
Federalism
Quiz by Todd Blessing
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- Q1States had no government at all when America was born.FalseTrue5s
- Q2America's central government is known as the federal government.TrueFalse5s
- Q3Federalism is the division of power between states.TrueFalse5s
- Q4The Constitution divides federal power among three branches of government.TrueFalse5s
- Q5Powers not given to the federal government are reserved for the states or the people.FalseTrue5s
- Q6Powers that states and the federal government share are called concurrent powers.TrueFalse5s
- Q7The Supremacy Clause says state laws are superior to federal laws.TrueFalse5s
- Q8Implied powers are stated in the Constitution and expressed powers are not.FalseTrue5s
- Q9The Constitution lets Congress do what is "necessary and proper" for carrying out its powers.TrueFalse5s
- Q10Congress can't pass laws that have anything to do with powers it doesn't have, even if there is a link to a power it does have.FalseTrue5s
- Q11People today still debate about how much power states and the federal government should have.TrueFalse5s
- Q12The Founders had to create a federal system because there weren't any other systems to choose from.TrueFalse5s
- Q13An association of independent states is called a unitary form of government.TrueFalse5s
- Q14A unitary form of government does not divide power between a central government and lower governments.FalseTrue5s