Question 1

The Constitution was created out of a fear of disunity.

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A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 2

The Fifteenth Amendment gives states leeway to expand the rights of their citizens.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

As of late April 2013, Attorney General Greg Abbot sued the Obama administration twice.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Congress gained the power to tax income through

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A)   the Seventeenth Amendment.
B)   the Tenth Amendment.
C)   the New Deal.
D)   the Sixteenth Amendment.
E)   coercive federalism.

Question 5

The Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prevents state governments from imposing cruel and unusual punishments.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Which of the following requires state governments to spend their own money to meet standards imposed on them by the federal government?

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A)   categorical grants
B)   block grants
C)   program grants
D)   formula grants
E)   unfunded mandates

Question 7

Describe the Supreme Court's position of federalism from the founding of the republic to the present day. What landmark cases have been most influential in shaping federal-state relations? Has the Supreme Court's position changed frequently, or has its stance been generally consistent, despite a few anomalous periods?

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Question 8

According to the Tenth Amendment, any powers not delegated to the national government by the Constitution

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A)   can be claimed by the national government as necessary.
B)   belong exclusively to the people.
C)   belong exclusively to the states.
D)   are denied to both the national government and the states.
E)   belong to either the people or the state.

Question 9

Which amendment was commonly referred to as the States' Rights Amendment?

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A)   the Tenth Amendment
B)   the Seventeenth Amendment
C)   the Nineteenth Amendment
D)   the Sixteenth Amendment
E)   the Ninth Amendment

Question 10

Which Supreme Court case in 1869 voted Texas's secession from the Union?

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A)   Texas v. White
B)   Texas v. Marshall
C)   Texas v. Chase
D)   Texas v. Perry
E)   Texas v. Wilson A

Question 11

In general, Governor Perry's position on Obamacare

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A)   is that it is an unconstitutional, overly broad exercise of Congress' power to regulate interstate commerce.
B)   is that it is fully supported under the interstate commerce clause.
C)   is that it is justified under the precedent set in Wickard v. Filburn (1942) .
D)   is that it can be properly defended under the Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
E)   remains unclear, as Governor Perry generally takes a pragmatic approach to social legislation and withholds judgment, depending upon the program's effectiveness.

Question 12

Analyze why we have our particular form of federalism, including the alternatives and their advantages and disadvantages.

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Question 13

During which of the following president's administration did the federal government's power, especially with regard to the economy, increase the most?

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A)   Theodore Roosevelt
B)   Woodrow Wilson
C)   Andrew Jackson
D)   Franklin Roosevelt
E)   Ronald Reagan

Question 14

One advantage that a federal system has over a highly centralized government is that it allows states to experiment with ways to improve public policy.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Until a national database was created, background checks under the Brady Act were
Suspended following the Supreme Court's ruling in

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A)   United States v. Lopez.
B)   Gonzales v. Raich.
C)   Printz v. United States.
D)   South Dakota v. Dole.
E)   Wickard v. Filburn.

Question 16

________ percent of the world's population lives in the countries that are organized around a federal principle where there is a national government and regional government.

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A)   Ten
B)   Twenty
C)   Thirty
D)   Forty
E)   Ninety D

Question 17

The supremacy clause, stipulated in Article VI of the Constitution, holds that

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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.

Question 18

The Supreme Court in Shelby County v. Holder (2013)  ruled all of the following EXCEPT that

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A)   the coverage formula used to determine which jurisdiction had engaged in egregious voting decisions was outdated.
B)   the outdated coverage formula was an intrusion on states' rights.
C)   Congress must update the coverage formula.
D)   states were now free to pass laws affecting voting without Justice Department approval.
E)   Texas had to rewrite its voter ID law.

Question 19

In his famous landmark cases, Chief Justice John Marshall generally

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A)   supported the authority of the federal government over that of state governments.
B)   enhanced the power of state governments over that of the federal government.
C)   maintained that the powers of the state and federal governments were identical and inseparable.
D)   held that no restraints could be placed on a government that derived its authority from the consent of the majority of its citizens.
E)   contended that the Supreme Court had no authority to adjudicate in interstate or intrastate affairs.

Question 20

Both federal and state governments obtain sovereignty directly from

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A)   the Treaty of Versailles.
B)   the consent of the people.
C)   the Declaration of Independence.
D)   block grants.
E)   the Divine Right of Kings.

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