AP Gov Final Unit 1

federalism

"The Congress shall have the power ... to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by the Constitution in the government of the United States, or any department or officer thereof."

full faith and credit

A birth certificate issued in one state is valid in all states under the constitutional provision of

fragmented policymaking processes.

A consequence of separation of powers and checks and balances has be

free speech

A constitutional amendment would be required to ban flag burning because that activity is currently protected by the right to

a strict division of power among levels of government

All of the following are consequences of the federal system in the United States EXCEPT

judicial review

All of the following are specifically mentioned in the Constitution EXCEPT

III and V only

All of the following increase the power of the federal government EXCEPT I. Marbury v. Madison II. McCulloch v. Maryland III. U.S. v. Lopez IV. Brown v. Board of Education V. Barron v. Baltimore

voting qualifications of the electorate

All of the following issues were decided at the Constitutional Convention EXCEPT

it reduces the amount of experimentation on public policy

All of these are advantages of federalism EXCEPT:

it failed to centralize power

Anti-Federalists argued against adoption of the Constitution for all the following reasons EXCEPT

provide for elite control, endanger liberty, and weaken the states.

Anti-Federalists argued that the Constitution would

increase the economic powers of the central governmen

As originally ratified, the United States Constitution included provisions designed to

impose workplace safety standards

Congress would be required to use the "elastic clause" of the Constitution to

federal funding with no strings attached

Cooperative federalism includes each of the following EXCEPT

state and local governments.

Federal mandates impose burdens upon:

implied powers

Federal policies to regulate food and drugs are examples of:

a system of shared power by the state and national governments.

Federalism is

Dred Scott decision

Following the Civil War, the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was designed to overturn the

decide on the constitutionality of a law or an executive action

In Marbury v. Madison (1803), the Supreme Court assumed the power to

States cannot interfere with or tax the legitimate activities of the federal government.

In McCulloch v. Maryland, the Supreme Court established which of the following principles?

natural but controllable by institutions

In The Federalist No. 10, James Madison argued that factions in a republic are

are undesirable but inevitable in a free nation

In The Federalist papers, James Madison expressed the view that political factions

the Gun Free School Zones Act exceeded Congress's authority to regulate commerce among the states.

In United States v. Lopez, the Supreme Court ruled that

divided between the central government and regional governments

In a federal system of government, political power is primarily

U.S. v. Lopez

In recent years, the Supreme Court has scrutinized the use of commerce power with a skeptical eye. In which of the following court decisions was the federal Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990 declared unconstitutional?

the federal Bill of Rights did not apply to the states

In the Barron v. Baltimore case, the Supreme Court decided that

Election of members of the House of Representatives

In the Constitution as originally ratified in 1788, the provisions regarding which of the following most closely approximate popular, majoritarian democracy?

Two-thirds of the representatives and senators are members of the same party as the president.

In which of the following scenarios would a presidential veto most likely be upheld?

It prevents Congress from passing bills of attainder.

In which of the following ways does the constitution protect the rights of individuals?

constitutional amendments.

Informal changes to the Constitution have come about as a result of all of the following EXCEPT

limiting the president's term of office

Madison believed that in order to prevent a "tyranny of the majority" the new government should include all the following EXCEPT

The commerce clause of the Constitution

Of the following, which has been used most to expand the power of the national government?

that three-fifths of the slaves would count for population in determining the number of House seats to which each state would be entitled.

On the issue of slavery, the Constitution specified

pass new legislation that addresses the issues raised by the Court

One way Congress can respond to a Supreme Court ruling that declares a law unconstitutional is to

many groups vie for power with no one set of groups dominating

Pluralist theory contends that in the United States

unwritten constitution.

Political parties are an important example of the

a two-thirds vote in Congress.

Proposal of a formal amendment to the Constitution requires:

an uprising by farmers to prevent judges from foreclosing on farms.

Shays' Rebellion was

division of church and state

The "wall of separation" doctrine refers to the

after the ratification process was complete, and partly to fulfill a promise to those who supported ratification.

The Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution

resolved the impasse over the issue of representation in Congress.

The Connecticut Compromise at the Constitutional Convention

Americans had weak allegiance to their states.

The Framers adopted a federal system for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:

were distrustful of democracy.

The Framers of the United States Constitution

checks and balances

The Madisonian requirement that each branch of government acquire the consent of the others for many of its actions created a system of

Deploy troops

The President can do which of the following with out seeking the consent of either the House or the Senate?

check the actions of the other branches through judicial review.

The Supreme Court in Marbury v. Madison (1803) asserted the power of the Court to

The "necessary and proper" clause

The Tenth Amendment most often comes into conflict with which section of the Constitution?

a problem or policy often requires the authority and resources of the national government

The United States has increasingly relied on the national government to solve problems primarily because:

Plessy v. Ferguson, 1896

The doctrine of "separate but equal" referred to above had previously been upheld by which of the following Supreme Court decisions?

decentralizes our politics.

The federal system

protecting individual property rights

The framers of the Constitution all believed that one of the primary functions of government is

only the House of Representatives.

The government designed at the Constitutional Convention allowed the voters to directly elect

indicated that a strong, constitutionally designed national government was needed to protect property and maintain order

The importance of Shays' Rebellion to the development of the United States Constitution was that it

be cautious and deliberate

The legislative process at the national level reflects the intent of the framers of the Constitution to create a legislature that would

wanted the federal government to exercise less authority over the states.

The new Republican majority in Congress in the 1990s preferred block grants to categorical grants because it:

allow the national government to extend its powers beyond those enumerated in the Constitution

The practical effect of the necessary and proper clause has been

states have certain powers that are reserved for them.

The primary intent of the Tenth Amendment is that

McCulloch v. Maryland

The principle of the supremacy of federal law over state law was affirmed in

The federal structure of the United States

The procedure for formally amending the United States Constitution best illustrates which of teh following?

not specifically granted to the national government or denied to the states

The reserved powers of the state governments can best be described as those powers

federal, state, and local governments work together to complete a project, with the federal government providing much of the project funding

The terms "fiscal federalism" and "cooperative federalism" refer to situations in which

elite theory.

The theory that sees wealth as the basis of power is the

the state governments.

Under the Articles of Confederation, most governmental power rested in

Elite theories argue that a single minority dominates politics in all policy areas; pluralist theories argue that many minorities compete for power in different policy areas.

Which of the following accurately characterizes the main difference between elite theories and pluralist theories of politics in the United States?

Requiring states and municipalities to provide certain services for their citizens without providing resources to pay for those services

Which of the following actions by the federal government best illustrates the concept of unfunded mandates?

The requirement that presidential appointments to the Supreme Court be approved by the Senate

Which of the following is an example of checks and balances, as established by the Constitution?

the right of citizens to petition the government for redress of grievances

Which of the following is one of the central concerns of the First Amendment?

It reflects a frequent election pattern over the past three decades.

Which of the following is true about divided party control of the presidency and Congress?

The Senate must ratify treaties negotiated by the President before they become law.

Which of the following is true under the system of checks and balances?

Due process

Which of the following principles protects, a citizen from imprisonment without trial?

I and II only

Which of the following statements accurately describe the system of check and balances? I. The system of checks and balances prevents the rule of the majority, because one institution cannot gain total power over the others. II. The power to veto bills allows the president to check Congress. III. The system of checks and balances grew out of a long political tradition but is not defined by the Constitution. IV. Congress checks the power of the judicial branch by nominating justices.

Public policies emerge from compromises reached among competing groups

Which of the following statements reflects a pluralist theory of American politics?

the lack of power given to state legislatures

Which of the following was NOT a problem with the national government under the Articles of Confederation?

To lead the political party of the President

Which one is NOT a presidential role authorized by the Constitution?

block grant

s States and localities have the most discretion in establishing policy when federal funding is derived from