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Questions
1. Prior to the ratification of the Constitution, the United States was governed by the Articles of __________.
a. Confederation
b. Union
c. Federalism
d. Independence
2. In a(n) __________ system, local and regional governments derive authority from the national government.
a. unitary
b. bi-cameral
c. confederate
d. federal
3. Most of the world's governments, including France and Great Britain, are __________.
a. unitary systems
b. confederations
c. dictatorships
d. federal systems
4. Which of the following correctly describes a consequence of federalism?
a. Federalism makes government less efficient.
b. Federalism discourages multiple leadership groups.
c. Federalism concentrates government power in the hands of the few.
d. Federalism allows more people to participate in the political system.
5. Under the system created by the Founders, the national and state governments share power and derive all authority from the __________.
a. Bill of Rights
b. Constitution
c. people
d. Declaration of Independence
6. The Founders adopted a federal system of government partly because they feared __________.
a. centralizing power in one institution
b. decentralization by the states
c. limiting the national government
d. regulating interstate commerce
7. Before the ratification of the Constitution, the United States was organized as a(n) ___________.
a. confederation
b. monarchy
c. oligarchy
d. conglomerate
8. One benefit of the federal system is the ability of the states to operate as __________ of democracy, experimenting with new solutions to social and economic problems.
a. classrooms
b. churches
c. cradles
d. laboratories
9. Under Dillon's Rule, local governments are creatures of the state, which means that they have no __________.
a. guarantees of power
b. local laws
c. local militia
d. separate finances
10. Which of the following is a confederation?
a. European Union
b. Great Britain
c. China
d. United States
11. Which of the following is the best definition of federalism?
a. A constitutional arrangement by which sovereign states create a limited central government.
b. A constitutional arrangement by which power is distributed between a central government and state governments.
c. A loose association of states constitutionally created by a strong central government.
d. A loose association of states with mutually recognized compacts but no central government.
12. Article VI of the U.S. Constitution establishes that federal law is __________ in conflicts between federal and state law.
a. irrelevant
b. persuasive authority
c. secondary
d. supreme
13. What are the two types of powers given to the national government under the United States Constitution?
a. delegated; suggested
b. implied; explicit
c. delegated; implied
d. suggested; explicit
14. The __________ Amendment says that says that those powers not given to the federal government and not prohibited to the states by the Constitution are reserved for the states and the people.
a. First
b. Eighth
c. Tenth
d. Eleventh
15. __________ powers are shared by the federal and state governments.
a. Concurrent
b. Implied
c. Delegated
d. Enumerated
16. What are reserved powers?
a. powers specifically delegated to the national government by the Constitution
b. powers specifically delegated to state governments by the Constitution
c. powers not specifically delegated to the national government by the Constitution
d. powers not specifically delegated to state governments by the Constitution
17. Which of the following is an enumerated power of the national government?
a. criminal law
b. control over money supply
c. marriage and divorce
d. contract law
18. Which of the following is a concurrent power?
a. regulate commerce with foreign nations
b. raise and support an army
c. coin money and regulate its value
d. levy taxes and borrow money
19. Which of the following is a power specifically denied the states by the Constitution?
a. conducting elections
b. regulating interstate commerce
c. maintaining a militia
d. providing for public health, safety, and morals
20. Which of the following is an implied power of the federal government?
a. admitting new states
b. establishing a national speed limit
c. declaring war
d. establishing federal courts
21. Which of the following is a power specifically denied the national government by the Constitution?
a. emit bills of credit
b. make treaties with foreign nations
c. imposing a tax on goods imported from any state
d. regulating interstate commerce
22. Which part of the Constitution lists the delegated, or enumerated, powers?
a. Article I, Section 2
b. Article I, Section 8
c. Article IV, Section 1
d. Article IV, Section 3
23. Which clause in the Constitution ensures that judicial decrees and contracts made in one state will be binding and enforceable in another?
a. Commerce
b. Due Process
c. Equal Protection
d. Full Faith and Credit
24. The box "The Game, the Rules, the Players," discusses how the U.S. Supreme Court has consistently rejected the Compact Theory of Union holding that __________.
a. a state legislature can determine whether a national law violates the Constitution
b. a state can impede the implementation of a law in its borders
c. the Constitution finds its authority in the people, rather than in the states
d. the Constitution finds its authority in the states, rather than in the people
25. What was the dominant model of federalism in the 1930s?
a. cooperative
b. dual
c. progressive
d. unified