American Federal Govt 3

The number of categorical grants in the United States increased dramatically during the

1960s.

The inclusion of the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution was most strongly supported by the

Antifederalists.

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

Cooperative federalism

During the Trump administration, which party used its control of several states to thwart the national government's immigration policies?

Democratic Party

Who wrote the Supreme Court opinions in both McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) and Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)?

John Marshall

Which statement best describes how welfare and aid to the poor were handled by government prior to the Great Depression?

State and local governments took responsibility for assisting the poor, usually by channeling aid through private charities.

Which amendment preserves a strong role for the states in the American federal republic?

Tenth

President Herbert Hoover's views on federal action during the Great Depression are best characterized by which of these statements?

The federal government could do little to alleviate the misery caused by the depression, and state and local governments should be responsible for responding to the crisis.

Which country was first to adopt federalism as its governing framework?

United States

Suppose the government wanted to develop a national high-speed rail network. The federal government supplies states with the money to do so but imposes very strict laws on how it will be spent. This type of funding is most likely to come from

a categorical grant.

What is Medicaid?

a federal program providing grants to state governments to help pay for medical care for the poor, the disabled, and many nursing home residents

The privileges and immunities clause of Article IV is also referred to as the ________ clause.

comity

Which of the following parts of the U.S. Constitution has been most important in allowing the growth of national power?

commerce clause

The United States, Canada, and Switzerland are all ________ systems of government, while France is a ________ system of government.

federal; unitary

The ________ and the ________ clauses of the U.S. Constitution involve the relationships between and among the various states.

full faith and credit; privileges and immunities

Unfunded mandates are unpopular among those who want to

give states and localities the ability to set their own priorities.

Cities, counties and states that declare themselves "sanctuaries" with respect to immigration

limit their cooperation with the federal government's attempts to enforce immigration law.

Suppose the federal government blocks the states from imposing taxes on high speed internet service. Which of the following would allow it to do so?

preemption

Economic policies that attempt to benefit the poor through taxing and spending are referred to as

redistributive programs.

In the American version of federalism

state and local governments have far more policymaking responsibility than in most federal systems.

The doctrine of nullification asserted that

states were not bound by federal laws that they considered unconstitutional.

The fact that the same person can be eligible for Medicaid in one state but not another illustrates that

the devolution of policy responsibilities to the state level can result in great variation across the states.

The 1996 Defense of Marriage Act was most closely related to which of the following constitutional clauses?

the full faith and credit clause

The "traditional system" of American federalism refers to a period when

the national government was quite small and carried out only a narrow and very specialized set of responsibilities.

If the federal government passed a law that did not provide money to state and local governments but required them to construct wheelchair lifts at all train stations, it would be an example of a(n)

unfunded mandate.