Relationships Among Governments Questions

nnAnswer the following questions.nn1) Check all that apply.nnThroughout the history of the United States, there has always been a conflict between which two sovereignties?n

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	state rights
	elite rights
	immigrant rights
	national rights

n2) Select the best answer.nnnnWhat would be the best title for the above diagram?n

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	Federalism: Determining the Roles of State and National Sovereignty
	The Constitution: The Supreme Law of the Land
	The Articles of Confederation: An Ineffective System of Government
	Judicial Review: Its Role in the Distribution of Power

n3) Check all that apply.nnSelect THREE ways that the Commerce Clause has been used to extend federal powers.n

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	It is used to limit collection of state sales tax.
	Congress the latitude to regulate noninterstate matters.
	commerce within a single state.
	It provides a strict definition of commerce.
	necessary for executing its policies.
	Congress unlimited power in determining what activities might disrupt economic conditions in the nation.

n4) Check all that apply.nnSelect THREE reasons why the Spending (General Welfare) Clause is controversial.n

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	budget.
	is meant by “general welfare.”
	Congress has restrictions on its taxing and spending.
	States want to share in the responsibility of making spending decisions.
	Congress uses general welfare as a means of limiting states’ rights.
	revenue.

n5) Check all that apply.nnSelect TWO ways states can influence the national government.n

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	States may veto national decisions by two-thirds agreement.
	can go to court to challenge the constitutionality of the national government’s actions.
	constituents to support specific state requests.
	States may refuse to send federal income taxes to the national government.

n6) Match the constitutional powers with the descriptions.npossible answersnnspending clause, necessary and proper clause, judicial review, preemption, commerce clause, full faith and credit clause, supremacy clausenngives Congress the power to regulate domestic and foreign trade, which limits the states’ regulationnngives Congress authority to make laws needed to execute its powers, which may limit the states’ powernnnauthority to examine the constitutionality of the other branches of government and their actionsnnnauthority of the federal government to take over activities from the state in areas related to the national governmentnnnmakes the Constitution the highest law of the land and subordinates state lawnnngives Congress the authority to tax and provide for the general welfare of the nationnn nnmakes states respect the acts, records, and judicial proceedings of other statesnn7) Match the Supreme Court cases with the descriptions.nsouth Dakota v dolennGibbson v OgdennnMorrison v United StatesnnKatzenbach v McClungnn expanded federal power by requiring state compliance with federal law to receive federal aidn limited federal government’s right to resolve a state criminal casen limited states’ rights to tax navigation between statesnn

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