Question 1

Preemption is one way for states to prevent federal usurpation of their power.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

What was President Franklin D.Roosevelt's "Court-packing" plan?

Accepted Answer

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Question 3

The Sixteenth Amendment made the ________ possible.

Accepted Answer

A) national sales tax 
B) national import tax 
C) state sales tax 
D) state income tax 
E) national income tax

Question 4

The most numerous type of government in the United States is the

Accepted Answer

A) county. 
B) city. 
C) municipality. 
D) special district. 
E) township.

Question 5

Legal proceedings properly recorded in a court of law in California are generally deemed admissible in a court of law in Texas,or in any other state.This is an example of

Accepted Answer

A)  a bill of attainder. 
B) an ex post facto law. 
C) a writ of habeas corpus. 
D) full faith and credit. 
E) equal protection.

Question 6

The supremacy clause is found in

Accepted Answer

A) the Declaration of Independence. 
B) the Preamble. 
C) Article II of the Constitution. 
D) Article IV of the Constitution. 
E) Article VI of the Constitution.

Question 7

The belief that the national government should not exceed its enumerated powers and that all other powers should be reserved to the states or the people is known as

Accepted Answer

A) the full faith and credit doctrine. 
B) the doctrine of implied powers. 
C) confederalism. 
D) dual federalism. 
E) the unitary political system.

Question 8

If a person accused of a crime in Arizona leaves for Missouri,are Missouri authorities required to return the defendant to Arizona to stand trial?

Accepted Answer

A) Yes, but only if Arizona will not impose the death penalty. 
B) No, because the privileges and immunities clause requires the person to be tried only in Missouri. 
C) Yes, because it is required by the extradition clause of Article IV. 
D) Yes, because it is required by the full faith and credit clause of Article IV. 
E) Maybe, it depends on what the laws in Missouri are.

Question 9

New Federalism favors ________ over ________ grants.

Accepted Answer

A) block/categorical 
B) categorical/block 
C) funded mandates/categorical 
D) block/unfunded mandates 
E) block/funded mandates

Question 10

What are redistributive and developmental policies? How has the responsibility for each of these policy areas changed over time?

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Question 11

A controversial 2010 Arizona law gave local law enforcement officials the authorization to

Accepted Answer

A) maim suspected terrorists. 
B) subject defendants to enhanced interrogation tactics. 
C) question anyone they believe to be an illegal immigrant. 
D) shoot people attempting to cross the border into the United States. 
E) use undercover operations to identify suspected illegal immigrants.

Question 12

The Constitution includes a clause designed to help resolve interstate disputes.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

The Supreme Court ruled that slaves were not citizens,but property,in the case of

Accepted Answer

A) McCulloch v. Maryland. 
B) Plessy v. Ferguson. 
C) Gibbons v. Ogden. 
D) Dred Scott v. Sandford. 
E) Brown v. Board of Education.

Question 14

The Supreme Court ruled that the due process clause of the Fifth Amendment did not apply to the states in Barron v.Baltimore.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

The Great Depression led to
I.a variety of innovative programs to combat unemployment.
II.a new philosophy about the role of government.
III.a growth in national government activity.
IV.a provision allowing the election of FDR for four terms.

Accepted Answer

A) I and II 
B) I and IV 
C) I, II, and IV 
D) I, II, and III 
E) I, II, III, and IV

Question 16

During the early years of the New Deal,the attitude of the Supreme Court toward federal economic intervention could be best characterized as

Accepted Answer

A) encouraging. 
B) inconsistent. 
C) interventionist. 
D) activist. 
E) obstructionist.

Question 17

Allowing states to decide how to deal with an oil spill follows the principle of progressive federalism.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

The U.S.Constitution has a long list of enumerated federal powers,but few state powers are spelled out.This is because

Accepted Answer

A) the Framers thought the federal government was redundant. 
B) states were designed to be subservient to the federal government. 
C) there was consensus on what the powers of the federal government should be but not on the powers of the states. 
D) the Framers believed the states to be politically irrelevant. 
E) states had all the power at the writing of the Constitution and a list was deemed unnecessary.

Question 19

The word "federal" did not appear in the U.S.Constitution until the ratification of the Tenth Amendment.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

The clause that ensures that judicial decrees and contracts made in one state will be binding and enforceable in another is called the ________ clause.

Accepted Answer

A) privileges and immunities 
B) full faith and credit 
C) equal protection 
D) supremacy 
E) elastic

Exam 3: Federalism

Preemption is one way for states to prevent federal usurpation of their power.

What was President Franklin D.Roosevelt's "Court-packing" plan?

The Sixteenth Amendment made the ________ possible.

The most numerous type of government in the United States is the

Legal proceedings properly recorded in a court of law in California are generally deemed admissible in a court of law in Texas,or in any other state.This is an example of

The supremacy clause is found in

The belief that the national government should not exceed its enumerated powers and that all other powers should be reserved to the states or the people is known as

If a person accused of a crime in Arizona leaves for Missouri,are Missouri authorities required to return the defendant to Arizona to stand trial?

New Federalism favors over grants.

What are redistributive and developmental policies? How has the responsibility for each of these policy areas changed over time?

A controversial 2010 Arizona law gave local law enforcement officials the authorization to

The Constitution includes a clause designed to help resolve interstate disputes.

The Supreme Court ruled that slaves were not citizens,but property,in the case of

The Supreme Court ruled that the due process clause of the Fifth Amendment did not apply to the states in Barron v.Baltimore.

The Great Depression led to I.a variety of innovative programs to combat unemployment. II.a new philosophy about the role of government. III.a growth in national government activity. IV.a provision allowing the election of FDR for four terms.

During the early years of the New Deal,the attitude of the Supreme Court toward federal economic intervention could be best characterized as

Allowing states to decide how to deal with an oil spill follows the principle of progressive federalism.

The U.S.Constitution has a long list of enumerated federal powers,but few state powers are spelled out.This is because

The word "federal" did not appear in the U.S.Constitution until the ratification of the Tenth Amendment.

The clause that ensures that judicial decrees and contracts made in one state will be binding and enforceable in another is called the ________ clause.