- Federalism is a system of government in which _________________ can deal with citizens directly:
Your answer:
Only the national government
Both state and national governments
Only state governments
Only local governments
- In a unitary system, the national government:
Your answer:
Works more efficiently
Shares its powers with subnational governments
Can deprive subnational governments of powers
Has power given to it by subnational governments
- In a confederal system:
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National and subnational powers are equal
There is no national government
National powers overshadow those of subnational units
Subnational powers overshadow the national government's
- In the moralistic political culture, politics is seen as a way:
Your answer:
To improve things by dealing with issues
For individuals to pursue personal goals
To preserve the status quo
For groups to pursue their ambitions
- The traditionalistic political culture is associated with:
Your answer:
The Upper Midwest
New England
The South
The West
- Which is not a major feature of national-state relations outlined in the Constitution?
Your answer:
Some limitations on the national government
Prohibitions of certain powers to county governments
Prohibition of certain powers to state governments
A strong national government
- The "necessary and proper" clause allows:
Your answer:
Congress to legislate in almost any area it wishes
Congress to reduce the constitutional powers of states
Congress to do anything it wishes
The states to legislate in almost any area they wish
- The "supremacy clause" gives:
Your answer:
The president power to be commander-in-chief
The president supremacy over Congress
The Supreme Court power to be umpire of the federal system
National laws supremacy over state laws
- State-centered federalism promotes the idea that:
Your answer:
The people ratified the Constitution
The national government and states must share power
The states must limit local authority
Congress' powers are limited to explicitly stated powers in the Constitution
- In the Federalist #10, James Madison articulated:
Your answer:
A critique of the McCulloch v. Maryland decision
A defense of the Virginia Plan
A negative view of human nature
The Founder's rationale for a confederal system
- Cooperative federalism can best be explained as:
Your answer:
Legal ties between state and federal levels
Informal cooperation among levels of government
The states following Washington's orders
Washington doing what individual states demand
- Dual federalists believe that:
Your answer:
The states are supreme
State and local levels are basically equal
The two levels are basically equal
Both levels of government must learn to get along
- In the 1830s, the Supreme Court began a trend toward:
Your answer:
Nation-centered federalism
Dual federalism
Writing longer decisions
State-centered federalism
- During the Great Depression, state and local governments:
Your answer:
Usually opposed general revenue sharing
Were overwhelmed by economic conditions
Had enough resources to confront economic problems
Lobbied Washington to create revenue sharing programs
- During the New Deal, the value of grants-in-aid was in:
Your answer:
Providing funds to state governments to deal with problems caused by the Great Depression
Getting judicial support for the New Deal programs
Repudiating nation-centered federalism
Reinforcing state-centered federalism
- The federal government's role in shaping how specific state and local programs are run shows that:
Your answer:
State-centered federalism grew under Reagan
The level of government with the fiscal resources to expand gets to rule
All levels benefit equally in federal-state cooperation
The Tenth Amendment has considerable impact
- President Johnson's Great Society programs resulted in:
Your answer:
Less aid to state programs dealing with education and law enforcement
More federal aid to more state and local programs
Tax cuts and less federal spending
Greater American involvement in Vietnam
- The block grant idea was designed to let the federal government set priorities and to let:
Your answer:
Congress determine how money was to be spent
The courts determine their practicality
Federal agencies decide how money would be spent
The state and local levels determine how the money would be spent
- Reagan's approach to federal-state relations differed from Nixon's in that Reagan wanted:
Your answer:
General revenue funds to pay for more local services
To rely on grants-in-aid more
The states to send more taxes to Washington
States to support more of their own programs financially
- Recent difficulties in resolving the federal budget has resulted in:
Your answer:
Presidential vetoes
Short term cost savings
Higher budgetary outlays
The inability of states to make their own budget decisions
- Special districts:
Your answer:
Are a less important feature of local government today
Are single-purpose forms of government
Provide a range of local government services
Are eligible to receive general revenue sharing money
- The rationale for federal mandates is to:
Your answer:
Help states pay for particular programs
Get states to deal with problems they are ignoring
Promote state-centered federalism
Take the federal government out of certain policy matters
- Home rule charters:
Your answer:
Are provided by the federal government
Provide states with the ability to spend federal funds
Are sometimes used by states to increase local autonomy
Were used for territorial governments
- State governments are growing __________________ the federal government.
Your answer:
Little, if at all, more
At the same rate as
Faster than
More slowly than
- To a large extent, from the 1930s to the 1970s:
Your answer:
Local governments became primary centers of power
The federal government took a pro-active stance toward many policy initiatives
The federal government devolved power to states
Wars prevent the development of new domestic policies