Question 1

Which of the following is a correct statement about commerce power in the U.S.?

Accepted Answer

A)  The power to regulate commerce is an enumerated power of Congress.
B)  The Constitution does not delineate the dividing line between interstate commerce and intrastate commerce.
C)  The Supreme Court has ruled that manufacturing is part of intrastate commerce and thus subject to state regulation only.
D)  Congress invoked the commerce power in passing a federal law that prohibited the possession of guns within one thousand feet of a school.
E)  All these answers are correctF) C) and D)
G) B) and E)

Question 2

Political conservatives who favor more political power devolved back to the states would likely prefer which of the following?

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A)  categorical grants
B)  block grants
C)  Pell grants
D)  higher tax rates for the wealthy
E)  None of these answers is correct.F) B) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 3

Devolution is

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A)  the passing of authority from the national government to the state and local levels.
B)  the expansion of national authority that began in the 1930s.
C)  the contraction of state authority and the expansion of local government authority.
D)  the expansion of national authority that began in the 1960s.
E)  None of these answers is correct.F) A) and C)
G) A) and B)

Question 4

Which decision is indicative of how the Supreme Court interpreted the Fourteenth Amendment and state discretion in civil rights matters in the decades after the Civil War?

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A)  Brown v.Board of Education
B)  the Dred Scott decision
C)  Plessy v.Ferguson
D)  McCulloch v.Maryland
E)  Gibbons v.OgdenF) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 5

Viewed in historical terms,federalism has been a

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A)  contentious and dynamic system that has adapted to the needs of the time.
B)  theoretical principle,in that constitutional provisions for federalism have had virtually no impact on the relationship between the nation and the states.
C)  flawed principle,in that the relationship between the nation and the states has been a constant source of problems without many positive benefits.
D)  fixed principle,in that the relationship between the nation and states is almost completely defined by provisions of the Constitution.
E)  poor replacement for the confederal system which existed before the Constitution.F) B) and C)
G) B) and D)

Question 6

Which of the following were arguments in favor of federalism at the time of the writing of the Constitution?

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A)  Federalism will protect liberty.
B)  Federalism will force officials to be more responsive to the people.
C)  Federalism will provide for a stronger national government than existed under the Articles of Confederation.
D)  Federalism will be less likely to produce an all-dominant faction..
E)  All these answers are correct.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 7

In America today,public education is primarily the responsibility of

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A)  the national government.
B)  state and local governments.
C)  the National Education Association (NE
A)  .
D)  the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) .
E)  the U.S.Department of Education.F) C) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 8

Which region of the nation receives the highest percentage of its revenues from the federal government?

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A)  the West
B)  the Northeast
C)  the Midwest
D)  the South
E)  the non-contiguous states of Alaska and HawaiiF) B) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 9

Federal grants-in-aid used only for a designated activity are called

Accepted Answer

A)  categorical grants.
B)  block grants.
C)  revenue-sharing grants.
D)  targeted grants.
E)  streamlined grants.F) All of the above
G) C) and E)

Question 10

What was the public response to the economic stimulus bill that Barack Obama and the Democratic Congress enacted in early 2009?

Accepted Answer

A)  Some 70 percent of the public believed the bill was essential,though there was worry,as a secondary concern,about the scale of the spending.
B)  The public's primary concern was about the scale of the spending,but the public still supported the need for a stimulus bill by a margin of two to one.
C)  The public was evenly split on the need for a stimulus bill,reflecting deep political divisions on the nature of the federal role in regulating the economy.
D)  Most Americans did not believe the stimulus bill was "critically important" or "important" to the nation's recovery from the economic crisis.
E)  Nearly two-thirds of the public opposed the passage of any form of economic stimulus bill,even though the vast majority worried about how the U.S.would recover from the economic crisis.F) None of the above
G) B) and E)

Question 11

All the following countries have a unitary or modified unitary form of government EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  Canada.
B)  Sweden.
C)  France.
D)  Japan.
E)  Great Britain.F) C) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 12

Fiscal federalism refers to

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A)  the coordinated fiscal policy decisions of the federal government and the states.
B)  the expenditure of federal funds on programs run in part through state and local governments.
C)  the national banking system first established by Alexander Hamilton in the 1790s.
D)  the fact that both the federal government and the states have the power to tax.
E)  the ability of the states to manipulate federal decision making.F) None of the above
G) B) and C)

Question 13

During the Great Depression of the 1930s,the national government

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A)  provided vast sums to business firms to keep them out of bankruptcy.
B)  provided health care to Americans on a temporary basis as a means of alleviating economic hardships.
C)  asserted the power to regulate the nation's economy.
D)  provided vast sums to the states so they could meet their citizens' welfare needs.
E)  utilized laissez-faire capitalism in its policies.F) C) and D)
G) B) and D)

Question 14

From President Abraham Lincoln's perspective,the decision to wage a civil war against the southern states is best summarized in what fashion?

Accepted Answer

A)  States that allowed slavery were no longer sovereign.
B)  The states were older than the union.
C)  Southern states had abused the "reserved powers" amendment.
D)  The union was older than the states.
E)  None of these answers is correct.F) B) and C)
G) B) and D)

Question 15

A public policy program on which national,state,and local policymakers collaborate is an example of

Accepted Answer

A)  dual federalism.
B)  cooperative federalism.
C)  unitary federalism.
D)  confederal federalism.
E)  cosponsor federalism.F) A) and B)
G) B) and E)

Question 16

What did Reagan promote as part of his version of "new federalism"?

Accepted Answer

A)  an increase in federal funding of state education initiatives
B)  a reduction of the Supreme Court's role in determining the line between federal and state finance
C)  the use of block grants over categorical grants
D)  increased policy collaboration between states and the federal government
E)  a reduction in federal enumerated powersF) C) and D)
G) B) and E)

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From President Abraham Lincoln's perspective,the decision to wage a civil war against the southern states is best summarized in what fashion?

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Political conservatives who favor more political power devolved back to the states would likely prefer which of the following?

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Which of the following were arguments in favor of federalism at the time of the writing of the Constitution?

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What was the public response to the economic stimulus bill that Barack Obama and the Democratic Congress enacted in early 2009?

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