POLS 1100 Chapter 3 Quiz

Nullification

__________ is the proclaimed right of a state to declare a federal law void.

Concurrent

__________ powers are shared by the federal and state governments.

supreme

Article VI of the U.S. Constitution establishes that federal law is __________ in conflicts between federal and state law.

only the federal government

Barron v. Baltimore held that __________ is/are bound by the Bill of Rights.

the state government

Dillon's Rule states that all local government must be authorized by which of the following?

supremacy

In McCulloch v. Maryland, which clause of the U.S. Constitution did the Supreme Court interpret as preventing Maryland from taxing the national bank?

commerce

In U.S. v. Lopez, the Supreme Court ruled that the __________ clause did not give Congress the constitutional authority to regulate guns near a school.

changes in the composition of the Supreme Court

In the late 1980s, what caused the Rehnquist Court to start to restrict Congress's ability to regulate various areas of the economy?

laboratories

One benefit of the federal system is the ability of the states to operate as __________ for new ideas.

unfunded mandate

The No Child Left Behind Act is an example of a(n) __________.

Congress lacked the authority to ban slavery in the territories

The Supreme Court's Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857) decision narrowed the scope of the federal government's power by determining that __________.

first

The United States was the __________ nation to adopt a federal system of government.

Tenth

The __________ Amendment says that says that those powers not given to the federal government and not prohibited to the states by the Constitution are reserved for the states and the people.

enumerated; implied

What two types of powers does Congress have under Article I, section 8 of the U.S. Constitution?

cooperative

What was the dominant model of federalism starting with the New Deal?

McCulloch v. Maryland

What was the first major Supreme Court decision to define the relationship between the federal and state governments?

Full Faith and Credit

Which clause in the Constitution ensures that judicial decrees and contracts made in one state will be binding and enforceable in another?

slavery

Which of the following did Dred Scott v. Sanford address in terms of states' rights?

imposing the death penalty

Which of the following is an example of a reserved power of the states?

dual

Which type of federalism is characterized by a system of separate but equally powerful state and national governments?