POLS 2311 EXAM 2 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) ALREADY GRADED A+
A system that distributes power between state and national governments
is called Ans✓✓✓federalism
Which of the following issues has been the most controversial between
states and the federal government during the Obama administration?
immigration
same-sex marriage
health care
terrorism Ans✓✓✓health care
What is an unfunded mandate? Ans✓✓✓a federal law that requires the
states to do certain things but does not provide state governments with
the funding to implement these policies
Which of the following has been a key characteristic of federalism in the
United States since the year 2000?
Supreme Court rejection of a greater role for federal power in regulation
of health care
greater state initiative in the realm of immigration law and policy due to
federal inaction
,a broad reduction in federal power under Republican presidential
leadership
a general trend in Supreme Court decisions toward weaker federal
control over the states Ans✓✓✓greater state initiative in the realm of
immigration law and policy due to federal inaction
requires that each state's laws be honored by the other states.
Ans✓✓✓The full faith and credit clause
government in which the national government holds the ultimate
authority. Ans✓✓✓A unitary system
How did the Great Depression affect the nature of federalism in the
United States? Ans✓✓✓It brought a dramatic increase in the growth and
power of the national government over commerce, though for the most
part state power was not directly curtailed.
General revenue-sharing grants are a central component of the process
of devolution, which is a policy? Ans✓✓✓to remove a program from
one level of government by delegating it or passing it down to a lower
form of government.
The power delegated by a state to a local unit of government to manage
its own affairs is known as Ans✓✓✓home rule
, The necessary and proper clause (Article I, Section 8) of the U.S.
Constitution is the source of which of the following powers?
Ans✓✓✓implied
Which government traditionally has the authority to regulate
fundamental matters referred to as police powers? Ans✓✓✓state
Which type of grant provides the most control to state and local
governments in the distribution of federal grants-in-aid? Ans✓✓✓block
In what way did the comity clause seek to promote national unity?
Ans✓✓✓It prevented states from discriminating against someone from
another state or giving special privileges to their own residents.
The principle of ________ gives the federal government the power to
override any state or local law in one particular area of policy.
Ans✓✓✓preemption
The Tenth Amendment states that Ans✓✓✓the powers not delegated to
the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states,
are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.
Why is post-New Deal federalism sometimes referred to as "marble cake
federalism"? Ans✓✓✓It developed into cooperative federalism, a
system in which national grants encouraged states to implement national
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) ALREADY GRADED A+
A system that distributes power between state and national governments
is called Ans✓✓✓federalism
Which of the following issues has been the most controversial between
states and the federal government during the Obama administration?
immigration
same-sex marriage
health care
terrorism Ans✓✓✓health care
What is an unfunded mandate? Ans✓✓✓a federal law that requires the
states to do certain things but does not provide state governments with
the funding to implement these policies
Which of the following has been a key characteristic of federalism in the
United States since the year 2000?
Supreme Court rejection of a greater role for federal power in regulation
of health care
greater state initiative in the realm of immigration law and policy due to
federal inaction
,a broad reduction in federal power under Republican presidential
leadership
a general trend in Supreme Court decisions toward weaker federal
control over the states Ans✓✓✓greater state initiative in the realm of
immigration law and policy due to federal inaction
requires that each state's laws be honored by the other states.
Ans✓✓✓The full faith and credit clause
government in which the national government holds the ultimate
authority. Ans✓✓✓A unitary system
How did the Great Depression affect the nature of federalism in the
United States? Ans✓✓✓It brought a dramatic increase in the growth and
power of the national government over commerce, though for the most
part state power was not directly curtailed.
General revenue-sharing grants are a central component of the process
of devolution, which is a policy? Ans✓✓✓to remove a program from
one level of government by delegating it or passing it down to a lower
form of government.
The power delegated by a state to a local unit of government to manage
its own affairs is known as Ans✓✓✓home rule
, The necessary and proper clause (Article I, Section 8) of the U.S.
Constitution is the source of which of the following powers?
Ans✓✓✓implied
Which government traditionally has the authority to regulate
fundamental matters referred to as police powers? Ans✓✓✓state
Which type of grant provides the most control to state and local
governments in the distribution of federal grants-in-aid? Ans✓✓✓block
In what way did the comity clause seek to promote national unity?
Ans✓✓✓It prevented states from discriminating against someone from
another state or giving special privileges to their own residents.
The principle of ________ gives the federal government the power to
override any state or local law in one particular area of policy.
Ans✓✓✓preemption
The Tenth Amendment states that Ans✓✓✓the powers not delegated to
the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states,
are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.
Why is post-New Deal federalism sometimes referred to as "marble cake
federalism"? Ans✓✓✓It developed into cooperative federalism, a
system in which national grants encouraged states to implement national
