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Federalism
pMultiple-Choice Questions
1. Although
federalism is not unique to the United States, it is not a common method of
governing. Only __________ of the 190 or so nations of the world have federal
systemslike that of the United States.
a.five
1. 11
c.. 22
1. 50
Consider This: While federalism is increasingly popular as a
form of government, at the current rate of adoption it will not be until the
year 2400 that we could expect 50 federal systems.
Answer: b
Test Bank Item Title: TB_Q3.2.1
Topic:Defining Federalism
Learning Objective:LO 3.2: Characterize the type
of nation typically associated with federalism.
Page Reference:60
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level:Moderate
2. Prior
to the ratification of the Constitution, the United States was governed by the
Articles of __________.
1. Confederation
2. Declaration
3. Federalism
Consider This: The first government of the United States granted
supremacy to the individual states, rather than the national government.
1. Independence
Answer: a
Test Bank Item Title: TB_Q3.1.2
Topic:Defining Federalism
Learning Objective:LO 3.1: Define federalism and
contrast it with alternative ways of organizing a nation.
Page Reference:60
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level:Easy
3. In
a(n) __________ system, local and regional governments derive authority from
the national government.
1. unitary
2. bicameral
3. confederate
Consider this: In a confederate system, the national government
derives its authority from the sovereign states.
1. federal
Answer: a
Test Bank Item Title: TB_Q3.1.3
Topic:Defining Federalism
Learning Objective:LO 3.1: Define federalism and
contrast it with alternative ways of organizing a nation.
Page Reference:59
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level:Moderate
4. What
are the two types of federal powers derived from Article I, section 8 of the
U.S. Constitution?
1. enumerated;
implied
2. enumerated;
suggested
Consider This: While individuals have frequented suggested new
rights to the Supreme Court, the Court has never formally adopted a suggested
right – instead preferring to carve out new rights from constitutional sources.
1. disguised;
explicit
2. suggested;
explicit
Answer: a
Test Bank Item Title: TB_Q3.3.4
Topic:The Constitutional Basis of Federalism
Learning Objective:LO 3.3: Outline the
constitutional basis for the division of power between national and state
governments, the establishment of national supremacy, and states’ obligations
to each other.
Page Reference:65
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level:Moderate
5. Article
VI of the U.S. Constitution establishes that federal law is __________ in
conflicts between federal and state law.
1. illustrative
2. dissuasive
3. secondary
Consider This: During the Obama presidency, we’ve witnessed an
increase in conflicts between the national and state governments with the
national government typically prevailing.
1. supreme
Answer: d
Test Bank Item Title: TB_Q3.3.5
Topic:The Constitutional Basis of Federalism
Learning Objective:LO 3.3: Outline the
constitutional basis for the division of power between national and state
governments, the establishment of national supremacy, and states’ obligations
to each other.
Page Reference:62
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level:Moderate
6. The
__________ Amendment says that those powers not given to the federal government
and not prohibited to the states by the Constitution are reserved for the
states and the people.
1. Eighth
2. Tenth
3. Eleventh
4. Fourteenth
Consider This: The Fourteenth Amendment extends these rights to
all Americans rather than defining rights reserved to the people or to the
states.
Answer: b
Test Bank Item Title: TB_Q3.3.6
Topic:The Constitutional Basis of Federalism
Learning Objective:LO 3.3: Outline the
constitutional basis for the division of power between national and state
governments, the establishment of national supremacy, and states’ obligations
to each other.
Page Reference:63
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level:Moderate
7. In
__________, powers are shared by the federal and state governments in a marble-cake
fashion.
1. cooperative
federalism
2. constitutional
government
Consider This: While some constitutions require sharing power
amongst the different layers of government, some, like Germany for example,
concentrate power primarily at the national level.
1. a
federal government system
2. unified
government
Answer: a
Test Bank Item Title: TB_Q3.4.7
Topic:Intergovernmental Relations
Learning Objective:LO 3.4: Characterize the
shift from dual to cooperative federalism and the role of fiscal federalism in
intergovernmental relations today.
Page Reference:80
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level:Easy
8. Which
clause in the Constitution ensures that judicial decrees and contracts made in
one state will be binding and enforceable in another?
1. commerce
2. full
faith and credit
3. due
process
4. equal
protection
Consider This: Equal protection guarantees similar treatment
regardless of state of residence but does not require states to maintain
identical laws or recognize the laws of other states.
Answer: b
Test Bank Item Title: TB_Q3.3.8
Topic:The Constitutional Basis of Federalism
Learning Objective:LO 3.3: Outline the
constitutional basis for the division of power between national and state
governments, the establishment of national supremacy, and states’ obligations
to each other.
Page Reference:67
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level:Easy
9. A
__________ grant is given to a state by the federal government with only
general spending guidelines.
1. block
2. business
3. commerce
Consider This: While many grants stimulate, or produce commerce
some do more practical things like restructure debt or modify already existing
programs.
1. credit
Answer: a
Test Bank Item Title: TB_Q3.4.9
Topic:Intergovernmental Relations
Learning Objective:LO 3.4: Characterize the
shift from dual to cooperative federalism and the role of fiscal federalism in
intergovernmental relations today.
Page Reference:72
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level:Easy
10. In
the 1994 elections, the Republican Partyadvocated for a(n)__________ of
national government authority to state governments.
1. excavation
2. devolution
3. evolution
Consider This: Rather than being a new proposal for
restructuring the relationship between the states and national government, the
1994 Republicans were arguing for a return to the relationship that existed
prior to cooperative federalism and the New Deal.
d.redevelopment
Answer: b
Test Bank Item Title: TB_Q3.4.10
Topic:Intergovernmental Relations
Learning Objective:LO 3.4: Characterize the
shift from dual to cooperative federalism and the role of fiscal federalism in
intergovernmental relations today.
Page Reference:71
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level:Easy
11. Whichof
the following was the earliest major Supreme Court decision to define the
relationship between the federal and state governments?
1. Marbury
v. Madison
2. Dred
Scott v. Sanford
Consider This: The Dred Scott decision redefined the
relationship between free states and slave states but had relatively little
impact on the relationship between the states and national government.
1. Fletcher
v. Peck
2. McCulloch
v. Maryland
Answer: d
Test Bank Item Title: TB_Q3.3.11
Topic:The Constitutional Basis of Federalism
Learning Objective:LO 3.3: Outline the
constitutional basis for the division of power between national and state
governments, the establishment of national supremacy, and states’ obligations
to each other.
Page Reference:64-65
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level:Easy
12. Education
and transportation policies are primarily state responsibilities. However,
under __________ the federal government has also been making policy in these
areas.
1. cooperative
federalism
2. constitutional
government
3. a
federal government system
4. unified
government
Consider This: While unified government is frequently credited
with expanding the role of the national government, the reality is that growth
varies from administration-to-administration and depending on party in charge
does not always impact education and/or transportation.
Answer: a
Test Bank Item Title:TB_Q3.4.12
Topic:Intergovernmental Relations
Learning Objective:LO 3.4: Characterize the
shift from dual to cooperative federalism and the role of fiscal federalism in
intergovernmental relations today.
Page Reference:70
Skill Level: Apply What You Know
Difficulty Level:Moderate
13. In Gibbons v. Ogden, the
Supreme Court held that Congress has broad authority to regulate __________.
1. interstate
commerce
2. education
Consider This: It was not until the 1940s that the Supreme Court
actively recognized that the national government had a role to play in public
education.
1. interest
rates
2. religion
Answer: a
Test Bank Item Title: TB_Q3.3.13
Topic:The Constitutional Basis of Federalism
Learning Objective:LO 3.3: Outline the
constitutional basis for the division of power between national and state
governments, the establishment of national supremacy, and states’ obligations
to each other.
Page Reference:66
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level:Moderate
14. The
Constitution says that states are required to return a person charged with a
crime in another state to that state for trial or imprisonment, a practice
called __________.
1. voir
dire
Consider This: The term voir
dire refers to the ability of an individual to question
witnesses at a trial.
1. sequestration
2. change
of venue
3. extradition
Answer: d
Test Bank Item Title: TB_Q3.3.14
Topic:The Constitutional Basis of Federalism
Learning Objective:LO 3.3: Outline the
constitutional basis for the division of power between national and state
governments, the establishment of national supremacy, and states’ obligations
to each other.
Page Reference:68
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level:Easy
15. Which
amendment prohibits federal and state courts and federal administrative
agencies from hearing cases in which a private party names a state as a
defendant without the state’s consent?
1. Third
2. Sixth
Consider This: The Sixth Amendment establish the rights
individuals experience in the court system but fails to place a prohibition on
a court hearing a case involving a state without the consent of that state.
1. Eleventh
2. Twelfth
Answer: c
Test Bank Item Title: TB_Q3.3.15
Topic:The Constitutional Basis of Federalism
Learning Objective:LO 3.3: Outline the
constitutional basis for the division of power between national and state
governments, the establishment of national supremacy, and states’ obligations
to each other.
Page Reference:64
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level:Moderate
16. The
Framers adopted a federal system of government partly because they feared
__________.
1. centralizing
power in the federal government
2. limiting
the national government
Consider This: The United States rebelled from Great Britain, a
country with a strong and heavily centralized national government and the
debate over the merits of strong central government facilitated many early
disagreements involving politics and the role of government.
1. regulating
interstate commerce
2. challenging
the power of the states
Answer: a
Test Bank Item Title: TB_Q3.6.16
Topic:Understanding Federalism
Learning Objective:LO 3.6: Assess the impact of
federalism on democratic government and the scope of government.
Page Reference:78
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level:Moderate
17. Which
clause of the U.S. Constitution did the Supreme Court interpret in McCulloch v. Marylandas
allowing Congress to create a national bank?
1. commerce
Consider This: While many have argued that the Court could have
relied on commerce powers in McCulloch, the Court ultimately chose to use look
elsewhere to justify the power.
1. necessary
and proper
2. due
process
3. equal
protection
Answer: b
Test Bank Item Title: TB_Q3.3.17
Topic:The Constitutional Basis of Federalism
Learning Objective:LO 3.3: Outline the
constitutional basis for the division of power between national and state
governments, the establishment of national supremacy, and states’ obligations
to each other.
Page Reference:65
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level:Moderate
18. __________
grants typically allocate federal dollars based on population.
1. Block
Consider This: While some block grants are dependent on
population, many are dependent on goods, services, crops, or products provided
regardless of population served.
1. Formula
2. Commerce
3. Diversified
Answer: b
Test Bank Item Title: TB_Q3.4.18
Topic:Intergovernmental Relations
Learning Objective:LO 3.4: Characterize the
shift from dual to cooperative federalism and the role of fiscal federalism in
intergovernmental relations today.
Page Reference:73
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level:Moderate
19. __________
helped establish the preeminence of the federal government over the states.
1. The
Revolutionary War
Consider This: After the Revolutionary War, most politicians and
citizens favored strong state government over national government power.
1. The
Civil War
2. World
War I
3. The
Vietnam War
Answer: b
Test Bank Item Title: TB_Q3.3.19
Topic:The Constitutional Basis of Federalism
Learning Objective:LO 3.3: Outline the
constitutional basis for the division of power between national and state
governments, the establishment of national supremacy, and states’ obligations
to each other.
Page Reference:83
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level:Moderate
20. Before
the ratification of the Constitution, the United States was organized as a(n)
__________.
1. confederation
2. direct
democracy
3. oligarchy
– Consider This: An oligarchy is a form of government wherein a small group of people
have control of country.
4. conglomeration
Answer: a
Test Bank Item Title: TB_Q3.1.20
Topic:Defining Federalism
Learning Objective:LO 3.1: Define federalism and
contrast it with alternative ways of organizing a nation.
Page Reference:60
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level:Moderate
21. What
model of federalism is sometimes described metaphorically as a marble cake?
1. cooperative
federalism
2. dual
federalism
Consider This: Dual federalism involves the strict separation of
powers and is typically associated with layer cake.
1. progressive
federalism
2. new
federalism
Answer: a
Test Bank Item Title: TB_Q3.4.21
Topic:Intergovernmental Relations
Learning Objective:LO 3.4: Characterize the
shift from dual to cooperative federalism and the role of fiscal federalism in
intergovernmental relations today.
Page Reference:68
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level:Easy
22. Which
type of federalism is characterized by a system of state and national
governments with separate but distinct authority?
1. combined
2. cooperative
Consider This: Cooperative federalism is generally associated
with overlapping powers and authority rather than a separation of both.
1. dual
2. progressive
Answer: c
Test Bank Item Title: TB_Q3.4.22
Topic:Intergovernmental Relations
Learning Objective:LO 3.4: Characterize the
shift from dual to cooperative federalism and the role of fiscal federalism in
intergovernmental relations today.
Page Reference:68
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level:Moderate
23. Which
of the following is an example of fiscal federalism?
1. a
blue-ribbon task force on education
2. gas
mileage requirements
3. grants-in-aid
4. minimum
wage legislation
Consider This: While minimum wage laws are fiscal by definition,
they require no distribution or allocation of funds from the national
government to the states.
Answer: c
Test Bank Item Title: TB_Q3.4.23
Topic:Intergovernmental Relations
Learning Objective:LO 3.4: Characterize the
shift from dual to cooperative federalism and the role of fiscal federalism in
intergovernmental relations today.
Page Reference:68
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level:Moderate
24. What
is a mandate?
1. an
order from the federal government requiring the states to take a certain action
2. an
order from a state government requiring a federal action
3. an
order from the federal government prohibiting the states to take a certain
action
Consider This: Mandates involve or requirea positive government
action such as spending or creating a program.
1. an
order from a state government prohibiting a federal action
Answer: a
Test Bank Item Title: TB_Q3.4.24
Topic:Intergovernmental Relations
Learning Objective:LO 3.4: Characterize the
shift from dual to cooperative federalism and the role of fiscal federalism in
intergovernmental relations today.
Page Reference:74
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level:Moderate
25. Of
the following, which is a power denied to states by the Constitution?
1. establishment
of criminal laws
2. the
power to enter into treaties
3. imposing
taxes
Consider This: Prior to the Sixteenth Amendment, a vast majority
of taxing power belong to the state governments.
1. supervision
of contracts between individuals
Answer: b
Test Bank Item Title: TB_Q3.3.25
Topic:The Constitutional Basis of Federalism
Learning Objective:LO 3.3: Outline the
constitutional basis for the division of power between national and state
governments, the establishment of national supremacy, and states’ obligations
to each other.
Page Reference:62
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level:Moderate
26. The
preemption of state and local laws by federal laws is based on which clause of
the U.S. Constitution?
1. supremacy
2. due
process
3. equal
protection
4. full
faith and credit
Consider This: Full faith and credit applies to states
respecting the laws of other states but does not include a language
establishing preemption of state laws.
Answer: a
Test Bank Item Title: TB_Q3.3.26
Topic:The Constitutional Basis of Federalism
Learning Objective:LO 3.3: Outline the
constitutional basis for the division of power between national and state
governments, the establishment of national supremacy, and states’ obligations
to each other.
Page Reference:62
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level:Moderate
27. The
Constitution denies the states the power to __________.
1. coin
money
2. create
courts
3. establish
schools
Consider This: Education was never seriously debated by the
framers since public education at the time was virtually non-existent.
1. operate
prisons
Answer: a
Test Bank Item Title: TB_Q3.3.27
Topic:The Constitutional Basis of Federalism
Learning Objective:LO 3.3: Outline the
constitutional basis for the division of power between national and state
governments, the establishment of national supremacy, and states’ obligations
to each other.
Page Reference:62
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level:Moderate
28. Which
of the following is an example of a formula grant?
1. Medicaid
2. the
Clean Air Act
Consider This: While the Clean Air Act does provide some
funding, a formula grant specifically allocates for an established program at
rates established by the federal government.
1. military
funding
2. congressional
salaries
Answer: a
Test Bank Item Title: TB_Q3.4.28
Topic:Intergovernmental Relations
Learning Objective:LO 3.4: Characterize the
shift from dual to cooperative federalism and the role of fiscal federalism in
intergovernmental relations today.
Page Reference:73
Skill Level: Apply What You Know
Difficulty Level:Moderate
29. Which
of the following grants minimizes the paperwork that must be filled out and the
strings attached to using the grant?
1. block
grants
2. business
grants
3. categorical
grants
Consider This: Because of the broad nation of a categorical
grant, it has a high level of paperwork since agencies must justify and explain
where the money is going.
1. programmatic
requests
Answer: a
Test Bank Item Title: TB_Q3.4.29
Topic:Intergovernmental Relations
Learning Objective:LO 3.4: Characterize the
shift from dual to cooperative federalism and the role of fiscal federalism in
intergovernmental relations today.
Page Reference:73
Skill Level: Apply What You Know
Difficulty Level:Moderate
30. Which
of the following best exemplifies devolution?
1. New
Deal legislation
2. No
Child Left Behind Act
Consider This: The No Child Left Behind Act removed power from
the states and increased the role of the national government in regulating
public K-12.
1. welfare
policy
2. Troubled
Asset Recovery Program
Answer: c
Test Bank Item Title: TB_Q3.4.30
Topic:Intergovernmental Relations
Learning Objective:LO 3.4: Characterize the
shift from dual to cooperative federalism and the role of fiscal federalism in
intergovernmental relations today.
Page Reference:71
Skill Level: Apply What You Know
Difficulty Level:Moderate
31. Many
local school districts complained that the No Child Left Behind Act did not
provide enough funding to implement the law. If this is the case, the law is
was a(n) __________.
1. block
grant
Consider This: While a block grant can potentially be
underfunded, in most instances we would not consider a block grant to be a
mandate.
1. unfunded
mandate
2. categorical
grant
3. programmatic
request
Answer: b
Test Bank Item Title: TB_Q3.4.31
Topic:Intergovernmental Relations
Learning Objective:LO 3.4: Characterize the
shift from dual to cooperative federalism and the role of fiscal federalism in
intergovernmental relations today.
Page Reference:75
Skill Level: Apply What You Know
Difficulty Level:Moderate
32. 32.
Which of the following is a confederation?
1. the
United States
2. the
United Nations
3. Great
Britain
Consider This: While Great Britain has several components,
namely Wales, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales; those components receive
powers from the national parliament as opposed to giving the national
parliament its powers as it would in a confederation.
1. China
Answer: b
Test Bank Item Title: TB_Q3.1.32
Topic:Defining Federalism
Learning Objective:LO 3.1: Define federalism and
contrast it with alternative ways of organizing a nation.
Page Reference:60
Skill Level: Apply What You Know
Difficulty Level:Moderate
33. The
Constitution is more specific about the __________ states do not have than about
those they possess.
a.grants
1. entitlements
Consider This: Entitlements date back to the late nineteenth and
twentieth centuries, the Constitution was more concerned with concrete rules
and functions.
1. powers
2. authorities
Answer: c
Test Bank Item Title: TB_Q3.3.33
Topic:The Constitutional Basis of Federalism
Learning Objective:LO 3.3: Outline the
constitutional basis for the division of power between national and state
governments, the establishment of national supremacy, and states’ obligations
to each other.
Page Reference:61
Skill Level: Apply What You Know
Difficulty Level:Easy
34. 34.
Which of the following is a shared power between states and the federal
government?
1. controlling
money supply
Consider This: While states possess the power to borrow, collect
and spend money, thy lack the authority to actually print money.
1. raising
and maintaining an army
2. establishing
a post office
3. the
power to tax
Answer: d
Test Bank Item Title: TB_Q3.3.34
Topic:The Constitutional Basis of Federalism
Learning Objective:LO 3.3: Outline the
constitutional basis for the division of power between national and state
governments, the establishment of national supremacy, and states’ obligations
to each other.
Page Reference:62
Skill Level: Apply What You Know
Difficulty Level:Moderate
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