Question 1 of 20

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A. It encourages hyperpluralism.

B. It allows states to function as laboratories of democracy and policy innovation.

C. It creates conflict between national and state governments.

D. It creates more opportunities for interest groups to wield influence

Question 2 of 20

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A. power is centralized in state and local government

B. both national and state levels of government have some authority over the same land and people

C. there is one federal government and all regional governments are administrative subunits of it

D. power is centralized in the national government

Question 3 of 20

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A. Federal power has declined.

B. Federal power has increased at first, but declined substantially in subsequent years.

C. The attacks had no noticeable impact on federal power.

D. Federal power has increased

Question 4 of 20

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A. empower the national government

B. prohibit state governments

C. prohibit national government

D. empower local governments

Question 5 of 20

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A. state governments in the United States

B. the United Nations

C. Britain

D. OPEC

Question 6 of 20

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A. their state’s Supreme Court

B. the people of their state

C. their state legislature

D. the United States Constitution

Question 7 of 20

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A. the Framers thought the federal government was redundant

B. states were designed to be subservient to the federal government

C. there was consensus on what the powers of the federal government should be but not on the powers of the states

D. states had all the power at the writing of the Constitution and a list was deemed unnecessary

Question 8 of 20

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A. local county governments

B. local city governments

C. local school districts

D. local special districts

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A. Civil War

B. Great Depression

C. Sherman Anti-Trust Act

D. passage of the Fourteenth Amendment

Question 10 of 20

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A. allows Indians to establish casinos on reservation lands

B. allows immigrants to commit crimes if that behavior is legal in their country of origin

C. prohibits state action to ban gay marriage

D. has become a controversial issue in light of the recent legalization of gay marriage in some states

Question 11 of 20

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A. roads and bridges

B. welfare and pension payments

C. land-grant colleges

D. railroads

Question 12 of 20

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A. municipality

B. state

C. nation

D. colony

Question 13 of 20

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A. federalism

B. the supremacy clause

C. the Tenth Amendment

D. the Bill of Rights

Question 14 of 20

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A. setting the time and manner of elections

B. coining money

C. spending money for the general welfare

D. the ratification of constitutional amendments

Question 15 of 20

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A. marble cake

B. layer cake

C. fruit cake

D. angel food cake

Question 16 of 20

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A. among the local governments of America

B. among the state governments

C. by a political system in which power is vested in the state governments

D. between national and state governments

Question 17 of 20

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A. block; categorical

B. categorical; block

C. funded mandates; categorical

D. block; funded mandates

Question 18 of 20

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A. government consolidation and cooperation

B. home rule charters

C. commission governments

D. town meetings

Question 19 of 20

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A. the full faith and credit doctrine

B. the doctrine of implied powers

C. confederalism

D. dual federalism

Question 20 of 20

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A. eliminate the power of the elite

B. establish a less democratic political system that was also efficient

C. establish a powerful central government and minimize the authority of state and local governments

D. remedy problems experienced by the Framers under the Articles of Confederation