Ch. 4 Federalism
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- Q1
Which of the following is the best description of federalism?
A supreme federal government grants certain powers to states.
National, state, and local governments share equally in governing.National, state, and local governments share equally in governing.
States delegate some of their powers to a national government.
Different levels of government share authority over the same land and people.
30s - Q2
The Framers of the Constitution got many ideas about governing from which of the following?
Responses
leaders of the Latin American independence movement
Homer and the Greek poets
European philosophers of the eighteenth century
documents of the French Revolution
30s - Q3
Which of the following is an expressed power of the federal government that is not shared with the states?
Responses
creating a national bank
regulating the possession of guns
declaring war
collecting taxes
30s - Q4
Which of the following is an implied power of the federal government?
coining money
declaring war
regulating radio and TV stations
regulating interstate commerce
30s - Q5
Which of the following is a power reserved to the states?
collecting taxes
controlling public school systems
establishing court systemsestablishing court systems
printing money
30s - Q6
Creating local governments is which type of power?
inherent
reserved
enumerated
concurrent
30s - Q7
The power to borrow money is which type of power?
enumerated
inherent
concurrent
implied
30s - Q8
What is the meaning of the supremacy clause?
Responses
If federal and state laws conflict, valid federal laws take precedence.
State judges have the final word in all cases arising under state law.State judges have the final word in all cases arising under state law.
The Supreme Court has the final word in all court cases in the United States.
States are supreme in all areas not delegated to the federal government.
30s - Q9
The federal government is denied the power to do which of the following?
regulate the possession of drugs
take away freedom of speech
establish duties on imports
deprive a person of liberty
30s - Q10
No level of government may try a person under an ex post facto law, meaning a law that was passed
after the suspect was found not guilty.after the suspect was found not guilty.
before the Constitution was adopted.
after the alleged crime took place.
before the suspect was arrested.
30s - Q11
Under the full faith and credit clause of the Constitution, a state must
honor the public acts and court proceedings of other states.honor the public acts and court proceedings of other states.
return any taxes withheld from the paychecks of workers from other states.
respect the First Amendment rights of residents of other states.
respond in a timely manner to inquiries from residents of other states.
30s - Q12
The main responsibility for resolving conflicts between the states and the federal government lies with which of the following?
U.S. Supreme Court
Congress
state supreme courts
president
30s - Q13
How was the relationship between the federal and state governments generally understood during the period of dual federalism?
Federal and state governments were each sovereign in their own sphere.Federal and state governments were each sovereign in their own sphere.
The federal and state governments worked together to solve problems.
The state governments were more important than the federal government.
The federal government had broad powers to enforce civil rights over state opposition.
30s - Q14
Which of the following was a key issue in the case of McCulloch v. Maryland?
Responses
Could Congress impose federal mandates on state governments?
Could states nullify acts of Congress that they disliked?
Did a state have to return a runaway slave to another state?
Could a state tax a federal institution?
30s - Q15
According to the doctrine of nullification, states could
refuse to obey or enforce federal laws with which they disagreed.
cancel debts owed by their residents to citizens of other states.
secede from the Union and form a new nation.
appeal directly to the Supreme Court any act of Congress to which they objected.
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