Multiple Choice Identify the choice that
best completes the statement or answers the question.
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The _____ is written into the Constitution. It requires states to honor each
other's laws and court rulings so that rights established under one state's wills, deeds,
and contracts are legal in all the other states
a. | alien and sedition acts | c. | full faith and credit
clause | b. | immigration clause | d. | faith and marriage clause |
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Known as the _____, the Constitution's Article IV, Section 2 orders states
not to discriminate against each other's citizens. For instance, when a resident of Missouri
travels to California, he or she may not be denied legal protection, the right to work, access to
courts, the right to hold property, or the right to travel. In other words, one state may not
withhold from a resident of another state the rights of other state citizens.
a. | first amendment | c. | elastic clause | b. | privileges and immunities
clause | d. | equal protection
clause |
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The theory that the states and the federal government should cooperate in
solving problems.
a. | cooperative democracy | c. | cooperative capitalism | b. | cooperative
learning | d. | cooperative
federalism |
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An _____ is a power specifically vested in the federal government by the U.S.
Constitution.
a. | enumerated power | c. | retained power | b. | suggested power | d. | implied power |
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A _____ system of government is one in
which the constitution divides power between a central government and regional governments, such as
those in states. Each level of government has constitutional guarantees that its power is dominant
within certain domains, but in general the levels share formal authority over the same
territory
a. | confederal | c. | unitary | b. | federal | d. | anti-democratic |
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One who is not a citizen of the state or nation in which she or he lives
a. | U.S. citizen but not a state citizen | c. | state citizen | b. | alien | d. | tourist |
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_____ are abilities of the federal government that exceed those specifically
stated in the U.S. Constitution, which states that Congress has the authority to "make all laws
necessary and proper for carrying into execution" the powers enumerated in Article I of the
Constitution. The federal government often introduces new policies on the basis of these powers or
powers not specifically stated in the constitution
a. | enumerated powers | c. | statutory powers | b. | all of these | d. | implied powers |
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Article I (Section 8) of the Constitution contains the _____, which grants
Congress the authority to do whatever it must to carry out its specifically delegated powers.
a. | elastic clause | c. | enumerated power clause | b. | presidental
clause | d. | congressional
clause |
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The 10th Amendment to the Constitution contains the clause, which reserves
powers to the people or the state that are not specifically reserved to the federal government
a. | Reserved Presidential powers | c. | Reserved powers | b. | Indian
Reservation | d. | Reserved
Congressional powers |
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The president's _____ is based on the Constitution's loosely vesting
executive power in him or her and asking that the president make sure that the laws are
"faithfully executed." The most frequently used power of this type is when a president
invokes emergency powers during wartime.
a. | democratic power | c. | republican power | b. | inherent power | d. | enumerated
power |
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In a _____ system, the central government has total control over the states or
its constituent parts. Most of today's governments have this system. The United States does not,
but its separate states do in regard to the local governments within them.
a. | democratic | c. | unitary | b. | federal | d. | confederal |
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Powers held by both the federal and state governments in a federal system
a. | anti-democratic powers | c. | specified powers | b. | Supreme Court powers | d. | concurrent
powers |
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_____ means that the people rule through their elected representatives and have
ultimate power. The representatives do the actual policymaking. This system is enshrined in the
Constitution
a. | Virginia form of government | c. | New Jersey form of
government | b. | Republican form of government | d. | Democratic form of
government |
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An 1861 ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that upheld the right of the governor
of Ohio to refuse an extradition request by the governor of Kentucky for a "free man of
color" on charges that he had helped a slave escape to freedom.
a. | Plessy v Ferguson | c. | Brown v Board of Education | b. | Dennison
rule | d. | Denney’s
rule |
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State governments employ _____ when dealing with issues, activities, and
policies that require them to interact with each other. The Constitution sets out three main rules
that states must follow when using horizontal federalism: they must observe the full faith and credit
clause, they must give to other states' citizens the benefits their own citizens receive, and
they must comply with extradition
a. | implied powers | c. | vertical federalism | b. | enumerated powers | d. | horizontal
federalism |
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A basic principle of federalism provided in the U.S. Constitution, by which
powers are divided between units of government (such as the federal and state governments), on a
geographic basis.
a. | authoritarian system | c. | checks and balances | b. | unitary system | d. | division of
powers |
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_____ is the legal act of surrendering an accused or convicted criminal to
authorities in the state or country from which he or she fled and in which the crime was
committed
a. | deporting | c. | extradition | b. | investing | d. | detaining |
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Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution, which gives Congress the power to make
all laws "_____r" for the federal government to carry out its responsibilities
a. | necessary and proper | c. | approved by the Supreme Court | b. | enumerated | d. | that are unconstitutional |
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt's administration was based on a series of
programs known as the _____ that were designed to counter the effects of the Great Depression. These
programs included handing out jobs for public works projects, low-rate farm loans, insurance for
elderly and unemployed people, abolishment of child labor, slum clearance projects, and worker
protection laws
a. | New Deal | c. | Square Deal | b. | Raw Deal | d. | New Democracy
Deal |
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The transfer of powers to political subunits
a. | implication | c. | investiture | b. | republicanism | d. | devolution |
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Contained in Article VI of the Constitution, the _____ orders that federal laws
and legitimate, constitutional federal actions preempt state and local laws and actions when there is
a conflict between the two. According to Article VI, the main law of the land comprises the
Constitution, the national government if it acts constitutionally, and all treaties. The clause
helped shift the United States from a loose confederation of states to a more centralized federal
system
a. | tight construction clause | c. | supremacy
clause | b. | loose construction clause | d. | confederation clause |
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Historically speaking, _____ refers to a state withdrawing from the federal
union. Prior to the Civil War, many Southern states seceded from the union over the issue of slavery
and states' rights
a. | confederating | c. | un-confederating | b. | secession | d. | succession |
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A term coined by President Richard Nixon to describe the country's third
phase of federalism, _____ was a plan to reduce and limit the government's power to regulate
federal grants and, in addition, restore the states' power, giving them more authority over how
government revenues should be spent.
a. | joint federalism | c. | no federalism | b. | new federalism | d. | new democracy |
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A _____ power is a power Congress creates for the president through laws it
enacts, such as the authority of the president to declare a national emergency. These powers are one
of the president's powers written into the Constitution
a. | statutory (expressed) | c. | balance of | b. | regulatory | d. | implied |
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_____ is a government system in which the national government and the states
each have their own specific areas of power and rule unquestioned within them. It is the opposite of
cooperative federalism
a. | Democracy | c. | Cooperative federalism | b. | Dual
federalism | d. | Republicanism |
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