The trend in federal-state relations since the 1980s can best be described as the :

The trend in federal-state relations since the 1980s can best be described as the
 
  A) federal government assuming more financial responsibility for state programs.
  B) states assuming more responsibility for Social Security and Medicare.
  C) federal government transferring more responsibility to the states but reducing funding.
  D) states playing a larger role in the area of national defense and border security.

 Q. 2

TxDOT planned to use comprehensive development agreement with private entities to develop a highly ambitious and controversial 50-year program to supplement existing highways. This program was called the
 
  A) Trans-Continental Corridor.
  B) Trans-national Corridor.
  C) Trans-Texas Corridor.
  D) Trans-Texas Mexico Corridor.

 Q. 3

In which of the following ways does the federal government influence state policymaking?
 
  A) directly elect state officials
  B) directly legislate for the state
  C) place states in receivership
  D) offer federal grants-in-aid

 Q. 4

Federal funds, which account for 39 percent of the TDOT budget, have been attached to allow all of the following except
 
  A) enforcing anti-texting laws.
  B) clean air regulations.
  C) a minimum drinking age of 18.
  D) none of these choices is true.

 Q. 5

The federal government extended its power to regulate aspects of the economy such as railroads, worker safety, minimum wages, and maximum hours principally through
 
  A) repeal of the Tenth Amendment.
  B) broad interpretation of the interstate commerce clause.
  C) state government secession.
  D) a more restricted use of Article I power.

 Q. 6

What percentage of the 4.6 million Texans living in poverty receive welfare benefits?
 
  A) 3
  B) 80
  C) 60
  D) 20

 Q. 7

After considering Texas's challenge to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the Supreme Court ruled that
 
  A) the U.S. government may penalize those without insurance, but may not withdraw Medicaid funding from states that refuse to expand the program.
  B) the entire Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional.
  C) the U.S. government may withdraw Medicaid funding from states that refuse to expand the program, but may not penalize those without insurance.
  D) the entire Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is constitutional.

 Q. 8

Which is not a level of state involvement in health care?
 
  A) When it provides health care for certain special populations
  B) When it acts as a public health insurer as it does with Medicaid and pays for medical services offered by private practitioners
  C) When it acts as a regulator and buyer of private health insurance
  D) When it advocates socialized medicine