Question 1

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.

Accepted Answer

A)  contest 
B)  formula 
C)  project 
D)  competitive block

Question 2

In a 1990s ruling that struck down a gun control law, the Supreme Court held that the federal government cannot require states to administer or enforce federal regulatory programs.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Federal judicial resistance to President Franklin D.Roosevelt's expansive New Deal programs, created to battle the Great Depression and involving extensive economic regulation, finally ended when:

Accepted Answer

A)  the Supreme Court unanimously adopted a new interpretation of federalism that allowed industrial regulations. 
B)  the Supreme Court ordered manufacturers to comply with the newly formed National Labor Relations Board's decisions involving union relations. 
C)  the president appointed many new federal judges, and threatened to add new justices to the Supreme Court. 
D)  the president asked Congress to cut the federal judiciary funding, setting the stage for Roosevelt to bend the Supreme Court to his will.

Question 4

Funds that are given by Congress to states and localities and that may only be spent on narrowly defined purposes are known as:

Accepted Answer

A)  categorical grants. 
B)  block grants. 
C)  project grants. 
D)  community development grants

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

For nearly 150 years after the ratification of the federal Constitution, most of the major policies affecting Americans' lives came from____________________.

Accepted Answer

A)  a much stronger federal government than the one that existed under the Articles of Confederation 
B)  Congress and state legislatures, in a typically balanced manner that gave birth to the term dual federalism 
C)  state legislatures, despite a stronger federal government than the one that existed under the Articles of Confederation 
D)  Congress, with the exception of the decade or two prior the Civil War

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

A)  the power of Congress to fill Supreme Court vacancies. 
B)  the power of the courts to exercise judicial review. 
C)  citizens' willingness to accept controversial court decisions. 
D)  the power of activist courts to create new law "from the bench."

Question 8

There were no Supreme Court reviews of congressional acts in the 50-plus years between Marbury v.Madison (1803) and Dred Scott (1857).

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Powers not granted to the federal government in the Constitution, such as the power to regulate commerce, are reserved to the states.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

The system of government that prevailed in the United States from the writing of the Constitution to approximately the Great Depression could be most accurately characterized as _____________ federalism.

Accepted Answer

A)  dual 
B)  separation of powers 
C)  pancake 
D)  marble cake

Question 11

Obligations imposed on state governments, by Congress, without reimbursement have come to be known as ___________.

Accepted Answer

A)  blank checks 
B)  assigned obligations 
C)  unchecked authorizations 
D)  unfunded mandates

Question 12

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:

Accepted Answer

A)  turn the prisoner over to the federal prison system. 
B)  hold a new trial in a Vermont court. 
C)  incarcerate the prisoner for life without parole. 
D)  return the convict to Texas.

Question 13

Local governments became important in the early days of the Republic because they proved useful in carrying out state laws, in an age of limited state administrative capacity.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Powers reserved to the state government to regulate the health, safety, and morals of its citizens are known as _____________ powers.

Accepted Answer

A)  police 
B)  implied 
C)  essential 
D)  concurrent

Question 16

The type of federalism that occurs when the national government actually threatens to withhold grant money unless state and local governments conform to national standards is known as _____________ federalism.

Accepted Answer

A)  restricted 
B)  regulated 
C)  contingent 
D)  mandated

Question 17

During the Watergate crisis of the early 1970s, the Supreme Court agreed with the Nixon administration's assertion that executive privilege protected data in audio tapes sought by a special prosecutor.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

The power of eminent domain refers to the right of:

Accepted Answer

A)  the federal government to take any property it deems desirable without compensation. 
B)  state governments to take private property for public use with compensation for the loss. 
C)  state governments to take private property for private use by elected officials. 
D)  state governments to take public property owned by the federal government for public use by state residents.

Question 20

The Supreme Court's interpretation of federalism over the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries kept Congress from passing many industrial regulations, including ones involving working hours and child labor, because justices held that:

Accepted Answer

A)  industrial regulation was a reserve power under the Tenth Amendment. 
B)  manufacturing plants were not engaged in interstate commerce, and as such could only be regulated by states. 
C)  the commerce clause did not allow any regulation of factories, only direct trade and transportation to markets. 
D)  the regulations infringed upon manufacturers' contract liberty under the Constitution's contract clause.

Exam 3: Federalism and the Separation of Powers

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.

In a 1990s ruling that struck down a gun control law, the Supreme Court held that the federal government cannot require states to administer or enforce federal regulatory programs.

Federal judicial resistance to President Franklin D.Roosevelt's expansive New Deal programs, created to battle the Great Depression and involving extensive economic regulation, finally ended when:

Funds that are given by Congress to states and localities and that may only be spent on narrowly defined purposes are known as:

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

For nearly 150 years after the ratification of the federal Constitution, most of the major policies affecting Americans' lives came from____________________.

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

There were no Supreme Court reviews of congressional acts in the 50-plus years between Marbury v.Madison (1803) and Dred Scott (1857).

Powers not granted to the federal government in the Constitution, such as the power to regulate commerce, are reserved to the states.

The system of government that prevailed in the United States from the writing of the Constitution to approximately the Great Depression could be most accurately characterized as _____________ federalism.

Obligations imposed on state governments, by Congress, without reimbursement have come to be known as ___________.

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:

Local governments became important in the early days of the Republic because they proved useful in carrying out state laws, in an age of limited state administrative capacity.

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

Powers reserved to the state government to regulate the health, safety, and morals of its citizens are known as _____________ powers.

The type of federalism that occurs when the national government actually threatens to withhold grant money unless state and local governments conform to national standards is known as _____________ federalism.

During the Watergate crisis of the early 1970s, the Supreme Court agreed with the Nixon administration's assertion that executive privilege protected data in audio tapes sought by a special prosecutor.

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

The power of eminent domain refers to the right of:

The Supreme Court's interpretation of federalism over the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries kept Congress from passing many industrial regulations, including ones involving working hours and child labor, because justices held that: