Political Science 101- Introduction to American Politics » Spring 2021 » Chapter 3 Video Quiz

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Question #1
Watch the news clip to answer the following questions. https://stg-util.wwnorton.com/jwplayer2/iframe.html?playerid=vid1544564009446&playertype=video&skin=default&aspectratio=16:9&stretching=uniform&file=s3.amazonaws.com/wwnorton.college.public/Political_Science/AmGov_Videos/2019/Federalism.mp4&seekTime=0&videoimg=s3.amazonaws.com/wwnorton.college.public/Political_Science/AmGov_Videos/2019/Federalism.jpg&showCC=1&videocaption=s3.amazonaws.com/wwnorton.college.public/Political_Science/AmGov_Videos/2019/Federalism.vtt (Links to an external site.) Or click here to watch the video at ABC News. https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/News/video/supreme-court-strikes-federal-anti-sports-gambling-law-55171834 (Links to an external site.) How was the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down the sports betting law an example of federalism in action?
A.   It removed sports betting from government regulation and returned it to the private sector, that is, the leagues themselves.
B.   It made state law more uniform by imposing a single national-level policy.
C.   The decision had little to do with federalism and regulation.
D.   It repealed a single national-level policy and allowed individual states to craft policies based on those states’ preferences.
Question #2
Shifting the responsibility to regulate sports betting from the federal level to the states is an example of what?
A.   Coercive federalism
B.   Preemption
C.   Devolution
D.   Privatization
Question #3
Previous to the Supreme Court decision overturning the ban on sports betting, only _________ permitted such forms of gaming. Now there are estimates that ________ states will permit sports betting.
A.   New Jersey; more than 30
B.   Nevada; more than 30
C.   New Jersey; all 50
D.   Nevada; less than 12

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