A.   King James II

B.   James Madison

C.   Thomas Jefferson

D.   John Locke

A.   the divine right of kings

B.   the bill of rights

C.   due process

D.   the social contract

A.   It could not impose taxes.

B.   It could not conduct foreign affairs.

C.   It could not declare war.

D.   It could not coin money.

A.   It was agreed that 60 percent of a state's slave population would be counted for purposes of both representation and taxation.

B.   It was agreed that Congress would abolish slavery in 1850.

C.   It was agreed that a state's slave population would be counted for purposes of representation but not for purposes of taxation.

D.   It was agreed that a state's slave population would be counted for purposes of taxation but not for purposes of representation.

A.   To oppose the admission of slaveholding states to the federal union.

B.   To encourage states to oppose the Constitution.

C.   To encourage people to vote for George Washington as the nation's first president.

D.   To encourage New York to ratify the Constitution.

A.   One man could respond to crises more quickly than a group of men like Congress.

B.   It was easier to control the actions of one man than the actions of a group.

C.   That man would have to pass a religious test before he could become president; thus, citizens could be sure that he was of good character.

D.   One man could respond to crises more quickly than a group of men like Congress and it was easier to control the actions of one man than the actions of a group.

A.   all

B.   two-thirds

C.   one-half

D.   three-fourths

A.   powers given to Congress in Article I of the Constitution

B.   document authored by Thomas Jefferson that details the rights of citizens

C.   first ten amendments to the Constitution that protect individual freedoms

D.   twenty-seven amendments added to the Constitution over the years

A.   Today there are more countries with federal systems than with unitary systems.

B.   In a federal system, power is concentrated in the states; in a unitary system, it is concentrated in the national government.

C.   The United States and Japan have federal systems, while Great Britain and Canada have unitary systems.

D.   In a federal system, the constitution allocates powers between states and federal government; in a unitary system, powers are lodged in the national government.

A.   Local and state governments generate an equal amount of revenue from issuing licenses and certificates.

B.   Between 30 and 40 percent of the revenue for local and state governments comes from grant money.

C.   Taxes generate well over one-half of the total revenue for local and state governments.

D.   Property axes generate well the most tax revenue for both local and state governments.

A.   necessary and proper clause and supremacy clause

B.   taxing power and necessary and proper clause 

C.   Tenth Amendment and spending clause

D.   commerce clause and supremacy clause

A.   New Federalism was launched by President Nixon and continued by President Reagan.

B.   New Federalism is based on the idea that decentralization of responsibility enhances administrative efficiency.

C.   United States v. Lopez is a Supreme Court ruling that advanced the logic of new federalism.

D.   President Reagan was able to promote new federalism consistently throughout his administration.

A.   Cooperative federalism respects the traditional jurisdictional boundaries between states and the federal government.

B.   Federal assistance encourages state and local governments to generate positive externalities.

C.   Federal assistance ensures some degree of uniformity of public services across states.

D.   Federal cooperation helps mitigate the problem of collective action among states.

A.   The majority of federal grants are block grants.

B.   The amount of federal grant money going to states has steadily increased since the 1960s.

C.   Block grants tend to gain more flexibility over time.

D.   The federal government allocates the most grant money to income security.

A.   The Clean Air Act is a type of federal partial preemptive regulation.

B.   New federalism does not promote the use of unfunded mandates,

C.   The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act has prevented Congress from using unfunded mandates.

D.   Title VI of the Civil Rights Act establishes crosscutting requirements.

A.   The Arizona v. United States decision struck down all of Arizona's most restrictive provisions on illegal immigration.

B.   Federal immigration laws trump state immigration laws.

C.   States' involvement in immigration is party due to their interest in preventing illegal immigrants from accessing services such as education and welfare benefits.

D.   Since the 1990s, states have increasingly moved into the policy domain of immigration.

A.   More than half the states had legalized same-sex marriage by the time the Supreme Court made same-sex marriage legal nationwide in 2015.

B.   United States v. Windsor legalized same-sex marriage in the United States.

C.   In the 1990s and 2000s, the number of state restrictions on same-sex marriage increased.

D.   The federal government became involved in this issue when it passed DOMA.

A.   MADD steered the drinking age issue from the federal government down to the states.

B.   Anti-abortion advocates have steered the abortion issue from the states up to the federal government.

C.   Both MADD and anti-abortion proponents redirected their advocacy from the states to the federal government.

D.   None of the statements are correct.

A.   Federalism encourages economic equality across the country.

B.   Federalism accommodates  a diversity of opinion.

C.   Federalism promotes political participation.

D.   Federalism provides for multiple levels of government action.