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Question 16

The Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution states that the powers the Constitution does not delegate to the national government or to the states are:

A-reserved to the states or to the people

B-reserved for county and municipal governments

C-not to be exercised by any governmental authority

D-to be exercised only through specific legislation passed by Congress

E-relatively few and rarely exercised

Question 17 - The first Supreme Court decision since the New Deal that limited claims of federal authority under the commerce clause was:

A-Barron v. Baltimore

B-United States v. Lopez

C-Dred Scott v. Sandford

D-McCulloch v. Maryland

E-INS v. Chadha

Question 18- The system of government that prevailed in the United States from the writing of the Constitution to approximately the Great Depression could be most accurately characterized as __________ federalism.

A-dual

B-triple

C-separation of powers

D-pancake

E-marble cake

Question 19-Private property exists because laws against trespass are defined by:

A-state statutes

B-city ordinances

C-the U.S. Congress

D-administrative rules and regulations

E-the Bill of Rights

Question 20-The system of government in which a constitution divides power between a central government and regional governments is known as:

A-bicameralism

B-federalism

C-divided government

D-separation of powers

E-socialism

Question 21-James Madison advocated a complete separation among the branches of government. (True or Flase)

Question 22-The Unfunded Mandate Reform Act (UMRA) limits the number of unfunded mandates Congress may place on states in a given year. (True or False)

Question 23-The framers considered the presidency to be the most important branch in American government.(True or False?)

Question 24-In the United States, each of the three branches of government exercises power over the other two. (True or False)

Question 25-In essence, the fifty individual American states are agencies of the national government. (True or False)

Question 26-Thomas Jefferson's formulation of the wall of separation between church and state is most closely associated with the __________ clause.

A-free exercise

B-establishment

C-equal protection

D-freedom of assembly

E-reckless endangerment

Question 27-In the Shelley v. Kraemer case involving the widespread practice of restrictive covenants, the Supreme Court ruled that restrictive covenants could:

A-not be judicially enforced

B-not be signed by private persons

C-make no references to race or religion

D-be encouraged by state and local governments but not by the national government

E-not be made whether they involved race or not

Answer 1

16):-A is right option, The Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution states that the powers the Constitution does not delegate to the national government or to the states are reserved to the states or to the people

Tenth Amendment is the final part of the Bill of Rights that defines the basic principles of American federalism in stating that the powers not delegated to the national government are reserved to the states or to the people

17 ) :-B is right option, The first Supreme Court decision since the New Deal that limited claims of federal authority under the commerce clause was United States v. Lopez

US v. Lopez

Lopez brought a gun to school, got tried in federal court; Congress argued that gun use in schools affected interstate commerce, while Lopez said that the effect was too small to hit economy; Lopez won (first limitation to commerce clause).

18) :- A is right option, The system of government that prevailed in the United States from the writing of the Constitution to approximately the Great Depression could be most accurately characterized as dual federalism

Dual federalism is the idea that having separate and equally powerful state and national governments is the best constitutional arrangement

19) :- A is right option, Private property exists because laws against trespass are defined by state statutes

State Statutes is a Primary authority created by state legislature