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During which period of time was federal power more centralized, expanded, and solidified more than
any other period in American History? - correct answer ✔✔New Deal Era (1933-1952)
If you were to rank Brazil, Canada, and the U.S. in order, from federation giving the most autonomy to
subunit governments to the federation having strongest national government, how would they be
ordered? - correct answer ✔✔Canada (Strongest subunit government), U.S., Brazil (strongest national
government)
In NYC, a single executive is popularly elected and appoints people to head administrative departments.
What form of city government is this? - correct answer ✔✔Mayoral
Suppose that Congress was considering a law that would unify pollution regulations across all 50 states.
The justification for this would be that pollution is a collective-action problem, so the federal
government is in the best position to address it. By contrast, what might be the main advantage of
leaving this legislation at the state level? - correct answer ✔✔State residents could then choose the level
of pollution regulation that best suits their residents
Suppose the citizens of a tai-city area need public transit to move across city lines. To handle this, they
create a new jurisdiction that collects taxes from everyone in the area and operates bus lines throughout
the area. How would this new jurisdiction best be described? - correct answer ✔✔Special district
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) offer Community Development grants,
which provide states and local governments with funding to address an extensive range of community
development needs. These federal grants have a general purpose but provide communities with
considerable freedom in how the money is spent. Community Development grants are an example of
which type of grant? - correct answer ✔✔Block grant
The cases of Baker v. Carr (1962) and Wesberry v. Sanders (1964) established that all electoral districts of
state legislatures and the U.S. House of Representatives must be equal in size by population within state.
What was an immediate consequence of these rulings? - correct answer ✔✔A dramatic increase in
cities' representation in Congress and the state legislatures
,The cases of McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) and Gibbons v. Ogden (1824) established what legal
precedent? - correct answer ✔✔That the national government has wide latitude to regulate commercial
activity, even within the states
What is dual federalism? - correct answer ✔✔A political system in which each level of government -
national and state - is sovereign in its own sphere of policy authority
Which best describes federalism as a political system? - correct answer ✔✔There are multiple levels of
government, and each level has independent authority over some important policy areas
Which of the following Supreme Court cases represents a centralization of federal power (a
strengthening of the national government) as opposed to a decentralization of federal power (a
strengthening of state sovereignty and power)? - correct answer ✔✔Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)
Which of the following clauses in the Constitution gives Congress the authority to make whatever laws
are "necessary and proper" in order to execute its enumerated powers? - correct answer ✔✔Elastic
clause
Which of the following is an example of a ballot initiative? - correct answer ✔✔A group of citizens
proposing a law legalizing marijuana, which the public then votes on in an election
Which of the following is an example of intergovernmentalism failure? - correct answer ✔✔The federal
and state governments' response to the damage from Hurricane Katrina
Which of the following is the best example of a national-level policy serving as a response to a collective-
action dilemma among states? - correct answer ✔✔Constructing the interstate highway system
Which of the following laws gave the United States Department of Justice the power to oversee elections
in southern states? - correct answer ✔✔Voting Rights Act of 1965
Which of the following programs is the best example of intergovernmentalism? - correct answer
✔✔Enforcing the Clean Air Act, which is the responsibility of both state authorities and the federal
Environmental Protection Agency
, Which of the following systems of government concentrates the most power at the national level? -
correct answer ✔✔Unitary system
Which of the following was NOT a provision of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments? - correct
answer ✔✔Powers not specifically delegated to the federal government are reserved for the states.
Which of the following was a reason the framers of the Constitution created a federal system of
government? - correct answer ✔✔They thought splitting power across multiple levels of government
would prevent tyranny
Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution states that Congress has power to fix the standard of weights and
measures. What is that an example of? - correct answer ✔✔An expressed power. The Constitution
explicitly assigned the power to Congress.
How is the president elected? - correct answer ✔✔State level groups appoint the electors to elect the
president
In Japan, the chief executive is the prime minister, who is chosen by the Diet, or national legislature.
Which of the following concepts does this arrangement most clearly reject? - correct answer
✔✔Separation of powers
In National Labor Relations Board v. Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation (1937), the Supreme Court
ruled that Congress's creation of the National Labor Relations board was constitutional and that this bod
y has the authority to arbitrate on labor disputes. Which portion of the Constitution was most relevant
to the Court's decision in favor of the National Labor Relations Board? - correct answer ✔✔The
commerce clause
In the United States, the states are responsible for establishing and maintaining schools. This is an
example of which type of power? - correct answer ✔✔Reserved power
In the case of Ware v. Hylton (1796), the Supreme Court ruled that a Virginia state law was
unconstitutional because it undermined the Treaty of Paris that the federal government had adopted.
Which of the following clauses from the Constitution was the Court relying on in its decision? - correct
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