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BGEN 361 – CHAPTER 2: 2025/2026
UPDATED QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS
federal form of government - ANSWERS ✔ ✔A
system of government in which the states form
a union and the sovereign power is divided
between a central government and the
member states.
Sovereignty - ANSWERS ✔ ✔The quality of
having independent authority over a
geographic area. For instance, state
governments have the authority to regulate
affairs within their borders.
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police powers - ANSWERS ✔ ✔Powers
possessed by states as part of their inherent
sovereignty. These powers may be exercised to
protect or promote the public order, health,
safety, morals, and general welfare.
privliges and immunities clause - ANSWERS ✔
✔A clause in Article IV, Section 2, of the U.S.
Constitution that requires states not to
discriminate against one another's citizens. A
resident of one state cannot be treated as an
alien when in another state; he or she may not
be denied such privileges and immunities as
legal protection, access to courts, travel rights,
and property rights.
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full faith and credit cause - ANSWERS ✔ ✔A
clause in Article IV, Section 1, of the U.S.
Constitution that provides that "Full Faith and
Credit shall be given in each State to the public
Acts, Records, and Judicial Proceedings of every
other State." The clause ensures that rights
established under deeds, wills, contracts, and
the like in one state will be honored by the
other states and that any judicial decision with
respect to such property rights will be honored
and enforced in all states.
checks and balances - ANSWERS ✔ ✔The
system by which each of the three branches of
the U.S. national government (executive,
legislative, and judicial) exercises checks on the
powers of the other branches.
BGEN 361 – CHAPTER 2: 2025/2026
UPDATED QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS
federal form of government - ANSWERS ✔ ✔A
system of government in which the states form
a union and the sovereign power is divided
between a central government and the
member states.
Sovereignty - ANSWERS ✔ ✔The quality of
having independent authority over a
geographic area. For instance, state
governments have the authority to regulate
affairs within their borders.
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police powers - ANSWERS ✔ ✔Powers
possessed by states as part of their inherent
sovereignty. These powers may be exercised to
protect or promote the public order, health,
safety, morals, and general welfare.
privliges and immunities clause - ANSWERS ✔
✔A clause in Article IV, Section 2, of the U.S.
Constitution that requires states not to
discriminate against one another's citizens. A
resident of one state cannot be treated as an
alien when in another state; he or she may not
be denied such privileges and immunities as
legal protection, access to courts, travel rights,
and property rights.
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full faith and credit cause - ANSWERS ✔ ✔A
clause in Article IV, Section 1, of the U.S.
Constitution that provides that "Full Faith and
Credit shall be given in each State to the public
Acts, Records, and Judicial Proceedings of every
other State." The clause ensures that rights
established under deeds, wills, contracts, and
the like in one state will be honored by the
other states and that any judicial decision with
respect to such property rights will be honored
and enforced in all states.
checks and balances - ANSWERS ✔ ✔The
system by which each of the three branches of
the U.S. national government (executive,
legislative, and judicial) exercises checks on the
powers of the other branches.
