Exam 3: Federalism and the Separation of Powers

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

A new federal program administered by the U.S.Department of Housing and Urban Development allows city governments in cities having a population over 250,000 to submit proposals outlining local plans to provide housing assistance for low-income families.The federal agency would then evaluate the proposals and allocate funds on a competitive basis.This kind of funding program would best be classified as a ________ grant.

When President Nixon refused to respond to a subpoena to make available his infamous White House tapes as evidence in a criminal prosecution,the Supreme Court declared his refusal unconstitutional.This court action limited the president's right to:

Over the course of American history,how has the Supreme Court interpreted the interstate commerce clause of Article I,Section 8?

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

Local governments have always been mere conveniences of the states.

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:

President Obama's no-strings-attached stimulus spending in 2009 marked a significant shift away from regulated federalism.

The first Supreme Court decision since the New Deal that limited claims of federal authority under the commerce clause was:

Review of the constitutionality of acts of the president or Congress by the U.S.Supreme Court has been relatively routine and common.

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

Limiting government by dividing it into two levels,national and state,each with sufficient independence to compete with the other,is called:

There were no Supreme Court reviews of congressional acts in the fifty-plus years between Marbury v.Madison (1803)and Dred Scott (1857).

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

Which term describes federal subsidies of special state and local activities?

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

The Supreme Court case that firmly defined interstate commerce was:

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?

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.

Which principle,bolstered by the Tenth Amendment,made it difficult for the federal government to address the issue of slavery prior to the Civil War?