MULTIPLE Choice test 6

Question 1

What is the difference between a unitary system, a federal system, and a confederation

Answer 1

Unitary- power is concentrated in the federal government
Federal- power is divided between state and national government
Confederation- power is decentralized , strong state government, weak national government

Question 2

What are enumerated or expressed powers

Answer 2

Powers specifically written in the constitution

Question 3

What are exclusive powers

Answer 3

POwers that go to only the national government

Question 4

What are implied powers

Answer 4

Powers not specifically mentioned in the constitution, but they are powers covered under the necessary and proper clause which allows Congress to do these

Question 5

What is the commerce clause

Answer 5

Congress has the power to regulate commerce with foreign nations, between states, and with Indian tribes

Question 6

what is the necessary and proper clause

Answer 6

It says their Implied powers that allows Congress to carry out its powers
(Article 1 section 8)

Question 7

What is the supremacy clause

Answer 7

Constitution is the supreme law of the land, if there is a dispute against state and national gov, national law takes effect over state laws
(Article 6)

Question 8

What are concurrent powers

Answer 8

Powers shared by state and national governments

Question 9

List several enumerated powers for the national government

Answer 9

-Grant money
-Tax imports or exports
-Make treaties

Question 10

List several powers reserved for the states

Answer 10

-Establish local town, county governments
-ratify constitutional amendments
-provide police and fire protection

Question 11

List several concurrent powers between the national government and the states

Answer 11

-create courts
-taxes
-determine voting qualifications

Question 12

List several powers denied to the national government

Answer 12

-no bill of attainder
-no ex post facto laws
-no titles of nobility

Question 13

List several powers denied to the states

Answer 13

-cannot declare war
-cannot make treaties with other countries
-cannot tax items from other states

Question 14

What is the 9th amendment to the constitution

Answer 14

People have additional rights that are not mentioned in the constitution

Question 15

What is the 10th amendment to the constitution

Answer 15

Any rights not specifically given to the national government and not denied to the states go to the states

Question 16

what is the full faith and credit clause

Answer 16

Requires states to recognize public acts,records, and civil court proceedings from another state

Question 17

What is extradition

Answer 17

The requirement that officials in one state have to return the defendant back to the state where the crime was committed.

Question 18

What is the privileged and immunities clause

Answer 18

Prevents states from discriminating against people from out of state

Question 19

What is the 13th amendment of the constitution

Answer 19

Outlaws slavery

Question 20

What is the 14th amendment to the constitution

Answer 20

Anybody born in the U.S is automatically a citizen, prohibits states from denying people due process or equal protection under the law

Question 21

What is the 15th amendment

Answer 21

people cannot be denied the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

Question 22

What was decided in the case of Plessy V Ferguson

Answer 22

Supreme court case that established separate but equal and allowed states to impose Jim crow laws

Question 23

What is dual federalism? What metaphor describes this

Answer 23

The power of national gov and state gov are different (layer cake metaphor

Question 24

What is selective incorporation

Answer 24

applying the bill of rights to states on a case by case basis

Question 25

What is cooperative federalism? WHat metaphor describes this

Answer 25

national and state gov working together on public policy
(marble cake metaphor

Question 26

What had caused a change from dual federalism to cooperative federalism

Answer 26

it was the great depression that caused the shift

Question 27

What are grant-in-aids

Answer 27

general term for money paid by one level of government to another

Question 28

What are categorical grants

Answer 28

very specific grants on how they can spend the money ,that are given to states

Question 29

What is fiscal federalism

Answer 29

use of grants- in aid to influence policies in the states

Question 30

What are unfunded mandates

Answer 30

requiring states to do something, and with their own money

Question 31

What is devolution

Answer 31

process of returning more authority back to states and/or local governments

Question 32

What are block grants

Answer 32

grants-in-aid that give states more control/flexibility on how they can use the funds

Question 33

What is revenue sharing

Answer 33

when national gov gives money to states with no strings attatched