FEDERALISM ACTUAL EXAM TEST
BANK QUESTIONS WITH REVISED
AND UPDATED ANSWERS
What are the implied powers given by the constitution? - Answer-The implied powers
are not expressly stated in the constitution but are reasonably suggested or implied - by
the expressed powers. In particular in article 1, section 8, clause 18, Congress is given
the "necessary and proper power."
What does article 1, section 8, Klaus 18 state and what powers imply that Congress
has? - Answer-Article 1, section 8, clause 18 says The Congress has the power "to
make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the
foregoing powers and two other powers vested by the constitution in the government of
the United States, or in any department or officer there of."
Why is the necessary and proper clause, article 1, section 8, clause 18, Sometimes
called the elastic clause? - Answer-Elastic can be stretched to cover more than its
original size. The necessary and proper clause can be used by the government to cover
so many situations that were not expressed in the constitution.
Where do the inherent powers of the national government come from? - Answer-
Because the United States is a sovereign state in the world community, overtime, all
national governments possess inherent powers. Does it stand to reason that the
framers of the constitution intended the national government they created would hold
these powers.
What are the major inherent powers of the national government? - Answer-The major
inherent powers of the national government could the power to regulate immigration,
deport aliens, do you acquire territory, the grant diplomatic recognition to other states,
and to protect the nation against rebellion or other attempts to overthrow the
government by force or violence.
Name the two basic levels of the United States government? - Answer-National
government and the state government's.
, Where does the local governments get their power to provide services, regular
activities, collect taxes, and do many other things local governments do? - Answer-Each
state has created a Constitution and in it's laws each state has created these units.
What powers are local governments exercising when they act? - Answer-State powers!
What does it mean when stated that each state has a unitary government? - Answer-
Each of the 50 states has a unitary form of government - a central government that
creates local units of government for its own convenience.
Why is the division of power in arrangement that is found to result in conflict? - Answer-
The division of powers in the American federal system produces a dual system of
government, one in which to basic levels of government operate over the same territory
in the same people at the same time.
In anticipation of these conflicts the framers of the constitution wrote the supremacy
clause into the constitution. What is the supremacy clause? - Answer-Article VI, Section
2 of the Constitution states that the constitution stands above all other forms of law in
the United States.
What does the supremacy clause, article VI, section 2, of the constitution state? -
Answer-"The constitution, and the laws of the United States which shall be made in
pursuance thereof; and all treaties made, or which shall be made, Under the authority of
the United States, shall be the supreme law of the land; and the judges in every state
shall be bound thereby, and thing in the Constitution or laws of any state to the contrary
notwithstanding.
What stands just below the constitution as supremacy over other laws? - Answer-Acts
of Congress and treaty stand immediately beneath the constitution.
Why has the supremacy clause been called the "linchpin of the Constitution"? - Answer-
The supremacy clause joins the national government and states into a single
government unit, a federal government. The supremacy clause holds together the
complex structure that is the American federal system.
What role does the Supreme Court play in the American federal system? - Answer-The
Supreme Court is the empire in the federal system. One of its chief duties is to apply the
supremacy clause to the conflicts that the dual system of government in evitable he
produces.
What was the first major case in which the Supreme Court based its decision squarely
on the constitution supremacy clause? - Answer-In 1819, in the McCulloch versus
Maryland case, the Supreme Court upheld the supremacy clause, the supremacy of the
constitution. In this landmark case the courts function as the umpire of the federal
system became very clear.
What did the ruling in the Supreme Court case Fletcher versus peck, 1810, do for the
first time? - Answer-The Supreme Court found that a Georgia state law was
unconstitutional. Since then the Supreme Court is found more than 1100 state laws
unconstitutional and has upheld the constitutionality of thousands of others.
BANK QUESTIONS WITH REVISED
AND UPDATED ANSWERS
What are the implied powers given by the constitution? - Answer-The implied powers
are not expressly stated in the constitution but are reasonably suggested or implied - by
the expressed powers. In particular in article 1, section 8, clause 18, Congress is given
the "necessary and proper power."
What does article 1, section 8, Klaus 18 state and what powers imply that Congress
has? - Answer-Article 1, section 8, clause 18 says The Congress has the power "to
make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the
foregoing powers and two other powers vested by the constitution in the government of
the United States, or in any department or officer there of."
Why is the necessary and proper clause, article 1, section 8, clause 18, Sometimes
called the elastic clause? - Answer-Elastic can be stretched to cover more than its
original size. The necessary and proper clause can be used by the government to cover
so many situations that were not expressed in the constitution.
Where do the inherent powers of the national government come from? - Answer-
Because the United States is a sovereign state in the world community, overtime, all
national governments possess inherent powers. Does it stand to reason that the
framers of the constitution intended the national government they created would hold
these powers.
What are the major inherent powers of the national government? - Answer-The major
inherent powers of the national government could the power to regulate immigration,
deport aliens, do you acquire territory, the grant diplomatic recognition to other states,
and to protect the nation against rebellion or other attempts to overthrow the
government by force or violence.
Name the two basic levels of the United States government? - Answer-National
government and the state government's.
, Where does the local governments get their power to provide services, regular
activities, collect taxes, and do many other things local governments do? - Answer-Each
state has created a Constitution and in it's laws each state has created these units.
What powers are local governments exercising when they act? - Answer-State powers!
What does it mean when stated that each state has a unitary government? - Answer-
Each of the 50 states has a unitary form of government - a central government that
creates local units of government for its own convenience.
Why is the division of power in arrangement that is found to result in conflict? - Answer-
The division of powers in the American federal system produces a dual system of
government, one in which to basic levels of government operate over the same territory
in the same people at the same time.
In anticipation of these conflicts the framers of the constitution wrote the supremacy
clause into the constitution. What is the supremacy clause? - Answer-Article VI, Section
2 of the Constitution states that the constitution stands above all other forms of law in
the United States.
What does the supremacy clause, article VI, section 2, of the constitution state? -
Answer-"The constitution, and the laws of the United States which shall be made in
pursuance thereof; and all treaties made, or which shall be made, Under the authority of
the United States, shall be the supreme law of the land; and the judges in every state
shall be bound thereby, and thing in the Constitution or laws of any state to the contrary
notwithstanding.
What stands just below the constitution as supremacy over other laws? - Answer-Acts
of Congress and treaty stand immediately beneath the constitution.
Why has the supremacy clause been called the "linchpin of the Constitution"? - Answer-
The supremacy clause joins the national government and states into a single
government unit, a federal government. The supremacy clause holds together the
complex structure that is the American federal system.
What role does the Supreme Court play in the American federal system? - Answer-The
Supreme Court is the empire in the federal system. One of its chief duties is to apply the
supremacy clause to the conflicts that the dual system of government in evitable he
produces.
What was the first major case in which the Supreme Court based its decision squarely
on the constitution supremacy clause? - Answer-In 1819, in the McCulloch versus
Maryland case, the Supreme Court upheld the supremacy clause, the supremacy of the
constitution. In this landmark case the courts function as the umpire of the federal
system became very clear.
What did the ruling in the Supreme Court case Fletcher versus peck, 1810, do for the
first time? - Answer-The Supreme Court found that a Georgia state law was
unconstitutional. Since then the Supreme Court is found more than 1100 state laws
unconstitutional and has upheld the constitutionality of thousands of others.
