Exam Prep Federalism Chapter 3 3rd Edition

Chapter 3

Test Bank

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 03 Question 01, Objective 3.1

1) A central government that has complete authority over all levels of government is called a

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a. confederal system.

b. federal system.

c. unitary system.

d. nonfederal system.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 03 Question 02, Objective 3.1

2) A power-sharing arrangement in which a central government’s authority is granted by the individual political units and the central government is generally weak is called a

Feedback: conceptual

a. confederal system.

b. federal system.

c. unitary system.

d. nonfederal system.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 03 Question 03, Objective 3.1

3) The Articles of Confederation was

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a. the United States’ pre-Revolution governing document.

b. the United States’ first constitution.

c. the United States’ first informal constitution.

d. the United States’ second constitution.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 03 Question 04, Objective 3.1

4) A power-sharing arrangement between a central governing authority and individual political units is called a

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a. confederal system.

b. federal system.

c. unitary system.

d. nonfederal system.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 03 Question 05, Objective 3.1

5) The “supremacy clause” establishes that

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a. the states are supreme over the federal government.

b. the United States is a supreme superpower among the other nations.

c. the states are supreme over municipal governments.

d. the U.S. Constitution and federal laws shall be the supreme law of the land when they clash with state laws.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 03 Question 06, Objective 3.1

6) The federal government only has those powers explicitly spelled out in the Constitution. These are known as

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a. enumerated powers.

b. federal powers.

c. implied powers.

d. reserved powers.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 03 Question 07, Objective 3.1

7) Powers that the federal government is not expressly granted but that it is assumed to possess so that Congress can carry out its duties are called

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a. enumerated powers.

b. federal powers.

c. implied powers.

d. reserved powers.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 03 Question 08, Objective 3.1

8) Article I, Section 8, of the Constitution, which specifies that Congress is allowed to assume additional powers needed to carry out its function, is referred to as the

Feedback: factual

a. commerce clause.

b. necessary and proper clause.

c. reserved power clause.

d. implied powers clause.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 03 Question 09, Objective 3.1

9) The necessary and proper clause is informally called the

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a. commerce clause.

b. elastic clause.

c. federal clause.

d. expansive clause.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 03 Question 10, Objective 3.1

10) The clause in the U.S. Constitution that gives Congress the power to regulate commerce with foreign nations and among the states is the

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a. commerce clause.

b. necessary and proper clause.

c. reserved power clause.

d. implied powers clause.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 03 Question 11, Objective 3.1

11) Powers shared between the state and federal governments are referred to as

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a. the reserve clause.

b. concurrent powers.

c. implied powers.

d. federal powers.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 03 Question 12, Objective 3.1

12) The constitution clause that requires that each state respect the rights and proceedings of other states is the

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a. full faith and credit clause.

b. necessary and proper clause.

c. supremacy clause.

d. commerce clause.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 03 Question 13, Objective 3.1

13) Nowhere does it say that Congress can pay for gym equipment on military bases. However, we can say that providing gym facilities is _______ in Congress’s power to raise and support armies.

Feedback: applied

a. essential

b. obvious

c. implied

d. given

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 03 Question 14, Objective 3.1

14) Both the state and federal government can tax you. This is a(n) ___ power.

Feedback: applied

a. implied

b. concurrent

c. double

d. cooperative

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 03 Question 15, Objective 3.1

15) The Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is sometimes called the

Feedback: factual

a. federal power clause.

b. reserve clause.

c. supremacy clause.

d. unitary clause.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 03 Question 16, Objective 3.1

16) If the state governments did not exist and policies for the entire nation were set by the national government, we would live in a _______ system.

Feedback: applied

a. confederational

b. federal

c. unitary

d. tyrannical

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 03 Question 17, Objective 3.1

17) Currently, the U.S. is a _______ system.

Feedback: factual

a. tyrannical

b. confederational

c. unitary

d. federal

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 03 Question 18, Objective 3.1

18) Suppose a Texas law and a federal law clash. Which one “wins out”?

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a. The state law wins.

b. The federal law wins.

c. The voters decide.

d. The Supreme Court decides.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 03 Question 19, Objective 3.2

19) Texas has stretches of highway where the speed limit is 85 mph. Suppose another state watches Texas's experience with higher speed limits and then decides to copy it. We can say that Texas was a(n)

Feedback: applied

a. innovator.

b. laboratory of democracy.

c. policy leader.

d. initial spark.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 03 Question 20, Objective 3.2

20) What event underscored the failures of the Articles of Confederation?

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a. Shays’s Rebellion

b. Alexander Hamilton’s speech on the state of the economy

c. The War of 1812

d. The Texas Revolution

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 03 Question 21, Objective 3.2

21) Governor Bush developed a(n) _______ policy that he later implemented on the national level when he became president.

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a. energy

b. drug treatment

c. education

d. health care

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 03 Question 22, Objective 3.2

22) Generally speaking, which level of government do Texans trust the most?

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a. The federal government

b. State and local government

c. The governments of other states

d. Trust the state and federal governments about equally

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 03 Question 23, Objective 3.3

23) Texas tends to receive influxes of federal aid when it experiences

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a. low education test scores.

b. housing shortages.

c. natural disasters.

d. population growth.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 03 Question 24, Objective 3.3

24) Most federal money in Texas is spent on

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a. financial assistance for needy families.

b. housing.

c. social programs, such as Medicare.

d. parks.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 03 Question 25, Objective 3.4

25) A federalist system in which the federal, state, and local government each has exclusive powers that are reserved to it alone is referred to as

Feedback: conceptual

a. dual federalism.

b. cooperative federalism.

c. states’ rights.

d. coercive federalism.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 03 Question 26, Objective 3.4

26) Texas did not want to comply with the federal government's Common Core education standards. But when the federal government threatened to withhold federal funding, Texas adopted Common Core (TEKS). This is an example of

Feedback: applied

a. cooperative federalism.

b. dual federalism.

c. coercive federalism.

d. collaborative federalism.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 03 Question 27, Objective 3.4

27) Suppose after a hurricane the governor asked for federal assistance for recovery. The president replied, "Disaster management is something the states should handle, not the federal government." This would be an example of

Feedback: applied

a. coercive federalism.

b. collaborative federalism.

c. cooperative federalism.

d. dual federalism.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 03 Question 28, Objective 3.4

28) The reserve clause, which states that powers not delegated to the federal government are reserved for the states, comes from

Feedback: conceptual

a. the Tenth Amendment.

b. Article I of the Constitution.

c. Texas law.

d. common law.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 03 Question 29, Objective 3.4

29) After flooding in Houston, the state government sent aid. Additionally, the federal government also sent aid. This is an example of

Feedback: applied

a. collaborative federalism.

b. coercive federalism.

c. dual federalism.

d. cooperative federalism.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 03 Question 30, Objective 3.4

30) _______ gives states greater autonomy from the federal government.

Feedback: conceptual

a. New federalism

b. Cooperative federalism

c. Collaborative governance

d. Unitary governance

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 03 Question 31, Objective 3.4

31) Originally, the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) withheld funds from the states if they did not expand Medicaid. This is an example of

Feedback: applied

a. devolution.

b. new federalism.

c. dual federalism.

d. coercive federalism.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 03 Question 32, Objective 3.4

32) The federal government gives aid to Texas, but places requirements on how those funds can be spent. This is an example of a

Feedback: applied

a. string grant.

b. block grant.

c. matching grant.

d. categorical grant.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 03 Question 33, Objective 3.4

33) “Layer cake” federalism, in which each layer of government is distinct from the others and maintains its own power and authority, is the illustration for

Feedback: conceptual

a. neofederalism.

b. dual federalism.

c. cooperative federalism.

d. coercive federalism.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 03 Question 34, Objective 3.4

34) A federalist system in which each level of government has overlapping and intertwined authority over shared issues is referred to as

Feedback: conceptual

a. federalism.

b. dual federalism.

c. cooperative federalism.

d. coercive federalism.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 03 Question 35, Objective 3.4

35) Funds that are distributed to state or local governments for programs that require state governments to meet conditions established by the federal government are called

Feedback: conceptual

a. categorical grants.

b. matching grants.

c. educational grants.

d. new federalism grants.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 03 Question 36, Objective 3.4

36) Funds that the state adds to supplement specific federal government programs are called

Feedback: factual

a. categorical grants.

b. matching grants.

c. educational grants.

d. new federalism grants.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 03 Question 37, Objective 3.4

37) A federal system that returns greater responsibilities, duties, and funding to the states is called

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a. new federalism.

b. new constitutionalism.

c. cooperative federalism.

d. dual federalism.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 03 Question 38, Objective 3.4

38) New federalism often involves the federal government transferring power to the states in a process called

Feedback: conceptual

a. devolution.

b. state enhancement.

c. granting aid.

d. originalism.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 03 Question 39, Objective 3.4

39) Fixed funds that are transferred to states for the implementation of a policy or program are called

Feedback: conceptual

a. matching grants.

b. federal disaster funds.

c. categorical grants.

d. block grants.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 03 Question 40, Objective 3.4

40) Medicaid is an example of a

Feedback: applied

a. disaster relief fund.

b. block grant.

c. cooperative grant.

d. healthcare grant.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 03 Question 41, Objective 3.4

41) A system in which the federal government establishes guidelines for the states and may punish the states for not participating is called

Feedback: conceptual

a. dual federalism.

b. new federalism.

c. cooperative federalism.

d. coercive federalism.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 03 Question 42, Objective 3.4

42) Federal legislation that requires the states to implement policies but does not supply funding necessary for implementation is called a(n)

Feedback: conceptual

a. funded mandate.

b. unfunded mandate.

c. cooperative mandate.

d. federal mandate.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 03 Question 43, Objective 3.4

43) When the federal government grants states permission and funding to implement federal regulations in policy areas but only if the states comply with a host of conditions, the government is engaging in

Feedback: conceptual

a. preemptions.

b. devolution.

c. block-grant incitement.

d. cooperative mandates.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 03 Question 44, Objective 3.4

44) The federal government gives Texas $20 million to expand the highway in Dallas. But it requires Texas to also spend $20 million of its own on the project. This is an example of

Feedback: applied

a. matching funds.

b. coercive federalism.

c. enumeration.

d. reserving.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 03 Question 45, Objective 3.4

45) Texas receives funds from the federal government for a broad purpose, such as funding Medicaid. Texas has considerable discretion in how to use those funds. This is an example of

Feedback: applied

a. collaborative aid.

b. devolution.

c. a categorical grant.

d. a block grant.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 03 Question 46, Objective 3.4

46) In the 1970s the federal government told states they would lose federal highway funds if they did not raise their drinking ages. This is an example of

Feedback: applied

a. coercive federalism.

b. dual federalism.

c. new federalism.

d. devolution.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 03 Question 47, Objective 3.4

47) Cooperative federalism is sometimes described as

Feedback: conceptual

a. “marble cake” federalism.

b. “layer cake” federalism.

c. “upside-down cake” federalism.

d. “sheet cake” federalism.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 03 Question 48, Objective 3.5

48) Before Shelby County v. Holder, Texas had to clear all of its election-policy changes through the U.S. Department of Justice. This practice was called

Feedback: factual

a. discriminatory checking.

b. federal overreach.

c. federal review.

d. preclearance.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 03 Question 49, Objective 3.5

49) Suppose Texas disagrees with the federal government. How might this be resolved?

Feedback: applied

a. By asking the governor of New Mexico to moderate a discussion between the Texas governor and the president

b. By threatening to declare independence

c. By suing the federal government

d. By returning all federal funds and ignoring the federal government

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 03 Question 50, Objective 3.5

50) Generally speaking, when Texas takes the federal government to court

Feedback: factual

a. the federal government almost always offers to settle.

b. it almost always loses.

c. it almost always wins.

d. it wins about 25% of the time.

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 03 Question 51, Objective 3.1

51) What is the “supremacy clause”?

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Found in Article VI, Section 2, of the Constitution, which states that the U.S. Constitution and federal laws “shall be the supreme law of the land.”

If state and federal laws clash, the federal law wins out.

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 03 Question 52, Objective 3.1

52) Describe a “federal system.”

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A power-sharing arrangement between central governing authority and individual political units.

Some powers belong exclusively to the federal government (printing money, the military, foreign relations). Some are exclusive to the state (setting the speed limit, driver’s license requirements). Others are shared (taxation, education).

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 03 Question 53, Objective 3.1

53) What are the “enumerated powers”?

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Powers that are expressly identified as powers that the federal government can take.

The federal government can only do those things explicitly written down (or implied by what is written down).

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 03 Question 54, Objective 3.1

54) Explain the “commerce clause.”

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This is the clause in the U.S. Constitution that gives Congress the power to regulate commerce with foreign nations and among the states.

It is one of the main vehicles for federal regulation.

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 03 Question 55, Objective 3.1

55) Explain the “reserved powers.”

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The Tenth Amendment says, “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”

This established that those powers not explicitly given to the federal government are reserved to the states.

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 03 Question 56, Objective 3.1

56) What is the “full faith and credit clause”?

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A constitutional clause that requires that each state respect the rights and proceedings of other states. So, a driver’s license from Texas must be recognized by all states.

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 03 Question 57, Objective 3.2

57) Explain the problems under the Articles of Confederation.

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Weak federal government led to many problems including Shays’s Rebellion, an internal domestic uprising.

Soldiers were not being paid.

Economic downturn across the states.

Inability to raise revenue.

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 03 Question 58, Objective 3.2

58) Which level of government do Texans trust the most and what is one possible reason for this?

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Texans are more likely to favor state government than local or national government

One explanation is political—most Texans are Republicans, whereas government at the local and national level are likely run by Democrats. This is especially true in large cities.

Legacy of intervention of federal government starting after Civil War.

State’s approach, especially to business regulation, more in line with the values of most Texans.

The state government is perceived to provide more of the resources that individuals and businesses need than the federal government.

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 03 Question 59, Objective 3.4

59) Explain “new federalism.”

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Introduced by Richard Nixon.

A federal system that returns greater responsibilities, duties, and funding to the states.

Also known as devolution.

Led to an expansion in the size of the state government.

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 03 Question 60, Objective 3.1

60) Explain the concept of federalism and the relevant constitutional provision that establishes federal and state division of powers.

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A federal system is a power sharing arrangement between central governing authority and individual political units.

The supremacy clause establishes the dominance of the federal government over the states.

The supremacy clause is found in Article VI, Section 2, of the Constitution and states that the U.S. Constitution and federal laws “shall be the supreme law of the land.”

The enumerated powers expressly identify powers that the federal government can take.

The Tenth Amendment provides the states with reserve powers.

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 03 Question 61, Objective 3.1

61) What are the reserved powers and why are the significant?

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The Tenth Amendment to the United States establishes the reserved powers.

The amendment states that “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”

This amendment gives the state some autonomy on matters not explicitly delegated to the federal government.

Proponents of states’ rights often point to the U.S. Constitution’s Tenth Amendment as evidence that state sovereignty should be respected.

The states’ reserved powers include policy matters such as public education, public health, and state election.

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 03 Question 62, Objective 3.1

62) Explain the “full faith and credit clause” and why it is significant.

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The full faith and credit clause requires that each state respect the rights and proceedings of other states.

Found in Article IV, Section 1, of the Constitution, it states that it is the duty of all states to respect the “public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state.”

This clause was significant for bringing the country together as one nation, instead of multiple independent sovereigns.