AP US Government Multiple Choice pg. 30-34 (Unit 1)
The marble cake analogy is often used to describe...
Cooperative Federalism
__________ court case was the most important in broadening the jurisdiction of national government through the commerce clause
Gibbons vs. Ogden
Charles Beard believed that the farmers' main interest in forming a new government is 1787 was...
Protecting private property interests
John Marshall's ruling in McCulloch vs. Maryland that the 'power to tax is the power to destroy" had the effect of establishing...
National Supremacy
__________ is most directly grounded in John Locke's concept of "consent of the governed"?
Popular sovereignty
__________ is one of the following problems, under the Articles of Confederation, convinced by many that the government needed to be changed
Presidential powers exceed legislative powers
__________ is most associated with Enlightenment philosophy if the 17th and 18th century
Consent of the governed
THIS QUESTION INVOLVES A CHART: State Welfare Benefits, 2000 Monthly Welfare grants Family of 3 STATE MONTHLY AMOUNT Alaska $923 Vermont $ 708 California $626 Kentucky $262 Alabama $164 The chart above best reflects an important problem that results from federal devolution of welfare programs to the states as the... A. lack of bureaucratic ability to oversee state programs B. level go diversity in relief provided by public assistance programs C. ways in which states care about helping those in ended of public assistance D. length of time states provide public assistance E. need for welfare programs in the US
B. level go diversity in relief provided by public assistance programs
The Great Compromise and the Constitutional Convention created an...
Bicameral legislature
States usually prefer a form of fiscal federalism with a few federal restrictions as evidence in...
Block Grants
The principal of federalism is evident in all of the following provisions of the Constitution. Choices: A. the amendment process B. the electoral college C. checks and balances D. full faith and credit clasue E. 10th amendment
C. checks and balances
__________ is a disadvantage of federalism
Confusion over responsibilities sometimes leads to a lack of public accountability.
Unitary and federal systems differ in...
Diffused authority is an important goal of federalist systems, whereas unitary systems are much more centralized.
The main purpose of the the Federalist Papers was to...
Explain the rationale behind Constitutional provisions
__________ is a central assumption of John Locke's social contract theory
Humans are self-interested
A principal in the Constitution designed to limit political authority was
Separation of Powers
Devolution of power in a federalist political system usually has the effect of...
Shifting more decision-making to the local level, closer to the people
Thomas Jefferson's view that the powers of the national government should be narrowly construed is called:
Strict Construction
Shay's Rebellion reinforced the founders' common belief that...
The "excess of democracy" needed to be checked
One reason that the founders were skeptical about using direct democracy as a model for the Constitution was that...
They feared that direct democracy would lead to chaos and violence