POLS 2311 CH 3 & 4 EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
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What is it called when a state grants a city the ability to govern its own
local affairs? Ans✓✓✓home rule
Advocates of limiting the powers of the national government justify
their position by pointing to the _______________ of the U. S.
Constitution. Ans✓✓✓Tenth Amendment
Power reserved to the state government to regulate the health, safety,
and morals of its citizens is called absolute power. Ans✓✓✓False
Which powers, derived from the Tenth Amendment, are neither
delegated to the national government nor denied to the states?
Ans✓✓✓concurrent
In a federal system, governmental responsibilities are Ans✓✓✓shared
by both state and federal governments.
A state government's authority to regulate the safety, health, and morals
of its citizens is called a ________ power. Ans✓✓✓police
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. Ans✓✓✓True
Using block grants to return power to the states was part of ________
during the Nixon (1969-1974) and Reagan (1981-1989) administrations.
Ans✓✓✓New Federalism
Which of the following statements best describes the history of
American federalism? Ans✓✓✓Since the Founding, there has been
considerable debate about the allocation of responsibilities between the
states and the federal government.
Since the Founding, there has been considerable debate about the
allocation of responsibilities between the states and the federal
government. Ans✓✓✓to limit the powers of the federal government by
reserving certain powers to the states and to the people
________ powers exist when both the state and national governments
share authority in certain domains. Ans✓✓✓Concurrent
Which president introduced and presided over the New Deal?
Ans✓✓✓Franklin Roosevelt
________ compels state governments to obey costly federal regulations
but does not reimburse those costs. Ans✓✓✓An unfunded mandate
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) ALREADY
GRADED A+
What is it called when a state grants a city the ability to govern its own
local affairs? Ans✓✓✓home rule
Advocates of limiting the powers of the national government justify
their position by pointing to the _______________ of the U. S.
Constitution. Ans✓✓✓Tenth Amendment
Power reserved to the state government to regulate the health, safety,
and morals of its citizens is called absolute power. Ans✓✓✓False
Which powers, derived from the Tenth Amendment, are neither
delegated to the national government nor denied to the states?
Ans✓✓✓concurrent
In a federal system, governmental responsibilities are Ans✓✓✓shared
by both state and federal governments.
A state government's authority to regulate the safety, health, and morals
of its citizens is called a ________ power. Ans✓✓✓police
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. Ans✓✓✓True
Using block grants to return power to the states was part of ________
during the Nixon (1969-1974) and Reagan (1981-1989) administrations.
Ans✓✓✓New Federalism
Which of the following statements best describes the history of
American federalism? Ans✓✓✓Since the Founding, there has been
considerable debate about the allocation of responsibilities between the
states and the federal government.
Since the Founding, there has been considerable debate about the
allocation of responsibilities between the states and the federal
government. Ans✓✓✓to limit the powers of the federal government by
reserving certain powers to the states and to the people
________ powers exist when both the state and national governments
share authority in certain domains. Ans✓✓✓Concurrent
Which president introduced and presided over the New Deal?
Ans✓✓✓Franklin Roosevelt
________ compels state governments to obey costly federal regulations
but does not reimburse those costs. Ans✓✓✓An unfunded mandate
