Chapter 3 Federalism

Question 0

Intergovernmental relations are the complex network of interrelationships among governments, ie., political, fiscal, programmatic and administrative process by which higher units of government share revenues and other resources with lower units of government.

Answer 0

True

Question 1

The United Nations is basically a federal association of nation states.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

The Northwest land ordinance gave federal lands for public education in the western territories.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

In McCulloch v Maryland, The Supreme Court ruled that the federal government did not have the right of eminent domain to seize state land to build a branch office of the national bank in Maryland.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Categorical grants are federal payments to state or federal or state payments to local governments for specified purposes.

Answer 4

False

Question 5

The full faith and credit clause of article the places the individual as a citizen of his/her country above residency in a state.

Answer 5

False

Question 6

Under the formula grant program, Congress allocated money to states and local governments based on a predetermined formula.

Answer 6

True

Question 7

As adopted in 1789, the Constitution created a national government was sovereign Powers of its own-powers that one belongs exclusively to the states

Answer 7

True

Question 8

Federalism is actually a hybrid combination of the Unitary and Confederative systems.

Answer 8

True

Question 9

According to article IV, states are required to recognize the public acts, records and judicial proceedings of every other state.

Answer 9

True

Question 10

Federal grant programs may also include cross cutting regulations to include if necessary, and an environmental impact statement.

Answer 10

True

Question 11

In Cohen v Virginia, the Supreme Court ruled that states do not have the right to secede from the union.

Answer 11

False

Question 12

Article I love the United States Constitution grants Congress exclusive authority to levy and collect taxes for the national government.

Answer 12

True

Question 13

The supremacy clause of article IV of the United States Constitution makes the Constitution the
“supreme law of the land”

Answer 13

False

Question 14

The 9th amendment to the U.S. Constitution gives the state their reserved powers.

Answer 14

False

Question 15

An interstate compact is an agreement between two or more states requiring congressional approval.

Answer 15

True

Question 16

John C. Calhoun believed in the compact theory of Governments whereby governments were created by and existed for the benefit of the people.

Answer 16

True

Question 17

The anti-Federalist believed that the necessary and proper clause along with the supremacy clause gave the national government too much power and authority over state governments.

Answer 17

True

Question 18

In Marbury v Madison, United States Supreme Court defined interstate commerce as including all navigable waters even those within a state.

Answer 18

False

Question 19

Advantages of the unitary system are uniformity of public policy enforcement and a centralized government.

Answer 19

True

Question 20

A Confederative System is the mode of political organization that unites separate units within an overarching political system by distributing power among general and constituent governments in a manner designed to protect the existence and authority of both.

Answer 20

False

Question 21

In Cohen v Virginia (1821) The Supreme Court upheld a federal courts authority to review judicial decisions rendered by state courts.

Answer 21

True

Question 22

In Texas v white, The Supreme Court ruled that Congress could tax interest earned from individual savings accounts and dividends on state and locally issue bonds.

Answer 22

False

Question 23

Article I I I, section 4 of the United States Constitution places certain restrictions on both the national and state governments.

Answer 23

False

Question 24

Intrastate commerce is all commerce traveling across the boundary lines.

Answer 24

False

Question 25

According to the constitution, the writ of habeas corpus cannot be suspended except in the cases of rebellion and insurrection

Answer 25

True

Question 26

Eminent domain is an example of a government's proprietary function.

Answer 26

True

Question 27

In plintz v United States, The Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional a federal law making it a crime to carry a gun within 1000 feet of a school.

Answer 27

False

Question 28

In Garcia v San Antonio metropolitan transit authority, The Supreme Court ruled constitutional a federal mandate requiring that all state public employees be paid at least minimum wage and overtime.

Answer 28

True

Question 29

Pragmatic federalism is based on the creation of empowerment zones whereby nonfederal resources are combined with modest federal cash outlays.

Answer 29

False

Question 30

States rights is defined as the opposition to increasing the national government's power at the expense of the states.

Answer 30

True

Question 31

Calhoun's concept of interposition is based on the believe that Democratic decisions should be made only with the concurrence of all major segments of society.

Answer 31

False

Question 32

The national government has the authority to oversee all commercial activity that crosses any state boundary line.

Answer 32

True

Question 33

Pres. George W. Bush retooled Reagan's new federalism into his own concept entitled constrained empathetic federalism.

Answer 33

False

Question 34

According to Calhoun, if the national government failed to fulfill the needs of the people of a particular state, then that State had the right to nullify its compact with the national government and form its own government.

Answer 34

True

Question 35

Dual federalism is often times called marble cake federalism.

Answer 35

False

Question 36

The Supremacy clause is located in _________ of the United States Constitution

Answer 36

Article VI

Question 37

A _________ was a federal payment to a state or local government for a specific purpose.

Answer 37

Categorical grant

Question 38

_________ is the authority to promote and safeguard the health, morals, safety and welfare of the people.

Answer 38

Police powers

Question 39

____________ are given for prescribed Broader activities from healthcare to education

Answer 39

Block grants

Question 40

The ___________ is one in which principal power within the political system lies at the level of a national or central government

Answer 40

Unitary system

Question 41

Under the general revenue fund, _______ was a combination of federal and state money allocated on a formula basis to assist local communities to find intercity projects.

Answer 41

Revenue sharing

Question 42

Created by Ronald Reagan, __________ was designed to reduce the role of national government in state and local affairs.

Answer 42

New federalism

Question 43

Calhoun's concept of __________ placed the states as the middleman or buffer zones to shield the people living in their states from harmful national mandates

Answer 43

Interposition

Question 44

In federalist #45, _________ attempted to explain the relationship between the states and the national government.

Answer 44

James Madison

Question 45

In ___________ (1948), The Supreme Court ruled that any state law denying women the right to practice certain occupations usually held by men were unconstitutional

Answer 45

Goesaert v cleary

Question 46

A __________ System is a loose collection of states in which principal power lies at the level of the individual state rather than at the level of the central or national government

Answer 46

Confederative

Question 47

In _________, The Supreme Court ruled that Congress could tax interest earned from individual savings accounts in dividends on state and local he issued bonds

Answer 47

South Carolina V baker

Question 48

In ________, The Supreme Court upheld a federal courts the Dority to review decisions rendered by state courts

Answer 48

Cohen V Virginia

Question 49

The necessary and proper clause of the United States Constitution is located in __________

Answer 49

Article 1, section 8

Question 50

________ of the United States Constitution grants Congress the exclusive authority to levy and collect taxes for the National government

Answer 50

Article I

Question 51

The necessary and proper clause is also known as the _______

Answer 51

Implied powers doctrine

Question 52

The power for both the states and the national government to levy and collect taxes is an example of ________

Answer 52

Concurrent powers

Question 53

In ______, the supreme court reinforced the equality of the United States by ruling that All states are admitted into the union on an equal footing.

Answer 53

Coyle V smith

Question 54

Until 1932, the relationship between the states and the national government was ______ whereby autonomous national, sub national and local governments all pursue their own interest independently of each other.

Answer 54

Dual federalism