PSCI 1101 Chapter 3 Test with Questions
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17th amendment - Answer allows for direct election of US senators, turned the senate
away from state interests
Supremacy Clause of Constitution - Answer specifies that national law is supreme so
long as national law "conforms to the Constitution."
Necessary and Proper Clause (Elastic Clause) - Answer increases national power insofar
as it allows congress to "make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying
into Execution the foregoing powers"
10th amendment - Answer provides for the protection of states' rights and says that
"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."
McCulloch versus Maryland - Answer the Supreme Court declares that the United States
government has the power to create a national bank and that the states cannot levy
taxes on the national bank
Gibbons versus Ogden - Answer the Supreme Court ruled that neither New York nor
New Jersey could grant monopolies to steamboat operators on the Hudson River and
that only the national government can regulate interstate commerce
Nationalization - Answer refers to the centralization of policy-making at the federal level
rather than in the hands of the states.
, Nationalization - Answer driven mainly by technological change, urbanization, and social
unrest. It occurred in three waves;1) Civil War. 2) Great Depression/New Deal. 3) Great
Society.
Coordination problems - Answer across the states can be resolved through national-
level policy-making; For example, the Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986
standardizes state driver's license laws for interstate truckers and keeps a national
database of transportation violation records
Reneging and shirking - Answer describe when states make promises to take an action
but then fail to follow through; National action can force states to follow through by
making reneging or shirking costly
preemption legislation - Answer "federal laws that assert the national government's
prerogative to control public policy in a particular field—to steer state policy in a desired
direction; The federal government uses carrots and sticks to get states to comply with
its desires
block grants - Answer the federal government gives each state or local government a set
amount of money for a specific purpose; If a state spends less than the block grant
amount, the unused money goes back to the federal government; States and localities
therefore have a huge disincentive to spend above what the federal government gives
them
matching grants - Answer the federal government "matches" or sometimes exceeds
state contributions to programs up to four times the state expense; Federal "matching
formulas" are based heavily on the wealth of the state receiving money, can create a
moral hazard for the fed. gov. Since states are not responsible for funding the entirety
of their programs
Solved with 100% Correct answers
17th amendment - Answer allows for direct election of US senators, turned the senate
away from state interests
Supremacy Clause of Constitution - Answer specifies that national law is supreme so
long as national law "conforms to the Constitution."
Necessary and Proper Clause (Elastic Clause) - Answer increases national power insofar
as it allows congress to "make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying
into Execution the foregoing powers"
10th amendment - Answer provides for the protection of states' rights and says that
"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."
McCulloch versus Maryland - Answer the Supreme Court declares that the United States
government has the power to create a national bank and that the states cannot levy
taxes on the national bank
Gibbons versus Ogden - Answer the Supreme Court ruled that neither New York nor
New Jersey could grant monopolies to steamboat operators on the Hudson River and
that only the national government can regulate interstate commerce
Nationalization - Answer refers to the centralization of policy-making at the federal level
rather than in the hands of the states.
, Nationalization - Answer driven mainly by technological change, urbanization, and social
unrest. It occurred in three waves;1) Civil War. 2) Great Depression/New Deal. 3) Great
Society.
Coordination problems - Answer across the states can be resolved through national-
level policy-making; For example, the Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986
standardizes state driver's license laws for interstate truckers and keeps a national
database of transportation violation records
Reneging and shirking - Answer describe when states make promises to take an action
but then fail to follow through; National action can force states to follow through by
making reneging or shirking costly
preemption legislation - Answer "federal laws that assert the national government's
prerogative to control public policy in a particular field—to steer state policy in a desired
direction; The federal government uses carrots and sticks to get states to comply with
its desires
block grants - Answer the federal government gives each state or local government a set
amount of money for a specific purpose; If a state spends less than the block grant
amount, the unused money goes back to the federal government; States and localities
therefore have a huge disincentive to spend above what the federal government gives
them
matching grants - Answer the federal government "matches" or sometimes exceeds
state contributions to programs up to four times the state expense; Federal "matching
formulas" are based heavily on the wealth of the state receiving money, can create a
moral hazard for the fed. gov. Since states are not responsible for funding the entirety
of their programs
