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Chapter 3: Federalism: States and Nation

True/False Quiz

True/False Quiz


This activity contains 17 questions.

	State laws can create, change, or abolish local governments, such as counties and cities.    True  False

	Federal systems are a common form of government throughout the world today.    True  False

	In general, Americans are better informed about the national government than they are about their state and local governments.    True  False

	Attitudes about federalism often depend on political ideology and on which political party happens to control the national government at the moment.    True  False

	The Constitution says that states can have whatever power the national government wants them to have.    True  False

	The Tenth Amendment to the Constitution declares that the powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states.    True  False

	"Full faith and credit" means that citizens in each state are entitled to all the privileges and immunities of citizens in other states.    True  False

	The Founders intended to establish a federal system with powers divided between the states and the national government.    True  False

	Nullification is a right explicitly granted to the states in the Constitution which says that a majority of states can overturn laws passed by the national government if they deem those laws to be unfair.    True  False

	The Constitution does not clearly state what branch of government enforces the supremacy clause.    True  False

	The U.S. Supreme Court expanded the authority of state governments in the case of McCulloch v. Maryland.    True  False

	Since the late 1930s, the actions of the Supreme Court have generally strengthened the authority of the national government at the expense of the states.    True  False

	The layer-cake metaphor is an accurate description of federalism in the U.S. because the powers of the national and state government are neatly divided like layers on a cake.    True  False

	The biggest growth in federal aid to the states occurred during the early decades of our nation's history.    True  False

	Growth of federal grants has occurred only under Democratic presidents.    True  False

	When the national government imposes a mandate on states, it requires that states carry out certain policies even when little or no aid is offered.    True  False

	During the energy crisis of the 1970s, states were required to impose a 55 mile-per-hour speed limit or lose a portion of their highway assistance funds. This is an example of "conditions on aid."    True  False

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