gov chapter 4

Question 1

power of state government to set up a public school system

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reserved power

Question 2

used to convict a man of something not a crime when he did it

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ex post facto law

Question 3

federal payment to states for a broad range of health programs

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block grant

Question 4

power to acquire new territory

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inherent power

Question 5

giving states more power to decide how to manage their welfare programs

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devolution

Question 6

power of federal government to regulate interstate commerce

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implied power

Question 7

power of federal government to set of federal courts

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expressed power

Question 8

federal payment to arizona to reduce pollution in phoenix

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categorial grant

Question 9

federal rule requiring new speed limit signs, paid for by states

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unfunded mandate

Question 10

power of state and federal government to tax income

Answer 10

concurrent powers

Question 11

legal process for returning a suspect to the state where a crime took place

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extradition

Question 12

period when federal and state governments prevailed in their own spheres

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dual federalism

Question 13

transfer of money from the national government to the state or local level

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grant-in-aid

Question 14

system for sharing authority over a land among different levels of government

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federalism

Question 15

requirement that states respect the official acts of other states

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full faith of credit clause

Question 16

period when states recieved federal grants to achieve national goals

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new federalism

Question 17

federal law outlawing monopolies in order to achieve national goals

Answer 17

sherman antitrust act

Question 18

federal law giving land to states to finance colleges

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morril act

Question 19

period when states gained more power over the use of federal grants

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creative federalism

Question 20

provision that states must not violate the constitution, federal laws, or treaties

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supremacy clause

Question 21

senates poeer to approve internation treaties negotiated by the president is an example of

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checks and balances

Question 22

what is a power the executive branch has to check the legislative branch

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veto

Question 23

when the president vetoes a law passed by congress, the president is applying the principle of

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checks and balances

Question 24

whoch system of government is an indirect form of democracy, placing political decision making atleast one step away from the people

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republic

Question 25

which type of government system did the united states have in its earliest days

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a confederal government

Question 26

which system of government is largely an american incention

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federal

Question 27

the executive and legislative branches of government are fused in which type of givernment

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parlamentary

Question 28

in a presidential system the president is in charge of the

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executive branch

Question 29

the people have ultimate authority in which types of government

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republic/democracy

Question 30

the cast majority of the workss nations have which type of government

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unitary

Question 31

the power to carry out enforce and administrate law is know as

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executive power

Question 32

which theory holds that the first governments formed as a result of people agreeing among themselves to submit to the authority of the state

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social contract

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which power involves the authority to interpret the laws and to settle disputes between members of society

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judicial

Question 34

what principle of americsn democracy is at work when two opposing groups relax som eof their demands in an attempt to reach an agreement

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compromise

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great compromise acceptable to states

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equal representation in the senate

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three fiths of a states slave population would be

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counted towards taxation

Question 37

what did the constitution do about atlantic slave trade

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congress had to wait 20 years to abolish it

Question 38

first ten amendments

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bill of rights

Question 39

decide wether a federal law or action is constitutional

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the supreme court

Question 40

the framers of the constitution got many ideas from

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european philosophers

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power to borrow money

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expressed power

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creating local governments

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reserved power

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main responsibility for resolving conflicts

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supreme court

Question 44

according to the doctrine of nullification the states could

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ignore laws they didnt like

Question 45

purpose of interstate commerce act of 1887

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regulate railroads

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the federal governemnts chief tool for influencing states and communities

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fiscal federalism or grants

Question 47

what best defines federal mandates

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federal government requires it but may not fund

Question 48

supporters of devolution would argue that environmental protection is

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best left to state and local government

Question 49

what is the best argument for giving states a role in controlling immigration

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they have to pay some of the cost

Question 50

what justification has the national government used for imposing federal mandates such as school busing, desegregation, and affirmative action

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equal protection clause of the 14th amendment

Question 51

powers shared by both the state and the national government are called _________

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Concurrent powers

Question 52

the power to establish the internal revenue system is an ____________ of congress

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implied power

Question 53

the ________________ limited the power of the federal government

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10th amendment

Question 54

a federal grant to help a state build a specific dam would be a _____________

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categorical grant

Question 55

congress has often used _____________ to get states to enforce civil rights

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federal mandates

Question 56

if a conflict arises between a state law and a federal law ____________ is supreme

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federal law

Question 57

the system for sharing power between national and state governments is called __________

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federalism

Question 58

enumerated, or _________, powers are carefully spelled out in the constitution for each branch of the federal government

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expressed

Question 59

the tenth amendment leaves __________ powers to the states

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reserved

Question 60

the sherman antitrust act sought to regulate large buisnesses which formed _______ by gaining exclusive control of particular goods or services

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monopolies