Exam 2: Texas and the Nation

Wilson's "Progressive" Texans supported all of the following EXCEPT

In Wickard v. Filburn, the Supreme Court decided that

When the federal government requires a state to meet federal guidelines without offering financial support to pay for these programs, it is known as

Under the New Deal, federalism is frequently described as

Many conservatives believe that Americans are overtaxed and overregulated by the federal government.

Acting as a self-appointed spokesman for many in the Tea Party movement, ______ alleged that the United States took another step toward socialism with the passage of FDR's New Deal.

During the Nullification Crisis in 1833, South Carolina tried to assert the right to veto (or nullify)

Until a national database was created, background checks under the Brady Act were suspended following the Supreme Court's ruling in

In the Supreme Court case against Ollie McClung, the federal government claimed authority to end state-sanctioned segregation under which part of the U.S. Constitution?

Among the advantages that are frequently associated with a federal form of government, which of the following is not normally listed as an advantage?

Dual federalism is also known as

Both federal and state governments obtain sovereignty directly from

As Texans became disillusioned in the years following the New Deal, increasingly they began to support economic deregulation, tax cuts, and a strong national defense. Which presidential candidate made these goals part of his national platform?

Which prominent Texan served as FDR's vice president until 1940?

What are some advantages that our federal form of government has over a strong national government in a highly centralized system? What are some disadvantages of a federal system like ours?

Compare and contrast marble-cake federalism with layer-cake federalism. Why do members of the Tea Party want to see us move closer to a dual system while Progressives want even greater federal involvement in state affairs?

In which case did the Supreme Court declare that Congress's power to regulate using the interstate commerce clause was not limitless and that the activity must substantially affect interstate commerce?

In his book, Governor Perry alleged that federal power grew at the expense of state sovereignty through all of the following EXCEPT

According to the textbook and the authors' depiction of Governor Perry's complaint that the federal government had grown too large, what are some means by which federal power expanded during the Progressive era?

Progressives finally succeeded in outlawing the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages with the passage of the ______ Amendment.