Ch 3Q

1. 1In key decisions early in the New Deal era, the Supreme Court

   1. Ainvalidated key pieces of FDR's New Deal legislation
   2. Bruled that public accomodations were part of interstate commerce
   3. Cinvalidated the commerce clause
   4. Dupheld FDR's "court-packing" proposal
   5. Eruled that segregation violated the Fourteenth Amendment
2. 2The federal government's power to tax, regulate commerce among the states, and declare war are all examples of [blank_start]enumerated[blank_end] powers.

   1. Aenumerated
   2. Breserved
   3. Cimplied
   4. Dconcurrent
   5. Enone of these answers is correct
3. 3During the Great Depression of the 1930s, the national government

   1. Aprovided vast sums to the states so they could meet their citizens' welfare needs
   2. Basserted the power to regulate the nation's economy
   3. Cprovided vast sums to business firms to keep them out of bankruptcy
   4. Dutilized laissez-faire capitalism in its policies
   5. Eprovided health care to Americans on a temporary basis as a means of alleviating economic hardships
4. 4Fiscal federalism refers to the

   1. Acoordinated fiscal policy decisions of the federal government and the states
   2. Bexpenditure of federal funds on programs run in part through state and local governments
   3. Cability of the states to manipulate federal decision making
   4. Dfact that both the federal government and the states have the power to tax
   5. Enational banking system first established by Alexander Hamilton in the 1790s
5. 5Which of the following was an argument in favor of federalism at the time of the writing of the Constitution?

   1. AFederalism will force officials to be more responsive to the people
   2. BFederalism will provide for a stronger national government than existed under the Articles of Confederation
   3. CFederalism will protect liberty
   4. DFederalism will be less likely to produce an all-dominant faction
   5. EAll these answers are correct
6. 6What did Reagan promote as part of his versions of "new federalism"?

   1. Athe use of block grants over categorical grants
   2. Ban increase in federal funding of state education initiatives
   3. Ca reduction of the Supreme Court's role in determining the line between federal and state finance
   4. Dincrease policy collaboration between states and the federal government
   5. Ea reduction in federal enumerated powers
7. 7The "separate but equal" standard was created by

   1. AJustice John Marshall Harlan
   2. Bthe state supreme court of Virginia
   3. CPresident Ulysses S. Grant
   4. DCongress
   5. Ethe Supreme Court
8. 8[blank_start]Medicaid[blank_end] is an illustration of cooperative federalism.

   1. AMedicaid
   2. BThe U.S. Postal Service
   3. CA marriage license
   4. DA driver's license
   5. EAll these answers are correct
9. 9Which of the following is a correct statement about commerce power in the U.S.?

   1. AThe Constitution does not delineate the dividing line between intersate commerce and intrastate commerce
   2. BThe Supreme Court has ruled that manufacturing is part of intrastate commerce and thus subject to state regulation only
   3. CCongress invoked the commerce power in passing a federal law that prohibited the possession of guns within one thousand feet of a school
   4. DThe power to regulate commerce is an enumerated power of Congress
   5. EAll these answers are correct
10. 10The doctrine of nullification is most closely associated with

    1. AAndrew Jackson
    2. BJohn C. Calhoun
    3. CThomas Jefferson
    4. DJohn Marshall
    5. ERoger B. Taney

11. 11Dual federalism held that

    1. Athe states were equal to the national government in all respects
    2. Ba precise separation of national and state authority was both possible and desirable
    3. Cnational and state authority were indivisible
    4. Dthe Senate and the House were equal in their federal authority
    5. ENone of these answers is correct
12. 12Which of the following individuals would agree that each state should be allowed to determine for itself the extent to which national authority restricts its actions?

    1. AJohn Marshall
    2. BJohn C. Calhoun
    3. CLyndon Johnson
    4. DFranklin D. Roosevelt
    5. ENone of these answers is correct
13. 13Which decisions is indicative of how the Supreme Court interpreted the Fourteenth Amendment and state discretion in civil rights matters in the decades after the Civil War?

    1. ABrown v. Board of Education
    2. Bthe Dred Scott decision
    3. CGibbons v. Ogden
    4. DPlessy v. Ferguson
    5. EMcCulloch v. Maryland
14. 14According to the Anti-Federalists, too strong of a national government meant

    1. Aeventually encroachment upon the sovereignty of the states
    2. Bthat effective commerce between and among the states was an impossibility
    3. Cthat a new constitutional convention would have to convene every few years
    4. Dthat a monarchy was preferable to a republic
    5. Ethat slavery would be abolished immediately
15. 15The only counterforce that was potentially strong enough to control the business trusts of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was

    1. Afarmers
    2. Bbusiness competitors
    3. Cthe buying public
    4. Dgovernment
    5. Eorganized labor
16. 16Describing the United States as having a federal system of government means that the states are not bound by the rules and regulations of the national government.

    1. AVerdadero
    2. BFalso
17. 17The significance of the Preamble to the Constitution's reading "We the People" rather than "We the States" is that the national government under the Constitution would have direct power over the people, which it did not have under the Articles of Confederation.

    1. AVerdadero
    2. BFalso
18. 18Under the Constitution, the states have what is called reserved powers.

    1. AVerdadero
    2. BFalso
19. 19The Supreme Court in McCulloch v. Maryland affirmed that national law is supreme over conflicting state law.

    1. AVerdadero
    2. BFalso
20. 20The federal government raises roughly as much revenue as do all state and local governments combined.

    1. AVerdadero
    2. BFalso
21. 21The concept of devolution refers to a shift in authority from the state and local governments to the federal government.

    1. AVerdadero
    2. BFalso
22. 22Categorical grants allow the states more flexibility and discretion in the expenditure of funds than do block grants.

    1. AVerdadero
    2. BFalso
23. 23The primary goal of the writers of the Constitution was to establish a national government strong enough to forge a union secure in its defense and open in its commerce.

    1. AVerdadero
    2. BFalso
24. 24Dual federalism is the idea that the national and state governments should not interfere in each other's activities.

    1. AVerdadero
    2. BFalso
25. 25Fiscal federalism involves the states raising money for programs and the federal government administering the programs.

    1. AVerdadero
    2. BFalso

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