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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A Federalism accommodates a diversity of opinion.
B Federalism encourages economic equality across the country.
C Federalism provides for multiple levels of government action.
D Federalism promotes political participation.
Question #2
A Anti-abortion advocates have steered the abortion issue from the states up to the federal government.
B None of the statements are correct.
C MADD steered the drinking age issue from the federal government down to the states.
D Both MADD and anti-abortion proponents redirected their advocacy from the states to the federal government.
Question #3
A The federal government became involved in this issue when it passed DOMA.
B More than half the states had legalized same-sex marriage by the time the Supreme Court made same-sex marriage legal nationwide in 2015.
C In the 1990s and 2000s, the number of state restrictions on same-sex marriage increased.
D United States v. Windsor legalized same-sex marriage in the United States.
Question #4
A The Arizona v. United States decision struck down all of Arizona’s most restrictive provisions on illegal immigration.
B Federal immigration laws trump state immigration laws.
C States’ involvement in immigration is party due to their interest in preventing illegal immigrants from accessing services such as education and welfare benefits.
D Since the 1990s, states have increasingly moved into the policy domain of immigration.
Question #5
A The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act has prevented Congress from using unfunded mandates.
B New federalism does not promote the use of unfunded mandates,
C Title VI of the Civil Rights Act establishes crosscutting requirements.
D The Clean Air Act is a type of federal partial preemptive regulation.
Question #6
A The federal government allocates the most grant money to income security.
B Block grants tend to gain more flexibility over time.
C The amount of federal grant money going to states has steadily increased since the 1960s.
D The majority of federal grants are block grants.
Question #7
A Federal assistance ensures some degree of uniformity of public services across states.
B Cooperative federalism respects the traditional jurisdictional boundaries between states and the federal government.
C Federal cooperation helps mitigate the problem of collective action among states.
D Federal assistance encourages state and local governments to generate positive externalities.
Question #8
A New Federalism was launched by President Nixon and continued by President Reagan.
B New Federalism is based on the idea that decentralization of responsibility enhances administrative efficiency.
C President Reagan was able to promote new federalism consistently throughout his administration.
D United States v. Lopez is a Supreme Court ruling that advanced the logic of new federalism.
Question #9
A Tenth Amendment and spending clause
B necessary and proper clause and supremacy clause
C taxing power and necessary and proper clause
D commerce clause and supremacy clause
Question #10
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 for local and state governments.
C Property axes generate well the most tax revenue for both local and state governments.
D Between 30 and 40 percent of the revenue for local and state governments comes from grant money.
Question #11
A In a federal system, power is concentrated in the states; in a unitary system, it is concentrated in the national government.
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 states and federal government; in a unitary system, powers are lodged in the national government.
D Today there are more countries with federal systems than with unitary systems.
Question #12
A first ten amendments to the Constitution that protect individual freedoms
B twenty-seven amendments added to the Constitution over the years
C document authored by Thomas Jefferson that details the rights of citizens
D powers given to Congress in Article I of the Constitution
Question #13
A three-fourths
B one-half
C two-thirds
D all
Question #14
A 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.
B One man could respond to crises more quickly than a group of men like Congress.
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 #15
A To encourage New York to ratify the Constitution.
B To encourage people to vote for George Washington as the nation’s first president.
C To encourage states to oppose the Constitution.
D To oppose the admission of slaveholding states to the federal union.
Question #16
A It was agreed that 60 percent of a state’s slave population would be counted for purposes of both representation and taxation.
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 Congress would abolish slavery in 1850.
D It was agreed that a state’s slave population would be counted for purposes of representation but not for purposes of taxation.
Question #17
A It could not coin money.
B It could not declare war.
C It could not conduct foreign affairs.
D It could not impose taxes.
Question #18
A the social contract
B due process
C the bill of rights
D the divine right of kings
Question #19
A King James II
B James Madison
C Thomas Jefferson
D John Locke