In a _________ system, local and regional governments derive their authority from the national government.

1. bicameral
2. unitary
3. confederate
4. federal

Article VI of the US Constitution establishes that federal law is _______ in conflict between federal and state law.

1. illustrative
2. dissuasive
3. secondary
4. supreme

The _________ Amendment says that those powers not given to the federal government and not prohibited to the states by the Constitution are reserved for the states and the people.

1. Eleventh
2. Eighth
3. Tenth
4. Fourteenth

Which clause in the Constitution ensures that judicial decrees and contracts made in one state will be binding an enforceable in another? 

1. commerce
2. full faith and credit
3. due process
4. equal protection

In the 1994 elections, the Republican Party advocated for a(n) ________ of national government authority to state governments.

1. excavation
2. evolution
3. devolution
4. redevelopment

Which of the following was the earliest major Supreme Court decision to define the relationship between the federal and state governments?

1. Marbury v. Madison
2. Dred Scott v. Sanford
3. Fletcher v. Peck
4. McCulloch v. Maryland

In Gibbon v. Ogden, the Supreme Court held that Congress had broad authority to regulate _____________

1. education
2. interstate commerce
3. interest rates
4. religion

The Framers adopted a federal system of government partly because they feared ______________

1. centralizing power in the federal government
2. limiting the national government
3. regulating interstate commerce
4. challenging the power of the states

Which clause of the US Constitution did the Supreme Court interpret in McCulloch v. Maryland allowing Congress to create a national bank?

1. commerce
2. necessary and proper
3. due process
4. equal protection

Before the ratification of the Constitution, the United States was organized as a(n) _____________

1. direct democracy
2. oligarchy
3. conglomeration
4. confederation

Which type of federalism is characterized by a system of state and national governments with separate but distinct authority?

1. combined
2. cooperative
3. dual
4. progressive

Of the following, which is a power denied to the states by the Constitution?

1. the power to enter into treaties
2. establishing criminal laws
3. imposing taxes
4. supervision of contracts between individuals

Many local school districts complained that the No Child Left Behind Act did not provide enough funding to implement the law. If this is the case, the law was a(n)_________________

1. bloc grant
2. categorical grant
3. unfunded mandate
4. programmatic request

Which of the following is a shared power between states and the federal government?

1. controlling money supply
2. raising and maintaining an army
3. establishing a post office
4. the power to tax

Which of the following is an implied power of the federal government?

1. admitting new states
2. establishing a national bank
3. declaring war
4. establishing federal courts

Which of the following is the best definition of federalism?

1. A constitutional arrangement concentrating power in a central government
2. A constitutional arrangement by which two or more levels of government share formal authority over the same area and people
3. A loose association of states constitutionally created by a strong central government
4. A loose association of states with mutually recognized compacts but no central government

Proponents of devolution argue that the authority of ____________

1. the military should be expanded
2. state governments should be expanded
3. the federal government should be expanded
4. Congress should be expanded

An advantage of federalism is that it allows states to______________

1. be policy innovators
2. restrict civil rights for members of disliked groups
3. have uniform policies
4. be supreme over that national government

Which of he following is a reason why the Framers created a federal system?

1. The Framers wanted to make sure that there was a centralized policymaking system
2. The Framers believed that federalism best ensured economic inequality
3. The Framers could not conceive of the federals government providing most of the services to the states and localities
4. The Framers wanted to re-create the successes they experienced under the Articles of Confederation

How does Federalism contribute to democracy?

1. It lowers voter turnout
2. It lowers overall taxes
3. It increases citizens’ access to government
4. It increases the gross domestic product

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