Chapter 3 Quiz

During the Nullification Crisis of 1833, South Carolina tried to assert the right to veto (or nullify)

national legislation passed by Congress.

The supremacy clause, stipulated in Article VI of the Constitution, holds that

in a conflict between federal and state laws, the former will override the latter.

Many of the political conflicts in the nation have been fought over the proper roles of states versus the national government.

True

One advantage that a federal system has over a highly centralized government is that it allows states to experiment with ways to improve public policy.

True

The Fifteenth Amendment gives states leeway to expand the rights of their citizens.

True

State and local governments have greater administrative flexibility with ________ than with categorical grants.

block grants

Controversy surrounding the Affordable Care Act is an example of the friction inherent in

federalism.

According to the Tenth Amendment, any powers not delegated to the national government by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states,

belong to either the people or the state.

As federal regulations became more intrusive, forcing states to change their policies in order to meet national goals, some people began calling our system a ________ federalism.

coercive

Under the New Deal, federalism is frequently described as

cooperative federalism.

The understanding that the national government and state governments are both sovereign within their sphere of influence is called

dual federalism.

A defining characteristic of federalism is that

rather than being held exclusively or primarily by one body, governing authority is divided at different levels among several bodies.

The legal doctrine at issue in the Plessy v. Ferguson case is the

separate but equal doctrine.

In his landmark cases, Chief Justice John Marshall generally

supported the authority of the federal government over that of state governments.

Which of the following requires state governments to spend their own money to meet standards imposed on them by the federal government?

unfunded mandates