AP Government unit 1
the united states has increasingly relied on the national government to solve problems primarily because
a problem or policy often requires the authority and resources of the national government
federalism is
a system of shared power by the state and national governments
the bill of rights was added to the constitution
after the ratification process was complete, and partly to fulfill a promise to those who supported ratification
the framers adopted a federal system for all of the following reasons EXCEPT
americans had weak allegiance to their states
shays' rebellion was
an uprising by farmers to prevent judges from foreclosing on farms
the supreme court in marbury v madison (1803) asserted the power of the court to
check the actions of the other branches through judicial review
the madisonian requirement that each branch of government acquire the consent of the others for many actions created a system of
checks and balances
informal changes to the constitution have come about as a result of all of the following EXCEPT
constitutional amendments
the federal system
decentralizes our politics
the theory that sees wealth as the basis of power is the
elite theory
cooperative federalism includes each of the following EXCEPT
federal finding with no strings attached
a consequence of separation of powers and checks and balances has been
fragmented policymaking processes
a birth certificate issued in one state is valid in all states under the constitutional provision of
full faith and credit
federal policies to regulate food and drugs are examples of
implied powers
all of these are advantages of federalism EXCEPT
it reduces the amount of experimentation on public policy
pluralist theory contends that in the united states
many groups vie for power with no one set of groups dominating.
the principle of the supremacy of federal law over state law was affirmed in
mcculloch v maryland
the government designed at the constitutional convention allowed the voters to directly elect
only the house of representatives
anti-federalists argued that the constitution would
provide for elite control, endanger liberty, and weaken the states
the connecticut compromise at the constitutional convention
resolved the impasse over the issue of representation in congress
federal mandates impose burdens upon
state and local governments
the primary intent of the tenth amendment is that
states have certain powers that are reserved for them.
on the issue of slavery the constitution specified
that three-fifths of the slaves would count for population in determining the number of house seats to which each state would be entitled
in united states v lopez, the supreme court ruled that
the gun free school zones act exceeded congress's authority to regulate commerce among the states
which of the following was NOT a problem with the national government under the articles of confederation
the lack of power given to state legislatures
under the articles of confederation, most governmental power rested in
the state governments
proposal of a formal amendment to the constitution requires
two-thirds vote in congress
political parties are an important example of the
unwritten constitution
the new republican majority in congress in the 1990s preferred block grants to categorical grants because it
wanted the federal government to exercise less authority over the states
the framers of the united states constitution
were distrustful of democracy