Under this agreement, the Colonies exercised a good deal of autonomy for domestic issues.
What is home rule?
100
The addition of what list of rights was highly debated amongst founders?
What is the Bill of Rights?
100
This type of federalism has mutually exclusive realms of influence.
What is dual federalism?
100
This founding father is now a Broadway star
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
200
Overfishing and pollution are both examples of this "sad" exploitation.
What is tragedy of the commons?
200
The ineffective governing body before the Constitution was born
What are the Articles of Confederation?
200
This president's post-Great Depression social package expanded federal powers.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
200
This court case involved disagreements between national and state banks.
What is McCullough v. Maryland?
200
When transaction costs are high, what should be low in correlation?
What are conformity costs?
300
When groups come to bound by policy, even when not everyone agrees.
What is politics?
300
This group of farmers led an uprising that put pressure on the weak federal government to make serious institutional changes.
What is Shay's Rebellion?
300
This clause gives federal laws precedence over state ones.
What is the supremacy clause?
300
A broad grant of money given by the federal government to a state government. The grant specifies the general area (such as education or health services) in which the funds may be spent but leaves it to the state to determine the specific allocations.
What is a block grant?
300
This percentage of a slave's life counted toward the vote in a great comprise at the Constitutional Convention of 1787.
What is 3/5ths?
400
Tractors and a Cuban Missle Crisis can get you involved in this dangerous game
What is chicken?
400
When you can only do what is listed explicitly.
What are enumerated rights?
400
This vague clause has given rise to federal powers
What is the necessary and proper clause?
400
This is the "carrot" incentive for states to comply with federal mandates
What are federal grants?
400
Who was the chief justice for 34 years during landmark court decisions such as Gibbons v. Ogden?
Who is Cheif Justice John Marshall?
500
This issue of unequal effort is part of the Prisoner's Dilemma.
What is the Free Rider Problem?
500
This group opposed ratification of the Constitution, which the group believed would jeopardize individual freedom and states’ rights.
Who are Antifederalists?
500
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
What is the 10th Amendment?
500
This is the "stick" incentives for state governments to comply with federal policies
What are unfunded mandates?
500
This late coming state didn't ratify the constitution until after it had been in place for a year.