Chapter 3: Federalism Trivia Quiz!

Congress the power to regulate economic exchange between the states

Congress the power to raise funds by taxing goods and services

Congress the power to print money that all states must use

State governments the power to regulate commerce

The differences are rooted in self-interest, ideology, and personal beliefs

Politicians are inherently unwilling to compromise

Talk-radio hosts and others in the media manufacture conflict where none would otherwise exist on the issue

Most Americans hold only the most extreme positions on the issue

Legislative

Executive

Judicial

The legislative and executive branches have equal powers

Impeachment

The power to pardon

The power to veto

The power of the purse

A strong government; oppress those in the minority

A weak national government; not stand up against the states

Constitutional monarchy; be dominated by faction

Direct democracy; become dominated by the nation’s wealthy elite

Separation of powers between three branches of government

A representative democracy

A parliamentary system of governance

A direct democracy

Representation; determining taxes

Determining taxes; tariffs

Determining taxes; representation

Tariffs; determining taxes

An example of the tyranny of a faction imposing its will on the rest of the nation

The inevitable result of human nature, but which government is powerless to control

Unfortunate, but acceptable if the majority of people desired this

A stage in the evolution of government

There is no national consensus on the question of how to interpret the Constitution and the framers’ intent.

There is only one way to interpret the Constitution.

Most people have a pretty strong grasp of the basics of the Constitution.

Constitutional issues are rarely complex.

The need for rule by a strong monarch

Self-rule through elections

Checks and balances

Property rights

Monarchy, aristocracy, and polity

Rule by none, rule by one, and rule by law

Executive, legislative, and judicial systems

Unitary systems, federal systems, and confederations

Providing for majority rule while protecting minority rights

Creating a legislative government while allowing for executive leadership

Providing for minority rule while protecting majority rights

Protecting small states from powerful large states

President; Congress

President; House of Representatives

Congress; House of Representatives

Congress; president

Weak; strong

Nonexistent; moderately strong

Moderately strong; the only government (i.e., local government is nonexistent)

Strong; weak

An example of coercive federalism

Engaged in an exchange deemed unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court in a recent decision

An example of layer cake federalism

Exercising the national supremacy clause

The division of authority between the national and state governments

Providing each part of government with some power over the others

Dividing a government into different branches with distinct areas of authority

The government’s dual responsibility of protecting the rights and freedoms of individuals while also providing for the safety and security of the larger society

Veto

Power of the purse

Impeachment

Power of the sword

Use block grants to give local politicians more control over how money was spent

Avoid issuing all grants to maintain states’ rights and sovereignty

Use block grants to balance the federal budget

Use categorical grants to prevent local government corruption

Justify how laws they pass are a legitimate exercise of commerce clause powers

List which enumerated power it is using when writing laws

Provide states with funds when it mandates policy change

End “coercive” techniques that force states to comply with federal mandates

Democrats and Republicans positions on redistributive tax policy

Policy of foreign affairs

Sanctions on foreign territores

Bonds given to citizens

Elected leaders exercise power by consent of the governed

States have more power than the national government

States can veto the actions of the federal government

People have natural rights that government must protect

Federalism

A confederal government

A unitary government

A constitutional democracy

Citizens interacting with their government

The ability to get others to do what you want

A process of determining how power and resources are distributed in a society without recourse to violence

Conflict over the leadership, structure, and policies of governments

Its activities touch on the everyday lives of Americans in many different ways

Democrats have controlled Congress for most of the last two decades

Members of Congress spend too much money on their campaigns

State and local governments have been weakened recently by the courts

Shays’s Rebellion

The publication of Common Sense

The Revolutionary War

The Declaration of Independence

Impeachment and the power of the purse

Alteration of their jurisdiction and power of the purse

Impeachment and alteration of their jurisdiction

Alteration of their jurisdiction and override a veto

Whether or not the president should be allowed to serve more than two terms

Placing adequate checks and balances on presidential power

Whether or not to have a single executive

The method of selecting the president

His belief that people are self-interested

His belief that direct democracy was the only legitimate way to make collective decisions

His view that people were willing to sacrifice freedoms to make democracy work

His belief that factions could only be eliminated through force

Baron de Montesquieu

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Thomas Paine

Thomas Hobbes

The expansion of the federal government has grown beyond what the Founding Fathers intended.

Presidents have been granted too much power by the Constitution.

The Supreme Court should be more proactive in striking down unconstitutional legislation.

The Federal Reserve should have expanded powers to regulate the economy.

Provisions for national security

The Tenth Amendment

Delegated powers clauses

There are no aspects of the Constitution that point toward a nation-centered perspective.

Economic elites shaped the U.S. Constitution

Northern elites only shaped the U.S. Constitution

Southern elites only shaped the U.S. Constitution

Democratic idealism were the main values of our founding fathers

Polls indicate that the American public wants conflict in politics, so elected officials oblige.

The United States has a long history of class-based conflict.

There are deep and longstanding divisions separating voters in red states and blue states.

There is no national consensus on some issues, nor is there a compromise position on every issue that will attract widespread support.

Stricter rules for immigrants to be eligible to vote in U.S. elections

English as the country’s official language

Amnesty for illegal immigrants currently living in the United States

Bilingual public education

Economic equality

From each according to his or her ability, to each according to his or her need

Economic individualism

Workplace democracy

Elite democracy

Participatory democracy

Pluralist democracy

Oligarchic democracy

David Hume

Adam Smith

Thomas Hobbes

James Madison

Whether to throw out or amend the Declaration of Independence

Whether to ratify the 9th Amendment

Whether to allow the three-fifths compromise

Whether to isolate the United States economically

The right of the states to determine their own laws without interference from the federal government

The right of any state to secede from the Union

The powers given to states by their constitutions

The principle that state powers are superior to and have a higher priority than individual rights

The tyranny of the majority

The tyranny of a strong central government

Complained that the Constitutional Convention of 1787 was completely illegal because it had only been called to revise the Articles of Confederation, not draw up a new constitution.

The dangers of a rich elite taking over the government

Gibbons v. Ogden

Barron v. Baltimore

McCulloch v. Maryland

Mayor of City of New York v. Miln

Fund the federal government when its expenditures exceed its revenues

Print and coin money

Protect the integrity of the stock market

Offset the U.S. trade deficit

Make the national government stronger

Eliminate the state governments

Rein in the power of the national government

Focus on resolving debates between the state governments

Layer cake federalism

Picket fence federalism

Coercive federalism

Fiscal federalism

Hobbes was referring to the lack of organization among people who have no government.

Hobbes was referring to a world in which people lived in harmony with other living creatures, conserved natural resources, and respected the environment.

Hobbes was referring to his belief that a society without government was the best society because it was how the “state of nature” intended things to be.

Hobbes was referring to his belief that all people were basically good.

Policy makers mainly interact with others in the same policy area, regardless of whether they are federal or state employees

It takes money to make policy, just like it does to build a fence

Chief executives (mayors, governors, and the president) have few powers over federalism

The state and federal governments have clear boundaries, much like two fences on separate properties

States are laboratories of democracy.

States tend to have more honest elected officials.

State governments have a better history of tackling major problems such as racial discrimination and the enforcement of civil rights.

State governments can do more to solve problems because they face fewer constitutional restrictions than the federal government does.

Too much state power can create a “race to the bottom.”

State governments tend to lack imagination in solving pressing national problems.

State governments tend to be more fiscally irresponsible and rarely balance their budgets.

Most governors have little formal power and therefore cannot lead state government as effectively as can the president of the United States.