Exam 3: Federalism

Block grants are designed to

The inclusion of the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution was MOST strongly supported by the

General revenue sharing was unpopular with most members of Congress because it

Which of the following Supreme Court cases limited federal power?

________ is evidenced when national officials fund a project that is actually implemented by state governments.

The main function of the privileges and immunities clause of Article IV is that it

Which Supreme Court decision partially struck down the Defense of Marriage Act?

An example of ________ is when federal officials force state officials to implement more stringent national water pollution regulations.

Attempts by Congress to regulate child labor and factory conditions in local workplaces were struck down by the Supreme Court as unconstitutional in the late nineteenth century because regulating local workplaces was

State governments are often called the "laboratories of democracy" because they

Almost 40 percent of all federal criminal statutes passed after the Civil War were enacted between

The Supreme Court's decision in Obergefell v.Hodges (2015) was significant because it

A provision of which law was overturned in the Supreme Court case Printz v.United States?

What is one of the biggest problems with federal block grants?

The ________ and the ________ clauses of the U.S.Constitution involve the relationships between and among the various states.

Which event was MOST influential in triggering the rise of a more active national government?

Which amendment preserves a strong role for the states in the American federal republic?

The fact that state governments are required to enforce restraining orders placed on stalkers and batterers in other states is a result of the

The fact that 43 states have followed in Minnesota's footsteps and allowed charter schools is an example of

In the 1990s, the Supreme Court's "federalism revolution" helped to