BYU GOVT 041-Unit 7

a government corporation

1- There are four different types of government agencies. You are pushing to create a new one with autonomy and an expectation to raise money. Which type of agency would you try to create?

When a policy is implemented

10- At what point do Lobbyists stop being involved in the policy making process?

agenda setting

11- Interest groups often conduct media campaigns to get citizens and politicians to see the urgency of a problem. What is this activity known as?

permissive

12- Which type of federalism would Abraham Lincoln most likely advocate, considering his Civil War experience and his belief that no state had the right to leave the Union?

Executive orders are part of the "executive power" granted to the president.

13- Which of the following is true of executive orders?

a federal system

14- In Country X, powers are shared between the state and national government, meaning states can make policy in some areas and the national government in other areas. What is Country X?

waging war against other nations

15- Which of the following is not a power shared by federal, state, and local governments?

finances and taxes

16- What is the most significant and persistent challenge faced by state local governments?

state governments

17- Which of the following governments is most autonomous, meaning they make public policy without oversight or interference from other levels of government?

dual federalism or "layer cake" federalism

18- What is a federal system in which power is clearly divided between the national and regional governments best described as?

Federal District Court

19- Despite your desire to live an exemplary life, you find yourself as a defendant in federal court. Which of the following courts is most likely to be the location of your initial trial?

Presidents can commit troops but must obtain congressional approval to keep them "in harm's way."

2- Which of the following is true concerning the current state of the war power?

the Ninth Amendment

20- You are fighting to get Congress and the Supreme Court to agree that there is a right to travel. Which part of the constitution would be your best support?

making treaties with foreign governments

3- What does the Constitution forbid states from?

Franklin D. Roosevelt

4- Which president lost political support for a time as a result of his court packing scheme, an obvious attempt to control the judicial branch?

law enforcement

5- Local governments have the greatest control over which type of public policy?

The ability to have an audience to convince the public to support their policy preferences.

6- Theodore Roosevelt said that the president's greatest power is access to the "bully pulpit." Which of the following describes the term "bully pulpit"?

Tenth

7- If you wanted to make an argument defending state power, which amendment to the Constitution would you quote to make your case?

charters

8- What are the documents that establish the structures and functions of city governments called?

The state sued the national government based on the claims that the national government had overstepped its bounds by creating the bank and the states could tax it.

9- Which of the following is true about the case of McCulloch v. Maryland and the conflict between the state and federal government?