Exam 3: Federalism: States and Nation

In Wickard v. Filburn, the Supreme Court held that Congress has the power to regulate __________ activities even if such activities are only indirectly related to interstate commerce.

McCulloch v. Maryland provided crucial legal justification for the expansion of federal power.

New federalism favors which type of government grant?

Jefferson and Madison secretly authored the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions, which declared that the states did not have to obey __________ national laws and left it to the states to decide what was unconstitutional.

__________ is a system under which significant government powers are divided between the central government and smaller units, such as states or provinces.

Which of the following is a power specifically denied the states by the Constitution?

The United States has always had a federal system of government.

Explain the justification of federalism from the Framers' point of view.

Before the ratification of the Constitution, the United States was organized as ___________.

The preemption of state and local laws is based on which clause of the U.S. Constitution?

The __________ specifies that any power not specifically delegated to the national government is reserved to the states or the people.

Any power not specifically delegated to the states by the Constitution is reserved to the national government.

Not surprisingly, proponents of the states' rights position have argued that the Constitution created a form of government in which the national government is strictly _________ in size and responsibility and in which states retain broad autonomy in the conduct of their own affairs.

How do we know that the U.S. Constitution is federalist? Cite specific clauses or articles.

What was the first major Supreme Court decision to define the relationship between the federal and state governments?

In Wickard v. Filburn, the Supreme Court held that Congress can regulate economic activities even if such activities are only indirectly related to __________ commerce.

The No Child Left Behind Act is an example of a(n) __________.

Proponents of states' rights believe that the Constitution strictly limited the national government and established broad autonomy for the states.

Federalism encourages the states to create local solutions to national problems.

The power to regulate commerce within a state belongs to the __________ government(s).