As described in Figure 3.3 Distribution of Powers Between National and State Governments, state and federal government have different powers
In the 1920s and 1930s, the federal courts began using the Fourteenth Amendment to strike down state laws that violated which of the following?
a. the Interstate Compact
b. the commerce clause
c. the Bill of Rights
d. federalist principles
c
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When things go wrong in state government and problems go unresolved, there is a tendency to blame bureaucrats for __________
a. laziness and simplicity of problems b. unfunded mandates and being too liberal c. privatization and deficit spending d. excessive red tape, mismanagement, and inefficiency
A(n) _____ is a government system in which a leader or group of leaders seeks to control almost all aspects of social and economic life
A) libertarian system B) republican system C) constitutional democracy D) totalitarian dictatorship E) egalitarian system
When it came to public opinion, the Founders of the United States were principally concerned with what?
a. that public opinion would undermine the supremacy of the legislature b. that public opinion would be susceptible to radical and frequent shifts c. that public opinion would too closely mirror public policies d. that public opinion would be immoveable in times of crisis
In 1962, Silent Spring was published by Rachel Carson. What was the main subject of the book?
a. The deadly fog that gripped London, England in the mid-1950s b. The Chernobyl nuclear disaster in the Ukraine earlier that year c. The creation of the Yosemite National Park in California as a conservationist's paradise d. The effects of pesticide use on human and animal health