American Federalism

According to Chapter 3, what is the term for an institutional arrangement that creates two relatively autonomous levels of government, each possessing the capacity to act directly on behalf of the people?

Which clause in Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution enables Congress 'to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying' out its constitutional responsibilities?

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. This is the text of which amendment?

In the landmark Supreme Court case McCulloch v. Maryland (1819), Chief Justice John Marshall argued that Congress could create a national bank based on which constitutional principle?

What metaphor is commonly used to describe dual federalism, where the states and national government exercise exclusive authority in distinctly delineated spheres of jurisdiction?

Which type of federal grant comes with less stringent federal administrative conditions and provides recipients more flexibility over how to spend grant funds?

The era of federalism in which the states and national government exercise exclusive authority in distinctly delineated spheres of jurisdiction is known as what?

What is the term for the strategy in which interest groups select the level and branch of government they calculate will be most advantageous for their policy goals?

Which of the following is considered a primary drawback of federalism?

According to Figure 3.4, what was the largest source of revenue for the federal government in 2013?

Which 1996 law gave states greater discretion over the provision of welfare, representing a key moment in new federalism?

The legal principle that state actions trump those of local government and that local governments exist at the pleasure of the state is known as what?

Which Supreme Court case enabled the federal government to regulate commercial activities that occurred within states, a function previously handled exclusively by the states?

The Great Depression of the 1930s ushered in which new phase in the evolution of U.S. federalism?

What did the Supreme Court’s ruling in United States v. Lopez (1995) represent?

The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA) of 1995 was intended to do what?

According to Chapter 3, the gradual movement of states into the immigration policy domain is described by what term?

The Supreme Court case United States v. Windsor (2013) was a critical turning point for which policy issue?

Which of the following is NOT listed in Chapter 3 as one of the five structural characteristics common to federal systems like the United States?

In what year did the Supreme Court case Gibbons v. Ogden, which broadly interpreted the commerce clause, occur?

The doctrine of nullification, which asserted that states had the right to reject national laws they deemed unconstitutional, emerged as a crisis in the 1830s over what issue?

Which New Deal program, created by the Social Security Act of 1935, requires states to provide jobless benefits but allows them significant latitude over funding and duration?

The process in which the national government places new administrative requirements on state and local governments or supplants block grants with new categorical grants is known as what?

The 1984 National Minimum Drinking Age Act (NMDAA) is an example of what kind of mandate?

What did Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis mean when he described states as 'laboratories of democracy' in 1932?

According to the 2014 federal budget data in Figure 3.6, approximately what percentage of the budget was spent on Social Security?

The model of federalism premised on the idea that decentralization of policies enhances administrative efficiency and reduces public spending is known as what?

The full faith and credit clause, found in Article IV, Section 1, of the Constitution, requires states to do what?

In what decade did the Supreme Court ruling in Lochner v. New York strike down a state law that capped work hours, based on a violation of the due process clause?

According to Figure 3.13, which shows Federal Grants to State and Local Governments from 1960-2014, the largest portion of grant money is allocated to which functional category?

What year was the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) passed by Congress?

Which of these is NOT an example of a concurrent power shared by federal and state governments?

The 'devolution revolution' is most associated with which U.S. President?

The estimated cost to states for implementing the Real ID Act of 2005 was around:

By 2014, how many states and Washington, DC, had passed immigration-related laws and resolutions, illustrating the trend of immigration federalism?

Which of these is NOT one of the benefits of federalism discussed in Chapter 3?

The privileges and immunities clause of Article IV prohibits states from:

What was the name of the legislative effort under President Johnson to institute a package of programs to improve circumstances for lower-income Americans?

In 2014, federal grants constituted what percentage of state revenue?

What term did Morton Grodzins use in the 1950s to describe cooperative federalism, contrasting it with the older 'layer cake' model?

Federal transfers formulated to limit recipients’ discretion in the use of funds and subject them to strict administrative criteria are called what?

According to the chapter, which of these is NOT an advantage of new federalism?

The Jeanne Clery Act of 1990 is an example of a federal mandate requiring what of colleges and universities?

What was the core argument of the nullifiers, led by John Calhoun, during the 1830s crisis?

In 2014, how many of the 1,099 federal grants distributed were block grants?

The term 'coercive federalism' has been used by some scholars to capture what aspect of contemporary U.S. federalism?

What was the outcome of the Supreme Court's decision in Arizona v. United States (2012)?

The federal system enables interest groups like MADD to strategize about how to achieve their policy objectives by providing what?

In a unitary system of government, where is significant authority concentrated?

What percent of the total revenue of local governments was provided by federal and state grants in 2013?