A.   James Madison

B.   Thomas Jefferson

C.   John Locke

D.   King James II

A.   due process

B.   the divine right of kings

C.   the bill of rights

D.   the social contract

A.   It could not conduct foreign affairs.

B.   It could not impose taxes.

C.   It could not coin money.

D.   It could not declare war.

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

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

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

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

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

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

C.   To encourage New York to ratify the Constitution.

D.   To encourage states to oppose the Constitution.

A.   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.

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

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

D.   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.

A.   one-half

B.   three-fourths

C.   two-thirds

D.   all

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A.   Tenth Amendment and spending clause

B.   taxing power and necessary and proper clause 

C.   necessary and proper clause and supremacy 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.   Federal cooperation helps mitigate the problem of collective action among states.

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

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

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

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

D.   The majority of federal grants are block grants.

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

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

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

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

A.   Federal immigration laws trump state immigration laws.

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

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.   The Arizona v. United States decision struck down all of Arizona's most restrictive provisions on illegal 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.   The federal government became involved in this issue when it passed DOMA.

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

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

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

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 accommodates  a diversity of opinion.

B.   Federalism encourages economic equality across the country.

C.   Federalism promotes political participation.

D.   Federalism provides for multiple levels of government action.