Exam 3: Federalism and the Separation of Powers

In the late nineteenth century,why was the Supreme Court willing to allow federal regulation of railroads and waterway transportation but less willing to allow regulation of factory and workplace safety?

Shortly after its founding,the Supreme Court quickly encouraged Congress to exercise the power granted in the necessary and proper clause.

The legal doctrine holding that states cannot be sued by private persons or groups claiming that the state violated a statute enacted by Congress is known as state:

When the Supreme Court ruled that the federal government had the power to create a national bank because it had other specific powers enumerated in the Constitution,it did so by invoking:

The condition in American government in which the presidency is controlled by one party while the opposing party controls one or both houses of Congress is known as:

Powers not granted to the federal government in the Constitution are reserved to the states or to the people.

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

In a federal system,the fifty state governments retain sovereignty,which prevents the federal government from interfering in the financial matters of states.However,state governments can become involved in the fiscal matters of local governments,which is most recently evident in the state takeover of the city finances of Harrisburg,Pennsylvania,and Detroit,Michigan.Why can state governments interfere in the fiscal matters of local governments,but the federal government cannot interfere in the fiscal matters of state governments?

The Supreme Court case that firmly defined interstate commerce was:

Morton Grodzins,a noted scholar of federalism,characterized the shift to post-New Deal cooperative federalism as a move from:

If a citizen were to sue a state for violating a law passed by Congress,his or her lawsuit would fail because the state could invoke the power of:

In McCulloch v.Maryland,the Supreme Court recognized and reinforced the ________ clause.

The claim that confidential communications between a president and close advisers should not be revealed without the consent of the president is known as:

The system of government in which a constitution divides power between a central government and regional governments is known as:

Private property exists because laws against trespass are defined by:

Local government entities such as counties and cities have no status in the U.S.Constitution.

Which presidents advocated converting federal programs into block grants as a strategy labeled the "New Federalism"?

The U.S.Constitution recognizes local governments as a third level of federalism.

Each state is normally expected to honor "the public Acts,Records,and judicial Proceedings" that take place in any other state because of Article IV,Section 1,of the Constitution,which is referred to as the ________ clause.

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: