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The Framers of the Constitution created a federal system of government because |
| | A) | the states already existed. |
| | B) | they felt that it would protect liberty. |
| | C) | they felt that it would provide the foundation for an effective national government. |
| | D) | the confederal system in existence was ineffective. |
| | E) | All these answers are correct. |
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_____ initially proposed that Congress charter a national bank. |
| | A) | Thomas Jefferson |
| | B) | Alexander Hamilton |
| | C) | James Madison |
| | D) | John Marshall |
| | E) | Aaron Burr |
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What was the constitutional basis for the Supreme Court's decision in McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)? |
| | A) | Under the doctrine of implied powers, Congress had the power to create a national bank because it was assigned the powers to tax, borrow money, and regulate interstate commerce under the Constitution. |
| | B) | National law was supreme over conflicting state law. |
| | C) | Under the doctrine of implied powers, Congress had the power to create a national bank because it was assigned the powers to tax, borrow money, and regulate interstate commerce under the Constitution and national law was supreme over conflicting state law. |
| | D) | Sovereign states can tax the national government. |
| | E) | Congress lacked the authority to charter a national bank. |
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_____ created the doctrine of nullification based on the premise that each state had the constitutional right to nullify a national law. |
| | A) | John Marshall |
| | B) | Alexander Hamilton |
| | C) | Andrew Jackson |
| | D) | John C. Calhoun |
| | E) | Roger Taney |
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What happened in the Dred Scott case of 1857? |
| | A) | The Supreme Court justices intensified the conflict between the North and South. |
| | B) | The Supreme Court justices struck down the Missouri Compromise of 1820 as unconstitutional. |
| | C) | The Supreme Court justices ruled that Dred Scott was property, and therefore ineligible to sue in the federal courts. |
| | D) | The Supreme Court justices ruled that slavery was unconstitutional. |
| | E) | All the statements are true, except the statement that the Supreme Court justices ruled that slavery was unconstitutional. |
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In Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), the Supreme Court justices |
| | A) | created modern free speech doctrine. |
| | B) | created the doctrine of fiscal federalism. |
| | C) | created the doctrine of dual federalism. |
| | D) | created the "separate but equal" standard. |
| | E) | created the doctrine of implied powers. |
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Why do southern states get more revenue from the federal government than most other states? |
| | A) | The South is a Democratic region. |
| | B) | The South is a liberal region. |
| | C) | The South is both a Democratic and liberal region. |
| | D) | Poverty is more widespread in the South than other areas. |
| | E) | None of these answers is correct. |
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Which of the following nations does not have a unitary form of government? |
| | A) | Canada |
| | B) | France |
| | C) | Great Britain |
| | D) | Japan |
| | E) | Sweden |
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Which of the following is true about the Supreme Court between 1865 and 1937? |
| | A) | It consistently ruled in favor of expanding the powers of Congress. |
| | B) | It consistently restricted national power. |
| | C) | It consistently ruled that Congress could not regulate child labor. |
| | D) | It consistently restricted national power and ruled that Congress could not regulate child labor. |
| | E) | It consistently ruled against the segregation of the races. |
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At the worst depths of the Great Depression, _____ percent of the nation's work force was unemployed. |
| | A) | 5 |
| | B) | 10 |
| | C) | 15 |
| | D) | 25 |
| | E) | 50 |
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In 1994, Republican House leader, _____ declared that the "1960s-style federalism is dead." |
| | A) | Robert Dole |
| | B) | Bill Clinton |
| | C) | Newt Gingrich |
| | D) | Trent Lott |
| | E) | Strom Thurmond |
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Devolution has resulted in |
| | A) | a modification of fiscal and cooperative federalism rather than their demise. |
| | B) | the demise of fiscal federalism. |
| | C) | the demise of cooperative federalism. |
| | D) | more power centralized at the national level. |
| | E) | None of these answers is correct. |
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_____ was a leading figure in the American Revolution and later opposed ratification of the Constitution on the grounds that the national government should be a union of states and not also of people. |
| | A) | John Adams |
| | B) | Benjamin Franklin |
| | C) | Alexander Hamilton |
| | D) | James Madison |
| | E) | Patrick Henry |
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Federalism was invented in |
| | A) | the ancient Greek city-states. |
| | B) | the medieval period. |
| | C) | Great Britain in 1514. |
| | D) | France in 1676. |
| | E) | America in 1787. |
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In 1937, Justice _____ abandoned his opposition to Franklin Roosevelt's policies and thus gave the president judicial support of key provisions of his New Deal legislation. |
| | A) | Edward Sanford |
| | B) | Owen Roberts |
| | C) | Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. |
| | D) | Joseph McKenna |
| | E) | William Day |
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Cooperative federalism has been likened to |
| | A) | a marble cake. |
| | B) | a layer cake. |
| | C) | a Texas sheet cake. |
| | D) | liberalism. |
| | E) | conservatism. |
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Which Supreme Court case allows Congress to ban marijuana even in states that have authorized it for medical use? |
| | A) | Kimel v. Florida Board of Regents |
| | B) | Garcia v. San Antonio Authority |
| | C) | Printz v. United States |
| | D) | Gonzalez v. Raich |
| | E) | McCulloch v. Maryland |
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During the six years under the Articles of Confederation, |
| | A) | Congress did not raise enough money to pay the interest on Revolutionary War debts. |
| | B) | most states paid their full dues to Congress. |
| | C) | Congress routinely usurped the commerce powers of the states. |
| | D) | Congress shaped the national economy. |
| | E) | Congress greatly limited the power of the executive branch. |
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In Schechter v. United States (1935), the Supreme Court |
| | A) | invalidated the 1932 elections. |
| | B) | invalidated the National Industry Recovery Act, ruling that it usurped powers reserved to the states. |
| | C) | prevented a state from regulating labor practices. |
| | D) | prevented Congress from creating a federal regulatory agency. |
| | E) | prevented Congress from creating the Medicaid program. |
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The No Child Left Behind Act |
| | A) | increased federal control over state and local education policy. |
| | B) | decreased federal control over state and local education policy. |
| | C) | is a prime example of devolution. |
| | D) | increased state control over education policy at the expense of local control. |
| | E) | increased federal control over education policy while devolving other aspects of education policy control to states. |
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