Gov 2306 Chapter 3 Quiz

Under the New Deal, federalism is frequently described as

cooperative federalism.

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

expanded

A system of government in which power is divided between a central government and regional governments is known as

federalism.

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

in a conflict between federal and state laws, the former will override the latter.

Dual federalism is also known as

layer-cake federalism.

During the Nullification Crisis of 1833, South Carolina tried to assert the right to veto (or nullify)

national legislation passed by Congress.

The legal doctrine at issue in the Plessy v. Ferguson case is the

separate but equal doctrine.

In his landmark cases, Chief Justice John Marshall generally

supported the authority of the federal government over that of state governments.

In the case of Gibbons v. Ogden (1824), the Supreme Court decided that

the federal government's authority to regulate international and interstate commerce bestowed on it some power to regulate intrastate commerce.

In Wickard v. Filburn, the Supreme Court decided that

the regulatory power of the national government under the interstate commerce clause was so broad that there seemed no boundaries on national power.

In ________, the Supreme Court held that segregated public schools were inherently unequal.

Brown v. Board of Education

In which 1989 court case did the Texas Supreme Court unanimously declare that the huge disparities between rich and poor school districts were unacceptable and order changes in the financing of Texas's public schools?

Edgewood v. Kirby

Between the beginning of 2008 and the end of 2015, Texas sued the Obama administration 39 times.

F

________ 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.

Forty

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

Franklin Roosevelt

________ provide(s) states constitutional protections that go above rights guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution.

Independent state grounds

The use of block grants, allowing states considerable leeway in how federal money is spent, was championed by President ________ under the name New Federalism.

Nixon

Until a national database was created, background checks by local law enforcement under the Brady Act were suspended following the Supreme Court's ruling in

Printz v. United States.

Which court case in 2013 struck down the formula for determining the states covered under the Section 5 preclearance requirement of the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

Shelby County v. Holder

Local governments are the creation of the states.

T

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.

T

Unfunded mandates requiring states to meet federal guidelines without financial support are associated with coercive federalism.

T

State and local governments have greater administrative flexibility with ________ than with categorical grants.

block grants

As federal regulations became more intrusive, forcing states to change their policies in order to meet national goals, some people began calling our system a ________ federalism.

coercive

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

unfunded mandates