Test Bank For American Government Institutions and Policies, Brief Version 12th Edition by James Q. Wilson
Chapter 03: Federalism Federalism
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1. The American experience suggests that many of the Antifederalists’ primary concerns about the size of government were not unwarranted. a. True b. False ANSWER: True REFERENCES: 51 LEARNING OBJECTIVES: AGBR.WILS.12.3.1 – LO1 |
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2. The Constitution has been amended only 23 times in more than 225 years. a. True b. False ANSWER: False REFERENCES: 51 LEARNING OBJECTIVES: AGBR.WILS.12.3.1 – LO1 |
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3. Over the last half-century, state and local government spending has declined significantly. a. True b. False ANSWER: False REFERENCES: 51 LEARNING OBJECTIVES: AGBR.WILS.12.3.1 – LO1 |
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4. Politically, the most consistent conflict has been relations between state and national governments. a. True b. False ANSWER: True REFERENCES: 52 LEARNING OBJECTIVES: AGBR.WILS.12.3.1 – LO1 |
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5. The Founders envisioned a system in which the national government would have supreme authority over the state governments. a. True b. False ANSWER: False REFERENCES: 54 LEARNING OBJECTIVES: AGBR.WILS.12.3.2 – LO2 |
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6. The wording of the U.S. Constitution regarding the federal government’s right to make laws is purposely vague and elastic. a. True b. False ANSWER: True REFERENCES: 55 LEARNING OBJECTIVES: AGBR.WILS.12.3.2 – LO2 |
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7. Thomas Jefferson generally thought the powers of the federal government should be narrowly construed and strictly limited. a. True b. False ANSWER: True REFERENCES: 55 LEARNING OBJECTIVES: AGBR.WILS.12.3.2 – LO2 |
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8. Chief Justice John Marshall was an early advocate of states’ rights. a. True b. False ANSWER: False REFERENCES: 56 LEARNING OBJECTIVES: AGBR.WILS.12.3.2 – LO2 |
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9. In McCulloch v. Maryland, the Supreme Court ruled that the state of Maryland could not tax a bank chartered by the national government. a. True b. False ANSWER: True REFERENCES: 56 LEARNING OBJECTIVES: AGBR.WILS.12.3.2 – LO2 |
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10. The doctrine of nullification allows states to declare null and void a federal law that violates the Constitution. a. True b. False ANSWER: True REFERENCES: 57 LEARNING OBJECTIVES: AGBR.WILS.12.3.2 – LO2 |
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