Chapter 4 Study Guide

United States Government

Questions must be answered on a separate paper. Respond to questions by using complete sentences.

Define the Following:

Inherent powers                 block grant                 grants-in-aid program  

Delegated powers              concurrent powers    division of powers     Federalism                        

exclusive powers                exclusive powers      Project grant           

revenue sharing                 Privileges and Immunities Clause       

Implied powers                  reserved powers           act of admission

Extradition                         enabling act                    

Answer the Following

1. In order for a new State to be admitted to the Union, Congress must pass a(n) what after a State constitution has been approved by the people of the proposed State.

2. States may receive grants of federal land under a(n) For such purposes as establishing schools and colleges.

3. Congress must pass a(n)___ before a territory can write a proposed State constitution.

4. According to the What, a State cannot take unfair advantage in its laws of the residents of another State.

5. A territory seeking Statehood is first directed to prepare a State constitution by means of a(n) What?

6. What does The National Government have that are granted to it in the Constitution. There are three of them?            

7. The Constitution clearly states all of the implied powers of the National Government do what?

8. Concurrent powers are those specifically mentioned in the Constitution that the National Government and the State governments share.

9. What powers are held by the States alone?

10. Some highly restrictive types of grants have been converted into grants-in-aid programs, which set very few conditions on how the States may use them. What kind of grants are these?

11. Concurrent powers are those that do what?

12. Enabling act directs any area desiring Statehood to do what?

13. States must honor the legality of one another's civil laws because of the what?

14 What do Local governments derive their power from?

15. What is an example of expressed power of the National Government?

16. Citizens who commit a crime in one State and then flee to another State to escape prosecution are to be returned to the original State under

17. The Constitution requires the National Government to guarantee what?

18. The power of the National Government to coin money is covered under what part of the constitution?

19. List what powers the National Government can legally exercise?

20. From the States' point of view, what advantage did revenue sharing have over federal grants-in-aid programs?

21. Agreements States enter into with both foreign nations and other States with the consent of Congress are considered what?

22. In the case of McCulloch v. Maryland, what was the Supreme Court ruling based upon?

23. The Full Faith and Credit Clause of the Constitution provides what?

24. Funds given to a State by the National Government with special conditions attached are examples of what?

25. The Framers limited the power of the National Government both by creating separate branches and by doing what?

26. Without the expressed powers of the National Government, there would be no what?

27. Explain the following statement. “The States are actually the most important players in the federal system.”

28. Why did the Framers include the Supremacy Clause in the Constitution?

29. Judging by the actions of Congress after the Civil War, a “republican form of government” must allow for what?

30. The obligation of the National Government to protect the States against invasion indirectly arose because the new Constitution did what?

31. States gain needed resources through grants-in-aid, while the National Government gains what?

32. The power of the Federal Government to make grants-in-aid can be traced to which expressed power of Congress?

33. In what situations would one State NOT give full faith and credit to the public acts of another State?

34. In certain situations, States can give preferential treatment to _____ over ______.

35. Just as treaties made by the President are subject to consent by the Senate, interstate compacts are subject to

36. In what ways did the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution anticipate some of the problems associated with federalism?

37. Has the National Government abused its powers in its relations with the States? Explain your answer.

38. How do the admission procedures for new States reflect the underlying values of the Constitution?

39. Why did the Framers of the Constitution choose to create a system of government based on federalism?