True False Quiz

Choose the best answer:


1	Federalism is the name given to a way to allocate power between the nation and the states.
		A)	True
		B)	False


2	The supremacy clause protects state power in providing that state law is supreme to conflicting national law.
		A)	True
		B)	False


3	The authority of the national government is specified by the Constitution's enumerated and implied powers. Authority not granted in this way is left to the states as reserved powers.
		A)	True
		B)	False


4	In the McCulloch case, the meaning of the "necessary and proper" clause was tested over the issue of whether the national government could establish a postal service.
		A)	True
		B)	False


5	In 1886, the Supreme Court ruled that corporations were "persons" under the Fourteenth Amendment and thus could protect their property rights from state regulation.
		A)	True
		B)	False


6	In the twentieth century, the national government expanded its economic power, supported by its superior taxing powers and a broad interpretaton of the commerce clause.
		A)	True
		B)	False


7	Block grants allow state and local officials to exercise discretion in the national government over the use of federal funds within broad categories such as education or health.
		A)	True
		B)	False


8	Under the first national government based on the Articles of Confederation, the American national government was weak because the central government had no way short of war on states to make them comply with laws.
		A)	True
		B)	False


9	In terms of constant dollars (dollars adjusted for the rate of inflation), federal grants-in-aid have increased tenfold in the past four decades.
		A)	True
		B)	False


10	Most countries in the world have a federalist type government similar to that of the United States.
		A)	True
		B)	False

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