Exam 3: Federalism and the Separation of Powers

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

The Unfunded Mandate Reform Act (UMRA)limits the number of unfunded mandates Congress may place on states in a given year.

The first and most important Supreme Court case favoring national power over the economy was:

The necessary and proper clause of the Constitution put severe restrictions on what actions the federal government could take.

A prisoner convicted of murder and facing the death penalty in the state of Texas escapes but is later recaptured by authorities in the state of Vermont.Unlike Texas,Vermont does not have the death penalty.In this case,the state of Vermont is required to:

In Brown v.Board of Education (1954),the Supreme Court ruled that schools segregated by race were unconstitutional.In response,some states opposed to desegregation passed laws to prevent the desegregation of schools.However,the Supreme Court again ruled in Cooper v.Aaron (1958)that their 1954 decision was binding on all states,regardless of conflicting state laws.Which clause in the Constitution allowed the Supreme Court to make this 1958 ruling?

In the case of United States v.Nixon,the Supreme Court extended executive privilege to data in presidential files and tapes involved in criminal prosecutions.

Powers derived from the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution that are not specifically delegated to the national government or denied to the states are known as ________ powers.

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

The role of the judicial branch in the separation of powers has depended on:

The obligations imposed on state government by the national government without any funding at all have come to be known as:

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?

Grant programs in which state and local governments submit proposals to federal agencies and for which funding is provided on a competitive basis are known as ________ grants.

James Madison advocated a complete separation among the branches of government.

The Unfunded Mandate Reform Act (UMRA)represents a serious effort to strengthen the domination of the federal government over the states.

What do you see as the advantages and disadvantages of federalism?

Grant programs in which a set of distributive criteria established by law is used to determine the amount of federal funds that a state or local government will receive are known as ________ grants.

Federalism means that the national government is the only significant decision-making body in the United States.