5 Written Questions

1. 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
2. Federal catergorical grants given for specific purposes and awarded on the basis of the merits of applications
3. The pattern of spending, taxing, and providing grants in the federal system; it is the cornerstone of the national government's relations with state and local governments
4. workings of the federal system the entire set of interactions among national,stae, and local governments
5. A landmark case decided in 1824 in which the Supreme Court interpreted very broadly the clause in Article 1 Section 8, of the Constitution giving Congress the power to reguale interstate commerce, encompassing virtually every from of commercial activity

5 Matching Questions

1. Privileges and immunities
2. Full faith and credit clause
3. Implied powers
4. Cooperative federalism
5. McCulloch v. Maryland

1. a Powers of the federal government that go beyond those enumerated in the Constitution. The Constitution states that Congress has the power to "make all laws necessary and proper for carrying into execution" the powers enumerated in Article I
2. b A system of government in which powers and policy assignments are shared between states and the national government. They may also share costs, administration, and even blame for programs that work poorly
3. c 1819 Supreme Court decision that established the supremacy of the national government over state governments was held by Chief Justice John Marshall
4. d A clause in Article IV, Section 2, of the Consititution according citizens of each state most of the privileges of citizens of other states
5. e A clause in Article IV, Section 1, of the Constitution requiring each state to recognize the offcial documents and civil judgements rendered by the courts of other states.

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. the final paragraph of Article I, Section8, of the Constitution, which authorizes Congress to pass all laws "necessary and proper" to carry our the enumerated powers
   1. Project grants
   2. Supremacy clause
   3. Block grants
   4. Elastic Clause
2. Federal catergorical grants distributed according to a formula specified in legislation or in administrative regulations
   1. Block grants
   2. Formula grants
   3. Project grants
   4. Categorical grants
3. A system of government in which both the states and the national government remaind supreme within their own spheres, each responsible for some policies
   1. Dual federalism
   2. Fiscal federalism
   3. Federalism
   4. Cooperative federalism
4. Federal grants that can be used only for specific purposes, or "categories," of state and local spending. They come with strings attached, such as nondiscrimination provisions
   1. Categorical grants
   2. Formula grants
   3. Block grants
   4. Project grants
5. Powers of the federal government that are spercifically addressed in the Constitution; for Congress, these power are listed in Article I Section 8, and include the power to coin money, regulate its value,and impose taxes
   1. Extradition
   2. Implied powers
   3. Enumerated powers
   4. Formula grants

5 True/False Question

1. Block grants → Federal grants given more or less automatically to states or communities to support broad programs in areas such as community deverlopment and social services
   

   True        False

2. Federalism → A system of government in which both the states and the national government remaind supreme within their own spheres, each responsible for some policies
   

   True        False

3. Extradition → A way of organizing a nation so that two or more levels of government have formal authority over the same land and people.
   

   True        False

4. Tenth amendment → constitutional amendment stating that "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the state respectively, or to the people"
   

   True        False

5. Unitary governments → constitutional amendment stating that "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the state respectively, or to the people"
   

   True        False