Chapter 3 Quiz Post Test

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

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

C  protect freedom of speech.

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

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

B  prevents states from coining their own money.

C  prevents states from discriminating against nonresidents.

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

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

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

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

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

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

B  perceived to violate the comity clause of the Constitution.

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

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

A  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.

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

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

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

A  an unfunded mandate.

B  general revenue sharing.

C  a block grant.

D  a categorical grant.

A  cooperative federalism

B  preemption

C  home rule

D  grant-in-aid

A  1920s.

B  1980s.

C  Progressive Era.

D  1960s.

A  the commerce clause

B  the due process clause

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

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

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

B  The Court found the line-item veto unconstitutional.

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

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    

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

B  state courts can overturn laws passed by Congress.

C  state legislatures can pass laws that preempt municipal law.

D  Congress can pass laws that preempt state law.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A  unfunded mandates.

B  formula grants.

C  general revenue sharing.

D  redistributive programs.

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

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

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

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

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

B  allow governments to experiment with many different policies

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

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

A  Gibbons v. Ogden and McCulloch v. Maryland

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

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

D  United States v. Lopez and Printz v. United States

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

B  antiwar activists to protest the war in Vietnam.

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

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

A  Tenth Amendment

B  Fourteenth Amendment

C  Second Amendment

D  First Amendment

A  state’s rights

B  devolution

C  home rule

D  preemption

A  formula

B  general revenue

C  block

D  categorical

A  grants-in-aid.

B  monetary policy.

C  fiscal policy.

D  revenue sharing.

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

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

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

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

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

B  developed the concept of dual citizenship.

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

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

A  state governments.

B  the courts.

C  local governments.

D  the federal government.

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

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

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

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

A  interstate commerce

B  full faith and credit

C  necessary and proper

D  privileges and immunities

A  state

B  police

C  reserved

D  concurrent

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

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

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

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

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

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

C  providing professional licenses to barbers and hair stylists

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

A  intragovernmental negotiations.

B  internal affairs.

C  intergovernmental relations.

D  international relations.

A  the power to declare war

B  the power to establish a national bank

C  the power to collect taxes

D  the power to regulate commerce

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

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

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

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

A  unfunded mandates

B  block grants

C  general revenue sharing

D  categorical grants

A  “states’ rights” cycle.

B  “race to the bottom.”

C  “policy die-off.”

D  “devolution revolution.”

A  A grant-in-aid

B  A block grant

C  General revenue sharing

D  An unfunded mandate

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

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

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

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

A  regressive tax.

B  progressive tax.

C  block grant.

D  unfunded mandate.

A  provide citizenship to undocumented immigrants.

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

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

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

A  “policy persevering.”

B  “venue shopping.”

C  “pork barreling.”

D  “carpet bagging.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

A  increase the scope of federal regulations.

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

C  eliminate the principle of home rule.

D  exercise a strong principle of preemption.

A  means testing.

B  arbitration.

C  diffusion.

D  devolution.

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

B  fund urban improvements on a specific city block.

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

D  fund capital improvements in schools.

A  encroached upon the constitutional right to privacy.

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

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

D  ignored the constitutional principle of habeas corpus.

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

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

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

D  states were not bound by the Bill of Rights.

A  Home rule

B  Dual federalism

C  Cooperative federalism

D  National supremacy

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

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

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

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

A  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.

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

C  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.

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

A  The Court declared that the National Bank was unconstitutional.

B  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.

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

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

A  Roger Taney

B  James Madison

C  Alexander Hamilton

D  John Marshall

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

B  full faith and credit clause of the Constitution.

C  supremacy clause of the Constitution.

D  Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act.

A  United States v. Windsor

B  Obergefell v. Hodges

C  Loving v. Virginia

D  Sweeney v. Woodall

A  comity

B  federalism

C  dual sovereignty

D  vesting

A  reserved

B  implied

C  concurrent

D  police

A  totalitarian; federal

B  oligarchic; federal

C  federal; unitary

D  unitary; federal

A  local governments.

B  state governments and the federal government.

C  state governments.

D  the federal government.