Exam 3: Texas in the Federal System

As federal regulations became more intrusive, forcing states to change their policies in order to meet national goals, some people began calling our system a ________ federalism.

Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)

Texas rejected the Equal Rights Amendment.

Unfunded mandates infringe upon state sovereignty.

The use of block grants, allowing states considerable leeway in how federal money is spent, was championed by President ________ under the name New Federalism.

In the Supreme Court case McCulloch v. Maryland (1819), Chief Justice John Marshall argued that

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?

For eligible participants, the Social Security Act of 1935 instituted all of the following EXCEPT

________ provide(s) states constitutional protections that go above rights guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution.

Dual federalism is also known as

Which of the following styles of federalism characterized the immediate pre-Civil War era?

A defining characteristic of federalism is that

In the Brown v. Board of Education case, segregated school districts were ordered to