Political Science 101 - Introduction to Government » Winter 2022 » Quiz 2 American Federalism

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Question #1
Which term describes the division of powers between the national government and the state governments?
A.   Checks and Balances
B.   Home Rule
C.   Seperation of Powers
D.   Federalism
E.   Unitary System
Question #2
Which amendment to the Constitution stated that the powers not delegated to the national government or prohibited to the states were "reserved to the states"?
A.   1st Amendment
B.   26th Amendment
C.   5th Amendment
D.   10th Amendment
E.   14th Amendment
Question #3
In which case did the Supreme Court create the potential for increased national power by ruling that Congress could use the necessary and proper clause to interpret its delegated powers broadly?
A.   McCulloch v. Maryland
B.   Loving v. Virginia
C.   Printz v. United States
D.   Gibbons v. Ogden
E.   United States v. Lopes
Question #4
To what does the term New Federalism refer?
A.   The type of federalism that uses categorical grants to influence state action.
B.   Efforts to return more policy-making discretion to the stats through the use of block grants.
C.     
D.   The era of federalism initiated by FDR during the late 1930s.
E.   The national government's regulation of state action through grant-in-aids.
F.   The recent emergence of local governments as important political actors.
Question #5
A state government's ability to tax its residents is frequently referred to as:
A.   Expressed Power
B.   Implied Power
C.   Police Power
D.   Concurrent Power
E.   Reserved Power
Question #6
The presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal were most closely associated with which of the following political outcomes:
A.   A broad consensus which significantly expanded the power of the federal government and led to the growth of the modern welfare state.
B.   A belief held by most Americans that the federal government was far too big and intrusive.
C.   A Republican agenda to eliminate federal regulations on big business.
D.   A decrease in federal spending and cut-backs in federal programs like Social Security.
E.   The legalization of abortion through a broad interpretation of the 14th Amendment.
Question #7
Nullification was particularly prominent during which era in American history?
A.   Reconstruction
B.   pre-Civil War
C.   the Revolutionary War
D.   the Great Depression
Question #8
Post-war prosperity, urbanization, desegregation, and the social upheaval of the 1960s all contributed to which of the following outcomes?
A.   The emergence of the American South as a loyal stronghold of the Democratic party in the early 1970s and beyond.
B.   The decline of the New Deal coalition and emergence of the conservative movement in American politics.
C.   More Democrats than Republicans have been elected president since 1968.
D.   The universal embrace of federal Civil Rights legislation and political equality across the United States.
E.   The decline of the Republican party in the American South.
Question #9
The breadth and scope of federal power has exhibited which of the following characteristics?
A.   It has grown over time.
B.   It has remained fundamentally unchanged.
C.   It has diminished in relation to state power.
D.   It has retracted considerably since the founding of the US.
Question #10
Since the end of the Civil War, the expansion of federal power over time has overlapped with which of the following trends?
A.   Increased civil rights.
B.   Disenfranchisement of minority groups.
C.   Lower taxes.
D.   Increased civil liberties.

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