federally protected right

Question 11

Labor-Management Relations Act

Answer 11

prohibits certain unfair union practices

Question 12

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

Answer 12

is the enforcement agency for federal laws that make it illegal to discriminate against a job applicant or an employee because of the person’s race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetic information.

Question 13

Equal Pay Act

Answer 13

prohibits an employer from discriminating between employees on the basis of gender by paying unequal wages for the same work.

Question 14

Civil Rights Act of 1964

Answer 14

prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin in hiring, firing, compensating, promoting, training, and other employment-related processes.

Question 15

Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA)

Answer 15

prohibits discrimination on the basis of age in employment areas that include hiring, firing, and compensating.

Question 16

Rehabilitation Act

Answer 16

assist the handicapped in obtaining rehabilitation training, access to public facilities, and employment

Question 17

Sherman Antitrust Act

Answer 17

prohibits contracts, combinations, and conspiracies that restrain trade, while Section 2 outlaws both monopolies and attempts to monopolize

Question 18

Clayton Act

Answer 18

The major provisions of the Clayton Act deal with price discrimination, tying contracts, exclusive dealing, and mergers. Section 2, which deals with price discrimination,

Question 19

Robinson-Patman Act

Answer 19

which further prohibits price discrimination in interstate commerce concerning commodities of like grade and quality

Question 20

Federal Trade Commission Act

Answer 20

charged with preventing unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices in commerce

Question 21

Fair Labor Standards Act

Answer 21

was a federal law that regulates child labor, minimum
wage of $7.25 and over-time

Question 22

National Environment Policy
Act (NEPA)

Answer 22

Created EPA