SmartBook Exam 2 Quiz CH. 3

Question 1

The Constitution’s commerce clause says that _________ shall have the power to “regulate commerce” among the states.

Answer 1

Congress

Question 2

Authors of Federalist papers:

Answer 2

Hamilton and Madison

Question 3

Where do these powers belong to?
Enumerated
Implied
Reserved

Answer 3

Enumerated = national
Implied = national
Reserved = states

Question 4

What characterized the era of duel federalism?

Answer 4

State supremacy in racial policy

Question 5

What happened during the New Deal period?

Answer 5

• The New Deal programs thirst federal power into policy areas previously reserved for the states.
• The Supreme Court struck down key pieces of the New Deal programs.

Question 6

What kind of system of government is one in which the power to govern is shared between a national government and smaller governments, which each retaining some exclusive power?

Answer 6

federal

Question 7

What is the necessary and proper, or elastic, clause of the Constitution?

Answer 7

Allows Congress to have powers that are not listed in the Constitution but needed to exercise listed powers

Question 8

The Constitution enumerates powers for which level of government?

Answer 8

federal

Question 9

Which amendment provides equal protection for all citizens under the laws?

Answer 9

fourteenth amendment

Question 10

States alone are sovereign in a…

Answer 10

confedaracy

Question 11

Who began to move power, funds, and responsibility back to the states in what was called new federalism?

Answer 11

Ronald Reagan

Question 12

According to the supremacy clause in Article VI of the Constitution, which layer of government prevails whenever federal and state law conflict?

Answer 12

federal

Question 13

In Gibbons v. Ogden (1824), the Supreme Court ruled that…

Answer 13

Congress’s commerce power included all aspects of trade between states

Question 14

Which of the following conditions or strings is typically attached to a categorical formula grant?

Answer 14

The state or local government must provide some of the funding

Question 15

Which post-Civil War amendment required states to give their residents due process of law?

Answer 15

Fourteenth amendment

Question 16

The doctrine by which state and national authority was separated precisely is known as:

Answer 16

dual federalism