Government Practice Quiz 3

Which president introduced and presided over the New Deal?

Franklin Roosevelt

Who articulated the doctrine of nullification before the Civil War?

John C. Calhoun

Which of the following statements about the relationship between state and local governments is NOT accurate?

Local governments can legally dissolve the government of the state in which they reside if every local government votes to do so.

State laws banning interracial marriage were successfully challenged in which Supreme Court case?

Loving v. Virginia

Which of the following statements about state and federal budgets is the MOST accurate?

The vast majority of state governments must balance their budgets, but the federal government is allowed to run budget deficits.

Which Supreme Court decision partially struck down the Defense of Marriage Act?

United States v. Windsor

The privileges and immunities clause of Article IV is also referred to as the ________ clause.

comity

Which clause of the U.S. Constitution has been important in allowing the growth of national power?

commerce

The fact that 43 states have followed in Minnesota's footsteps and allowed charter schools is an example of

diffusion.

The Supreme Court's decision in King v. Burwell (2015) was significant because it

ensured that federal subsidies to help pay for health insurance would be available to residents in all states.

Federalism is best defined as a system of government

in which power is divided between a national government and lower-level governments.

The fugitive slave clause of the Constitution ensured that slavery would be

protected by obligating free states to return runaway slaves to the state from which they escaped.

Which powers, derived from the Tenth Amendment, are neither delegated to the national government nor denied to the states?

reserved

The full faith and credit clause of the Constitution requires the

states to honor each other's public acts and legal decisions.

The ________ clause in the U.S. Constitution affirms that national laws and treaties are the supreme law of the land.

supremacy

The first nation to adopt federalism as its governing framework was

the United States.

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.

In Printz v. United States, the Supreme Court struck down a law that required state and local law enforcement officials to conduct background checks on handgun purchasers because the law

violated the Tenth Amendment's guarantee of state sovereignty.