Chapter 02: Texas in the Federal System

Which power gives the U.S. Congress the authority to create rules for immigration and naturalization?

Article I, Section 8

When examining casino gambling policy in the bordering states of Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas, which of the following statements is accurate?

Casino gambling is regulated by the state, and is prohibited in Texas but allowed in the bordering states

Which is a correct statement about the Tenth Amendment?

In spite of this amendment, the U.S. Supreme Court in McCulloch v. Maryland permitted federal action through implied powers.

What was the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt?

It is unconstitutional to require abortion clinics to meet the same standards as ambulatory surgery centers.

The Plessy v. Ferguson decision allowed continued discrimination against African Americans, and it became pervasive throughout the South through the enactment of

Jim Crow laws

Which court case involved the University of Texas at Austin encouraging African-American students to go out of state to attend law school?

Sweatt v. Painter

As it pertains to dual federalism, the ______ Amendment ensured states retained those powers that were not given to the federal government.

Tenth

Texas Governor Rick Perry believed so firmly in protecting states' rights that he often invoked the _____ Amendment during his 14-year tenure as governor.

Tenth

All of the following states Colorado, Washington, and Oregon have legalized the sale of recreational marijuana to those 21 years of age and older EXCEPT

Texas.

Which is a true statement about the powers of the national government?

The amount of power the national government has depends on the interpretation of the "necessary and proper clause."

Which is NOT a condition of categorical grant programs?

The receiving government must use the funds within the calendar year.

(*The national government is one of enumerated powers. *The purposes that the national government may constitutionally promote are few. *The relation of the two centers with each other is one of tension rather than collaboration) Which is NOT a characteristic of dual federalism?

Within their respective spheres, the two centers of government are not "sovereign" and hence not "equal."

A system of government in which states or regional governments have all authority, and any central government has only the power that state governments choose to delegate to it is

a confederal system

In recent decades, the percentage of Texas's revenue provided by the federal government has grown. This growth can be attributed to all of the following EXCEPT

a decline in the number of block grants given to Texas.

Which system of government divides power between a national or central government and state or regional governments?

a federal system

The system of government that is in place in an overwhelming majority of the world's countries is

a unitary system

When a constitution vests the power to govern the entire nation in a single central government, that system of government would be

a unitary system

Wendy Davis gained national attention because of her role in a Texas state legislative debate over what issue?

abortion

Southern states viewed Brown v. Board of Education, the Twenty-Fourth Amendment, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and Voting Rights Act of 1965 as

an encroachment of their states' rights.

Critics of the 2009 Hazlewood Legacy Act argued that the Texas Legislature was imposing

an unfunded mandate.

Over the past decade or so, Texas's political figures have been pushing for a shift in power

away from the federal government

The implied powers of the national government are designed to do whatever is necessary to

carry out the expressed powers of the national government.

During the era of transition from dual to cooperative federalism, which policy area garnered the most opposition from southern states?

civil rights

When the national government directs the states on policies they must undertake, _______ federalism is taking place.

coercive

During his 14-year tenure in office, Governor Rick Perry argued that the federal government had increasingly taken over more activities of the state government. This is an example of what type of federalism?

coercive federalism

Through the use of the ______ clause, Congress criminalized the production and use of medical marijuana even in states where the growing and use of homegrown marijuana for medicinal purposes was legal.

commerce

Powers shared by the state and national government as stated in the U.S. Constitution are called

concurrent powers.

Following independence from the British, Americans set up a ______ form of government that quickly proved to be unworkable.

confederal

When Texas receives matching funds or additional assistance from the national government for pursuing certain public policies, this is an example of

cooperative federalism.

Advocates of casino gambling in Texas highlight which policy factor?

current flow of wealth out of Texas into neighboring states

Harris County's First Chance Intervention Program is aimed at

decriminalization of first-time marijuana offenders.

Powers of the national government stated in the U.S. Constitution are called

delegated powers.

The attempt to enhance the power of state and local governments, especially by substituting more flexible block grants instead of restrictive categorical grants-in-aid, is called

devolution.

The understanding that the national government and state governments are both sovereign within their sphere of influence is called

dual federalism

Until the 1930s, the relationship between states like Texas and the national government would best be described as

dual federalism.

The Twenty-Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution forbids states from which of the following?

enacting poll tax laws as a condition for voting in a national election

The 1819 McCulloch v. Maryland case __________ the powers of the federal government.

expanded

Powers explicitly listed in Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution are called

expressed powers.

The National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984 is an example of

federal encroachment using regulatory policy.

Controversy surrounding the Affordable Care Act is an example of the friction inherent in

federal systems.

Which of the following describes a feature of block grants, and one that is preferred by states?

greater administrative flexibility

The bill known as HB2 required that all abortion clinic doctors must possess

hospital admitting privileges.

Delegated powers that come with an office or position are called

inherent powers.

States serve as public policy

laboratories.

The federal government indirectly benefits Texas because it contributes large amounts of money to the state to be used for

military staffing and spending.

Which gambling game is allowed in Texas gambling establishments?

poker

When conflict arises between federal and state laws, the _____ states that the U.S. Constitution, as well as laws and treaties created in accordance with the U.S. Constitution, supersede state and local laws.

supremacy clause

A total of 26 states, including Texas, formally challenged what part of the Affordable Care Act?

the expansion of Medicaid

The obligations that the federal government imposes on state governments with little or no funding to help support the program define

unfunded mandates.