TAMU Pols 207 Smith Exam 1 | WITH COMPLETE AND DETAILED
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | REAL EXAM QNA | 2025 LATEST
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Which level of government is responsible for which different policies? - (answer)- Executive-
enforces law
- Legislature- makes law
- Judiciary- interrupts law
-States
- Conduct public elections
- Establish local governments
- Provide public health, safety and morals
- Determine voter qualifications
- Intrastate commerce
- National
- Regulate business between states and other countries
-Declare war
-Make treaties
- Coin Money
- Establish post offices
- Tax imports and Exports
- Admit new states
What is policy conservatism? - (answer)- Less gov
,- Less welfare
- No business regulations
- Less taxes
What is policy liberalism? - (answer)- More gov
- More welfare
- Regulate business
- Progressive income taxes (the more you make, the more taxes you have)
-Government used for social change
From where do state and local governments derive their revenue? - (answer)Taxes
Federal Grants-in-Aid
- Moneys given from one government to another
- Most of it goes to Health and Human Services (45%)
Categorical Grants
- Government gives the states money but tell the state the only things it can spend it on
- Used to get the states to comply with the Federal Government
Block Grants
- Have no strings attached
- Gives states money to spend it however it needs it
- Stimulus Package helped Government balance its budget
Federalism Government - (answer)- System of government in which power is divided between
national and sub national governments both exercising separate and autonomous authority, both
,electing their own officials, and both taxing their own citizens for the provision of public
services
- Requires that the powers of the national and subnational governments be guaranteed by a
constitution that cannot be changed without the consent of both national and subnational
populations
- Relationships between Federal, State and Local governments
- Multiple levels of government rule over the same land
- Different levels of government have their own exclusive powers as well as shared powers
between them
Unitary Government - (answer)State is governed as single power by the central government
- All power rests in a central location
- The United Kingdom is ruled by the British Parliament
Confederation Government - (answer)The states have power over the national government
- All power rests with the States
- Any power the Central Government has was given to it by the states
- European Union or United Nations
Why are state called "laboratories of democracy?" - (answer)Due to the lower populations of
States, new policies are able to be implemented as an experiment to valuate how effective they
are. If successful, the policies can be applied to the nation as a whole
What is nullification? - (answer)- Belief that the state has the right to invalidate any federal law
which that state has deemed unconstitutional.
- Doesn't actually work/exist
What are enumerated powers? - (answer)Powers granted to the federal government specifically
listed in the constitution
, What are implied powers? - (answer)- Powers not specifically listed, but assumed to exist
because they are necessary to be implemented
- Necessary and proper clause
10th Amendment - (answer)- Sets up Reserved Powers
- All powers not given to the national government or denied to the states are reserved for the
states
Marbury v. Madison (1803) - (answer)- Set up judicial review
-Gave the Judicial Branch the power to declare acts made by congress to be unconstitutional
-Strengthened the system of Checks and Balances
McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) - (answer)- Expanding Implied powers of national government
- States must respect the implied powers based from the constitution
Why are federal grants-in-aid important? - (answer)- They give the state funding to help the
population and help the government function and avoid budget deficits
- Most of it goes to Health and Human Services (45%)
What are mandates? - (answer)- Something the Federal Government requires the state to do to in
order to receive Federal Funding
-Usually deals with environmental policy and civil rights which makes it difficult for any state or
local official to argue its attachment
-Governments way of keeping control on the states
What is preemption? - (answer)- Arizona Immigration Law
- Federal Government writes a law to try to stop the states from doing something
- Found in Chapter 3
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | REAL EXAM QNA | 2025 LATEST
UPDATED 100% RATED CORRECT | 100% VERFIED | ALREADY
GRADED A+|GUARANTEED TO PASS!!
Which level of government is responsible for which different policies? - (answer)- Executive-
enforces law
- Legislature- makes law
- Judiciary- interrupts law
-States
- Conduct public elections
- Establish local governments
- Provide public health, safety and morals
- Determine voter qualifications
- Intrastate commerce
- National
- Regulate business between states and other countries
-Declare war
-Make treaties
- Coin Money
- Establish post offices
- Tax imports and Exports
- Admit new states
What is policy conservatism? - (answer)- Less gov
,- Less welfare
- No business regulations
- Less taxes
What is policy liberalism? - (answer)- More gov
- More welfare
- Regulate business
- Progressive income taxes (the more you make, the more taxes you have)
-Government used for social change
From where do state and local governments derive their revenue? - (answer)Taxes
Federal Grants-in-Aid
- Moneys given from one government to another
- Most of it goes to Health and Human Services (45%)
Categorical Grants
- Government gives the states money but tell the state the only things it can spend it on
- Used to get the states to comply with the Federal Government
Block Grants
- Have no strings attached
- Gives states money to spend it however it needs it
- Stimulus Package helped Government balance its budget
Federalism Government - (answer)- System of government in which power is divided between
national and sub national governments both exercising separate and autonomous authority, both
,electing their own officials, and both taxing their own citizens for the provision of public
services
- Requires that the powers of the national and subnational governments be guaranteed by a
constitution that cannot be changed without the consent of both national and subnational
populations
- Relationships between Federal, State and Local governments
- Multiple levels of government rule over the same land
- Different levels of government have their own exclusive powers as well as shared powers
between them
Unitary Government - (answer)State is governed as single power by the central government
- All power rests in a central location
- The United Kingdom is ruled by the British Parliament
Confederation Government - (answer)The states have power over the national government
- All power rests with the States
- Any power the Central Government has was given to it by the states
- European Union or United Nations
Why are state called "laboratories of democracy?" - (answer)Due to the lower populations of
States, new policies are able to be implemented as an experiment to valuate how effective they
are. If successful, the policies can be applied to the nation as a whole
What is nullification? - (answer)- Belief that the state has the right to invalidate any federal law
which that state has deemed unconstitutional.
- Doesn't actually work/exist
What are enumerated powers? - (answer)Powers granted to the federal government specifically
listed in the constitution
, What are implied powers? - (answer)- Powers not specifically listed, but assumed to exist
because they are necessary to be implemented
- Necessary and proper clause
10th Amendment - (answer)- Sets up Reserved Powers
- All powers not given to the national government or denied to the states are reserved for the
states
Marbury v. Madison (1803) - (answer)- Set up judicial review
-Gave the Judicial Branch the power to declare acts made by congress to be unconstitutional
-Strengthened the system of Checks and Balances
McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) - (answer)- Expanding Implied powers of national government
- States must respect the implied powers based from the constitution
Why are federal grants-in-aid important? - (answer)- They give the state funding to help the
population and help the government function and avoid budget deficits
- Most of it goes to Health and Human Services (45%)
What are mandates? - (answer)- Something the Federal Government requires the state to do to in
order to receive Federal Funding
-Usually deals with environmental policy and civil rights which makes it difficult for any state or
local official to argue its attachment
-Governments way of keeping control on the states
What is preemption? - (answer)- Arizona Immigration Law
- Federal Government writes a law to try to stop the states from doing something
- Found in Chapter 3
