Midterm Test Review

1. In a federal system a majority of governmental responsibilities are

2. Nations that adopt a federal arrangement tend to have

3. Which of the following is the best example of a unitary system of government?

4. The federal system can be best defined as

The specific powers granted to the national government in Article I, Section 8, of the Constitution are called the

The source of an implied power under the Constitution is the ______ clause.

What constitutional clause affirms that national laws and treaties, made under the authority of the Constitution, are the supreme law of the land?

What is the purpose of the Tenth Amendment?

Chartering a bank is a ______ power, because both federal and state governments have the authority to do it.

The full faith and credit clause of the Constitution

When both state and national governments possess a certain level of authority, it is called

Which is the best example of a concurrent power under the federal constitution?

Which clauses of the Constitution involve the relationships among various states?

If a state grants a city the ability to govern its own local affairs, this delegation of power is known as

Which of the following statements best describes the discussion of local government found in the Constitution?

The privileges and immunities clause of Article IV is also referred to as the

According to the text, when was the era of dual federalism?

Which statement best describes American federalism since the 1930s?

During the era of dual federalism, what was the primary goal of the federal government's domestic policies?

What was one effect of dual federalism during the early Republic?

Which level of government writes the majority of criminal laws?

Which of the following statements about the structure of American federalism is true?

Gibbons v. Ogden (1824) was important because

Which clause of the Constitution has been critical in allowing the growth of national power?

Which of the following economic policies was the national government allowed to implement during the nineteenth century?

What was the overall importance of the Supreme Court case McCulloch v. Maryland?

The power of Congress to regulate commerce with foreign nations, among the several states, and with Indian tribes is found in ______ of the Constitution.

Who wrote the Supreme Court opinions in both McCulloch v. Maryland and Gibbons v. Ogden?

During most of the nineteenth century, Congress used its powers to ______ commerce.

The constitutional idea of states' rights was strongest during which historical period?

Which event was most influential in the rise of a more active national government?

Those seeking to restrain the powers of the national government look to what part of the constitution?

Which constitutional amendment has been used to restrict the scope of authority by the federal government over the states?

In ______, the Supreme Court reinterpreted the commerce clause, changing it from a check on national power to a source of national power.

When the national government appropriates money to the states but simultaneously demands the authority to dictate its distribution, this money is identified as

Which president presided over the New Deal?

What was the "Southern Manifesto"?

Why was the Supreme Court case United States v. Lopez important?

Which statement best describes the Supreme Court's trend in interpreting federalism since the mid-1990s?

The term marble cake federalism is meant to refer to what development?

When the national government funds a project that is actually implemented by the states, it is an example of

The principle of ______ grants the federal government the power to override any state or local law in one particular area of policy.

If the federal government compels state governments to obey costly regulations but does not reimburse those costs, it is called a(n)

The form of federal assistance called ______ provides money to state governments with no strings attached.

Block grants are designed to

______ describes the strategy of delegating a policy program to a lower level of government.

The 5 Features of Public Opinions

According to the text the written language of the U.S. Constitution can only be altered by:

According to the text, who was an early advocate of public education, defending the cost of such a system on the basis that it would instill the value of democracy?

According to the text which of the following is NOT a basis of legitimacy, according to Max Weber?

Which of the following BEST defines democracy?

Government and politics are not the same because government refers to

According to the text Daniel Shays was a(an)

According to the text the most recent amendment dealt with

A New England town meeting is a form of

According to the text with the passage of the Sugar Act, Parliament ignored a fundamental freedom extended to English citizens and to colonists until that point. What fundamental right was ignored?

According to the text which of the following devices used to restrain the power of government is NOT expressly stated in the Constitution?

Which delegated power did Congress use as the basis for outlawing racial discrimination in hotels, motels, and restaurants?

In cases of domestic violence, such as a riot within a state, the national government has the right to intervene

A businessman from New York is mugged in Florida. He must be afforded the same police services as a Florida resident because of the

According to the text a federal system of government gives the:

Although almost all Americans support the basic goals of democracy, there is less agreement when it comes to the application of

Which one of the following is true of the influence of place of residence on political opinion?

Which one of the following is true with respect to cell phones and polling?

According to the text the main principles in the national supremacy clause of the Constitution (Article VI) were originally proposed by the:

According to the text while colonists agreed that Parliament could make some laws for them, they claimed that Parliament did not have the:

According to the text Benjamin Franklin proposed the Albany Plan in an effort to.

According to the text the Antifederalist arguments are important because they

A typical exit poll collects information from roughly ___________ or more voters throughout the day.

Which of the following statements is true (choose one):

According to the text the federal courts can interpret the meaning of laws and of the Constitution, but they are limited by the broad authority of Congress to shape the structure of the federal judicial system and to define the types of cases courts can hear. This illustrates what constitutional devices?

According to the text what was the primary purpose of the First Continental Congress?

The Supreme Court's future decisions in the area of federalism are likely to depend mostly upon:

Under the Articles of Confederation, power was