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| Define the constitutional interpretation of federalism. |
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| The federal government and the states have separate buy overlapping powers. What these powers conflict, the federal government prevails. |
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| Interpretations of the “necessary and proper” clause have been central to attempts to define the nature of which of the following aspects of the US political system? |
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| The practical effect of the "necessary and proper clause" has been to: |
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| Allow the national government to extend its powers beyond those enumerated in the Constitution. |
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| The Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution has been interpreted by the Supreme Court to: |
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| Make most rights contained in the Bill of Rights applicable to the states. |
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| All of the following are consequences of the federal system in the US except: |
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| A strict division of power among levels of government. |
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| In contrast to revenue sharing, categorical grants-in-aid provide state and local governments with _____. |
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| Funds to administer programs clearly specified by the federal government |
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| In a federal system of government, political power is primarily ______. |
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| Divided between the central governments and regional governments. |
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| Most of the individual protections of the Bill of Rights now apply to the states because of the Supreme Court's interpretation of the Constitution's _____. |
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| Diversity of public policy throughout the United States is primarily a consequence of _____. |
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| The reserved powers of the state governments can best be described as those powers _____. |
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| Not specifically granted to the national government or denied to the states. |
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| Which doctrine held that though the national government was supreme in its sphere, the states were equally supreme in theirs? |
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| What type of grant is for one specific purpose? |
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| The increased role of non-profit organizations and private groups in policy implementation is referred to as _____. |
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| True or false, federalism was one device whereby personal liberty was to be protected. |
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| True or false, one of the attractive features of federal grant money in aid was that it was seen as 'free money.' |
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| True or false, until the 1960s, most federal grants-in-aid were conceived by or in cooperation with the states and were designed to serve essentially state purposes. |
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| True or false, by far, the most important restrictions on state action are the restrictions attached to the grants the states receive. |
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| True or false, the doctrine of dual sovereignty is essentially dead. |
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| What are the largest territorial units of local government? |
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| Local laws are known as ____. |
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| True or false, a home-rule charter refers to state and local government relations. |
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| ____ refers to those laws and regulations, not otherwise unconstitutional, that promote health, safety and morals. |
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| ____ is a procedure, in effect in about one-third of the states, whereby voters can remove an elected official from office. |
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| Federalism can have benefits of: |
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| An economic system where the government largely stays out of economic affairs is ____. |
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| An economic system where the government may take over certain sectors of the economy to correct economic inequalities or other problems is ____. |
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| The United States has a ____ economy. |
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| The framers of the Constitution all believed that one of the primary functions of government is _____. |
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| Protecting individual property rights |
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| Registered voters directly elect people to which positions? |
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Members of the Senate
Members of the House of Representatives |
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| The importance of Shay's Rebellion to the development of the United States Constitution was that it _____. |
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| Indicated that a strong Constitutionally designed national government was needed to protect property and maintain order. |
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| ____ is the ability of one person to get another person to act in accordance with the first person's wishes. |
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| True or false, China and Cuba claim that they operate under the principle of democratic centralism. |
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| The idea that man as a "political animal" is a "social being" is most associated with _____. |
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| The English Bill of Rights of 1689 did what? |
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Strengthen the power of Parliament
Limit the power of the Monarch |
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| True or false, the Social Contract is between the subjects and the sovereign. |
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| When Jefferson said "we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor", his reason for saying this was because _____. |
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| They were committing treason against the British |
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| Great Britain has a ____ system between the national and lower level governments. |
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| Article I of the Constitution is concerned with ____. |
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| The framers of the Constitution could best be described as _____. |
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| The "colonial mind" could best be described as _____. |
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| True or false, a Bill of Attainder says that you can be charged with a crime retroactive of the passage of a law. |
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| When the Senate acts as a court to try impeachments, the presiding officer is the _____. |
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| The activities of the Federal Reserve Board have the most direct influence on _____. |
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| The federal Constitution guarantees all of the following rights to a person arrested and charged with a serious crime except: |
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| Negotiate a plea agreement |
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| All of the following statements reflect positions the Supreme Court taken has with regard to the right of free speech except: |
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| There are no acceptable governmental restrictions on free speech in the US |
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| To enforce the Fourteenth Amendment more clearly, Congress passed the _____. |
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| The Office of Management and Budget has the primary responsibility for _____. |
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| The boundary lines of congressional districts are drawn by _____. |
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| Which branch of the national government is empowered to create new federal courts and specify the number of judges who will sit on them? |
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| The clear-and-present-danger test devised by the Supreme Court was designed to define the conditions under which public authorities could _____. |
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| How is the right of free speech currently interpreted by the Supreme Court? |
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| It protects the right to express opinions even without the actual use of words |
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| Decisions reached by the Supreme Court under the leadership of Chief Justice Earl Warren (1953-1969) did all of the following except? |
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| Invalidate state abortion statutes |
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| What forms an "iron triangle"? |
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| Consists of executive departments, interest groups, and congressional committees |
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| The establishment clause of the First Amendment does what? |
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| Prohibits the setting up of a state church |
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| Protection of the legal rights of women has been facilitated by which of the following |
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The Equual Pay Act of 1963
The Civil Rights Act of 1972
The Education Amendments Act of 1972 |
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| McCulloch v Maryland- This decision of the Supreme Court upheld the decision that |
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| Congress has the power to make laws to carry out its constitutional duties |
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| McCulloch v Maryland - Which of the following resulted from this supreme court decision |
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| The power of the national government was strengthened |
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| In McCulloch v Maryland, the Supreme Court established which of the following principles |
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| States cannot interfere with or tax the legitimate activities of the national government |
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| The Miranda warning represents an attempt to protect criminal suspects against |
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| unfair police interrogation |
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| This was a case in which the Supreme Court held that the power to regulate interstate navigation was granted to congress by the commerce clause of the Constitution |
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| This case emphasized that the term contract referred to individual property rights, not the government and its citizens. It is emphasized in article 1 section 10 |
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| Dartmouth College v Woodward |
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| 6This case said that state governments were to be excepted from the Bill of Rights |
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| This was a historically important case argued before the Supreme Court in which the court ruled that the fourteenth amendment of the U.S. constitution had extended the reach of the first amendment to the governments of the individual states |
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| In this case the court brushed aside the first amendment issue and declared the all evidence found by searches and seizures |
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| In this case the supreme court unanimously rule that state courts are required by the sixth and fourteenth amendments to the Constitution to provide lawyers in criminal cases for defendants |
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| Which of the following was an argument used by the supreme court to uphold federal statutes outlawing segregation in public accommodations |
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| Such segregation affected interstate commerce, and congress therefore had the authority to outlaw it. |
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| Discrimination in public accommodations was made illegal in the U.S. as a result of |
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| The civil rights act of 1964 |
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| The decision of the court in Roe v Wade was based on |
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| The right to privacy implied in the Bill of Rights |
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| Roe v Wade and Griswold v Connecticut were both based on |
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