Chapter 3 Quiz Post Test

A  protect freedom of speech.

B  limit the powers of the federal government by reserving certain powers to the states and to the people.

C  ensure that each state constitution offers the same number of individual rights provided by the federal Constitution.

D  grant citizens of each state access to the federal court system.

A  compels each state to recognize the laws of other states.

B  prevents states from coining their own money.

C  requires all states to provide a uniform standard of benefits and entitlement.

D  prevents states from discriminating against nonresidents.

A  allowed the federal government to enslave and sell any person convicted of a federal crime.

B  required “free states” without slavery to return freedom-seeking enslaved people to the states from which they escaped.

C  forced “free states” without slavery to sentence all freedom-seeking enslaved people arrested in their state to life in prison.

D  prevented state governments from imposing “cruel and unusual” punishment on enslaved people convicted of a crime in their state.

A  perceived to violate the Twenty-First Amendment to the Constitution.

B  perceived to violate the comity clause of the Constitution.

C  perceived to violate the strongly held value of regulated federalism.

D  perceived as beyond the scope of interstate commerce at the time.

A  forced entrepreneurs closely follow regulations that protected consumers and workers lest they be cut off from national policies that promoted commerce.

B  outlawed states from imposing corporate taxes on any new businesses, based on an interpretation of the Constitution that give the sole power of taxation to the federal government.

C  allowed entrepreneurs to benefit from policies promoting commerce but shielded them from regulations that protected consumers and workers.

D  prohibited entrepreneurs from opening new businesses in the United States.

A  general revenue sharing.

B  a block grant.

C  an unfunded mandate.

D  a categorical grant.

A  cooperative federalism

B  preemption

C  grant-in-aid

D  home rule

A  Progressive Era.

B  1980s.

C  1920s.

D  1960s.

A  the due process clause

B  the necessary and proper clause

C  the commerce clause

D  the Tenth Amendment

A  the federal government could not regulate the working conditions or hours of labor for businesses engaged solely in intrastate commerce.

B  state and local officials could be required to administer a federal regulatory program.

C  state and local officials could not be required to administer a federal regulatory program.

D  the federal government could regulate the working conditions and hours of labor for businesses engaged solely in intrastate commerce.

A  The Court found the line-item veto unconstitutional.

B  It was the first time since the New Deal that the Supreme Court limited the power of Congress as outlined under the commerce clause.

C  It was the first time that the Court had used the Tenth Amendment to limit the power of Congress.

D  The Court gave a broad interpretation of the commerce clause that expanded the power of the federal government over the states.

A  they are not allowed to cut spending.

B    

C  they are not required to have their proposed budgets balance and are allowed to carry deficits into the next fiscal year.

D  they are required to have their proposed budgets balance and are prohibited from carrying deficits into the next fiscal year.

E  they are not allowed to raise revenue from personal income tax increases.

A  Congress can pass laws that preempt state law.

B  state legislatures can pass laws that preempt municipal law.

C  voter initiatives cannot be overturned by the state legislature, the state courts, or the state executive.

D  state courts can overturn laws passed by Congress.

A  State governments that have legalized medicinal marijuana can prohibit federal law enforcement officials from arresting state residents who use or sell medicinal marijuana.

B  State governments can legalize medicinal marijuana, but they must pay a tax penalty to the federal government.

C  State governments have no constitutional authority to legalize medicinal marijuana.

D  The federal government has the power to regulate use of medicinal marijuana under the commerce clause.

A  expanded the federal government’s authority over public education.

B  reduced the federal government’s authority over public education.

C  reduced the federal government’s authority over children’s health insurance coverage.

D  expanded the federal government’s authority over children’s health insurance coverage.

A  general revenue sharing.

B  formula grants.

C  redistributive programs.

D  unfunded mandates.

A  the national government overrides state or local government actions in certain policy areas.

B  policy decisions are removed from one level of government passed down to a lower level of government.

C  state or local government overrides federal government actions in certain policy areas.

D  policy decisions in one political jurisdiction are influenced by choices made in another jurisdiction.

A  invest more money in basic scientific research than the private sector and federal government combined.

B  employ more scientists and medical researchers than the federal government.

C  are given the constitutional responsibility of regulating the health care industry.

D  allow governments to experiment with many different policies

A  United States v. Lopez and Printz v. United States

B  Gibbons v. Ogden and McCulloch v. Maryland

C  McCulloch v. Maryland and Brown v. Board of Education

D  Gibbons v. Ogden and Brown v. Board of Education

A  antiwar activists to protest the war in Vietnam.

B  supporters of the civil rights movement to oppose racial segregation.

C  religious organizations to increase federal spending on faith-based initiatives.

D  opponents of the civil rights movement to support laws favoring racial inequality.

A  Fourteenth Amendment

B  First Amendment

C  Second Amendment

D  Tenth Amendment

A  home rule

B  state’s rights

C  preemption

D  devolution

A  block

B  general revenue

C  formula

D  categorical

A  fiscal policy.

B  grants-in-aid.

C  revenue sharing.

D  monetary policy.

A  there was no government assistance at all for the poor.

B  the federal government took responsibility for assisting the poor, usually by channeling aid through private charity.

C  all levels of government—local, state, and federal—cooperated in their efforts to assist the poor with a robust public safety net.

D  state and local governments took responsibility for assisting the poor, usually by channeling aid through private charity.

A  determined that the forced relocation of the Five Civilized Tribes to Oklahoma was unconstitutional.

B  developed the concept of dual citizenship.

C  developed the concept of judicial review, allowing the Supreme Court to determine which laws were constitutional.

D  established the supremacy of the national government in all matters affecting interstate commerce.

A  the courts.

B  state governments.

C  local governments.

D  the federal government.

A  focused broadly on enforcing law and order in the Southern states through exercising its police power.

B  focused narrowly on protecting civil rights by coercing state governments to follow the Fourteenth Amendment.

C  focused narrowly on building national systems of education and health care.

D  focused narrowly on taking actions to assist commerce and encourage economic development.

A  necessary and proper

B  privileges and immunities

C  interstate commerce

D  full faith and credit

A  reserved

B  state

C  concurrent

D  police

A  states, but not the federal government, to run a balanced budget.

B  federal government, but not the states, to run a balanced budget.

C  states to honor each other’s public acts and legal decisions.

D  federal government to accept a state’s outstanding debt at the time of ratification.

A  declaring war on a foreign country that violates an international law

B  providing professional licenses to barbers and hair stylists

C  establishing the terms of enforcement for a treaty with another country

D  filing a lawsuit against the federal government for violating the Constitution

A  intragovernmental negotiations.

B  intergovernmental relations.

C  internal affairs.

D  international relations.

A  the power to regulate commerce

B  the power to declare war

C  the power to collect taxes

D  the power to establish a national bank

A  powers that are not specifically delegated to the national government or denied to the states

B  powers derived from the necessary and proper clause, as interpreted by the Supreme Court

C  powers inherent in the supremacy clause in Article VI of the Constitution

D  powers given to Congress as spelled out in Article I of the Constitution

A  categorical grants

B  block grants

C  unfunded mandates

D  general revenue sharing

A  “states’ rights” cycle.

B  “policy die-off.”

C  “devolution revolution.”

D  “race to the bottom.”

A  An unfunded mandate

B  A block grant

C  A grant-in-aid

D  General revenue sharing

A  the federal government had no constitutional authority to spend its tax revenue on health care programs like Medicaid.

B  state governments could not refuse to expand Medicaid coverage because of the supremacy clause of the Constitution.

C  state governments could decline to expand Medicaid coverage without losing their existing Medicaid funds from the federal government.

D  the federal government could take away a state’s Medicaid funds if it refused to expand Medicaid coverage.

A  block grant.

B  regressive tax.

C  progressive tax.

D  unfunded mandate.

A  provide free college tuition, free health care, and free housing to undocumented immigrants.

B  refuse to prosecute undocumented immigrants for violation of state or federal criminal law.

C  provide citizenship to undocumented immigrants.

D  limit their cooperation with the federal government’s attempts to enforce immigration law.

A  “pork barreling.”

B  “carpet bagging.”

C  “venue shopping.”

D  “policy persevering.”

A  President Obama refused to deport any undocumented immigrants while President Trump attempted to deport all undocumented immigrants.

B  President Obama considered only those convicted of felonies or multiple misdemeanors as deportation priorities while President Trump also prioritized the deportation of those considered accused of minor crimes.

C  President Trump considered only those convicted of felonies or multiple misdemeanors as deportation priorities while President Obama also prioritized the deportation of those considered accused of minor crimes.

D  Despite differences in their rhetoric, there were almost no practical differences in the deportation policies of President Obama and President Trump.

A  the devolution of policy responsibilities to the state level can result in great variation across the states.

B  the Affordable Care Act was unconstitutional as soon as it was written.

C  the Supreme Court’s interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment has eliminated the practical importance of the “equal protection” clause.

D  privately owned health insurance companies often discriminate against residents of poor states.

A  increase the scope of federal regulations.

B  eliminate the principle of home rule.

C  exercise a strong principle of preemption.

D  give states and localities the ability to set their own priorities.

A  diffusion.

B  arbitration.

C  devolution.

D  means testing.

A  fund capital improvements in schools.

B  give the states more control in how funds from the federal government can be spent.

C  impose strict limits on how state governments can spend money from the federal government.

D  fund urban improvements on a specific city block.

A  infringed upon the Second Amendment right for individuals to bear arms.

B  encroached upon the constitutional right to privacy.

C  ignored the constitutional principle of habeas corpus.

D  violated the Tenth Amendment’s guarantee of state sovereignty.

A  states were not bound by federal laws that they considered unconstitutional.

B  any federal law could be overturned by a vote of three-quarters of state legislatures.

C  the Supreme Court could make “null and void” any state law.

D  states were not bound by the Bill of Rights.

A  Cooperative federalism

B  Home rule

C  Dual federalism

D  National supremacy

A  pattern of intergovernmental cooperation that has blurred the lines between the states and the national governments.

B  confusion that emerged during the 1960s about which level of government is actually responsible for regulating the national economy.

C  practice of federal officials bribing their state counterparts with various gifts in order to convince them to follow national standards.

D  increasing political power of local governments over the last two decades.

A  State governments were directly responsible for causing the Great Depression and should therefore pay reparations to the federal government.

B  It was the federal government’s responsibility to alleviate the misery caused by the depression, and Congress should finance public works projects to put people back to work.

C  The federal government was directly responsible for causing the Great Depression and should therefore pay reparations to state governments.

D  The federal government could do little to alleviate the misery caused by the depression and state and local governments should be responsible for responding to the crisis.

A  The Court allowed Congress to use the necessary and proper clause to broadly interpret its delegated powers.

B  The Court announced that dual federalism did not conform to the framers’ design.

C  The Court gave a very restricted definition of Congress’s delegated and implied powers, setting the state for more limited interpretations of this power in the future.

D  The Court declared that the National Bank was unconstitutional.

A  John Marshall

B  Roger Taney

C  Alexander Hamilton

D  James Madison

A  Supreme Court’s decision in Loving v. Virginia.

B  Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act.

C  supremacy clause of the Constitution.

D  full faith and credit clause of the Constitution.

A  Sweeney v. Woodall

B  United States v. Windsor

C  Loving v. Virginia

D  Obergefell v. Hodges

A  comity

B  vesting

C  dual sovereignty

D  federalism

A  concurrent

B  police

C  reserved

D  implied

A  totalitarian; federal

B  unitary; federal

C  oligarchic; federal

D  federal; unitary

A  the federal government.

B  local governments.

C  state governments.

D  state governments and the federal government.