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Review Questions: Can You answer the following review questions?
1. Grants-in-aid facilitated which of the following?
a. the investment of federal funds in the stock market
b.the provision of federal funding for public services at the state and local levels
c. a means for the states to gain power relative to the national government
d. the move toward dual federalism
e. increased sovereignty of the state and local governments
2. On which issue did the Supreme Court famously reverse its views (Darby v US) on federalism during the period surrounding the move to cooperative federalism?
a. civil rights
b. First Amendment rights
c. the right to bear arms
d. labor/commerce standards
e. women’s reproductive rights
3. It was through the interpretation of which clause that the Supreme Court began to address social issues in the 1960s?
a. the necessary and proper clause
b. the commerce clause.
c. the supremacy clause
d. judicial review
e. all of these options
4. Which president is credited with leading the trend toward devolution?
a. Herbert Hoover
b. Ronald Reagan
c. Franklin D. Roosevelt
d. John F. Kennedy
e. none of these options
5. Which of the following is an accurate statement pertaining to the Great Depression?
a. The Great Depression resulted in a significant power shift that favored state governments.
b. Hoovervilles marked a successful housing program established by President Herbert Hoover.
c. Measures designed to provide solutions to the Great Depression expanded the national government in size and power.
d. The “alphabet” agencies created during this time proved highly unsuccessful in solving the nation’s economic problems.
e. none of these options
6. The terrorist attacks of 9/11 may be described an example of which of the following in relation to the balance of power in a federal system?
a. the role of natural disasters
b. the role of crises
c. the role of the Supreme Court
d.devolution
e. none of these options
7. Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath proved to be an example of which of the following?
a. a natural disaster
b. inadequate infrastructure
c. unsatisfactory government response
d. public reliance on national government aid
e. all of these options
8. Which of the following are examples of issues of federalism?
a. a confederation of states versus a union
b. extent of executive power
c. supremacy of national government
d. extent of states’ rights and responsibilities
e. all of these options
9. With which group would Ronald Reagan most likely have been associated, based on the ideas outlined in his executive order of devolution in 1987?
a. the Federalists
b. the anti-Federalists
c. the suffragists
d. the Democratic Party
e. none of these options
10. The strengths of a federal system include which of the following?
a. It promotes and facilitates division of labor within government.
b. It provides more opportunities for political participation.
c. It limits tyranny.
d. It encourages innovation and experimentation in policy development.
e. all of these options
Answers
1. B
2. D
3. B
4. B
5. C
6. B
7. E
8. E
9. B
10. E