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- 1. Multiple Choice
Which of the following statements best describes the 2005 Supreme Court ruling on medical marijuana?
State governments have no constitutional authority to legalize medical marijuana.
State governments that have legalized medical marijuana can prohibit federal law
State governments can legalize medical marijuana but they must pay tax penalty to the federal government.
The federal government has the power to regulate use of medical marijuana under the comerce clause.
- 2. Multiple Choice
What is one of the biggest problems with federal block grants?
There is a need to make sure the grants do not violate the commerce clause of the Constitution
States must demonstrate that they are following the precise regulations established by the federal government.
There is a need for greater accountability in how the funds are actually spent by the states
States have been unwilling to accept any funding from the federal government.
- 3. Multiple Choice
The Supreme Court justices determined that the individual mandate found in the Affordable Care Act was
Unconstituional under the First Amendment
Constitutional under the commerce clause of Article I
Constitutional under Congress's power to tax
Constitutional under the Third Amendment
- 4. Multiple Choice
The form of federal assistance called _______ provides money to state governments with no strings attached.
General Revenue Sharing
New Federalism
block grants
categorical grants
- 5. Multiple Choice
The best Valentine's Day gift is
Flowers
Chocolate
Dinner
All of the above
- 6. Multiple Choice
An example of _____ federalism is when federal officials establish environmental standards that every state must follow.
cooperative
dual
regulated
marble cake
- 7. Multiple Choice
A federal grant to states to assist in the building of new public schools is an example of a ______ grant.
dual
categorical
formula
general revenue
- 8. Multiple Choice
Block grants are designed to
fund urban improvements on a specific city block
give the states considerable discretion in how money from the federal government should be spent
fund capital improvements in schools
impose strict limits on how state governments can spend money from the federal government.
- 9. Multiple Choice
The principle of _____ gives the federal government the power to override any state or local law in one particular area of policy.
cooperative federalism
grant-in-aid
preemption
home rule
- 10. Multiple Choice
"Marble cake federalism" is associated with the
increasing political power of local government over the last two decades
pattern of intergovernmental cooperation that has blurred the lines between the states and national governments
practice of federal officials bribing their state counterparts with various gifts in order to convince them to follow national standards
confusion that emerged during the 1960's about which layer of government is actually responsible for regulating the national economy
- 11. Multiple Choice
Which statement best describes American Federalism since the 1930's?
Although the federal government has grown significantly more powerful since the 1930's, the basic framework of American federalism has not been altered, and state governments remain important.
Although the federal government has grown significantly more powerful since the 1930's, the basic framework of American federalism has not been altered, and the federal government remains important.
The growing power of the federal government since the 1930s has fundamentally altered American federalism by rendering state governments obsolete.
The growing power of state governments since the 1930s has fundamentally altered American federalism by rendering the federal government obsolete.
- 12. Multiple Choice
Why was United States v Lopez (1995) important?
It was the first time that the Court had used the Tenth Amendment to limit the power of Congress
It was the first time since the New Deal the Supreme Court limited the power of Congress as outlined under the Commerce Clause.
The Court found the line item veto unconstitutional
The Court gave a broad interpretation of the commerce clause that expanded the power of the federal government over the states.
- 13. Multiple Choice
Which clause of the U.S Constitution has been important in allowing the growth of national power?
the Tenth Amendment
the comity clause
the full faith and credit clause
the commerce clause
- 14. Multiple Choice
Which of the following Supreme Court cases limit federal power?
United States v Lopez and Printz v United States
Gibbons v.Ogen and McCulloch v. Maryland
Gibbons v.Ogen and Brown v. Board of Education
McCulloch v. Maryland and Brown v Board of Education
- 15. Multiple Choice
In ______, the Supreme Court reinterpreted the commerce clause, changing it from a check on national power to a source of national power?
1865
1915
1937
1973
- 16. Multiple Choice
"Commerce among the several states" was first dfined in
Printz v United States
Marbury v Madison
McCulloch v Maryland
Gibbons v. Ogden
- 17. Multiple Choice
The constitutional idea of states' rights was strongest during which historical period?
the years immediately preceeding the Civil War
Reconstruction
the Great Depression
the 1960s
- 18. Multiple Choice
The power of Congress to regulate commerce with foreign nations, among the several states, and with Native American tribes is found in ____________ of the U.S. Constitution
Article I
the Preamble
the First Amendment
the Tenth Amendment
- 19. Multiple Choice
Which level of government writes the majority of crimminal laws?
the national government
the state governments
the local governments
the special judicial discricts
- 20. Multiple Choice
The fact that state governments are required to enforce restraining orders placed on stalkers and batterers in other states is a result of the
Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act
full faith and credit clause of the Constitution
supremacy clause of the Constitution
Supreme Court's dcision in Loving v. Virginia
- 21. Multiple Choice
What is the purpose of the Tenth Amendment?
to esure that each state constitution offers the same number of individual rights provided by the federal Constitution
to limit the powers of the federal government by reserving certain powers to the states and the people
to grant citizens of each state access to the federal court system
protect freedom of speech
- 22. Multiple Choice
The specific powers granted to Congress in Article I, Section 8 of the US Constitution are called the _________ powers.
implied
expressed
sovereign
executive
- 23. Multiple Choice
Under the traditional system of American federalism, most of the fundamental governing in the United States was done by
state governments
the federal government
local governments
the courts
- 24. Multiple Choice
Federalism is best defind as a system of government
where member nations meet in a multinational conference
in which power is divided between anational government and lower level government
in which the national government is funded through direct taxation of local governments
in which athority is divided into separate branches and each individual branch is given some power over other branches
- 25. Multiple Choice
Which clause in the US Constitution affirms that the national laws and treaties are the supreme law of the land?
the full faith and credit clause
the necessary and proper clause
the supreamcy clause
the establishment clause
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