In its most basic description, the concept of federalism embodies the principle or system of a government. It combines the general government with regional governments (i. E. State, provincial) into a single political system, and provides a relationship of parity between the two levels of government involved in its establishment. What can you tell us about federalism and how it works? Take the following quiz and we’ll let you know how you did!
Concentrated with the federal government
Concentrated with local governments
Shared between governments
Nonexisent
True
False
The United States
Canada
Mexico
France
True
False
True
False
Politics
Government
Policies
All of the above
True
False
True
False
The states constitute a national laboratory to develop and test public policies
ALmost every policy the national government has adopted had its beginnings in the states
The states rarely produce policy innovations
The states often share the results of new policy ideas with other states and the national government
True
False
It forbids COngress to divide up individual states
It makes the federal government responsible for elections
It is unamendable as to the queal representation of the states in the Senate.
It requires the national government to protect states against violence and invasion.
The Constitution
Laws of the national government
Treaties
State laws
Coin money
Tax
Establish courts
Charter banks
Make and enforce laws
Conduct election
Establish local governments
Tax imports and exports
Universal suffrage
Civil liberties
The delegation of power to the states and the people
The abolition of slavery
The civil rights movement
The case of McCulloch v. Maryland
The civil war
All of the above
State legislatures
Farmers
Federalists
Thomas Jefferson
Daniel Webster
Luther Martin
Thomas Jefferson
John Hancock
True
False
Equality and freedom
National supremacy and implied powers
Checks and balances
Federalism and intergovernmental relations
Mean that Congress has powers that go beyond those enumerated in the Constitution
Mean that Congress can make laws that are unconstitutional
Include its powers to coin money and impose taxes
Were listed in the Tenth Amendment
Foreign policy
Interstate commerce
The military
Elections
Civil war
Revolutionary War
War of 1812
World War I
Has been fought exclusively at the state level
Was resolved by the Thirteenth, Fifteenth, and Nineteenth Amendments
Ended with the end of the Civil War
Demonstrates national supremacy in the federal system
Full faith and credit
Extradition
Privileges and immunities
Dual federalism