Chp. 4 Federalism Review

Which of the following is the best description of federalism?

• A supreme federal government grants certain powers to states.

• Different levels of government share authority over the same land and people.

• States delegate some of their powers to a national government.

• National, state, and local governments share equally in governing.

Which of the following is a power reserved to the states?

• printing money

• collecting taxes

• controlling public school systems

• establishing court systems

What is the meaning of the supremacy clause?

• States are supreme in all areas not delegated to the federal government.

• If federal and state laws conflict, federal laws take precedence so long as they are judged to be constitutional.

• The Supreme Court has the final word in all court cases in the United States.

• State judges have the final word in all cases arising under state law.

The main responsibility for resolving conflicts between the states and the federal government lies with which of the following?

• U.S. Supreme Court

• Congress

• president

• state supreme courts

According to the doctrine of nullification, states could

• refuse to obey or enforce federal laws with which they disagreed.

• appeal directly to the Supreme Court any act of Congress to which they objected.

• secede from the Union and form a new nation.

• cancel debts owed by their residents to citizens of other states.

Which of the following best defines federal mandates?

• grants-in-aid that require states to put up matching funds

• money provided to states with the requirement that it be used for a specific purpose

• requirements imposed by the federal government as a condition of receiving grant money

• anti-pollution regulations that affect states and localities

Under the confederation system, the national government answered to

• the electors.

• the state legislatures who appointed members of Congress.

• the British monarch.

• the people.

Provision that states must not violate the Constitution, federal laws, or treaties

• cooperative federalism

• supremacy clause

• grant-in-aid

• devolution

Power of state government to set up a public school system

• cooperative federalism

• reserved power

• grant-in-aid

• devolution

Power of federal government to regulate interstate crime

• implied power

• reserved power

• grant-in-aid

• devolution