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- 1. Multiple Choice
Which term describes the division of powers between the national government and the state governments?
separation of powers
federal system
checks and balances
expressed powers
implied powers
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which amendment to the Constitution stated that the powers not delegated to the national government or prohibited to the states were "reserved to the states"
1st
5th
10th
14th
26th
- 3. Multiple Choice
A state government's authority to regulate the health, safety and morals of its citizens is frequently referred to as
the reserved power
the expressed power
the police power
the concurrent power
the implied power
- 4. Multiple Choice
Which constitutional clause requires that states normally honor the public acts and judicial decisions of other states?
privileges and immunities clause
necessary and proper clause
interstate commerce clause
preemption clause
full faith and credit clause
- 5. Multiple Choice
Many states have amended their constitutions to guarantee that large cities will have the authority to manage local affairs without interference from state government. This power is called
home rule
preemption
devolution
states' rights
New Federalism
- 6. Multiple Choice
The relationship between the states and the national government from 1789 to 1937 is known as
dual federalism
regulated federalism
states' rights
cooperative federalism
New Federalism
- 7. Multiple Choice
In which case did the Supreme Court create the potential for increased national power ruling that Congress could use the necessary and proper clause to interpret its delegated powers broadly?
Untied States v Lopez
Printz v United States
Loving v Virginia
McCulloch v MAryland
Gibbons v Ogden
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which of the following tools has the federal government used in the past to create similarities across the states?
states' rights
general revenue sharing
grants in aid
eminent domain
home rule
- 9. Multiple Choice
The process of returning more of the responsibilities of governing from the national level to the state level is known as
dual federalism
devolution
preemption
home rule
incorporation
- 10. Multiple Choice
The principle that allows the federal government to take over areas of regulation formerly overseen by states or local governments is called
categorical grants
devolution
formula grants
preemption
project grants
- 11. Multiple Choice
When state and local governments must conform to costly regulations or conditions in order to receive grants but do not receive reimbursements for the expenditures from the federal government it is called
a reciprocal grant
an unfunded grant
general revenue sharing
a counterfunded grant
a concurrent grant
- 12. Multiple Choice
To what does the term New Federalism refer
the era of federalism initiated by President Roosevelt during the late 1930s
the national government's regulation of state action through grants-in-aid
the type of federalism that uses categorical grants to influence state action
efforts to return more policy-making discretion to states through the use of block grants
the recent emergence of local governments as important political actors
- 13. Multiple ChoiceIn the Constitution, the implied powers of Congress come from theNecessary and Proper ClauseSupremacy ClauseRelative ClauseSanta Clause
- 14. Multiple ChoiceReserved Powers are powers for theFederal GovernmentBoth Federal & StateState GovernmentsCounties
- 15. Multiple ChoiceConcurrent Powers are given toThe statesBoth the state and the federal governmentThe federal governmentLocal government
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWhich Article has the Supremacy Clause?Article IArticle VII (7)Article VI (6)Article V (5)
- 17. Multiple ChoiceWhich statement is true about the concept of Federalism?Americans must only obey state laws.Federalism was designed to give the president more power.It does not put a limit on the government.The power is shared by the state and national governments.
- 18. Multiple ChoiceMake treaties and deals with foreign countriesFederalStateShared
- 19. Multiple ChoiceUnder the Articles of Confederation the United States did not have one of thesepresidentcongressmilitarygovernment
- 20. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following examples of fiscal federalism has the fewest ‘strings’ attached?mandatescategorical grantsgrants in aidblock grants
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