American Government Chapter Six

Question 1

Before 1865, identifying one's state was often more important than national identity.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 2

Which grant are federal monies that are given to state and local government for a specific purpose and come with guideli

Accepted Answer

categorical grants

Question 3

Which type of grant allows the national government greater discretion in deciding how much aid will be given?

Accepted Answer

project grants

Question 4

During WWI, the federal government took over the railroads and expanded its regulatory powers over major corporations.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 5

Which is the only state with a unicameral legislature?

Accepted Answer

Nebraska

Question 6

Federal grants-in-aid play no role in the implementation of national policy.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 7

Which type of federal grant is figured based on specific demographic information for the recipient region?

Accepted Answer

formula grant

Question 8

Which term refers to a system in which the national and state levels are sovereign within their own spheres?

Accepted Answer

dual federalism

Question 9

Federal financial aid for the interstate highway system is an example of a categorical grant.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 10

Which type of federal grant is given to state and local governments for specific purposes and carries precise guidelines

Accepted Answer

categorical grants

Question 11

Which amendment established the graduated income tax?

Accepted Answer

Sixteenth

Question 12

Who was offered the command of all Union armies during the Civil War but refused out of loyalty to his native state?

Accepted Answer

Robert E. Lee

Question 13

What is the source of local government?

Accepted Answer

state government

Question 14

What is the source of implied powers?

Accepted Answer

enumerated powers

Question 15

With which level of government are the reserved powers generally associated?

Accepted Answer

states

Question 16

The necessary and proper clause has allowed for the expansion of the powers of national government.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 17

What powers define the limit of the national governments' authority?

Accepted Answer

delegated powers

Question 18

Which gives federal aid governed by demographic information in a given area, such as unemployment figures?

Accepted Answer

formula grants

Question 19

What was FDR's program for economic relief during the Great Depression?

Accepted Answer

New Deal

Question 20

What is the name for those powers not specifically spelled out in the Constitution but derived from those that are list?

Accepted Answer

implied powers

Question 21

Which federal aid grant combines several grants under a general umbrella to simplify the use of the funds?

Accepted Answer

block grants

Question 22

What form of government limits government by dividing power among several levels and organizations?

Accepted Answer

federalism

Question 23

Federalism is a system in which all authority is vested in the national government.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 24

Public education today is as much a local issue as it is a state and national issue.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 25

Which president began revenue sharing in 1972 to give states more flexibility in how money is spent?

Accepted Answer

Richard Nixon

Question 26

Before the passage of the Seventeenth Amendment in 1913, senators were popularly elected by the people of their state

Accepted Answer

False

Question 27

Which section of the Constitution has the necessary and proper clause?

Accepted Answer

Article I Section 8, Clause 18

Question 28

Which of the following region of the country is experiencing tremendous growth in population and new industries?

Accepted Answer

Sunbelt

Question 29

What is another name for the necessary and proper clause?

Accepted Answer

elastic clause

Question 30

Which president began revenue sharing in 1972?

Accepted Answer

Richard Nixon

Question 31

The Great Society was an attempt to reduce federal involvement in state issues.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 32

What part of the Constitution states that powers not delegated to the National government are reserved to the states?

Accepted Answer

Tenth Amendment

Question 33

Which president instituted the Federal Highway program?

Accepted Answer

Dwight E. Eisenhower

Question 34

Delegated powers are those powers given to which level of government?

Accepted Answer

national

Question 35

Which type of federal aid in which the government allocates some of its tax revenue to the states?

Accepted Answer

revenue sharing

Question 36

Revenue sharing occurs when states allocate some of their tax revenues to the federal government.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 37

Block grants are the restrictive type of grant issued by the federal government.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 38

Since 1913, what has provided a continuous source of money for the national government?

Accepted Answer

graduated income tax

Question 39

Monies paid to the federal government by the states are returned in equal proportion back to the states.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 40

Enumerated powers are those powers specifically listed in the Constitution

Accepted Answer

True

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