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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A necessary and proper clause and supremacy clause
B taxing power and necessary and proper clause
C commerce clause and supremacy clause
D Tenth Amendment and spending clause
Question #2
A Federalism promotes political participation.
B Federalism encourages economic equality across the country.
C Federalism accommodates a diversity of opinion.
D Federalism provides for multiple levels of government action.
Question #3
A More than half the states had legalized same-sex marriage by the time the Supreme Court made same-sex marriage legal nationwide in 2015.
B The federal government became involved in this issue when it passed DOMA.
C United States v. Windsor legalized same-sex marriage in the United States.
D In the 1990s and 2000s, the number of state restrictions on same-sex marriage increased.
Question #4
A The Arizona v. United States decision struck down all Arizona’s most restrictive provisions on illegal immigration.
B Federal immigration laws trump state laws.
C States’ involvement in immigration is partly due to their interest in preventing illegal immigrants from accessing public services such as education and welfare benefits.
D Since the 1990s, states have increasingly moved into the policy domain of immigration.
Question #5
A New federalism does not promote the use of unfunded mandates.
B Title VI of the Civil Rights Act establishes crosscutting requirements.
C The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act has prevented Congress from using unfunded mandates.
D The Clean Air Act is a type of federal partial preemptive regulation.
Question #6
A The amount of federal grant money going to states has steadily increased since the 1960s.
B Block grants tend to gain more flexibility over time.
C The majority of federal grants are block grants.
D The federal government allocates the most grant money to income security.
Question #7
A Federal assistance encourages state and local governments to generate positive externalities.
B Cooperative federalism respects the traditional jurisdictional boundaries between the states and the federal government.
C Federal cooperation helps mitigate the problem of collective action among states.
D Federal assistance ensures some degree of uniformity of public services across states.
Question #8
A President Reagan was able to promote new federalism consistently throughout his administration.
B United States v. Lopez is a Supreme Court ruling that advanced the logic of new federalism.
C New federalism was launched by President Nixon and continued by President Reagan.
D New federalism is based on the idea that decentralization of responsibility enhances administrative efficiency.
Question #9
A Property taxes generate the most revenue for both local and state governments.
B Taxes generate well over one-half of the total revenue of local and state governments.
C Local and state governments generate an equal amount of revenue from issuing licenses and certificates.
D Between 30 and 40 percent of the revenue for local and state governments comes from grant money.
Question #10
A In a federal system, power is concentrated in the states; in a unitary system, it is concentrated in the national government.
B Today there are more countries with federal systems that with unitary systems.
C In a federal system, the Constitution allocates powers between the states and the federal government; in a unitary system, powers are lodged in the national government.
D The United States and Japan have federal systems, while Great Britain and Canada have unitary systems.
Question #11
A first ten amendments to the Constitution that protect individual freedoms
B powers given to Congress in Article I of the Constitution
C document authored by Thomas Jefferson that details the rights of all citizens
D twenty-seven amendments added to the Constitution over the years
Question #12
A three-fourths
B two-thirds
C all
D one-half
Question #13
A That man would have to pass a religious test before he could become president; thus, citizens could be sure that he was of good character.
B One man could respond to crises more quickly than a group of men like Congress and it was easier to control the actions of one man than the actions of a group.
C One man could respond to crises more quickly than a group of men like Congress.
D It was easier to control the actions of one man than the actions of a group.
Question #14
A To oppose the admission of slaveholding states to the federal union.
B To encourage people to vote for George Washington as the nation’s first president.
C To encourage states to oppose the Constitution.
D To encourage New York to ratify the Constitution.
Question #15
A It was agreed that a state’s slave population would be counted for purposes of representation but not for purposes of taxation.
B It was agreed that Congress would abolish slavery in 1850.
C It was agreed that a state’s slave population would be counted for purposes of taxation but not for purposes of representation.
D It was agreed that a state’s slave population would be counted for purposes of both representation and taxation.
Question #16
A Each state would have equal representation in both the House of Representatives and the Senate.
B Congress would be a unicameral legislature with each state receiving equal representation.
C Representation in both the House of Representatives and the Senate would be based on a state’s popluation.
D Representation in the House of Representatives would be based on each state’s population and every state would have two senators.
Question #17
A It could not declare war?
B It could not impose taxes.
C It could not conduct foreign affairs.
D It could not coin money.
Question #18
A the divine right of kings
B a bill of rights
C the social contract
D due process
Question #19
A James Madison
B John Locke
C Thomas Jefferson
D King James II
Question #20
A partisanship
B latent preferences
C intense preferences
D ideology
Question #21
A ideology
B partisanship
C social capital
D latent preference
Question #22
A The government pleases environmental activists by reintroducing wolves to Yellowstone National Park but angers ranchers by placing their cattle in danger.
B The government pleases oil companies by allowing them to drill on lands set aside for conservation but allows environmental activist groups to protest the drilling operations.
C Groups that represent a variety of conflicting interests are all allowed to protest outside Congress and the White House.
D The government pleases environmental activists by preserving public lands but also pleases ranchers by allowing them to rent public lands for grazing purposes.
Question #23
A ordinary people acting on their own have a significant influence on government
B government policy is formed as a result of the competition between groups with different goals and interests
C government does what the majority of voters want it to do
D wealthy people decide what government policy will be, and politicians have no interest in pleasing anyone else
Question #24
A politicians who have held office for a long time are favored by voters
B wealthy, politically powerful people control government, and government has no interest in meeting the needs of ordinary people
C poor people and people of color should not be allowed to vote
D special interest groups make government policy
Question #25
A oligarchy
B totalitarian
C direct democracy
D monarchy
Question #26
A common goods
B toll goods
C private goods
D public goods