AP GOVERNMENT CHAPTER 2 TEST REVIEW

Which of the following is an accurate comparison of Federalist and Anti-Federalist views on government

Believed a large republic ensured the best protection of individual freedoms. Believed only a small republic could best ensure protection of individual freedoms

Which of the following is an accurate comparison of constitutional provisions? (enhance federal power & enhance state power)

Commerce clause. Tenth Amendment.

What questions did McCulloch v. Maryland settle?

Could Congress charter a national bank? (yes, because "necessary and proper") Could states tax such a bank? (no, because national powers supreme)

The Supreme Court Case that defined commerce to allow for the national regulation of economic activities was

Gibbons v. Ogden

The era of dual federalism ended with the

Great Depression

The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 have had what impact on federal power?

federal power increased

Article I, section 8 gives Congress the power to pass all laws ʺnecessary and properʺ to carry out its enumerated powers. These powers are known as

implied powers

The national and state governments share the power to

impose and collect taxes and fees

________ views federalism as a mixed set of responsibilities in which all levels of government are engaged in a variety of issues and programs.

marble cake federalism

During the 1960s, federal grant programs were increasingly devised on the basis of _________ needs.

national

In order the help finance World War I, the Sixteenth Amendment was passed. It made the ________ possible

national income tax

The first major federalism decision by the Marshall Court was

McCulloch v. Maryland

Attempts to scale back national government

-devolution -block grants

Why were grants-in-aid attractive?

-huge budget surpluses in 1880s -federal income tax was created -federal management of money and the power to print more at will -"free" money for state officials

long standing tension between national and state governments

-slavery -regulation of business and social welfare programs -states rights -mandates

Which of the following scenarios would be considered an unconstitutional use of state power?

A state places a tax on furniture made overseas.

In McCulloch v. Maryland (1816), the Supreme Court ruled that

Congress had the power to charter a bank due to the necessary and proper clause

Which of the following is an accurate comparison of the two court cases? (McCulloch v. Maryland & U.S. v Lopez)

Led to an increase in power for the national government. Established limits to Congress' power under the commerce clause.

Which of the following is an accurate comparison of the House of Representatives and the Senate?

Members are elected by constituents in a local district based on population. Members are elected by constituents of an entire state

The president who was elected to office partly due to a promise to return power to the states was

Ronald Reagen

Which of the following is the best example of devolution?

The No Child Left Behind law, which provides states with monetary incentives for meeting national educational guidelines

When the federal government gives states money for a general purpose like "transportation" or "urban development" and has only a few strings attached it is called

a block grant

A system is not federal unless local units of government

exist independently and can make decisions independent of the national government.

Cooperative (fiscal) federalism is characterized by

a stronger, more influential national government

The text suggests that, by the 1940s, Supreme Court rulings concerning the commerce clause

abandoned hard distinctions between interstate and intrastate commerce.

Under the Constitution, national and state governments

can regulate interstate commerce

The requirement that a state or locality match federal money is most common with

categorical grant

Which of the following has (have) grown fastest in recent years?

categorical grants

After the Civil War the debate about the meaning of federalism focused on the ________ clause of the Constitution.

commerce

Today's effort to scale back the size and activities of the national government and shift responsibilities back to the states has become known as

devloution

Block grants and revenue sharing were efforts to

reverse trends by allowing states and localities freedom to spend money as they wished.

The Tenth Amendment provides for

states' reserve of police powers

The landmark case McCulloch v. Maryland determined that

the "necessary and proper clause" allowed for the creation of a bank.

Proponents of the ʺdevolution revolutionʺ argue that

the authority of the state governments should be expanded

The doctrine of nullification refers to

the claimed authority of the states to declare a federal law void for violating the U.S. Constitution

Alexander Hamilton's view of federalism held that

the federal government was superior to the state governments.

The Constitutional basis for the implied powers of Congress is

the necessary and proper cause

The case of McCulloch v. Maryland (1803) involved

the right of a state to tax a federal government