Chapter 4 Questions The Federal System

Question #1 List some of the powers delegated to the national government in Article I, Sec. 8: Make treaties, coin money, declare war, create post offices, fix standard weights & measures , regulate interstate commerce, etc.

Question #2 Inherent powers (national government exercises because these are national- related): regulating immigration, acquiring territory, defending the nation, and conducting diplomacy.

Question #3 Implied powers of the national government: the draft creating a national bank (which is the Federal Reserve) building the interstate highway system creating the space program

Question #4 Denied Powers to the National government: Tax exports Suspend the writ of habeas corpus Change state boundaries without permission of the states

Question #5 Examples of powers reserved for states: 1. marriage & divorce laws 2. regulate gambling 3. regulate the sale of alcoholic beverages 4. administer elections (federal, state & local) 5. licensing of professionals

Question #6 Powers Denied to State Governments: Coin money Enter into treaties Tax imports or exports Tax federal government agencies

Question #7: Which law must yield when a state law and a national law conflict? the state law (due to the Supremacy Clause)

Question #8: What 3 constitutional provisions are aimed at promoting cooperation among the states? 1. “full faith & credit” 2. “privileges & immunities” 3. extradition * All are found in Article IV

Question #9: 1. nonresidents may not vote or serve on juries Identify 4 examples of how states make “reasonable discriminations” against nonresidents. 1. nonresidents may not vote or serve on juries 2. Residency required to practice some professions (medicine, dentistry or law) 3. nonresidents have to pay higher fees to attend state-funded colleges 4. non residents have to pay higher fees to hunt &/or fish in another state

Question #10: Where and how are lawsuits between suits settled? Suits among two or more states are heard in the U. S. Supreme Court

Question #11: What clause of the Constitution do nationalists use to support their idea of federalism? the “necessary and proper” clause means that Congress has the right to adopt any means to carry out its delegated powers

Question #12: Identify 3 constitutional provisions that have been the basis for the tremendous growth of the national government: 1. War powers 2. Commerce power - used this power to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964 3. the Taxing Power

Question #13: In what 2 ways does federalism influence public policy decision-making? 1. How and where new policies are made 2. Introduces limits on government policy-making

Question #14: How did African Americans use national attention to change policy in state and local governments in the 1950s and 1960s? through non-violent protests which were broadcast on national television (for example, “The Children’s March” in Birmingham)

Question #15: How does federalism affect the two-party system in the U. S.? It increases opportunities for citizens of the U. S. to participate at the national, state and local levels (87,900 governments in the U. S.)