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Chapter 3 Study Guide

Federalism: States and Nation

1. Under the system created by the Framers, the national and state governments share power and derive their authority from which written document __________?

a. the Bill of Rights

b. the Constitution

c. the Articles of Confederation

d. the various state constitutions

e. the Declaration of Independence

2. The __________ Amendment says that says that those powers not given to the federal government and not prohibited to the states by the Constitution are reserved for the states and the people.

a. First

b. Eighth

c. Tenth

d. Eleventh

e. Fourteenth

3. __________ powers are shared by the federal and state governments.

a. Concurrent

b. Constitutional

c. Federal

d. Libertarian

e. Unified

4. Which clause in the Constitution ensures that judicial decrees and contracts made in one state will be binding and enforceable in another?

a. Commerce

b. Dormant Commerce

c. Due Process

d. Equal Protection

e. Full Faith and Credit

5. The United States Interstate Highway system is a good example of the benefits of __________.

a. anti-federalism

b. centralized authority over the masses

c. state power

d. federalism

e. local decision-making

6. The Defense of Marriage Act potentially violates which clause of the Constitution?

a. Commerce

b. Supremacy Clause

c. Due Process

d. Equal Protection

e. Full Faith and Credit

7. What is a mandate?

a. An order from the federal government requiring the states to take a certain action.

b. An order from a state government requiring a federal action.

c. An order from the federal government prohibiting the states to take a certain action.

d. An order from a state government prohibiting a federal action.

e. An order requiring joint state and federal action.

8. On which of the following clauses did President Obama and Democratic leaders base the Affordable Care Act?

a. commerce

b. due process

c. equal protection

d. full faith and credit

e. privileges and immunities

9. Which of the following is an enumerated power of the national government?

a. criminal law

b. contract law

c. marriage and divorce

d. control over money supply

e. social welfare activities

10. Which of the following is the best definition of federalism?

a. A constitutional arrangement by which power is distributed between a central government and state governments.

b. A constitutional arrangement by which sovereign states create a limited central government.

c. A constitutional arrangement concentrating power in a central government.

d. A loose association of states constitutionally created by a strong central government.

e. A loose association of states with mutually recognized compacts but no central government.

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