What is the significance of the New Federalism era, which began in the 1990s?
a. It has opened a new era of liberalism in our nation.
b. It has acted as a balance between conservatism and liberalism.
c. It has represented an era in which the U.S. Constitution was rewritten in favor of a more conservative governmental structure.
d. It has favored a return to states rights.
e. It has represented an era in which the Supreme Court clearly reiterated the power of the federal government over the states.
Question -2-What effect would President Reagan have had if his proposals for devolution were fully implemented?
a. The states would have been stripped of all power to implement social welfare and the power would be the sole responsibility of the federal government.
b. Such a large-scale devolution of federal programs would have returned federal-state relations to the version of federalism that existed before the New Deal.
c. President Reagan would have reduced all of the states responsibilities, allowing the federal government to act as a nanny government.
d. During his tenure, President Reagan would have appointed only justices with liberal ideologies to the Supreme Court.
e. President Reagan would have arbitrated a stronger relationship between the Supreme Court and Congress whereby they worked cooperatively and in unison to implement policies.
Question -3-Devolution is a term that is used to describe a system of federalism in which
a. state power is significantly weakening.
b. new states are being created.
c. the central government voluntarily transfers powers to the state and local governments.
d. the judicial branch assumes a dominant role as in policy making.
e. the powers of the president are considerably reduced.
Question -4-What type of grant from the federal government would be used by a state to fund state educational initiatives, build roads and other programs that fulfill purposes expressly approved by Congress?
a. grants-in-aid
b. block grant
c. unfunded mandate
d. coercive grant
e. federal grant
Question -5-When state and federal authority are intertwined in an inseparable mixture, it is known as
a. layer cake federalism.
b. cooperative federalism.
c. dual federalism.
d. marble cake federalism.
e. national supremacy federalism.
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