Pre-Test: Standards 1.7, 1.8, 1.9
The decision in United States v. Lopez (1995) reflected new ideas about federalism at the time that can be best characterized by which of the following?
A delegation of power from the federal government to state governments, increasing state and local sovereignty
Which of the following pair of Supreme Court cases best illustrates how views of federalism have shifted in the United States?
B) McCulloch v Maryland; United States v Lopez
This decision of the Supreme Court upheld the principle that
Congress has the power to make laws to carry out its constitutional duties
This clause is often referred to as the
Elastic Clause
Interpretations of this clause have been central to attempts to define the nature of which of the following aspects of the United States political system?
Federalism
Which constitutional principle best explains the differences in poverty rates presented in the map?
Federalism
Which of the following statements can be supported from information in the table above?
I, III, and IV
Cooperative federalism can best be described by which of the following statements?
Different levels of government are involved in common policy areas.
Of the following, which has been used most to expand the power of the national government?
The commerce clause of the Constitution
Which of the following is an accurate description of the decision in McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) ?
The federal government had the authority to establish a national bank, and Maryland's tax was unconstitutional.
Which of the following is true based on information on the map?
The poverty rate in the United States varies by state and region.
Giving state governments greater discretion in deciding how to achieve the specific goals of welfare reform is an example of
devolution
In a federal system of government, political power is primarily
divided between the central government and regional governments
The supremacy clause in the Constitution states that
federal law takes precedence over state law when the laws conflict
The terms "fiscal federalism" and "cooperative federalism" refer to situations in which
federal, state, and local governments work together to complete a project, with the federal government providing much of the project funding
What type of governmental powers are specifically derived from this clause?
implied powers
What type of powers belonging to the national government did this decision loosely define?
implied powers
The framers of the United States Constitution left decisions on voting eligibility to the
individual states
The reserved powers of the state governments can best be described as those powers
not specifically granted to the national government or denied to the states
The Americans with Disabilities Act was widely unpopular with governors and mayors because it
required that states and cities pay for federally mandated construction and remodeling
The Tenth Amendment to the Constitution has been interpreted by the Supreme Court to *
reserve powers to the states
The most significant trend in federal-state relations during the 1980s was
shifting the responsibilities and costs for many programs to state governments
The clause in the United States Constitution that states that federal law will prevail in the event of a conflict between federal and state law is known as the
supremacy clause
In the United States political system, the term Federalism refers to
the division of powers between the levels of government
A prominent example of the process of returning more of the responsibilities of governing from the national level to the state level is
welfare reform
Based on the passage and your knowledge, which of the following most likely explains how Adam Smith might react to the decision in McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) ?
Smith would disapprove of the court's decision to expand the federal government's power to regulate the economy
In McCulloch v. Maryland , the Supreme Court established which of the following principles?
States cannot interfere with or tax the legitimate activities of the federal government.
All of the following are consequences of the federal system in the United States EXCEPT
a strict division of power among levels of government
The Americans with Disabilities Act, which provides protections for the disabled, is an example of
an unfunded mandate
States and localities have the most discretion in establishing policy when federal funding is derived from
block grants