UNit 1 GOV AP
proposal of a formal amendment to the constitution requires
2/3 vote
on the issue of slavery the constitution specified
3/5
the framers adopted a federal system for all the following reasons EXCEPT
Americans had weak allegiance to their states
the principle of the supremacy of the federal law over state law was affirmed in
McCulloch v. Maryland
the us has increasingly relied on the national gov to solve problems primarily because
a problem or policy often requires the authority and resources of the national gov
Federalism is
a system of shared power by the states and national gov
the bill of rights was added to constitution
after the ratification process was complete, and partly to fulfill a promise to those who supported ratification
A consequence of separation of powers and checks and balances has been
an "imperial presidency"
Shay's Rebellion
an uprising by farmers
the supreme court in Marbury v. Madison (1803) asserted the power of the court to
check the actions of the other branches through judicial review
the madisonian requirement that each branch of gov acquire the consent of the others for many of its actions created a system of
checks and balances
informal changes to the constitution have come about as a result of all of the following except...
constitutional amendments
federal system
decentralizes our politics
the theory that sees wealth as the basis of power
elite
the framers of the US constitution
estb. a unitary system of gov
cooperative federalism includes each of the following EXCEPT
federal guidelines
a birht certificate issued in one states is valid in all states
full faith and credit clause
Federal policies to regulate food and drugs
implied powers
all these are advantages of federalism except
it reduces the amount of experimentation on public policy
Pluarist theory contends that in the US
many groups via for power with no one set of groups dominating
the gov designed @ constitution convention allowed the voters
only house reps
Anti-Federalists argued that the constitution would
provide for elite control...
the CT compromise at the constitutional convention
resolved the impasse over the issue of representation in congress
federal mandates impose burdens upon
state and local governments
the primary of the 10th amendment is that
states have certain powers that are reserved for them
In U.S. v. Lopez, the Supreme Court ruled that
the Gun Free School Zones Act exceeded Congress's authority to regulate commerce among the states
which of the following was not a problem with the national gov under the articles of confederation?
the lack of power given to the state leg
Under the Articles of Confederation, most gov. power rested in
the state gov
poltical parties are an important example of the
unwritten constitution
the new republican majority in congress in 1990s preferred block grants to categorical grants because it;
wanted the federal gov to exercise less authority over the states
