Pierson Gov CH 4
Question
Answer
1. The system of _____ provides, among other things, local action in
matters of local concern, a dual system of government, and strength
through unity. 88
federalism
2. The _____ requires the National Government to guarantee a
republican form of government for every State. 88
Constitution
3. A basic characteristic of federalism is that it divides power between
National State
_____ Government and _____ governments. 88
4. The Constitution is the _____ law of the land.
supreme
5. The power of the National Government to coin money is an _____
power. (implied, inherent, expressed or concurrent)89
expressed
6. The National Government can legally exercise expressed, implied
and _____ powers. 89-91
inherent
7. It can be said that the National Government is a government of
_____ powers. 89
delegated
8. Without the expressed powers of the National Government, there
would be no _____ powers. 90
implied
9. State governments can claim no _____ powers. 91
inherent
10. Local governments derive their power from State constitutions and
laws
State _____. 92
11. _____ government is a subunit of State government. 92
local
12. Through which United States document are the States denied
powers? 92
Constitution
13. _____ powers are those that are exercised simultaneously by the
National and the State governments. 93
concurrent
14. In the case of McCullouch v Maryland, what was the Supreme
Court ruling based upon? 94
Supremacy
clause
15. Conflicts among the States during the _____ Period may have led
the Framers to include the Supremacy Clause in the Constitution. 94
Critical
16. The obligation of the National Government to protect the States
against invasion indirectly arose because the new Constitution
required the States to give up their _____ _____ powers. 98
war-making
17. An _____ act directs any area desiring Statehood to prepare a
constitution. 99
enabling
18. The power of the Federal Government to make grants-in-aid can
be traced to which expressed power of Congress? 102
lay and collect
taxes
19. From the States' point of view, what advantage did revenue
sharing have over federal grants-in-aid programs? 103
few restrictions
20. Agreements States inter into with both foreign nations and other
States with the consent of Congress are _____ compacts. 105
interstate
21. Just as treaties made by the President are subject to consent by
the Senate, interstate compacts are subject to _____ consent. 105
congressional
22. States must honor the legality of one another's civil laws because
of the _____ _____ and Credit Clause. 106
Full Faith
23. The Full Faith and Credit Clause of the Constitution provides that
State laws and court decisions must generally be honored by other
_____. 106
States
24. Citizens who commit a crime in one State and then flee to another
State to escape prosecution are to be returned to the original State
under _____. 107
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