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Coyne & Ottenberg
FINAL JEOPARDY QUESTION
Clauses and
Definitions
Court Cases
Miscellaneous
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Definitions
What is Federalism?
is a political system in which power is
divided and shared between the
national/central government and the
states (regional units) in order to limit
the power of one government.
10th Amendment
Row 1, Col 1
What is the Necessary & Proper Clause?
Congress can pass any law
“necessary & proper” to carry out
their enumerated or delegated or
specifically listed powers.
1,2
What is Gibbons v. Ogden?
Expansion of federal power. Supreme
Court stated federal government could
issue navigation licenses to businesses
operating on the Hudson River because
of the Commerce Clause.
LIMITED STATE’S RIGHTS
1,3
What is Dual Federalism?
Also known as the
layer cake
1,4
What is Concurrent Powers?
powers or
duties/responsibilities
that are shared between
the states and national
government
2,1
What is the Necessary & Proper Clause?
Congress can use this provision
of the Constitution to pass laws
necessary to carry out their
enumerated powers; it is also
known as elastic clause
2,2
What is McCulloch v. Maryland?
Supreme Court stated the national
government has the right to
establish a national bank. It
expanded power of the national
government; gave more power to
the central government instead of
states
2,3
What is Dual Federalism?
Also know as the
marble cake
2,4
What is a Reserved Powers?
powers specific to a certain level of
government
(i.e. the power to wage war is a
power RESERVED or only for the
federal government)
3,1
What is the Full Faith and Credit Clause?
Section of Constitution that states
MUST respect other state’s records,
laws, judicial proceedings, and public
acts.
3,2
What is US v. Morrison?
Rehnquist Court, expansion of
state’s rights’ Congress could not
pass Violence Against Women Act
under Commerce Clause
3,3
What is US v. Lopez?
the Supreme Court ruled
that Congress had
exceeded (expanded) its
constitutional authority
under the Commerce
Clause when it passed a
law prohibiting gun
possession in local school
zones
3,4
What is an Cooperative (“marble cake”)
Federalism?
asserts that the national government
is supreme over the states with the
federal government intervening or
assisting in some areas that have been
traditionally left to the states; The
federal government, states, and even
cities have roles that overlap and mix
together
4,1
What is Commerce?
Word that means
“business or trade”
4,2
What is Webster v. Reproductive Services?
Rehnquist Court- gave more
power back to the states to
enforce stricter restrictions
on abortions
4,3
What is taxes?
The state of Maryland said
the bank of U.S. had to
pay this
4,4
What is a Bank?
In McCulloch v. Maryland,
the problem was that
Congress created one of
these
5,2
What is Dred Scott v. Sandford?
SCOTUS favored the idea dual
federalism in which separate but
equally powerful levels of government
is preferable.
This Court Decision held slaves as
property and therefore could not sue in
Court
5,3
Stamp Act, taxation without representation, Boston Tea Party, Boston
Massacre, Quartering Act, Intolerable/Coercive Acts
What events led up to the
American Revolutionary War?
5,4
What is Devolution?
What is the transfer or delegation of
power to a lower level, especially by
central government to local or regional
administration?
What is Dual Federalism “Layer Cake”?
Holds that the federal
government and the state
governments are coequals, each sovereign
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