POLS 1100 Chapter 3 Quiz
Nullification
__________ is the proclaimed right of a state to declare a federal law void.
Concurrent
__________ powers are shared by the federal and state governments.
supreme
Article VI of the U.S. Constitution establishes that federal law is __________ in conflicts between federal and state law.
only the federal government
Barron v. Baltimore held that __________ is/are bound by the Bill of Rights.
the state government
Dillon's Rule states that all local government must be authorized by which of the following?
supremacy
In McCulloch v. Maryland, which clause of the U.S. Constitution did the Supreme Court interpret as preventing Maryland from taxing the national bank?
commerce
In U.S. v. Lopez, the Supreme Court ruled that the __________ clause did not give Congress the constitutional authority to regulate guns near a school.
changes in the composition of the Supreme Court
In the late 1980s, what caused the Rehnquist Court to start to restrict Congress's ability to regulate various areas of the economy?
laboratories
One benefit of the federal system is the ability of the states to operate as __________ for new ideas.
unfunded mandate
The No Child Left Behind Act is an example of a(n) __________.
Congress lacked the authority to ban slavery in the territories
The Supreme Court's Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857) decision narrowed the scope of the federal government's power by determining that __________.
first
The United States was the __________ nation to adopt a federal system of government.
Tenth
The __________ Amendment says that says that those powers not given to the federal government and not prohibited to the states by the Constitution are reserved for the states and the people.
enumerated; implied
What two types of powers does Congress have under Article I, section 8 of the U.S. Constitution?
cooperative
What was the dominant model of federalism starting with the New Deal?
McCulloch v. Maryland
What was the first major Supreme Court decision to define the relationship between the federal and state governments?
Full Faith and Credit
Which clause in the Constitution ensures that judicial decrees and contracts made in one state will be binding and enforceable in another?
slavery
Which of the following did Dred Scott v. Sanford address in terms of states' rights?
imposing the death penalty
Which of the following is an example of a reserved power of the states?
dual
Which type of federalism is characterized by a system of separate but equally powerful state and national governments?