quiz 3

After early rulings by the Supreme Court increased the power of the national government, states sought a shift back to states' rights due to

All of the above are true.

Under this model, both levels of government coordinated their actions to solve national problems, such as the Great Depression and the civil rights struggle of the following decades.

Cooperative federalism

In a federal political system, authority is

Divided between the central government and regional or sub-divisional governments

He was one of the leading supporters of the doctrine of nullification—that states had the right to reject national laws they deemed unconstitutional.

John Calhoun

The necessary and proper clause of the Constitution was first used by the Supreme Court in what case to develop the concept of implied powers?

McCulloch v. Maryland

That type of federalism is premised on the idea that the decentralization of policies enhances administrative efficiency, reduces overall public spending, and improves policy outcomes.

New FederalismConstitutional powers shared by the federal government and state government over particular jurisdictions are known as

In that case, the Supreme Court clearly identified a constitutional right to marriage based on the Fourteenth Amendment.

Obergefell v. Hodges

Strings attached to federal grants

Options A and B are true. (are called federal mandates & designed to force states to comply with federal policies)

It is a Supreme Court case whose decision limiting the power of the states to regulate abortion.

Roe v. Wade

The civil rights amendments prevent both the states and the federal government from abridging citizens' right to vote based on race, sex, and age. These constitutional amendments include all of the following EXCEPT for

The Thirteenth Amendment.

It granted Congress a vast source of discretionary power to achieve its constitutional responsibilities.

The doctrine of implied powers

Which of the following is NOT a defense of federalism?

The national government has all the power so states play a small role

It regulates relationships between the federal and state governments by declaring that the Constitution and federal law supersede any conflicting state law.

The supremacy doctrine

It authorizes the federal government to withhold federal grants as well as file lawsuits against state and local officials for practicing racial discrimination.

Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

Federal laws and regulations that impose obligations on state and local governments without fully compensating them for the administrative costs they incur.

Unfunded mandates

It is a Supreme Court case that struck down the Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990, which banned gun possession in school zones.

United States v. Lopez

All of the following are true of a confederation or confederate political system, except

a confederate system is the same thing as a federal system.

Outcomes of the Civil War included

all of the above

An agreement between two or more states is

an interstate compact

All are true of federal grants EXCEPT that they

are given by the states for national projects.

In a unitary system of government, ultimate government authority is located

at the national or central level.

In the case Arizona v. United States, the Supreme Court struck down all provisions of the Arizona law EXCEPT for

authorizing police officers to check the immigration status of anyone they stop or arrest who they suspect is an undocumented immigrant.

A federal grant that funds a general functional area with fewer restrictions on the states is a

block grant

The expressed or enumerated powers of Article I, Section 8, include the ability of the federal government to

coin money, set standards for weights and measures, and determine rules for citizenship.

Constitutional powers shared by the federal government and state government over particular jurisdictions are known as

concurrent powers

During the New Deal era, it was a plan of FDR that would add one new justice for each one over the age of seventy, thus allowing the president to make a maximum of six new appointments.

court-packing

A mandate that threatens civil and criminal penalties for state and local authorities that fail to comply with them across the board in all programs, while another provides for the suspension of federal grant money if the mandate is not followed. According to the textbook, what is the name for these mandates.

crosscutting mandates

The writ of habeas corpus and ex post facto laws are examples of

denied powers.

During the era of New Federalism, the federal government sent power back to the states through a process known as

devolution.

It is a type of federalism in which the states and national government exercise exclusive authority in distinctly delineated spheres of jurisdiction.

dual federalism

Categorical grants are

federal grants to states or local governments for specific programs

All of the following are true except

in federal systems the power is held by the national government.

Found in Article IV, Section 2, of the Constitution, this clause prohibits states from discriminating against out-of-staters by denying such guarantees as access to courts, legal protection, and property and travel rights.

privileges and immunities clause

In their dealings with each other, each state is required to do all of the following except

refrain from making agreements that don't include all fifty states

Unfunded mandates

requirements in federal legislation that force states to comply with federal rules.

All of the following are true of the New Deal except that

state powers to regulate the economy increased significantly.

State cannot use their reserved or concurrent powers to thwart national policies due to the

supremacy clause.

The controversy that led to the Civil War was

the dispute over states' rights and national supremacy.

It enables Congress "to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying" out its constitutional responsibilities.

the elastic clause

The clause in the Constitution that grants Congress the power to do whatever is necessary to execute its enumerated or expressed powers is called

the elastic or necessary and proper clause.

It was a doctrine that argued that states had the right to reject national laws they deemed unconstitutional.

the nullification doctrine

Since the Great Depression,

the power of the federal government has increased significantly.

In the case of Gibbons v. Ogden

the power to regulate interstate commerce was determined to be an exclusive national power of the federal government