Exam 3: American Federalism

The federal courts, especially the Supreme Court, are often called upon to umpire the ongoing debate about which level of government should do what, for whom, and to whom.This role for the courts was claimed in what important case?

Which of the following former presidents was NOT considered centralist?

The concept of national supremacy is based on the idea that whenever conflict occurs between the constitutionally authorized actions of the national government and those of a state, the actions of the federal government prevail.

The constitutional provision requiring that state courts enforce civil judgments of the courts of other states and accept their public records as valid is found in the

When it comes to federal grants, Democrats have consistently favored

______________________ implies that although federalism provides a sharing of power and authority between the national and state government, the states' share rests upon the consent and willingness of the national government.

In a unitary system, sovereign nations, through a constitutional compact, create a central government but carefully limit its authority and do NOT give it the power to regulate the conduct of individuals directly.

Dual federalism is the idea that national, state, and local decision-makers need to work together to solve problems.

The Constitutional base for the implied powers of Congress is the supremacy clause.

The three types of federal grants currently given to states include project grants, block grants, and revenue sharing.

The Constitutional base for the implied powers of Congress is

The case of McCulloch v.Maryland (1819) addressed the issue of

Chief Justice John Marshall set forth the doctrine of national supremacy.

Centralists favor state or local action rather than national action.

Centralism favors state action over national action.

Which of the following three groups most likely agree with one another?

The national and state government share the power to

The national government has the same authority to deal with other nations as if it were the central government in a unitary system because it has constitutionally express powers.

Broad grants to states for prescribed activities-welfare, child care, education, social services, preventive health care, and health services-with only a few strings attached are called

Federalism checks the growth of tyranny because when one political party loses control of the national government, it is still likely to hold office in a number of states and can continue to challenge the party in power at the national level.