A) states retained full authority to regulate commerce within their own borders and among their immediate neighbors.
B) the federal government had authority to regulate only international commerce, not interstate commerce.
C) although the federal government could regulate interstate commerce, states had sole power to regulate intrastate commerce.
D) the federal government's authority to regulate international and interstate commerce bestowed on it some power to regulate intrastate commerce.
E) the federal government's limited ability to regulate interstate commerce was sharply curtailed by a narrow definition of "commerce."
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A) shifting of power from the national government to the states and local governments.
B) tendency of all republics to degenerate into dictatorships.
C) inability of the people to maintain the virtue that a healthy democracy requires.
D) process by which national governments, over time, consolidate more and more powers that had previously been reserved to states.
E) squabbles between different levels of government that are inevitable in a federal system.
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A) They use mathematical calculations or demographic factors to allocate funds to states or localities.
B) They provide funds for very narrow purposes and contain clear time frames for completion.
C) They provide funds for broad categories of assistance, such as health care or law enforcement.
D) They are reserved for special purposes such as health care for the poor, highway safety, or flood assistance.
E) They impose strict policy changes on states in exchange for monetary assistance.
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A) creative federalism
B) dual federalism
C) new federalism
D) devolution
E) cooperative federalism
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A) The federal government can assume authority normally delegated to the state governments whenever it sees fit.
B) During national emergencies, the powers of the federal government can be expanded beyond their constitutional bounds.
C) The federal government can only push its powers so far before the ties that bind the states together in a union break from the pressure.
D) The federal government has any and all powers not specifically delegated to the state governments or denied to the federal government.
E) The federal government can assume additional powers as needed in order to accomplish the functions established for it by the Constitution.
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A) rather than being held exclusively or primarily by one body, governing authority is divided at different levels among several bodies.
B) the federal government wields ultimate authority in all matters.
C) state governments can nullify the exercise of unpopular federal laws within their own states' boundaries.
D) state governments exist primarily to enact laws established by the national government.
E) the federal government cannot pass any laws without the explicit consent of the majority of state governments.
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A) Ronald Reagan
B) Franklin Roosevelt
C) Woodrow Wilson
D) Theodore Roosevelt
E) Richard Nixon
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A) police powers
B) enforcement powers
C) military powers
D) implied powers
E) None of these answers is correct.
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A) extension of voting rights to women
B) a constitutional amendment allowing the government to tax citizens' income
C) the passage of the Pure Food and Drug Bill, which established the Food and Drug Administration
D) a change in voting procedures to allow citizens to elect U.S.senators directly instead of through their state legislatures
E) effective federal laws to ensure that African American citizens could exercise their constitutional right to vote
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A) With broad support from the people, the federal government has assumed ever greater responsibilities and powers.
B) Since the end of the 1970s, there have been no notable instances of the federal government imposing national standards upon state governments.
C) Although the federal government has relinquished much power to the states, it has repeatedly used financial incentives and other means to impose national standards.
D) Despite a brief revival of liberalism under President Clinton in the 1990s, the Republican presidents consistently opposed any attempt to impose national standards on the states.
E) While the executive branch has boldly pursued a policy of dispersing power among the states, the judicial and legislative branches have struggled more successfully to keep power in the hands of the national government.
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A) nullification.
B) creative federalism.
C) cooperative federalism.
D) dual federalism.
E) interstate compacts.
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A) cooperative federalism.
B) dual federalism.
C) new federalism.
D) laissez-faire federalism.
E) social federalism.
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A) categorical grant.
B) block grant.
C) program grant.
D) formula grant.
E) unfunded mandate.
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A) confederated and federal
B) unitary and confederated
C) federal and unitary
D) representative and federal
E) confederated and representative
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A) in a conflict between federal and state laws, the former will override the latter.
B) in the federal system established by the Constitution, the true source of sovereignty is in the people.
C) federal laws will be supreme in the national sphere and state laws will be supreme in local affairs.
D) as a sovereign institution, the only limits that the federal government need obey are ones that it establishes for itself.
E) despite temporarily sacrificing certain powers to the federal government, the state governments remain sovereign entities.
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A) using taxation policies to coerce businesses to adopt national standards for worker rights.
B) forcing states to abide by federal standards for worker and citizen rights.
C) withholding money from states for other purposes until they removed harmful discriminatory barriers.
D) moving to a greater use of block grants so that states could implement related local programs.
E) targeting money directly at citizen groups and local governments.
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