Question 1

The Secure Communities program

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A)   required state and local authorities to check the fingerprints of people being booked into jail against a Homeland Security database.
B)   prevented state and local authorities from asking suspected criminals to show proof of citizenship upon arrest.
C)   offered state and local authorities federal reimbursement for money spent processing undocumented immigrants.
D)   forbade federal immigration officials from deporting undocumented immigrants who had not been convicted of felonies.

Question 2

Which of the following statements best describes the 2005 Supreme Court ruling on medicinal marijuana?

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A)   State governments have no constitutional authority to legalize medicinal marijuana.
B)   State governments that have legalized medicinal marijuana can prohibit federal law enforcement officials from arresting state residents who use or sell medicinal marijuana.
C)   State governments can legalize medicinal marijuana but they must pay a tax penalty to the federal government.
D)   The federal government has the power to regulate use of medicinal marijuana under the commerce clause.

Question 3

Which clauses of the U.S. Constitution involve the relationships between and among the various states?

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A)   the full faith and credit clause and the privileges and immunities clause
B)   the full faith and credit clause and the federalism clause
C)   the privileges and immunities clause and the federalism clause
D)   the establishment clause and the privileges and immunities clause

Question 4

A federal grant to states to assist in the building of new public schools is an example of a ________ grant.

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A)   categorical
B)   formula
C)   block
D)   general revenue

Question 5

"Marble cake federalism" is associated with the

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A)   increasing political power of local governments over the last two decades.
B)   pattern of intergovernmental cooperation that has blurred the lines between the states and the national governments.
C)   practice of federal officials bribing their state counterparts with various gifts in order to convince them to follow national standards.
D)   confusion that emerged during the 1960s about which layer of government is actually responsible for regulating the national economy.

Question 6

Write an essay that explores the development of American federalism since the Founding. In your essay, be sure to address the ways in which a federal system differs from a unitary system of government. What kinds of political cultures tend to adopt federalism?

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Question 7

Which of the following statements best describes the history of American federalism?

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A)   There has always been a clear allocation of responsibilities between the states and the federal government.
B)   Since the Founding, there has been considerable debate about the allocation of responsibilities between the states and the federal government.
C)   Debates over the responsibilities allocated to the states and to the federal government ended with the Civil War.
D)   Debates over the responsibilities allocated to the states and to the federal government ended immediately after the Great Depression.

Question 8

Which powers, derived from the Tenth Amendment, are neither delegated to the national government nor denied to the states?

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A)   concurrent
B)   expressed
C)   police
D)   reserved

Question 9

Which of the following statements about contemporary America is true?

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A)   About half of all state governments have legalized medical marijuana.
B)   Same-sex marriage is legal in only 13 states.
C)   Every state in the country has implemented the Medicaid expansion contained in the Affordable Care Act.
D)   Recreational marijuana is illegal under state law in every state.

Question 10

An example of ________ is when federal officials force state officials to implement more stringent water pollution regulations.

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A)   home rule
B)   preemption
C)   police power
D)   the doctrine of states' rights

Question 11

The Supreme Court justices determined that the individual mandate found in the Affordable Care Act was

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A)   unconstitutional under the First Amendment.
B)   constitutional under the commerce clause of Article I.
C)   constitutional under Congress's power to tax.
D)   constitutional under the Third Amendment.

Question 12

Which of the following is true about the Southern Manifesto?

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A)   It was written before the Civil War.
B)   It was written by southern officials who declared that their states were not bound by Supreme Court decisions outlawing racial segregation.
C)   It argued in favor of national government power.
D)   It invalidated the Tenth Amendment.

Question 13

Nations that adopt a federal arrangement are most likely to have

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A)   diverse ethnic or language groups.
B)   multiparty systems.
C)   strong executives.
D)   no history of feudalism.

Question 14

The process by which one unit of government yields a portion of its tax income to another unit of government according to an established formula is called

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A)   general revenue sharing.
B)   preemption.
C)   means testing.
D)   indexing.

Question 15

What was a major reason that the slogan "states' rights" became tarnished in the 1950s and 1960s?

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A)   It had been used by southern opponents of the civil rights movement to support Jim Crow laws.
B)   It had been used by religious organizations to increase federal spending on faith-based initiatives.
C)   It had been used by antiwar activists to protest the war in Vietnam.
D)   It had been used by supporters of the civil rights movement to oppose racial segregation.

Question 16

Which president introduced and presided over the New Deal?

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A)   Herbert Hoover
B)   Franklin Roosevelt
C)   Dwight Eisenhower
D)   Lyndon Johnson

Question 17

Federalism is best defined as a system of government

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A)   where member nations meet in a multinational conference.
B)   in which power is divided between a national government and lower level governments.
C)   in which the national government is funded through direct taxation of local governments.
D)   in which authority is divided into separate branches and each individual branch is given some power over the other branches.

Question 18

Which statement best describes American federalism since the 1930s?

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A)   Although the federal government has grown significantly more powerful since the 1930s, the basic framework of American federalism has not been altered, and state governments remain important.
B)   Although the state governments have grown significantly more powerful since the 1930s, the basic framework of American federalism has not been altered, and the federal government remains important.
C)   The growing power of the federal government since the 1930s has fundamentally altered American federalism by rendering state governments obsolete.
D)   The growing power of state governments since the 1930s has fundamentally altered American federalism by rendering the federal government obsolete.

Question 19

A state government's authority to regulate the safety, health, and morals of its citizens is called the ________ power.

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A)   police
B)   reserved
C)   concurrent
D)   implied

Question 20

________ is evidenced when national officials fund a project that is actually implemented by state governments.

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A)   Dual federalism
B)   National supremacy
C)   Cooperative federalism
D)   Home rule

Exam 3: Federalism

Which statement best describes American federalism since the 1930s?

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Which of the following statements about contemporary America is true?

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Which of the following is true about the Southern Manifesto?

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________ is evidenced when national officials fund a project that is actually implemented by state governments.

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What was a major reason that the slogan "states' rights" became tarnished in the 1950s and 1960s?

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"Marble cake federalism" is associated with the

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Which of the following statements best describes the history of American federalism?

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A federal grant to states to assist in the building of new public schools is an example of a ________ grant.

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An example of ________ is when federal officials force state officials to implement more stringent water pollution regulations.

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Which powers, derived from the Tenth Amendment, are neither delegated to the national government nor denied to the states?

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Which clauses of the U.S. Constitution involve the relationships between and among the various states?

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Write an essay that explores the development of American federalism since the Founding. In your essay, be sure to address the ways in which a federal system differs from a unitary system of government. What kinds of political cultures tend to adopt federalism?

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