Question 1

Which of the following is true of the Articles of Confederation?

Accepted Answer

A) They enumerated the powers to be exercised by Congress. 
B) They did not allow the United States to own the Northwest Territory. 
C) They created a federal system, an alternative to a confederal system. 
D) They did not allow for a sufficiently strong central government. 
E) They specified the constitutional basis for the implied powers of the national government. 
A) They enumerated the powers to be exercised by Congress. 
B) They did not allow the United States to own the Northwest Territory. 
C) They created a federal system, an alternative to a confederal system. 
D) They did not allow for a sufficiently strong central government. 
E) They specified the constitutional basis for the implied powers of the national government.

Question 2

Which of the following illustrates picket-fence federalism?

Accepted Answer

A) The central government of Sisliboa vesting the entire duty of charting, implementing, and executing welfare policies to its local governments 
B) The central government of Funjiba creating, implementing, and executing its national education policy all by itself 
C) The national government of Girinal outsourcing its policy implementation duties to qualified expatriates living in the country 
D) The national government of Hunsland budgeting and charting a welfare policy and its state and local governments executing it 
E) The central government of Ikiba outsourcing its policy implementation activities to policy institutes outside the country 
A) The central government of Sisliboa vesting the entire duty of charting, implementing, and executing welfare policies to its local governments 
B) The central government of Funjiba creating, implementing, and executing its national education policy all by itself 
C) The national government of Girinal outsourcing its policy implementation duties to qualified expatriates living in the country 
D) The national government of Hunsland budgeting and charting a welfare policy and its state and local governments executing it 
E) The central government of Ikiba outsourcing its policy implementation activities to policy institutes outside the country

Question 3

Identify an action that is prohibited to the national government by the U.S. Constitution.

Accepted Answer

A) Admitting new states 
B) Establishing post offices 
C) Raising and supporting the military 
D) Regulating interstate commerce 
E) Passing laws that restrain freedom of speech 
A) Admitting new states 
B) Establishing post offices 
C) Raising and supporting the military 
D) Regulating interstate commerce 
E) Passing laws that restrain freedom of speech

Question 4

Requirements that apply to all federal grants are known as _____.

Accepted Answer

A) preemptive requirements 
B) anticyclical requirements 
C) procyclical requirements 
D) cross-cutting requirements 
E) picket-fence requirements 
A) preemptive requirements 
B) anticyclical requirements 
C) procyclical requirements 
D) cross-cutting requirements 
E) picket-fence requirements

Question 5

The existence of national and subnational governmental units by itself makes a system federal.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Which of the following is true of the Articles of Confederation?

Which of the following illustrates picket-fence federalism?

Identify an action that is prohibited to the national government by the U.S. Constitution.

Requirements that apply to all federal grants are known as _____.

The existence of national and subnational governmental units by itself makes a system federal.

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Exam 3: Federalism

Which of the following is true of the Articles of Confederation?

Which of the following illustrates picket-fence federalism?

Identify an action that is prohibited to the national government by the U.S. Constitution.

Requirements that apply to all federal grants are known as _____.

The existence of national and subnational governmental units by itself makes a system federal.

America in the Twenty-First Century

The Constitution

Civil Liberties

Civil Rights

Interest Groups

Political Parties

Public Opinion and Voting

Campaigns and Elections

Politics and the Media

The Congress

The Presidency

The Bureaucracy

The Judiaciary

Domestic Policy

Foreign Policy

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