POLYSCI Unit 3

________ compels state governments to obey costly federal regulations, but does not reimburse those costs.

An unfunded mandate

Which event was most influential in triggering the rise of a more active national government?

Great Depression

Federalism is best defined as a system of government

In which power is divided between a national government and lower-level governments.

Using block grants to return power to the states was part of _ during the Nixon and Reagan administrations.

New Federalism

Which powers, derived from the Tenth Amendment, are neither delegated to the national government nor denied to the states?

Reserved

Which president introduced and presided over the New Deal?

Roosevelt

Which of the following statements best describes the history of American Federalism?

Since the founding, there has been considerable debate about the allocation of responsibilities between the states and the federal government

Advocates of limited the powers of the national government justify their position by pointing to the _ of the U.S. Constitution

Tenth Amendment

What was the overall importance of McCullouch v. Maryland (1819)?

The Court allowed Congress to use the necessary and proper clause to broadly interpret its delegated powers..

The first nation to adopt federalism as its governing framework was

The United States

The full faith and credit clause of the Constitution requires

The states to honor each other's public acts and legal decisions..

If the federal government passed a law that did not provide money to state and local governments but required them to construct wheelchair lifts at all train stations, it would be an example of

Unfunded mandate

_ Powers exist when both the state and national governments share authority in certain domains.

concurrent

Power reserved to the state government to regulate the health, safety, and morals of its citizens is called absolute power

false

What is it called when a state grants a city the ability to govern its own local affairs?

home rule

A state government's authority to regulate the safety, health, and morals of its citizens is called a _ power.

police

The principle of ________ gives the federal government the power to override any state or local law in one particular area of policy.

preemption

In a federal system, governmental responsibilities are

shared b y both state and local governments

What is the purpose of the Tenth Amendment?

to limit the powers of the federal government by reserving certain powers to the states and to the people

Devolution is a policy that removes a program from one level of government by delegating it or passing it down to a lower level of government, such as from the national government to the state and local governments

true