Test Bank For American Government Institutions and Policies 13th Edition By Wilson

a.

for public use.

b.

if revenues are short.

c.

to promote economic development in distressed communities.

d.

if it has the consent of the community.

e.

both A and C

a.

redefined public purpose.

b.

set up procedures for voting.

c.

considerably expanded the scope of the government’s power.

d.

restricted the power of local governments.

e.

limited the Supreme Court’s ruling to public housing.

a.

nationalism.

b.

democracy.

c.

confederation.

d.

federalism.

e.

unicameralism.

a.

civil rights.

b.

civil liberties.

c.

the sale and purchasing of liquor.

d.

the speed limit of certain highways.

e.

All of the above.

a.

protect liberty.

b.

provide efficient local administration.

c.

encourage citizen participation.

d.

guarantee equality.

e.

protect against foreign invasion.

a.

the federal government would clearly be the winner in such conflicts.

b.

the state government would clearly be the winner in such conflicts.

c.

such conflicts would occur only on minor issues of importance.

d.

they are different agents with different powers.

e.

the judicial branch would settle such disputes.

a.

It had been tried without success in other countries.

b.

It was adopted as an alternative to a confederate system, in which local governments are granted a specially protected existence.

c.

It granted supreme authority to neither national nor state government.

d.

It specifically reserved powers not delegated to the United States by the U.S. Constitution to the states.

e.

It guaranteed the dominance of the states for several hundred years.

a.

the Second Amendment.

b.

the Seventh Amendment.

c.

the Tenth Amendment.

d.

the Fourteenth Amendment.

e.

None of the above.

a.

no such consensus existed at the Constitutional Convention.

b.

it was deleted under the Virginia Plan.

c.

New York delegates refused to allow discussion on the matter.

d.

the U.S. Constitution would not have been ratified.

e.

it was assumed to be obvious.

a.

no consensus existed.

b.

of an oversight.

c.

commerce was a new phenomenon.

d.

slavery was involved.

e.

New York delegates refused to allow discussion on the matter.

a.

He was a consistent supporter of the notion of a supreme national government.

b.

He was a consistent supporter of the notion of the supremacy of state governments.

c.

He was first an ardent supporter of national supremacy, then of states’ rights.

d.

He was first an ardent supporter of states’ rights, then of national supremacy.

e.

He assumed the national government would be supreme except in times of war.

a.

favor the decentralization of government power.

b.

oppose the decentralization of government power.

c.

favor seven-year terms for presidents.

d.

oppose seven-year terms for presidents.

e.

favor a more powerful bureaucracy.

a.

broad but limited.

b.

numerous and indefinite.

c.

narrow but critical.

d.

limited and subject to review.

e.

without substance.

a.

state governments are supreme over the national government.

b.

the national government derives its sovereignty from the states.

c.

the national government derives its sovereignty from the people.

d.

the national government derives its sovereignty from both the people and the states.

e.

state governments derive their power from each other.

a.

Roger Taney.

b.

Frederick Vinson.

c.

John Marshall.

d.

Alexander Hamilton.

e.

John Harlan.

a.

place limits on the constitutional powers granted to Congress by refusing McCulloch’s appeal.

b.

give greater power to the states in taxing agents of the federal government, including banks.

c.

protect newspaper editors who publish stories critical of the federal government.

d.

restrict the power of the Court in cases involving conflicts between states and the federal government.

e.

confirm the supremacy of the federal government in the exercise of the constitutional powers granted to Congress.

a.

the convention.

b.

the states.

c.

the people.

d.

the Supreme Court.

e.

both B and D.

a.

the power of Congress to veto state laws that violate the U.S. Constitution.

b.

the claimed authority of the states to declare a federal law void for violating the U.S. Constitution.

c.

the power of the president to veto state laws for violating the U.S. Constitution.

d.

the authority of the president to dissolve Congress and to call for new elections.

e.

the power of the federal government to invalidate state laws on matters of commerce.

a.

William Jennings Randolph.

b.

Robert E. Lee.

c.

William Graham Sumner.

d.

John C. Calhoun.

e.

JEB Stuart.

a.

commerce.

b.

banking.

c.

manufacturing.

d.

welfare.

e.

licensing of commercial fishermen.

a.

Congress could regulate interstate commerce.

b.

Congress could regulate interstate and intrastate commerce.

c.

the state governments could regulate interstate commerce.

d.

the state governments could regulate interstate and intrastate commerce.

e.

there was no distinction between interstate and intrastate commerce.