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When the Federal Goverment orders the States to implement a policy without funding, it is called

An unfunded mandate

When an earthquake hits Minooka, the President declares Ilinois a disaster area and FEMA agents work with the illinois State Emergency Management Agency to bring in disaster relief to Minooka residents. This is an example of

Cooperative federalism

Congress was going to make a new policy on healthcare, but instead Congress passed a law letting States determine their own healthcare policy, this is an example of

Devolution

The specific powers granted to Congress in Article I, Section 8, of the U.S. Constitution are called the powers.

Expressed

Dividing Government power between a Central government and subnational governments is called

Federalism

America was part of a Unitary Government when we were under

Great Britain

which State has the most uhits of local government?

Illinois

If the national government created a single-payer health care system, it would mostly like do so as an exercise of which power?

Implied power

This President wanted to streamline government and turned grants-in-aid * into block grants.

Nixon

Suppose the federal government blocks the states from imposing taxes on high speed internet service. Which of the following would allow it to do So?

Preemption

Suppose a state passed a law that gave state residents preference over nonresrdents in obtaining work in that state. This law would violate the clause of the Constitution.

Privileges and immunities

Which of the following is part of the Full Faith and Credit Clause?

Records, judicial proceedings, publics acts

When a state decides how ballots are created, it is exercising which constitutional power?

Reserved power

The clause in the U.S. Constitution affirms that national laws and treaties are "the supreme Law of the Land"

Supremacy

When there is a dispute between the National and State Governments on who can take certain actions, it is usually settled by

The Supreme Court

If the federal government passed a law that did not provide money to state and local governments but required them to construct wheelchair lifts at all train stations, it would be an example of a(n)

Unfunded mandate

When the Central Government sets up subnational governments it is called

Unitary

America is part of a Federal Government when we are under

Us constitution

The 1996 Defense of Marriage Act was most closely related to which of the following constitutional clauses?

full faith and credit clause

Which clause is the source of implied powers under the U.S. Constitution?

necessary and proper