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American Corrections11th EditionMichael D. Reisig, Todd R. Clear 160 solutions Which of the following clause of the Constitution regulates the relationship between the national government and the many states? A) Necessary and Proper Clause B) The Supremacy Clause Which clause of the Constitution states that all laws of the national government are supreme to those of the states? A) The Supremacy Clause A) The Supremacy Clause Which amendment in the Constitution reserves powers to the states that are not specifically granted to the national government nor prohibited to the states? A) Amendment 10 A) Amendment 10 Under the Articles of Confederation, the national government lacked which of the following powers? A) the power to declare war B) the power to draft an army or navy D) the power to regulate interstate commerce States alone are sovereign in a ______. A) confederacy A) confederacy What were major problems caused by the weakness of the Articles of Confederation? A) economic chaos A) economic chaos The reserved powers in the U.S. system of government fall to the ______. A) executive D) states Why is the necessary and proper clause called the elastic clause? A) It allows the Supreme Court to make implications about the framers' intent. B) It gives the national government powers it needs to carry out its enumerated powers. C) It can be interpreted to include increased implied powers for state governments. D) It can be used in times of crisis if Congress must override the Constitution's enumerated powers. B) It gives the national government powers it needs to carry out its enumerated powers. The Articles of Confederation created a union of ______. A) states A) states Which of the following are the two most important forces in the evolution of the American federal structure? A) the country's changing needs B) the desire of the states to surrender power to the national government C) the actions of some states to secede from the union D) the strength of contending interests that sought to change the balance of power between the nations and the states A) the country's changing needs D) the strength of contending interests that sought to change the balance of power between the nations and the states Which system grants sovereignty solely to noncentral governments, thereby making the central government dependent on them? A) civil system C) confederation system Under the Articles of Confederation, what problem arose because the national government had no power to levy taxes on its citizens? A) The federal government began to grow at an alarming speed. C) The nation could not maintain an army or navy. Alexander Hamilton claimed that the federal government had the implied power to create a national bank through its power to ______. A) regulate interstate commerce B) regulate currency What are the powers specifically given to the national government by the Constitution called? A) full D) enumerated The necessary and proper, or elastic, clause of the Constitution provides Congress with ______. A) a list of proper procedures to follow when enacting laws B) powers that are not listed in the Constitution but are needed to exercise the listed powers C) term limits so that the same people are not voted back to Congress time and time again D) powers to take emergency measures when states are incapable of doing so B) powers that are not listed in the Constitution but are needed to exercise the listed powers How many distinct historical eras of federalism have occurred in the United States? A) three A) three A governmental structure with two levels of government in which each level has sovereignty over different policy matters and geographic areas is a ______ system. A) unitary B) federal
What was the legal argument in McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) against the federal government establishing a national bank? A) The national government was regulating interstate commerce, which falls under state powers. B) The central government cannot tax Maryland citizens to help pay for a national bank. C) The Constitution did not expressly authorize the establishment of a national bank. D) The national bank can operate in the District of Columbia but not within the boundaries of a state. C) The Constitution did not expressly authorize the establishment of a national bank. The reserved powers in the U.S. system of government fall to the ______. A) states A) states The doctrine by which state and national authority was separated precisely is known as ______. A) implied power C) dual federalism The implied powers of Congress derive from which clause of the Constitution? A) the reserved powers clause C) the necessary and proper clause Prior to the Great Depression, the ______ Party supported greater regulation of business and more rights for labor, while the ______ Party was ideologically committed to free markets and smaller government. A) Democratic; Progressive C) Democratic; Republican
During the direst part of the Great Depression, approximately ______ percent of the nation's workers was unemployed. A) 25 A) 25 Which of the following happened during the New Deal period? A) The New Deal programs were not as popular with voters as they were with the Supreme Court. B) The New Deal programs thrust federal power into policy areas previously reserved for the states. C) The Supreme Court struck down key pieces of the New Deal programs. D) Franklin Roosevelt's programs lost him the 1936 election. B) The New Deal programs thrust federal power into policy areas previously reserved for the states. C) The Supreme Court struck down key pieces of the New Deal programs. What did the Supreme Court decide in
McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)? A) Congress cannot establish a national bank because that falls outside its enumerated powers. B) The national bank is within Congress's power to create, but Maryland has the power to tax it. C) The necessary and proper clause implies the power to establish a national bank. D) National law overrides state law. C) The necessary and proper clause implies the power to establish a national bank. D) National law overrides state law. Which federal agency, created in the 1930s, prevented the total collapse of the American banking industry? A) Federal Exchange Commission (FEC) D) Federal Deposit Insurance Agency (FDIC)
Which of the following best describes the limit that dual federalism places on national government power? A) The national government is kept from extending its power into policy areas traditionally reserved for the states. B) The national government is limited to providing national defense and enforcing foreign policy. C) Dual federalism left racial policy up to the sole discretion of the national government. D) Dual federalism does not limit the national government. A) The national government is kept from extending its power into policy areas traditionally reserved for the states. President Lyndon Johnson promoted federal initiatives to help the poor as part of his Great ______ program. society When the Great Depression hit, Republican President Herbert Hoover ______. A) adopted a progressive Republican stance and called for federally funded "back to work" programs B) changed parties and announced he would run for reelection as a Democrat C) continued to fight against government intervention in the economy C) continued to fight against government intervention in the economy Which of the following factors contributed to the economic decline of the states and the
need for a wholesale federal assistance program, such as the New Deal? A) decreasing populations due to migration B) declining tax revenues due to increased unemployment D) increased demand of welfare assistance Which of the following terms best describes the power relationship between the various layers of government during the era of cooperative federalism? A) hostile C) overlapping When the key pieces of the New Deal programs were struck down by the Supreme Court, President Franklin Roosevelt responded by ______. A) adopting policies that were consistent with previous Supreme Court rulings B) replacing his cabinet members C) threatening to pack the Court with his own justices D) not running for reelection in 1940 C) threatening to pack the Court with his own justices What happens in one part of the country affects what happens in other parts because of ______. A) intermobility D) interdependency In its decision to uphold the National Labor Relations Act, along with a subsequent ruling, the Supreme Court declared that Congress's commerce power is ______. A) something that must be strictly controlled by the other branches of government B) only impeded by the executive C) as broad as the nation needs it to be D) only impeded by the states C) as broad as the nation needs it to be The president who began to move power, funds, and responsibility back to the states in what was called new federalism was ______. A) Jimmy Carter B) Ronald Reagan Since the 1930s, the power of the federal government has ______. A) reached an equilibrium with
the power of the states D) dramatically increased In 2010, the Democratic-controlled Congress passed the ______, one of the largest expansions of federal authority since the 1960s. A) Affordable Care Act A) Affordable Care Act What was behind the 1990s-era rollback of federal authority? A) Reagan's hatred of communism D) public opinion Which of the following has occurred under cooperative federalism? A) State governments have washed their hands of numerous responsibilities previously held by states. B) The state governments have together assumed powers that the national government traditionally held. C) The federal government has been more heavily involved in policy areas traditionally reserved for the states. D) The state governments have refused to accept support from the federal government. C) The federal government has been more heavily involved in policy areas traditionally reserved for the states. Which of the following entities are in a competitive situation regarding taxation? (Choose every correct answer.) A) states A) states The process by which the national government returns powers once held by state and local governments to these governments is called ______. A) re-gifting D) devolution The complex demands of contemporary society ______. A) have shifted most power to international government organizations B) have shifted power to the national government C) have shifted power to the state governments D) have rendered the national government largely ineffective B) have shifted power to the national government How would the framers have reacted to the ways in which federal power has evolved over the decades? A) Federalists would have been particularly appalled. B) They would be largely unsurprised. In the system of cooperative federalism, the states ______. A) have become almost completely dependent on the federal government for policy decisions B) have retained most of their traditional authority C) have become powerless in many areas where they were traditionally powerful B) have retained most of their traditional authority Which of the following were the major weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation? The national government had no power to tax. The national government had no power to regulate interstate commerce. When Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected president in 1932, there were more than _____ million workers who were employed by industry, compared to only 1 million in 1860. 10
Because of Supreme Court decisions that invalidated New Deal programs, in 1937 President Roosevelt put forth a plan to increase the number of justices in order to swing the Court to his side. How was this situation resolved? One justice inexplicably changed sides, giving Roosevelt the majority he wanted. |
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