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1. In
Federalist
16 and
17,
Alexander
Hamilton argues that:
a) the
new national government will be a danger to the collective power of the states.
b) it
is illusory to worry that the national government will subvert state power.
c) the
Confederation was an adequate government in its time but now it must be
replaced.
d) the
states will retain their sovereignty under the new Constitution.
2.
a) it
is necessary to keep the states in line.
b) the
national defense requires it.
c) only
in this way can the common concerns of the nation be regulated.
d) state
legislatures are unrepresentative of the people.
3. The Anti-Federalists
worried that the new Constitution would:
a) enhance
state power to the detriment of the national government.
b) undermine
state sovereignty.
c) establish
a weak national government.
d) create
strong political parties.
4. The Anti-Federalists
felt that excessive national power would be the result of the:
a) supremacy
clause of the Constitution.
b) Congressional powers
to tax and spend.
c) power
of Congress to raise and support armies.
d) all of the above
5. The necessary and
proper clause:
a) expands
congressional power.
b) requires
the Supreme Court to adopt a strict constructionist view of Article I powers.
c) supports
presidential prerogative powers.
d) limits
congressional power.
6. In Federalist
44
a) the
Constitution should clearly define all congressional powers.
b) Congress should
exercise only expressly enumerated powers.
c) the
necessary and proper clause is essential to allow implied congressional powers.
d) the
Constitution should enumerate what congressional powers are not necessary and
proper for the execution of its enumerated powers.
7. In
Federalist
39,
James Madison argues that the new Constitution:
a) eliminates
state sovereignty.
b) is
both national and federal.
c) is primarily national.
d) retains
the major features of the Confederation.
8. In
Federalist
39,
James Madison:
a) argued
that the states should be able to filter national actions.
b) favored
the ability of the national government to act directly upon the states on
national concerns.
c) argued
for a weak national government.
d) pointed
out that because the president was directly elected, national power would be
exercised in a democratically responsible manner.
9. Which of the following
statements did James Madison not make
in Federalist
39?
a) An important national characteristic of the
Constitution is the direct election of the House of Representatives by the
people.
b) The electoral
constituency of the Senate represents an important federal characteristic of the
Constitution.
c) The new Constitution
carefully balances federal and national characteristics.
d) The amendment process
is wholly national in character.
10. James Madison in Federalist
45 stated
that:
a) state
governments cannot act without the support of the national government.
b) the
state governments may be regarded as constituent and essential parts of the
federal government.
c) the
federal government will have the advantage over state governments.
d) state
legislatures are not essential to the election of the president.
11. Bryce writes that
federalism allows states and localities:
a) to
experiment and fail without threatening the nation.
b) to
control the dispensation of all monies involved in governing.
c) to
join together and dominate the national government.
d) to
prosper without worrying about a higher authority.
12. According
to Bryce, federalism:
a) protects
local authority.
b) protects
individual freedoms.
c) unburdens
the national government.
d) all of the above
13. Bryce argues that
expansion:
a) was
hindered by the absence of a strong central power.
b) benefited
from federalism's flexibility.
c) was
a violent and lawless endeavor.
d) ended
with the closing of the frontier.
14. McCulloch
v.
a) Congress cannot exceed
its enumerated powers.
b) powers
can be implied from the specifically enumerated powers of Article 1.
c) the
national government is supreme over the states in cases of conflict of laws.
d) b
and c
15. Chief Justice John Marshall
proclaimed in McCulloch v.
a) the
power of taxation is vital to the states and may be exercised by both state and
national governments.
b) when
Congress has acted under the authority of the Constitution, states cannot pass
conflicting laws.
c) the
Constitution and the laws made in pursuance thereof are supreme, and they
control the laws of the respective states, and cannot be controlled by them.
d) all of the above
16. Which of the
following statements did John Marshall not make in McCulloch v.
a) The Constitution and
the laws made in pursuance thereof are supreme, and they control the
Constitution and laws of the respective states.
b) The Constitution must
allow to the national legislature that discretion with respect to the means by
which the powers it confers are to be carried into execution, which will enable
that body to perform the high duties assigned to it in the manner most
beneficial to the people.
c) Let the end be legitimate,
let it be within the scope of the Constitution, and all means which are
appropriate, which are plainly adapted to that end, which are not prohibited,
but consist with the letter and spirit of the Constitution, are constitutional.
d) Article 1 explicitly
grants Congress the authority to incorporate a national bank; therefore
congressional establishment of the national bank is constitutional.
17. Morton Grodzins argues that federalism is symbolized by:
a) a
three-layer cake.
b) a
marble cake.
c) a
cake without layers.
d) chocolate-chip
cookies.
18. Morton Grodzins suggests that under federalism:
a) national
governmental functions are unique.
b) governmental
functions are shared.
c) rarely
are governmental functions shared.
d) there
is federal domination in most areas.
19. Federalism is
characterized by:
a) federal-state-local
collaboration.
b) lack
of national supervision of federal grant programs.
c) lack
of cooperation between federal and state governments.
d) federal
domination in most areas.
20. Cooperation between
the many governments in the American federal system:
a) has
rarely existed.
b) characterized
the twentieth but not the nineteenth century.
c) has
always existed.
d) characterizes
grant and aid programs but not other activities.
Answer the following in short answer essay form.
1.
Bryce's opinion about the states' ability to experiment without danger t o the
whole foreshadows Louis Brandeis' characterization of the states as
"laboratories of democracy." Is this still a significant part of
federalism in the late twenty-first century? Given the expansion in federal
responsibilities and the growth of regulations and federal agencies, are states
and localities still important players in the American governing scheme?
2.
Once granted that Congress has the power to incorporate a bank, why did Chief
Justice Marshall find that the state of
3.
Although the nineteenth century is characterized as an era of "dual
federalism," in which federal and state functions were fairly clearly
separated, Grodzins feels that this is a misnomer.
Why?
4.
Describe Grodzins’ "marble cake"
description of American federalism.