Political Science 101 - Introduction to American Government and Politics » Fall 2019 » Quiz 3

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Question #1
Which term describes the division of powers between the national government and the stat governments?
A.   Checks and Balances
B.   Unitary System
C.   Separation of Powers
D.   Home Rule
E.   Federalism
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.   10th Amendment
B.   26th Amendment
C.   5th Amendment
D.   14th Amendment
E.   1st 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.   United States v. Lopes
B.   Loving v. Virginia
C.   McCulloch v. Maryland
D.   Gibbons v. Ogden
E.   Printz v. United States
Question #4
To what does the term New Federalism refer?
A.   The recent emergence of local governments as important political actors.
B.   The era of federalism initiated by FDR during the late 1930s.
C.   Efforts to return more policy-making discretion to the stats through the use of block grants.
D.   The national government's regulation of state action through grant-in-aids.
E.   The type of federalism that uses categorical grants to influence state action.
Question #5
A state government's ability to tax its residents is frequently referred to as:
A.   Police Power
B.   Concurrent Power
C.   Expressed Power
D.   Reserved Power
E.   Implied Power

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