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What article in the Constitution provides the national government with its enumerated powers?
What is Article I(1)
100
What act of congress authorized President Jackson to use military force on any state that attempted to nullify acts of congress?
What is the Force Bill of 1833
100
What clause in the Constitution says that no other form of law is given more weight, or power, than the Constitution
What is the Supremacy clause
100
Who was President when the cooperation between the national government and the states began to fall apart?
What is Lyndon Baines Johnson
100
ho was the "Godfather" of judicial review- who started this process in the United States?
Who is John Marshall
200
What Constitutional amendment took money from the very wealthy, who could easily avoid paying taxes, and gave it to society for schools, museums, roads, bridges, and universities (it also gave the national government a lot more power and influence by giving it more resources as a side-effect)?
What is the 16th Amendment
200
Both the states and the national governments have the power to tax. Because they both can do this, this power is known as _______________.
What is concurrent
200
What Constitutional amendment was aimed at stopping state legislatures from selling Senate seats to wealthy individuals (the people were going to vote on Senators instead of state legislatures)?
What is the 17th Amendment
200
Based upon our Constitution, the national government shares power with state governments. What type, or system of government does our Constitution create?
What is a federal system/government
200
What Supreme Court case, involving the 2nd Bank of the United States, gave us a "ladder of laws?"
What is McCulloch v. Maryland
300
What era of federalism, which lasted from 1932-1979, involved the federal government giving money to the states (which the states appreciated) in the form of grants- it also allowed the federal government to get involved in areas outside of its 17 enumerated powers?
What is cooperative federalism (marble cake federalism).
300
Before the Civil War, the government and the Supreme Court maintained a strict separation between the powers of the national government and the powers of the states. What era of federalism does this describe?
What is the dual federal era (layer cake federalism)
300
What provision in Article IV requires that the congress give its permission before a treaty can be signed between the states?
What is the provision for Interstate Compacts
300
What federal program allows the national government to exercise power outside of its 17 enumerated powers by giving the states money (with many strings attached, in some cases)
What is Federal Grants-in-Aid
300
What social movement aided in the end of the cooperation between the federal and state governments?
What is the Civil Rights Movement
400
The year is 1831 and John C. Calhoun from South Carolina says that his state is going to declare the recent "tariff of abominations" passed by congress to be unconstitutional. Based on this actual historic situation, what idea is Mr. Calhoun supporting?
What is nullification
400
The State of Ohio has the constitutional power to control all marriages and divorces in the state. What amendment to the Constitution gives the state this power?
What is the tenth amendment
400
What clause comes at the end of Article I, section 8 that allows the national government to "stretch" its powers and exercise implied power?
What is the necessary and proper clause.
400
The year is 1905 and Bob and Margaret Smith believe that rich people have taken too much power in the U.S. by taking advantage of all the individual rights that our Constitution provides. Based on the time and their beliefs, what period of history is represented by the Smiths?
What is the Progressive Era
400
The Supreme Court declares a recent law passed by congress to be unconstitutional. What informal amendment process did the Supreme Court use in this situation?
What is Judicial Review
500
If a couple is married in Arizona, but then moves to New Mexico, New Mexico is required by the Constitution to recognize the marriage performed in Arizona. From what article in the Constitution is this provision drawn?
What is Article IV
500
Why does the necessary and proper clause not allow the national government to do whatever it wants?
What is because the necessary and proper clause only allows the government to do things related to its 17 enumerated powers, but nothing more (unless they bribe the states with grant money).
500
The national government decides to try and build an interstate highway tunnel under the Atlantic Ocean to Europe. When the states complain, saying congress has no right under the Constitution to do this, the congress responds by saying it has power under the commerce clause. What type of power is the national government trying to exercise in this case?
What is implied power.
500
Explain the relationship between the necessary and proper clause and implied power.
What is the necessary and proper clause provides the national government with implied power.
500
What is the difference between the Supremacy Clause and the Necessary and Proper clause?
What is Supremacy makes the Constitution the Highest law in the land, while the necessary and proper clause allows the national government to "stretch" its enumerated powers.