Exam 4: Federalism and the U.S.Constitution

The Supreme Court has interpreted the ______ clause of the Constitution so broadly that there are very few restrictions on what Congress can do.

Liberals differ from conservatives in that the former are more likely to ______.

Detail the specific Supreme Court decisions made under Chief Justice John Marshall that strengthened the powers of the national government,and explain how they did so.

Article III of the Constitution ______.

Federal funds provided to states for a broad purpose and unrestricted by detailed requirements are called ______.

The founders hoped that the Senate would be more stable than the House of Representatives.

Although the Constitution provides for both national and state powers,______.

Cooperative federalism is a theory that ______.

Both the states and the national government may exercise all of the following powers EXCEPT this one:

The constitutional safeguard that places legislative,executive,and judicial powers in different hands is called separation of church and state.

The federal government has been able to use categorical grants to coerce states into doing what it wants most of the time because ______.

Compare and contrast the models of dual and cooperative federalism.

The New Deal increased the scope of both national and state powers by ______.

Federal orders that require states to operate and pay for programs created at the national level are called ______.

The supremacy clause of the Constitution states that if a state law and a federal law conflict,the ______ law will be followed.

The founders were concerned the Supreme Court would become ______.

The Constitution has been amended through the formal amendment process and through ______.

All of the following comparisons between the American presidential and parliamentary systems are true EXCEPT this one:

Which of the following is NOT a disadvantage of federalism?

The ways that the national government tries to influence the states include ______.