Unit 3: Federalism: States in the Union

Question 1

The right of reserved powers

Answer 1

10th Amendment

Question 2

Grants issued by the government where spending can be done with narrowly defined purposes

Answer 2

Categorical Grants

Question 3

A regulation that requires the government to perform a certain task with no money

Answer 3

Unfunded mandates

Question 4

A grant of power to Congress, not an express limitation on the power of the states to regulate the economy.

Answer 4

Commerce Clause

Question 5

powers of U.S. government which have not been explicitly granted by the Constitution but that is implied by the necessary and proper clause

Answer 5

Implied Powers

Question 6

a political power reserved by a constitution to the exclusive jurisdiction of a specified political authority.

Answer 6

Reserved Powers

Question 7

praised the “good sense and practical judgment” of the American people

Answer 7

Alexis de Tocqueville

Question 8

The process of returning more of the responsibilities of governing from the national level to the state level

Answer 8

Devolution

Question 9

to the United States Constitution allows the Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states or basing it on the United States Census.

Answer 9

16th Amendment

Question 10

A grant from the government that can allocate to a variety of services

Answer 10

Block Grants

Question 11

The Court can strike down state law if contrary to the national constitution or national law

Answer 11

McCulloch v. Maryland

Question 12

The separated layers of the cake symbolizing how distinct spheres of power that the state and federal governments inhabited

Answer 12

Layer Cake

Question 13

A state government’s authority to regulate for the health, safety and welfare of its citizens

Answer 13

Police Power

Question 14

The principal power within each state lies with the state government

Answer 14

Unitary

Question 15

Any amount of money given to anything or anyone.

Answer 15

Grants-in-Aid

Question 16

A process of voting, typically in secrecy

Answer 16

Ballot

Question 17

19th century philosopher that made an analysis of American federalist

Answer 17

James Bryce

Question 18

We discussed three (3) centralizing forces in American history. Name one (1).

Answer 18

war
justice
money

Question 19

In 1937 the Supreme Court laid the groundwork for a stronger federal government by issuing a number of decisions that…

Answer 19

dramatically expanded the definition of the Commerce Clause

Question 20

(T/F) Federalism is about relationships among different levels of government.

Answer 20

True

Question 21

The number of electoral votes for each state is equal to the number of _________.

Answer 21

its members in the House and Senate combined

Question 22

(T/F) Among the powers reserved for the states is the responsibility for preventing and prosecuting criminal activities.

Answer 22

(True)

Question 23

The states play a crucial role in all of the following activities except _________.

Answer 23

regulating interstate commerce

Question 24

When local law enforcement authorities call on the FBI to help them solve a crime, the kind of federalism illustrated is ___________.

Answer 24

marble cake federalism

Question 25

The Supreme Court case of________________ v. ________________ interpreted the “necessary and proper” clause as allowing expansive power to the national government.

Answer 25

Marbury v. Madison