Exam 3: Federalism: the Changing Boundaries Between the Nation and the States

In order to operate, local governments get their power from the ______.

Many states criticize the use of categorical grants because of the "carrots" and "sticks" that often come with them.

A vision of American federalism in which the states and the national government work together to shape policy is called what?

Which of the following programs was included in President Johnson's Great Society?

Dual federalism ______.

Faced with falling prices, ecological emergencies, and rising debt and foreclosure rates, perhaps most affected by the Great Depression was America's banking industry.

The National Industrial Recovery Act was unconstitutional, because the codes that it used and the way they were implemented was effectively managed by the federal government.

Which of the following programs was designed as a supplement to Social Security?

For much of the history of the American republic, the model of the relationship between states and nation was one of ______.

From the perspective of federalism, there are ______ levels of government.

Economically, the 1930s were a period of ______.

Which of the following is considered a concurrent power?

By encouraging states to carry out national policy objectives, categorical grants act as a ______, and by threatening states with the withholding of funds if they fail to carry out government policy, categorical grants act as a ______.

The Necessary and Proper Clause is also called the ______ Clause.

The Constitution clearly places political authority in the hands of the people.

Efforts by state and local governments to act in Washington, D.C., on behalf of their own needs are known as ______.

In the 19th century, the Supreme Court stated that the governments of the United States were ______.

How does the case of Angel Raich and Diane Monson demonstrate the tension in American federalism between state and federal laws?

Raich and Monson were using marijuana under California's ______.