US GOVT - Chapter 4Study Guide – THE FEDERAL SYSTEM

Use the book to answer the following questions.

  1. What is the national government’s control of immigration an example of?
  2. What powers are granted to the national government by the Constitution?
  3. What are civil laws passed by state legislatures called?
  4. What term refers to the various court actions such as a judgment to pay a debt?
  5. What is the first step that Congress must do for a territory to be admitted to the Union?
  6. What is a federal order requiring states to provide a service called?
  7. What law gives the federal government the right to tax your income?
  8. What organization of government administrators carries out legislation?
  9. What organization keeps local politicians in touch with national lawmakers?
  10. Which laws require periodic checks of government agencies to see if they are needed?
  11. What term applies to criminals who flee a state to avoid punishment?
  12. What does Article IV of the Constitution obligate states to give to one another’s citizens?
  13. What is an agreement between states?
  14. What did Chief Justice Roger B. Taney and others who favored local action believe in?
  15. What did Franklin D. Roosevelt and others who favored federal action believe in?
  16. How does the national government provide money to the states?
  17. What constitutional power gave Congress the authority to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
  18. What requires government meetings to be open to the public?
  19. Which president endorsed the “New Federalism” policy?
  20. Where does the road to national office often begin?

Complete each statement.

  1. Complete the cause-and-effect chart, identifying the system that permits the states to manage their internal affairs.

  1. State and national governments share the power to levy taxes andWhat??
  2. According to the Constitution, state and national government share these powers.

Short Answer Questions

“Congress shall have power . . . to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the Foregoing powers, and all other powers vested . . . in the Government of the United States. . . .”

—Article I, Section 8

  1. Explain why this clause is known as the “necessary and proper” or “elastic clause.”

“This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof, and all treaties made . . . under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby.”

—Article VI, Section 2

  1. According to Article VI, Section 2 of the Constitution, which government is supreme? State or federal? Explain what problems might arise if the roles were reversed.