POLS 2311 / POLS2311 pre test chapters 3 & 4

Question 1

Which powers, derived from the Tenth Amendment, are neither delegated to the national government nor denied to the states?

Question 2

Which of the following statements best describes the history of American federalism?

Question 3

Advocates of limiting the powers of the national government justify their position by pointing to the _______________ of the U. S. Constitution.

Question 5

Power reserved to the state government to regulate the health, safety, and morals of its citizens is called absolute power.

Question 4

Which event was most influential in triggering the rise of a more active national government?

Question 6

Which president introduced and presided over the New Deal?

Question 7

In a federal system, governmental responsibilities are

Question 8

________ compels state governments to obey costly federal regulations but does not reimburse those costs.

Question 9

The full faith and credit clause of the Constitution requires

Question 10

________ powers exist when both the state and national governments share authority in certain domains.

Question 11

What was the overall importance of McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)?

Question 12

Devolution is a policy that removes a program from one level of government by delegating it or passing it down to a lower level of government, such as from the national government to the state and local governments.

Question 13

When was the era of dual federalism?

Question 14

The principle of ________ gives the federal government the power to override any state or local law in one particular area of policy.

Question 15

What is the purpose of the Tenth Amendment?

Question 16

If the federal government passed a law that did not provide money to state and local governments but required them to construct wheelchair lifts at all train stations, it would be an example of

Question 17

The first nation to adopt federalism as its governing framework was

Using block grants to return power to the states was part of ________ during the Nixon (1969–1974) and Reagan (1981–1989) administrations.

Question 18

Question 19

Federalism is best defined as a system of government

Question 20

What is it called when a state grants a city the ability to govern its own local affairs?

Question 1

Which of the following is true about the Bill of Rights?

Question 2

The Supreme Court ruled that the Second Amendment provides a constitutional right to keep a loaded handgun at home for self-defense in

Question 3

The so-called wall of separation between church and state is best found in which clause of the Constitution?

Which of the following best summarizes the Supreme Court’s ruling in Brown v. Board of Education (1954)?

Question 4

Question 5

The Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution deals with

Question 6

The requirement that a person under arrest be informed of his or her right to remain silent is known as the ________  rule.  

Question 7

The term “eminent domain” describes the

Question 8

In Lawrence v. Texas (2003), the Supreme Court ruled that

Question 9

The exclusionary rule was applied to all levels of government by the Supreme Court in which case?

Question 10

Habeas corpus refers to

Question 11

In the Bakke (1978) case, the Supreme Court ruled that

Question 12

What is a grand jury?

Question 13

“Due process of law” is generally defined by the ________  amendments.

Question 14

The main difference between libel and slander is that

Question 15

The judicial doctrine that places a heavy burden of proof on the government when it seeks to regulate speech is called

Question 16

________  prevent(s) people from being tried twice for the same crime. 

Question 17

The ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)

Question 18

Which of the following contains or would have contained the sentence, “equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex”?

Question 20

The process by which the Supreme Court has expanded specific parts of the Bill of Rights to protect citizens against state and federal actions is called

Question 19

Freedom of speech and of the press have a special place in the American system because