Political Science 102 - Chapter 6 Federalism

Question 1

What is federalism?

Answer 1

Federalism is a two-tiered system of government in which power is divided between a national (or central) government and the subnational units (states, provinces, or regional governments).

Question 2

In the U.S, power is distributed between the national government and what?

Answer 2

State government

Question 3

What was the original number of states in the U.S?

Answer 3

13

Question 4

In countries with federal systems, what are regional governments called?

Answer 4

Provinces

Question 5

What states are not creatures of national government?

Answer 5

Alabama, Vermont, Wyoming

Question 6

What kind of power is federalism?

Answer 6

Federalism is a geographic division of power

Question 7

What is constitutional federalism?

Answer 7

Neither the national nor the state governments can abolish one
another because both levels of government are the creatures of the constitution

Question 8

In the U.S system of federalism, both the national and state government are what?

Answer 8

Sovereign political entities

Question 9

What concept is federalism based on?

Answer 9

Dual sovereignty

Question 10

What is sovereignty defined as?

Answer 10

Sovereignty is defined as having the ultimate or highest
authority

Question 11

What does the general public not have much to say about?

Answer 11

Federalism

Question 12

Who has stronger opinions about criminal justice policy, education, abortion, immigration, or federalism?

Answer 12

The average voter

Question 13

What is considered a technical matter of interest to government officials or political insiders more than the general public?

Answer 13

Federalism

Question 14

What is a euphemism for the federal government of Washington?

Answer 14

Big government

Question 15

What is the power problem with federal systems of government?

Answer 15

The need to strike the right balance of power between the state governments and the federal government

Question 16

What are two exceptions to the federal system?

Answer 16

The power to coin money and the power to regulate interstate commerce

Question 17

The power to coin money and the power to regulate interstate commerce are what?

Answer 17

Exclusively federal powers

Question 18

What does not specify what powers each system has?

Answer 18

Constitution

Question 18

What does not specify what powers each system has?

Answer 18

Constution

Question 19

What has American politics traditionally included debates about?

Answer 19

Which level of government should do what & whether the federal government is getting too big.

Question 20

Finding the right balance of powers is what?

Answer 20

Both a legal (or constitutional) matter and a
political matter.

Question 21

Federalism is a good example of what?

Answer 21

The challenge of adapting a Constitution that is more than 200 years old to modern
times, the challenge of maintaining continuity with the federal system established by
the Constitution while accommodating major economic, political, technological,
scientific, and social changes. ​

Question 22

Least common type of political system in the world?

Answer 22

Federalism