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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A taxing power and necessary and proper clause
B commerce clause and supremacy clause
C necessary and proper clause and supremacy clause
D Tenth Amendment and spending clause
Question #2
A Federalism encourages economic equality across the country.
B Federalism provides for multiple levels of government action.
C Federalism promotes political participation.
D Federalism accommodates a diversity of opinion.
Question #3
A In the 1990s and 2000s, the number of state restrictions on same-sex marriage increased.
B The federal government became involved in this issue when it passed DOMA.
C More than half the states had legalized same-sex marriage by the time the Supreme Court made same-sex marriage legal nationwide in 2015.
D United States v. Windsor legalized same-sex marriage in the United States.
Question #4
A States’ involvement in immigration is partly due to their interest in preventing illegal immigrants from accessing public services such as education and welfare benefits.
B Since the 1990s, states have increasingly moved into the policy domain of immigration.
C The Arizona v. United States decision struck down all Arizona’s most restrictive provisions on illegal immigration.
D Federal immigration laws trump state laws.
Question #5
A Title VI of the Civil Rights Act establishes crosscutting requirements.
B The Clean Air Act is a type of federal partial preemptive regulation.
C New federalism does not promote the use of unfunded mandates.
D The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act has prevented Congress from using unfunded mandates.
Question #6
A Block grants tend to gain more flexibility over time.
B The majority of federal grants are block grants.
C The federal government allocates the most grant money to income security.
D The amount of federal grant money going to states has steadily increased since the 1960s.
Question #7
A Federal assistance encourages state and local governments to generate positive externalities.
B Federal cooperation helps mitigate the problem of collective action among states.
C Cooperative federalism respects the traditional jurisdictional boundaries between the states and the federal government.
D Federal assistance ensures some degree of uniformity of public services across states.
Question #8
A President Reagan was able to promote new federalism consistently throughout his administration.
B New federalism is based on the idea that decentralization of responsibility enhances administrative efficiency.
C United States v. Lopez is a Supreme Court ruling that advanced the logic of new federalism.
D New federalism was launched by President Nixon and continued by President Reagan.
Question #9
A Local and state governments generate an equal amount of revenue from issuing licenses and certificates.
B Taxes generate well over one-half of the total revenue of local and state governments.
C Between 30 and 40 percent of the revenue for local and state governments comes from grant money.
D Property taxes generate the most revenue for both local and state governments.
Question #10
A Today there are more countries with federal systems that with unitary systems.
B The United States and Japan have federal systems, while Great Britain and Canada have unitary systems.
C In a federal system, the Constitution allocates powers between the states and the federal government; in a unitary system, powers are lodged in the national government.
D In a federal system, power is concentrated in the states; in a unitary system, it is concentrated in the national government.
Question #11
A document authored by Thomas Jefferson that details the rights of all citizens
B powers given to Congress in Article I of the Constitution
C first ten amendments to the Constitution that protect individual freedoms
D twenty-seven amendments added to the Constitution over the years
Question #12
A three-fourths
B two-thirds
C one-half
D all
Question #13
A One man could respond to crises more quickly than a group of men like Congress.
B One man could respond to crises more quickly than a group of men like Congress and it was easier to control the actions of one man than the actions of a group.
C That man would have to pass a religious test before he could become president; thus, citizens could be sure that he was of good character.
D It was easier to control the actions of one man than the actions of a group.
Question #14
A To oppose the admission of slaveholding states to the federal union.
B To encourage people to vote for George Washington as the nation’s first president.
C To encourage New York to ratify the Constitution.
D To encourage states to oppose the Constitution.
Question #15
A It was agreed that Congress would abolish slavery in 1850.
B It was agreed that a state’s slave population would be counted for purposes of taxation but not for purposes of representation.
C It was agreed that a state’s slave population would be counted for purposes of both representation and taxation.
D It was agreed that a state’s slave population would be counted for purposes of representation but not for purposes of taxation.
Question #16
A Congress would be a unicameral legislature with each state receiving equal representation.
B Representation in the House of Representatives would be based on each state’s population and every state would have two senators.
C Each state would have equal representation in both the House of Representatives and the Senate.
D Representation in both the House of Representatives and the Senate would be based on a state’s popluation.
Question #17
A It could not declare war?
B It could not coin money.
C It could not conduct foreign affairs.
D It could not impose taxes.
Question #18
A the social contract
B the divine right of kings
C a bill of rights
D due process
Question #19
A King James II
B Thomas Jefferson
C James Madison
D John Locke
Question #20
A ideology
B latent preferences
C intense preferences
D partisanship
Question #21
A latent preference
B partisanship
C ideology
D social capital
Question #22
A The government pleases environmental activists by preserving public lands but also pleases ranchers by allowing them to rent public lands for grazing purposes.
B Groups that represent a variety of conflicting interests are all allowed to protest outside Congress and the White House.
C The government pleases environmental activists by reintroducing wolves to Yellowstone National Park but angers ranchers by placing their cattle in danger.
D The government pleases oil companies by allowing them to drill on lands set aside for conservation but allows environmental activist groups to protest the drilling operations.
Question #23
A wealthy people decide what government policy will be, and politicians have no interest in pleasing anyone else
B government policy is formed as a result of the competition between groups with different goals and interests
C ordinary people acting on their own have a significant influence on government
D government does what the majority of voters want it to do
Question #24
A poor people and people of color should not be allowed to vote
B wealthy, politically powerful people control government, and government has no interest in meeting the needs of ordinary people
C special interest groups make government policy
D politicians who have held office for a long time are favored by voters
Question #25
A direct democracy
B monarchy
C oligarchy
D totalitarian
Question #26
A common goods
B public goods
C private goods
D toll goods