GOVT 2306 Ch 3

23 December 2022
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In a federal system, governmental responsibilities are
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shared by both state and federal authorities.
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Which is a correct statement about the Tenth Amendment?
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In spite of this amendment, the U.S. Supreme Court in McCulloch v. Maryland permitted federal action through implied powers.
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In the case of Gibbons v. Ogden (1824), the Supreme Court decided that
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the federal government's authority to regulate international and interstate commerce bestowed on it some power to regulate intrastate commerce.
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In Wickard v. Filburn, the Supreme Court decided that
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the regulatory power of the national government under the interstate commerce clause was so broad that there seemed no boundaries on national power.
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The legal doctrine at issue in the Plessy v. Ferguson case is the
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separate but equal doctrine.
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Dual federalism is also known as
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layer-cake federalism.
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Under the New Deal, federalism is frequently described as
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cooperative federalism.
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The use of block grants, allowing states considerable leeway in how federal money is spent, was championed by President ________ under the name New Federalism.
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Nixon
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Controversy surrounding the Affordable Care Act is an example of the friction inherent in
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federalism
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During which president's administration did the federal government's power, especially with regard to the economy, increase the most?
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Franklin Roosevelt
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Which court case involved the University of Texas at Austin encouraging African American students to attend a black law school that had been set up by Texas to provide a separate but equal education for black Texans?
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Sweatt v. Painter
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The 1819 McCulloch v. Maryland case ________ the powers of the federal government.
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expanded
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The understanding that the national government and state governments are both sovereign within their sphere of influence is called
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dual federalism.
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For eligible participants, the Social Security Act of 1935 instituted all of the following EXCEPT
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universal health care for all Americans.