Government Organizing Chapter 3 Quiz Rippee
Answer the following:
- 1.A unitary system is a way of organizing government so that
- A.
All power resides in a central government
- B.
Both national and state levels of government have authority over the same land and people
- C.
All power resides in states and local governments
- D.
National and state governments have separate powers over different areas and people
- E.
The president is the central power of the government
- 2.The United States began as a (n)
- A.
Confederation
- B.
Federalist nation
- C.
Series of unitary governments
- D.
Strong national government, which weakened over time
- E.
Series of weakened states that slowly gained strength
- 3.The Supremacy Clause of the Constitution states that all of the following are the supreme law of the land, EXCEPT
- A.
Laws of the national government (when consistent with the Constitution)
- B.
The United States Constitution
- C.
State constitutions
- D.
Treaties of the national government (when consistent with the Constitution)
- E.
Both c and d
- 4.The principle that the national government has certain implied powers that go beyond its enumerated powers was first elaborated in the Supreme Court's decision in
- A.
United States v the States
- B.
Gibbons v Ogden
- C.
Miranda v Arizona
- D.
McCulloch v Maryland
- E.
Marbury v Madison
- 5.Which of the following federal policies exemplifies the implied powers of Congress?
- A.
Environmental protection law
- B.
Income Tax
- C.
The regulation of interstate commerce
- D.
The provision of an army and a navy
- E.
All of the above
- 6.The Supreme Court case of Gibbons v Ogden?
- A.
Defined the meaning of the elastic clause
- B.
Settled the contested presidential election of 1824
- C.
Defined commerce as virtually every form of commercial activity
- D.
Established the principle of implied powers
- E.
Established the supremacy of the national government
- 7.A tution difference between in-state and out-of-state students is an example of
- A.
Dual federalism
- B.
Federal exceptions to the full faith and credit provision
- C.
The extension of full faith and credit to all students from all states
- D.
An example of an exception to the privileges and immunities clause
- E.
Project grants to the states
- 8.The constitutional requirement that the states return a person charged with a crime in another state to that state for trial or imprisonment is known as
- A.
Forfeiture
- B.
Extradition
- C.
Privileges and immunities
- D.
Full faith and credit
- E.
The elastic clause
- 9.In ____________ federalism, the powers and policy assignments of different levels of government are like a marble cake, with mingled responsibilities and blurred distinctions between layers of government.
- A.
Fiscal
- B.
Mixed
- C.
Dual
- D.
Cooperative
- E.
Tripartite
- 10.Programs such as Medicaid and Aid for Families with Dependent Children, where applicants automatically qualify for aid if they meet the requirements, are examples of
- A.
Dual federalism
- B.
Project grants
- C.
Formula grants
- D.
Block grants
- E.
Welfare
- 11.A broad program for community development would most likely be supported through a (n)
- A.
Formula grant
- B.
Enterprise zone
- C.
Project grant
- D.
Categorical grant
- E.
Block grant
- 12.What are mandates?
- A.
Requirements that direct states or local governments to comply with federal rules under threat of penalties or as a condition of receipt of a federal grant
- B.
A grant awarded on the basis of competitive applications
- C.
The use of federal dollars in one program to influence state and local policy in another program
- D.
When a condition on one federal grant is extended to all activities supported by federal funds, regardless of the source
- E.
A general rule of federalism involving the principle that there will be "something for everyone"
- 13.The word federalism is absent from the Constitution.
- A.
True
- B.
False
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