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Terms in this set (58)
- Executive- enforces law
- Legislature- makes law
- Judiciary- interrupts law
-States
- Conduct public elections
- Establish local governments
- Provide public health, safety and morals
Which level of - Determine voter qualifications
government is responsible - Intrastate commerce
for which different
policies? - National
- Regulate business between states and other
countries
-Declare war
-Make treaties
- Coin Money
- Establish post offices
- Tax imports and Exports
- Admit new states
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- Less gov
What is policy - Less welfare
conservatism? - No business regulations
- Less taxes
- More gov
- More welfare
- Regulate business
What is policy liberalism?
- Progressive income taxes (the more you make, the
more taxes you have)
-Government used for social change
Taxes
Federal Grants-in-Aid
- Moneys given from one government to another
- Most of it goes to Health and Human Services (45%)
Categorical Grants
From where do state and - Government gives the states money but tell the state
local governments derive the only things it can spend it on
their revenue? - 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
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- 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
Federalism Government
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
State is governed as single power by the central
government
Unitary Government - All power rests in a central location
- The United Kingdom is ruled by the British
Parliament
The states have power over the national government
Confederation - All power rests with the States
Government - Any power the Central Government has was given to
it by the states
- European Union or United Nations
Due to the lower populations of States, new policies
Why are state called
are able to be implemented as an experiment to
"laboratories of
valuate how effective they are. If successful, the
democracy?"
policies can be applied to the nation as a whole
- Belief that the state has the right to invalidate any
federal law which that state has deemed
What is nullification?
unconstitutional.
- Doesn't actually work/exist
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TAMU Pols 207 Smith Exam 1 comprehensive
questions and verified answers ACTUAL EXAM
2025 TEST!! Graded A+ | 2025|2026 EXAM
UPDATE
Save
Terms in this set (58)
- Executive- enforces law
- Legislature- makes law
- Judiciary- interrupts law
-States
- Conduct public elections
- Establish local governments
- Provide public health, safety and morals
Which level of - Determine voter qualifications
government is responsible - Intrastate commerce
for which different
policies? - National
- Regulate business between states and other
countries
-Declare war
-Make treaties
- Coin Money
- Establish post offices
- Tax imports and Exports
- Admit new states
https://quizlet.com/1085004784/tamu-pols-207-smith-exam-1-comprehensive-questions-and-verified-answers-actual-exam-2025-test-graded-a-20252… 1/17
,9/30/25, 3:59 PM TAMU Pols 207 Smith Exam 1 comprehensive questions and verified answers ACTUAL EXAM 2025 TEST!! Graded A+ | 2025|202…
- Less gov
What is policy - Less welfare
conservatism? - No business regulations
- Less taxes
- More gov
- More welfare
- Regulate business
What is policy liberalism?
- Progressive income taxes (the more you make, the
more taxes you have)
-Government used for social change
Taxes
Federal Grants-in-Aid
- Moneys given from one government to another
- Most of it goes to Health and Human Services (45%)
Categorical Grants
From where do state and - Government gives the states money but tell the state
local governments derive the only things it can spend it on
their revenue? - 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
https://quizlet.com/1085004784/tamu-pols-207-smith-exam-1-comprehensive-questions-and-verified-answers-actual-exam-2025-test-graded-a-20252… 2/17
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- 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
Federalism Government
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
State is governed as single power by the central
government
Unitary Government - All power rests in a central location
- The United Kingdom is ruled by the British
Parliament
The states have power over the national government
Confederation - All power rests with the States
Government - Any power the Central Government has was given to
it by the states
- European Union or United Nations
Due to the lower populations of States, new policies
Why are state called
are able to be implemented as an experiment to
"laboratories of
valuate how effective they are. If successful, the
democracy?"
policies can be applied to the nation as a whole
- Belief that the state has the right to invalidate any
federal law which that state has deemed
What is nullification?
unconstitutional.
- Doesn't actually work/exist
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