PSC 101 EXAM 1 (ACTUAL 2025/2026) QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS
Sovereignty - ----Answers-----Ability of a state to govern its
territory free from control of its internal affairs by other
states.
10th Amendment - ----Answers-----Powers reserved to the
States
Bill of Rights - ----Answers-----The first ten amendments to
the Constitution, outlines inalienable rights
Enumerated (expressed) powers - ----Answers-----The
seventeen powers granted to the national government under
Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution. These powers include
taxation and the regulation of commerce as well as the
authority to provide for the national defense.
Implied powers - ----Answers-----Powers not specifically
mentioned in the constitution
Necessary and proper clause - ----Answers-----Clause of
the Constitution (Article I, Section 8, Clause 3) setting forth the
implied powers of Congress. It states that Congress, in
addition to its express powers, has the right to make all laws
,necessary and proper to carry out all powers the Constitution
vests in the national government
Supremacy clause - ----Answers-----Article VI of the
Constitution, which makes the Constitution, national laws, and
treaties supreme over state laws when the national
government is acting within its constitutional limits.
McCulloch v. Maryland - ----Answers-----Maryland was
trying to tax the national bank and Supreme Court ruled that
federal law was stronger than the state law
Dual federalism - ----Answers-----Precise separation of
national and state governments
Layer cake metaphor
1789-1937
Cooperative federalism - ----Answers-----Shared policy
responsibilities between national and state governments
Marble cake metaphor
1937-present
Regulated federalism - ----Answers-----a form of federalism
in which Congress imposes legislation on states and localities,
requiring them to meet national standards
, Marijuana policy - ----Answers------ illegal under federal
law
- 38 states allow medical use
- 24 states allow recreational use
- conflicting federal and state policy
Full faith and credit clause - ----Answers-----Constitution's
requirement that each state accept the public acts, records,
and judicial proceedings of every other state
Privileges and immunities clause - ----Answers-----prevents
a state from treating citizens of other states in a
discriminatory manner.
Home rule - ----Answers-----power delegated by the state to
a local unit of government to manage its own affairs
General revenue sharing - ----Answers-----federal aid to the
states without any conditions on how the money is to be spent
New federalism - ----Answers-----A policy in 1969, that
turned over powers and responsibilities of some U.S. federal
programs to state and local governments and reduced the role
of national government in domestic affairs (states are closer
to the people and problems)
VERIFIED ANSWERS
Sovereignty - ----Answers-----Ability of a state to govern its
territory free from control of its internal affairs by other
states.
10th Amendment - ----Answers-----Powers reserved to the
States
Bill of Rights - ----Answers-----The first ten amendments to
the Constitution, outlines inalienable rights
Enumerated (expressed) powers - ----Answers-----The
seventeen powers granted to the national government under
Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution. These powers include
taxation and the regulation of commerce as well as the
authority to provide for the national defense.
Implied powers - ----Answers-----Powers not specifically
mentioned in the constitution
Necessary and proper clause - ----Answers-----Clause of
the Constitution (Article I, Section 8, Clause 3) setting forth the
implied powers of Congress. It states that Congress, in
addition to its express powers, has the right to make all laws
,necessary and proper to carry out all powers the Constitution
vests in the national government
Supremacy clause - ----Answers-----Article VI of the
Constitution, which makes the Constitution, national laws, and
treaties supreme over state laws when the national
government is acting within its constitutional limits.
McCulloch v. Maryland - ----Answers-----Maryland was
trying to tax the national bank and Supreme Court ruled that
federal law was stronger than the state law
Dual federalism - ----Answers-----Precise separation of
national and state governments
Layer cake metaphor
1789-1937
Cooperative federalism - ----Answers-----Shared policy
responsibilities between national and state governments
Marble cake metaphor
1937-present
Regulated federalism - ----Answers-----a form of federalism
in which Congress imposes legislation on states and localities,
requiring them to meet national standards
, Marijuana policy - ----Answers------ illegal under federal
law
- 38 states allow medical use
- 24 states allow recreational use
- conflicting federal and state policy
Full faith and credit clause - ----Answers-----Constitution's
requirement that each state accept the public acts, records,
and judicial proceedings of every other state
Privileges and immunities clause - ----Answers-----prevents
a state from treating citizens of other states in a
discriminatory manner.
Home rule - ----Answers-----power delegated by the state to
a local unit of government to manage its own affairs
General revenue sharing - ----Answers-----federal aid to the
states without any conditions on how the money is to be spent
New federalism - ----Answers-----A policy in 1969, that
turned over powers and responsibilities of some U.S. federal
programs to state and local governments and reduced the role
of national government in domestic affairs (states are closer
to the people and problems)
