Exam 3: Texas in the Federal System

Which court case involved the University of Texas at Austin encouraging African American students to attend a black law school that had been set up by Texas to provide a separate but equal education for black Texans?

During which president's administration did the federal government's power,especially with regard to the economy,increase the most?

In the case of Gibbons v.Ogden (1824),the Supreme Court decided that

Which Supreme Court case in 1869 resolved the debate over whether states can secede from the Union?

Which court case in 2013 struck down the formula for determining the states covered under the Section 5 preclearance requirement of the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

A system of government in which power is divided between a central government and regional governments is known as

Unfunded mandates infringe upon state sovereignty.

During the Nullification Crisis of 1833,South Carolina and several northern states attempted to nullify key provisions of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal.

During the Nullification Crisis of 1833,South Carolina tried to assert the right to veto (or nullify)

Describe the Supreme Court's position on federalism from the founding of the republic to the present day.What landmark cases have been most influential in shaping federal-state relations? Has the Supreme Court's position changed frequently,or has its stance been generally consistent,despite a few anomalous periods?

The use of block grants,allowing states considerable leeway in how federal money is spent,was championed by President ________ under the name New Federalism.

In Wickard v.Filburn,the Supreme Court decided that

Until a national database was created,background checks by local law enforcement under the Brady Act were suspended following the Supreme Court's ruling in

The 1819 McCulloch v.Maryland case ________ the powers of the federal government.

________ provide(s)states constitutional protections that go above rights guaranteed by the U.S.Constitution.

Describe several ways in which the American federal system contains or limits political or policy choices that Texas might otherwise make.

In which 1989 court case did the Texas Supreme Court unanimously declare that the huge disparities between rich and poor school districts were unacceptable and order changes in the financing of Texas's public schools?

A defining characteristic of federalism is that

Local governments are the creation of the states.

The supremacy clause,stipulated in Article VI of the Constitution,holds that