PSC 101 EXAM 1 ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND

PSC 101 EXAM 1 (ACTUAL / ) QUESTIONS AND

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Sovereignty - ----Answers-----Ability of a state to govern its territory free from control of its internal affairs by other states.

10th Amendment - ----Answers-----Powers reserved to the States

Bill of Rights - ----Answers-----The first ten amendments to the Constitution, outlines inalienable rights

Enumerated (expressed) powers - ----Answers-----The seventeen powers granted to the national government under Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution. These powers include taxation and the regulation of commerce as well as the authority to provide for the national defense.

Implied powers - ----Answers-----Powers not specifically mentioned in the constitution

Necessary and proper clause - ----Answers-----Clause of the Constitution (Article I, Section 8, Clause 3) setting forth the implied powers of Congress. It states that Congress, in addition to its express powers, has the right to make all laws 1 / 3

necessary and proper to carry out all powers the Constitution vests in the national government

Supremacy clause - ----Answers-----Article VI of the Constitution, which makes the Constitution, national laws, and treaties supreme over state laws when the national government is acting within its constitutional limits.

McCulloch v. Maryland - ----Answers-----Maryland was trying to tax the national bank and Supreme Court ruled that federal law was stronger than the state law

Dual federalism - ----Answers-----Precise separation of national and state governments Layer cake metaphor

1789-1937

Cooperative federalism - ----Answers-----Shared policy responsibilities between national and state governments Marble cake metaphor 1937-present

Regulated federalism - ----Answers-----a form of federalism in which Congress imposes legislation on states and localities, requiring them to meet national standards

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Marijuana policy - ----Answers------ illegal under federal law

• 38 states allow medical use
• 24 states allow recreational use
• conflicting federal and state policy

Full faith and credit clause - ----Answers-----Constitution's requirement that each state accept the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state

Privileges and immunities clause - ----Answers-----prevents a state from treating citizens of other states in a discriminatory manner.

Home rule - ----Answers-----power delegated by the state to a local unit of government to manage its own affairs

General revenue sharing - ----Answers-----federal aid to the states without any conditions on how the money is to be spent

New federalism - ----Answers-----A policy in 1969, that turned over powers and responsibilities of some U.S. federal programs to state and local governments and reduced the role of national government in domestic affairs (states are closer to the people and problems)

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