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True/False Quiz

Select 'T' if the statement is true and 'F' if the statement is false.



 This activity contains 10 questions.

Question 1.
The word "federal" does not appear in the U.S. Constitution.

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Question 2.
The authority to tax by Congress is not an enumerated power in the Constitution.

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Question 3.
The power to borrow money would be an example of a power only allowed to the national government, not to the states.

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Question 4.
The Constitution does not enumerate many specific powers to the states.

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Question 5.
Congress cannot pass a law that makes an act punishable if the action was legal at the time it was committed.

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Question 6.
The U.S. Supreme Court always sided with the national government, at the expense of the states, in its decisions of the 1800s.

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Question 7.
Cooperative federalism is the belief that having separate and equally powerful levels of government is the best arrangement.

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Question 8.
The U.S. Supreme Court did not consistently uphold all the New Deal programs.

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Question 9.
If a state were looking to secure federal aid with fewer strings attached, it would prefer to seek categorical grants over block grants.

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Question 10.
Prior to 1995, meeting unfunded mandates did not represent a significant share of a local government's annual operating budget.

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