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Question 1.
Business interests have traditionally found the national government to be more responsive to their demands.


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Question 2.
Congress is forbidden to pass any law that creates a financial obligation for the states without providing funds to meet these obligations.

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Question 3.
In Gibbons v. Ogden (1824), the Supreme Court narrowly defined commerce, thus limiting the national government's regulatory powers.


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Question 4.
In McCulloch v. Maryland, Chief Justice Marshall declared that federal laws or regulations preempt state or local laws or regulations and thus preclude their enforcement.


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Question 5.
In recent years the Supreme Court has broadened the definition of commerce to give the federal government greater regulatory power.

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Question 6.
Project grants are awarded on the basis of competitive applications.


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Question 7.
States are responsible for most policies dealing with social, family, and moral issues.


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Question 8.
The American states are organized as federal systems.


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Question 9.
The Constitution says that states are required to return a person charged with a crime in another state to that state for trial or imprisonment.

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Question 10.
The federal government often uses financial assistance in one program to influence state and local policy in another.


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Question 11.
The federal government's presence is felt at almost all levels of government.


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Question 12.
The more fundamental the rights, the less likely it is that a state can discriminate against citizens of another state.


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Question 13.
The national government's share of American governmental expenditures has grown rapidly since 1929.


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Question 14.
The percent of federal aid to state and local governments in the form of block grants has been decreasing since 1995.


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Question 15.
The Tenth Amendment states that, unless declared in the Constitution, states' powers are superior to those of the national government.


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