Exam 3: Federalism and the Separation of Powers

How has the Constitution balanced the need for government to take effective action with the need to prevent abuse arising from an excessive concentration of power?

How do federalism and the separation of powers limit the power of the national government?

An older type of federal grant, in which statistical criteria are used to determine how much funding that a state or local government will receive, is the ___________ grant.

The Tenth Amendment to the U.S.Constitution states that the powers the Constitution does not delegate to the national government are:

The framers of the Constitution reinforced the principle of federalism in the Bill of Rights.

The power delegated by the state to a local unit of government, typically a larger city, to manage its own affairs is called:

Separation of powers means that there is a clear decision-making hierarchy within the national government.

In essence, the 50 individual American states are agencies of the national government.

Which clause in the Constitution prevents a state such as Florida from prohibiting legal residents of other states from buying property in Florida?

Explain the trade-offs that exist between concentrating power in the hands of the federal government and dispersing power across the 50 states.

A system of government in which fundamental governmental powers are shared between the federal and state governments and in which the states exercise the most important powers is known as:

What is the rationale behind the strategy of building checks and balances into the Constitution? Give examples of some of the most important checks.

Which term describes the division of powers and functions between national and state governments?

Judicial review of acts of Congress or the president are:

Over the course of American history, how has the Supreme Court interpreted the commerce clause of the Constitution when making decisions concerning the power of the national government relative to state governments?

In Gibbons v.Ogden, the Supreme Court held unconstitutional, under _______________, New York state's granting of a monopoly for steamboat service on the Hudson River, which passes through New York and New Jersey.

A kind of bribe, or "carrot," that Congress gives in the form of money to state and local governments with the condition that the money will be spent for a particular purpose as designed by Congress is called a:

In addition to the expressed powers granted to the federal government, which powers are derived from a broad interpretation of delegated powers?

Despite lukewarm support from some national Republican figures when Donald Trump was running for president, a Republican-controlled Congress still managed to pass a major tax reform package in late 2017, one that reduced taxes for businesses and wealthy individuals.What did this suggest about how unified or one-party government, as opposed to divided government, works at the federal level?