Question 1

In what decade did federal grants-in-aid NOT expand significantly?

Accepted Answer

A)  1960s
B)  1970s
C)  1980s
D)  1990s
E)  2000s

Question 2

Roughly one in every ________ dollars spent by local and state governments in recent decades was raised not by them but by the government in Washington.

Accepted Answer

A)  two
B)  five
C)  ten
D)  fifty
E)  one hundred

Question 3

Explain the differences among enumerated,implied,and reserved powers.

Accepted Answer

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Question 4

________ advocated a "new federalism."

Accepted Answer

A)  President Ronald Reagan
B)  President George W.Bush
C)  President John Kennedy
D)  President Lyndon Johnson
E)  President Jimmy Carter

Question 5

All of the following individuals embraced a "nationalist view" of federalism EXCEPT

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A)  John Marshall.
B)  Roger Taney.
C)  Franklin D.Roosevelt.
D)  Lyndon B.Johnson.
E)  Alexander Hamilton.

Question 6

From 1789 to 1865,the most significant issue of federalism was

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A)  the application of the Bill of Rights to action by the state governments.
B)  the survival of the Union and federalism itself.
C)  whether business trusts would be regulated primarily by the states or by the national government.
D)  whether the states would respect the sovereignty of neighboring states.
E)  laissez-faire capitalism.

Question 7

________ is an illustration of cooperative federalism.

Accepted Answer

A)  The U.S.Postal Service
B)  Medicaid
C)  A marriage license
D)  A driver's license
E)  All of these answers are correct.

Question 8

The TANF aspect of the Welfare Reform Act

Accepted Answer

A)  was a categorical grant that restricted federal assistance to three years but limited state discretion in how to use the funds.
B)  was a block grant that,among other aspects,restricted a family's access to federal assistance to five years.
C)  was a categorical grant that placed no time restrictions on federal assistance but dramatically limited state discretion in how to use the funds.
D)  was a block grant with no time or activity restrictions on how to use federal funds.
E)  ended direct federal welfare assistance to the states in grants of any form.

Question 9

The "separate but equal" standard was created by

Accepted Answer

A)  Congress.
B)  the Supreme Court.
C)  the state supreme court of Virginia.
D)  President Ulysses S.Grant.
E)  Justice John Marshall Harlan.

Question 10

States in which of the following regions receive more of their revenue from the federal government than do most other states?

Accepted Answer

A)  the West
B)  the Northeast
C)  the Midwest
D)  the South
E)  the noncontiguous states of Alaska and Hawaii

Question 11

Federal grants-in-aid used only for a designated activity are called

Accepted Answer

A)  categorical grants.
B)  block grants.
C)  revenue-sharing grants.
D)  targeted grants.
E)  streamlined grants.

Question 12

In Lochner v.New York (1905) ,the Supreme Court ruled that

Accepted Answer

A)  the doctrine of separate but equal was constitutional.
B)  state regulation of labor practices violated firms' property rights.
C)  the Fourth Amendment did not apply to interstate commerce.
D)  factory practices could only be regulated by the states.
E)  factory practices could only be regulated by the federal government.

Question 13

Sovereignty refers to

Accepted Answer

A)  a government headed by a king.
B)  a division of authority between the national government and the states.
C)  supreme and final governing authority.
D)  subnational (state) governments.
E)  None of these answers is correct.

Question 14

In significant decisions early in the New Deal era,the Supreme Court

Accepted Answer

A)  invalidated key pieces of FDR's New Deal legislation.
B)  upheld FDR's "court-packing" proposal.
C)  ruled that segregation violated the Fourteenth Amendment.
D)  ruled that public accommodations were part of interstate commerce.
E)  invalidated the commerce clause.

Question 15

Which of the following is almost exclusively a state power?

Accepted Answer

A)  chartering banks
B)  delivering mail
C)  law enforcement
D)  registering voters
E)  loaning money

Question 16

According to the Anti-Federalists,too strong of a national government meant

Accepted Answer

A)  eventual encroachment upon the sovereignty of the states.
B)  that a new constitutional convention would have to convene every few years.
C)  that a monarchy was preferable to a republic.
D)  that effective commerce between and among the states was an impossibility.
E)  that slavery would be abolished immediately.

Question 17

In America today,public education is primarily the responsibility of

Accepted Answer

A)  the national government.
B)  state and local governments.
C)  the National Education Association (NE
A)  .
D)  the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) .
E)  the U.S.Department of Education.

Question 18

The Tenth Amendment addressed the concerns of Anti-Federalists about

Accepted Answer

A)  individual freedoms.
B)  the meaning of the commerce clause.
C)  popular representation in Congress.
D)  the powers of state governments.
E)  the Electoral College.

Question 19

Which of the following is most closely related to the concept of implied powers?

Accepted Answer

A)  necessary and proper clause
B)  supremacy clause
C)  Tenth Amendment
D)  commerce clause
E)  power to tax

Question 20

The doctrine of nullification is most closely associated with

Accepted Answer

A)  Thomas Jefferson.
B)  Andrew Jackson.
C)  Roger B.Taney.
D)  John C.Calhoun.
E)  John Marshall.

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States in which of the following regions receive more of their revenue from the federal government than do most other states?

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