CHAPTER 5: Federalism

American Government Brief Version 11th Edition by James Q. Wilson

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CHAPTER 5: Federalism

 

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

 

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

 

MULTIPLE CHOICE

 

  1. The Constitution has been amended __________ times in more than 225 years.
a. 10
b. 14
c. 19
d. 21
e. 27

 

 

ANS:  E                    REF:   81                  NOT:  Factual

 

  1. Which of the following statements is incorrect?
a. Much of the growth in the federal government has occurred in the last half-century.
b. State and local government spending has risen sharply in recent years.
c. The federal government’s full-time civilian workforce is about the same size that it was in 1960.
d. State and local governments employ twice as many peoples as they did in 1960.
e. None of the above is true.

 

 

ANS:  E                    REF:   82                  NOT:  Factual

 

  1. The federal government’s full-time civilian workforce numbers about __________ million.
a. 1
b. 2
c. 4
d. 6
e. 8

 

 

ANS:  B                    REF:   82                  NOT:  Factual

 

  1. The Constitution was ratified in
a. 1776.
b. 1780.
c. 1788.
d. 1801.
e. 1812.

 

 

ANS:  C                    REF:   82                  NOT:  Factual

 

  1. Since the adoption of the Constitution, the most persistent source of political conflict has been between
a. the president and Congress.
b. the national and state governments.
c. the courts and Congress.
d. local and state governments.
e. the president and the courts.

 

 

ANS:  B                    REF:   82                  NOT:  Conceptual

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