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Question 51

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Which of the following systems of government allows the central government to make laws that are directly applicable to member states, and those states can choose not to support the laws?

A) Unitary
B) Federal
C) Authoritarian
D) Totalitarian
E) Confederal

F) B) and C)
G) A) and C)

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What was the central question in the McCulloch v. Maryland case?

A) Whether or not the executive branch had the power to institute a peacetime draft
B) Whether or not Congress had the power to establish a national bank
C) Whether or not Congress had the power to regulate commerce along major waterways
D) Whether or not the Supreme Court had the power to investigate the executive branch
E) Whether or not it should remove one of its own members from the Court

F) None of the above
G) B) and D)

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What advantages does the federal system of government have over unitary and confederal systems of government? What are the disadvantages?

In a unitary system of government, the ultimate government authority is located on which of the following levels?

Decisions of the Supreme Court have had a major impact on the relationship between state governments and the national government. Discuss the constitutional effects of McCulloch v. Maryland and Gibbons v. Ogden.

Which of the following political ideologies has traditionally favored state governments over the federal government?

Which of the following is a process that allows legislatures to put certain issues on the ballot for citizen approval and requires legislatures to seek citizen approval for certain actions by the legislature?

Discuss the conflict between states' rights and powers to control the institution of marriage with their constitutional obligations toward the citizens and legal acts of other states.