Test Bank For American Government Institutions and Policies, Brief Version 12th Edition by James Q. Wilson
Chapter 03: Federalism Federalism
True / False |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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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