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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A ensure that each state constitution offers the same number of individual rights provided by the federal Constitution.
B grant citizens of each state access to the federal court system.
C protect freedom of speech.
D limit the powers of the federal government by reserving certain powers to the states and to the people.
Question #2
A requires all states to provide a uniform standard of benefits and entitlement.
B prevents states from discriminating against nonresidents.
C compels each state to recognize the laws of other states.
D prevents states from coining their own money.
Question #3
A allowed the federal government to enslave and sell any person convicted of a federal crime.
B forced “free states” without slavery to sentence all freedom-seeking enslaved people arrested in their state to life in prison.
C prevented state governments from imposing “cruel and unusual” punishment on enslaved people convicted of a crime in their state.
D required “free states” without slavery to return freedom-seeking enslaved people to the states from which they escaped.
Question #4
A perceived to violate the comity clause of the Constitution.
B perceived to violate the strongly held value of regulated federalism.
C perceived as beyond the scope of interstate commerce at the time.
D perceived to violate the Twenty-First Amendment to the Constitution.
Question #5
A allowed entrepreneurs to benefit from policies promoting commerce but shielded them from regulations that protected consumers and workers.
B outlawed states from imposing corporate taxes on any new businesses, based on an interpretation of the Constitution that give the sole power of taxation to the federal government.
C prohibited entrepreneurs from opening new businesses in the United States.
D forced entrepreneurs closely follow regulations that protected consumers and workers lest they be cut off from national policies that promoted commerce.
Question #6
A general revenue sharing.
B an unfunded mandate.
C a block grant.
D a categorical grant.
Question #7
A grant-in-aid
B home rule
C preemption
D cooperative federalism
Question #8
A Progressive Era.
B 1980s.
C 1920s.
D 1960s.
Question #9
A the due process clause
B the necessary and proper clause
C the Tenth Amendment
D the commerce clause
Question #10
A state and local officials could be required to administer a federal regulatory program.
B the federal government could regulate the working conditions and hours of labor for businesses engaged solely in intrastate commerce.
C the federal government could not regulate the working conditions or hours of labor for businesses engaged solely in intrastate commerce.
D state and local officials could not be required to administer a federal regulatory program.
Question #11
A The Court found the line-item veto unconstitutional.
B The Court gave a broad interpretation of the commerce clause that expanded the power of the federal government over the states.
C It was the first time since the New Deal that the Supreme Court limited the power of Congress as outlined under the commerce clause.
D It was the first time that the Court had used the Tenth Amendment to limit the power of Congress.
Question #12
A they are not allowed to raise revenue from personal income tax increases.
B they are not required to have their proposed budgets balance and are allowed to carry deficits into the next fiscal year.
C they are required to have their proposed budgets balance and are prohibited from carrying deficits into the next fiscal year.
D
E they are not allowed to cut spending.
Question #13
A state courts can overturn laws passed by Congress.
B voter initiatives cannot be overturned by the state legislature, the state courts, or the state executive.
C Congress can pass laws that preempt state law.
D state legislatures can pass laws that preempt municipal law.
Question #14
A State governments can legalize medicinal marijuana, but they must pay a tax penalty to the federal government.
B The federal government has the power to regulate use of medicinal marijuana under the commerce clause.
C State governments that have legalized medicinal marijuana can prohibit federal law enforcement officials from arresting state residents who use or sell medicinal marijuana.
D State governments have no constitutional authority to legalize medicinal marijuana.
Question #15
A expanded the federal government’s authority over public education.
B reduced the federal government’s authority over children’s health insurance coverage.
C expanded the federal government’s authority over children’s health insurance coverage.
D reduced the federal government’s authority over public education.
Question #16
A redistributive programs.
B general revenue sharing.
C formula grants.
D unfunded mandates.
Question #17
A policy decisions are removed from one level of government passed down to a lower level of government.
B policy decisions in one political jurisdiction are influenced by choices made in another jurisdiction.
C the national government overrides state or local government actions in certain policy areas.
D state or local government overrides federal government actions in certain policy areas.
Question #18
A employ more scientists and medical researchers than the federal government.
B invest more money in basic scientific research than the private sector and federal government combined.
C allow governments to experiment with many different policies
D are given the constitutional responsibility of regulating the health care industry.
Question #19
A Gibbons v. Ogden and McCulloch v. Maryland
B Gibbons v. Ogden and Brown v. Board of Education
C United States v. Lopez and Printz v. United States
D McCulloch v. Maryland and Brown v. Board of Education
Question #20
A religious organizations to increase federal spending on faith-based initiatives.
B opponents of the civil rights movement to support laws favoring racial inequality.
C antiwar activists to protest the war in Vietnam.
D supporters of the civil rights movement to oppose racial segregation.
Question #21
A Fourteenth Amendment
B Tenth Amendment
C Second Amendment
D First Amendment
Question #22
A home rule
B devolution
C preemption
D state’s rights
Question #23
A categorical
B formula
C general revenue
D block
Question #24
A grants-in-aid.
B monetary policy.
C revenue sharing.
D fiscal policy.
Question #25
A state and local governments took responsibility for assisting the poor, usually by channeling aid through private charity.
B there was no government assistance at all for the poor.
C all levels of government—local, state, and federal—cooperated in their efforts to assist the poor with a robust public safety net.
D the federal government took responsibility for assisting the poor, usually by channeling aid through private charity.
Question #26
A determined that the forced relocation of the Five Civilized Tribes to Oklahoma was unconstitutional.
B developed the concept of dual citizenship.
C developed the concept of judicial review, allowing the Supreme Court to determine which laws were constitutional.
D established the supremacy of the national government in all matters affecting interstate commerce.
Question #27
A state governments.
B local governments.
C the courts.
D the federal government.
Question #28
A focused narrowly on taking actions to assist commerce and encourage economic development.
B focused narrowly on protecting civil rights by coercing state governments to follow the Fourteenth Amendment.
C focused narrowly on building national systems of education and health care.
D focused broadly on enforcing law and order in the Southern states through exercising its police power.
Question #29
A necessary and proper
B privileges and immunities
C interstate commerce
D full faith and credit
Question #30
A police
B concurrent
C state
D reserved
Question #31
A federal government, but not the states, to run a balanced budget.
B states to honor each other’s public acts and legal decisions.
C states, but not the federal government, to run a balanced budget.
D federal government to accept a state’s outstanding debt at the time of ratification.
Question #32
A providing professional licenses to barbers and hair stylists
B declaring war on a foreign country that violates an international law
C establishing the terms of enforcement for a treaty with another country
D filing a lawsuit against the federal government for violating the Constitution
Question #33
A internal affairs.
B international relations.
C intragovernmental negotiations.
D intergovernmental relations.
Question #34
A the power to collect taxes
B the power to establish a national bank
C the power to declare war
D the power to regulate commerce
Question #35
A powers given to Congress as spelled out in Article I of the Constitution
B powers derived from the necessary and proper clause, as interpreted by the Supreme Court
C powers inherent in the supremacy clause in Article VI of the Constitution
D powers that are not specifically delegated to the national government or denied to the states
Question #36
A unfunded mandates
B categorical grants
C block grants
D general revenue sharing
Question #37
A “policy die-off.”
B “states’ rights” cycle.
C “race to the bottom.”
D “devolution revolution.”
Question #38
A A block grant
B General revenue sharing
C A grant-in-aid
D An unfunded mandate
Question #39
A state governments could not refuse to expand Medicaid coverage because of the supremacy clause of the Constitution.
B the federal government could take away a state’s Medicaid funds if it refused to expand Medicaid coverage.
C the federal government had no constitutional authority to spend its tax revenue on health care programs like Medicaid.
D state governments could decline to expand Medicaid coverage without losing their existing Medicaid funds from the federal government.
Question #40
A regressive tax.
B unfunded mandate.
C block grant.
D progressive tax.
Question #41
A provide citizenship to undocumented immigrants.
B limit their cooperation with the federal government’s attempts to enforce immigration law.
C refuse to prosecute undocumented immigrants for violation of state or federal criminal law.
D provide free college tuition, free health care, and free housing to undocumented immigrants.
Question #42
A “venue shopping.”
B “policy persevering.”
C “pork barreling.”
D “carpet bagging.”
Question #43
A President Trump considered only those convicted of felonies or multiple misdemeanors as deportation priorities while President Obama also prioritized the deportation of those considered accused of minor crimes.
B President Obama refused to deport any undocumented immigrants while President Trump attempted to deport all undocumented immigrants.
C President Obama considered only those convicted of felonies or multiple misdemeanors as deportation priorities while President Trump also prioritized the deportation of those considered accused of minor crimes.
D Despite differences in their rhetoric, there were almost no practical differences in the deportation policies of President Obama and President Trump.
Question #44
A the devolution of policy responsibilities to the state level can result in great variation across the states.
B the Supreme Court’s interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment has eliminated the practical importance of the “equal protection” clause.
C the Affordable Care Act was unconstitutional as soon as it was written.
D privately owned health insurance companies often discriminate against residents of poor states.
Question #45
A increase the scope of federal regulations.
B exercise a strong principle of preemption.
C eliminate the principle of home rule.
D give states and localities the ability to set their own priorities.
Question #46
A arbitration.
B means testing.
C diffusion.
D devolution.
Question #47
A give the states more control in how funds from the federal government can be spent.
B fund urban improvements on a specific city block.
C fund capital improvements in schools.
D impose strict limits on how state governments can spend money from the federal government.
Question #48
A infringed upon the Second Amendment right for individuals to bear arms.
B encroached upon the constitutional right to privacy.
C violated the Tenth Amendment’s guarantee of state sovereignty.
D ignored the constitutional principle of habeas corpus.
Question #49
A states were not bound by federal laws that they considered unconstitutional.
B states were not bound by the Bill of Rights.
C the Supreme Court could make “null and void” any state law.
D any federal law could be overturned by a vote of three-quarters of state legislatures.
Question #50
A Cooperative federalism
B Home rule
C National supremacy
D Dual federalism
Question #51
A increasing political power of local governments over the last two decades.
B confusion that emerged during the 1960s about which level of government is actually responsible for regulating the national economy.
C practice of federal officials bribing their state counterparts with various gifts in order to convince them to follow national standards.
D pattern of intergovernmental cooperation that has blurred the lines between the states and the national governments.
Question #52
A The federal government was directly responsible for causing the Great Depression and should therefore pay reparations to state governments.
B State governments were directly responsible for causing the Great Depression and should therefore pay reparations to the federal government.
C It was the federal government’s responsibility to alleviate the misery caused by the depression, and Congress should finance public works projects to put people back to work.
D The federal government could do little to alleviate the misery caused by the depression and state and local governments should be responsible for responding to the crisis.
Question #53
A The Court declared that the National Bank was unconstitutional.
B The Court gave a very restricted definition of Congress’s delegated and implied powers, setting the state for more limited interpretations of this power in the future.
C The Court allowed Congress to use the necessary and proper clause to broadly interpret its delegated powers.
D The Court announced that dual federalism did not conform to the framers’ design.
Question #54
A Alexander Hamilton
B James Madison
C John Marshall
D Roger Taney
Question #55
A full faith and credit clause of the Constitution.
B Supreme Court’s decision in Loving v. Virginia.
C Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act.
D supremacy clause of the Constitution.
Question #56
A Loving v. Virginia
B Sweeney v. Woodall
C United States v. Windsor
D Obergefell v. Hodges
Question #57
A comity
B federalism
C vesting
D dual sovereignty
Question #58
A implied
B police
C reserved
D concurrent
Question #59
A totalitarian; federal
B federal; unitary
C unitary; federal
D oligarchic; federal
Question #60
A state governments and the federal government.
B local governments.
C state governments.
D the federal government.