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State and local spending on public education. Source: U.S.Department of Commerce,United States Census Bureau,Public Education Finances: 2013.The data are for 2013. -Which of the following statements about federalism does the map illustrate?

A) Diversity in policy creates stark differences between states and regions of the U.S.
B) Under federalism people in different states have equal access to services.-Consider This: States are responsible for health,safety,and welfare; different states will administer those services in the ways they believe are best for their citizens.
C) States take advantage of the power to make decisions independently.
D) The federal government ensures that people in every state are treated equally.

E) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

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Which of the following best exemplifies devolution?

A) New Deal legislation
B) No Child Left Behind Act-Consider This: The No Child Left Behind Act removed power from the states and increased the role of the national government in regulating public K-12.
C) welfare policy
D) Troubled Asset Recovery Program

E) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

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According to Article VI of the U.S.Constitution,in conflicts between federal and state law federal law is __________.

Fiscal Federalism: The size of the public sector Source: Office of Management and Budget,Budget of the United States Government,Fiscal Year 2017: Historical Tables (Washington,DC: U.S.Government Printing Office,2016) ,Table 14.3. -Which of the following statements about federalism is true based on the graph?

Fiscal Federalism: Federal grants to state and local governments. Source: Office of Management and Budget,Budget of the United States Government,Fiscal Year 2017: Historical Tables (Washington,DC: U.S.Government Printing Office,2016) ,Tables 12.1 and 12.2. -Which type of system does this graph illustrate?

Which is an example of a federal mandate?

What are the two types of federal powers derived from Article I,section 8 of the U.S.Constitution?

Which of the following is the best definition of federalism?

An advantage of federalism is that it allows states to __________.

Which of the following is an example of a categorical grant?

“If the States may tax one instrument, employed by the government in the execution of its powers, they may tax any and every other instrument. They may tax the mail; they may tax the mint; they may tax patent rights; they may tax the papers of the custom-house; they may tax judicial process; they may tax all the means employed by the government, to an excess which would defeat all the ends of government. This was not intended by the American people. . . . The Court has bestowed on this subject its most deliberate consideration. The result is a conviction that the States have no power, by taxation or otherwise, to retard, impede, burden, or in any manner control, the operations of the constitutional laws enacted by Congress to carry into execution the powers vested in the general government. This is, we think, the unavoidable consequence of that supremacy which the constitution has declared.” —Chief Justice John Marshall, McCulloch v. Maryland, 1819 -Why was McCulloch v.Maryland a landmark federalism case?

“If the States may tax one instrument, employed by the government in the execution of its powers, they may tax any and every other instrument. They may tax the mail; they may tax the mint; they may tax patent rights; they may tax the papers of the custom-house; they may tax judicial process; they may tax all the means employed by the government, to an excess which would defeat all the ends of government. This was not intended by the American people. . . . The Court has bestowed on this subject its most deliberate consideration. The result is a conviction that the States have no power, by taxation or otherwise, to retard, impede, burden, or in any manner control, the operations of the constitutional laws enacted by Congress to carry into execution the powers vested in the general government. This is, we think, the unavoidable consequence of that supremacy which the constitution has declared.” —Chief Justice John Marshall, McCulloch v. Maryland, 1819 -Which clause of the U.S.Constitution did the Supreme Court interpret in McCulloch v.Maryland as allowing Congress to create a national bank?

Many local school districts complained that the No Child Left Behind Act did not provide enough funding to implement the law.If this is the case,the law is was a(n) __________.

Which of the following best describes the death penalty in the United States?

Which of the following is an example of a formula grant?

Which type of federalism is characterized by a system of state and national governments with separate but distinct authority?

In which of the following are powers shared by the federal and state governments in a marble-cake fashion?

State and local spending on public education. Source: U.S.Department of Commerce,United States Census Bureau,Public Education Finances: 2013.The data are for 2013. -Based on the map,which region of the U.S.spends the most on public education?

Of the following,which is a power denied to states by the Constitution?

Which of the following is a reason why the Framers created a federal system?