Question 1 |
The National Supremacy Clause is interpreted to mean | | states may not override national policies | | | the nation may not override state policies | | | only cities may override state policies | | | state constitutions take precedence over the national constitution | Question 2 |
__________________ views the Constitution as giving a limited list of powers – primarily foreign policy and national defense – to the national government, leaving the rest to sovereign states. | | dual federalism | | | cooperative federalism | | | new federalism | | | competitive federalism | Question 3 |
People who favor state or local action rather than national action are known as | | centralists | | | decentralists | | | lobbyists | | | federalists | Question 4 |
Gibbons v. Ogden was important because it | | fully developed the concept of judicial review | | | fully developed the concept of dual citizenship | | | established the supremacy of the national government in all matters affecting interstate commerce | | | determined that the forced removal of the Five Civilized Tribes to Oklahoma was unconstitutional | Question 5 |
The state governments have only one of the following sets of powers | | delegated and reserved | | | reserved and concurrent | | | direct and inherent | | | expressed and implied | Question 6 |
Federalism encourages experimentation because | | if states adopt programs that fail, the negative effects are limited; if programs succeed, they can be adopted by other states and by the national government | | | national politicians and parties do not have to iron out every difference on every issue that divides us; these issues are debated in state legislatures, county courthouses and city halls | | | while encouraging experiments in public policy, federalism provides a training ground for state and local politicians before they become involved in national politics | | | none of the above | Question 7 |
Powers inferred from the express power that allow Congress to carry out its functions are called | | express powers | | | implied powers | | | inherent powers | | | delegated powers | Question 8 |
Those seeking to restrain the powers of the national government look to what part of the Constitution? | | the commerce clause | | | the states' rights clause | | | the First Amendment | | | the Tenth Amendment | Question 9 |
The basic premise of the decentralists is that the Constitution is a | | statement of principles | | | union of people | | | treaty among sovereign states | | | living document | Question 10 |
The constitutional provision requiring that state courts enforce civil judgments of the courts of other states and accept their public records as valid is found in the | | commerce clause | | | full faith and credit clause | | | due process clause | | | concurrent powers clause | Question 11 |
The only method used thus far to propose amendments to the Constitution is | | a two-thirds vote of both houses of Congress | | | state conventions | | | state legislatures | | | introduction by the president | Question 12 |
The constitutional idea of states' rights was strongest during which historical period? | | the years immediately preceding the Civil War | | | Reconstruction | | | the Great Depression | | | the 1960s | Question 13 |
The Constitutional base for the implied powers of Congress is | | the supremacy clause | | | the necessary and proper clause | | | the due process clause | | | the take care clause | Question 14 |
__________________ describes the strategy of delegating a policy program to a lower level of government. | | home rule | | | redistribution | | | devolution | | | preemption | Question 15 |
Many of the debates concerning