PSCI 2306 Chapter 3 | UPDATED Questions with 100% Verified
Answers
Question:
Which of the following statements accurately characterizes
the state of federalism during the New Deal period?
Answer:
Congress regularly invoked the commerce clause to influence state policy
Question:
The Social Security Act, created during the Great Depression
as part of the New Deal programs of President Roosevelt,
uses payroll taxes to fund programs that help which groups of
people?
Answer:
The elderly, disabled, and unemployed
Question:
Critics of Governor Abbott's "Operation Lone Star," which
placed many members of the Texas National Guard and the
Texas Department of Public Safety on the international border
with Mexico to apprehend immigrants crossing the border,
called it a violation of which part of the Constitution?
Answer:
The supremacy clause
Question:
Under the ___, congress lacked the power to fund the
government and had to rely on support from ____.
Answer:
Articles of Conferderation, states
Question:
, Which of the following is strong evidence that the United
States is a nation founded on the ideal of federalism?
Answer:
States have the greatest impact on the daily lives of Americans
Question:
Which of the following best describes the overall historical
trend of the United States federal system
Answer:
Toward a stronger national government.
Question:
If the state of Texas were permitted to tax the land used by
the U.S. Army at Fort Hood, it would be inconsistent with
which of the following precedents?
Answer:
The ruling of McCulloch v. Maryland
The powers of the national government as supreme over those of the states, as it
prevented state governments from taxing the national Government
Question:
The Supreme Court in National Federation of Independent
Business v. Sebelius held that the Affordable Care Act (ACA)
was constitutional because of the ____, but Texas has sought to
strike down the ACA in federal courts ever since the 2017 tax
cuts eliminated the______ requirement that had penalized
Americans with no insurance coverage
Answer:
Taxing power of congress, individual mandate
Question:
Which amendment was used by the national government to
expand civil rights protections in the states?
Answers
Question:
Which of the following statements accurately characterizes
the state of federalism during the New Deal period?
Answer:
Congress regularly invoked the commerce clause to influence state policy
Question:
The Social Security Act, created during the Great Depression
as part of the New Deal programs of President Roosevelt,
uses payroll taxes to fund programs that help which groups of
people?
Answer:
The elderly, disabled, and unemployed
Question:
Critics of Governor Abbott's "Operation Lone Star," which
placed many members of the Texas National Guard and the
Texas Department of Public Safety on the international border
with Mexico to apprehend immigrants crossing the border,
called it a violation of which part of the Constitution?
Answer:
The supremacy clause
Question:
Under the ___, congress lacked the power to fund the
government and had to rely on support from ____.
Answer:
Articles of Conferderation, states
Question:
, Which of the following is strong evidence that the United
States is a nation founded on the ideal of federalism?
Answer:
States have the greatest impact on the daily lives of Americans
Question:
Which of the following best describes the overall historical
trend of the United States federal system
Answer:
Toward a stronger national government.
Question:
If the state of Texas were permitted to tax the land used by
the U.S. Army at Fort Hood, it would be inconsistent with
which of the following precedents?
Answer:
The ruling of McCulloch v. Maryland
The powers of the national government as supreme over those of the states, as it
prevented state governments from taxing the national Government
Question:
The Supreme Court in National Federation of Independent
Business v. Sebelius held that the Affordable Care Act (ACA)
was constitutional because of the ____, but Texas has sought to
strike down the ACA in federal courts ever since the 2017 tax
cuts eliminated the______ requirement that had penalized
Americans with no insurance coverage
Answer:
Taxing power of congress, individual mandate
Question:
Which amendment was used by the national government to
expand civil rights protections in the states?
