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A Review Of Basic Federalism Concepts With Some Origins Of The Government\executive\judicial Sprinkled In. TEACHERS: click here for quick copy question ID numbers.

Which political principle is exemplified by the phrase, “governments are instituted among men”?
a) Limited Government
b) Religious liberty
c) Social Contract
d) Direct Democracy

Of the following, who is qualified to become president?
a) John, who is 45, born in Georgia, and lived overseas for 35 years.
b) Jane, who is 34, born in Washington, and has lived overseas for 5 years.
c) Jim, who is 52, born in Canada, and lived 51 years in California.
d) Jill, who is 36, born on a US base in Germany, and has lived in for Florida 20 years

Why does the President deliver the State of the Union?
a) It was a tradition begun by Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War.
b) It is a responsibility that originated with the Articles of Confederation.
c) It is required as stated in Article 2 of The Constitution.
d) It is established in the Magna Carta.

Which of the following is a state power?
a) the ability to negotiate treaties between the US and foreign nations
b) the ability to maintain a military
c) the ability to confirm cabinet members and members of the judicial branch
d) the ability to decide levels of state income taxes

The full faith and credit clause in the US Constitution implies that states have multiple responsibilities, including
a) Extraditing criminals between states
b) Verifying that new states are allowed to join the US
c) Defending the US from outside invasion
d) Obeying the Federal Government at all costs

This defines reserved powers
a) Commerce Clause
b) Necessary and Proper Clause
c) Supremacy Clause
d) 10th Amendment

Why is the construction of new schools a state responsibility?
a) State laws says that the funding of State education by federal government is prohibited
b) It is a reserved power
c) The Supremacy clause says that the school construction of 1983 asserts the right of the states to build new schools
d) The US Constitution reserves that power for the federal government

This says the federal law outweighs state law
a) Commerce Clause
b) Necessary and Proper Clause
c) Supremacy Clause
d) 10th Amendment

This gives the federal government the ability to claim a power not written in the constitution
a) Commerce Clause
b) Necessary and Proper Clause
c) Supremacy Clause
d) 10th Amendment

Federalism is:
a) A system of government separation the government into 3 branches: legislative, executive, and judicial
b) A system of government in which power is divided between 2 separate levels
c) A system of government dividing the government by way of checks and balances (i.e. the president can be impeached by the Sena
d) a system of government dividing the government into a bureaucracy made up of executive offices, agencies, and departments

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