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1) What is the New Deal?
A) An expansive use of federal government authority in an attempt to end the Great
Depression.
B) Franklin Rooseveltʹs proposal to strengthen the state governments.
C) Theodore Rooseveltʹs proposal to strengthen the state governments.
D) A failed attempt to restore the doctrine of dual federalism.
E) A successful attempt to restore the doctrine of sovereign immunity.

2) During the early years of the New Deal, the Supreme Court
A) ruled many programs unconstitutional.
B) continued to enforce the supremacy clause, thus ruling New Deal programs
constitutional.
C) cooperated with the administration to combat the depression.
D) worked in favor of programs designed to combat the crisis.
E) argued that ʺextraordinary times call for extraordinary measures.ʺ

3) During the early years of the New Deal, the attitude of the Supreme Court toward federal
economic intervention could be characterized as
A) enthusiastic.
B) laissez-faire.
C) interventionist.
D) activist.
E) collectivist.

4) In response to the Supreme Courtʹs opposition to many New Deal programs, President
Roosevelt suggested
A) impeaching the entire Supreme Court.
B) reducing the pay of sitting Supreme Court justices.
C) increasing the number of justices from nine to 13.
D) disbanding the Supreme Court.
E) giving the Supreme Courtʹs jurisdiction to the U.S. District Court for the District of
Columbia.

5) New Deal programs led to an era of ________ federalism.
A) carrot cake
B) apple pie
C) marble cake
D) cherry turnover
E) upside-down cake

6) Cooperative federalism is characterized by
A) a stronger national government.
B) stronger state governments.
C) a shift in power from the national to state governments.
D) stronger municipal governments.
E) a distinct division of authority between the national and the state governments.

7) What are categorical grants?
A) Money given to the national government for ʺparty building activities.ʺ
B) Money given to state governments for specific purposes.
C) Money borrowed from citizens to pay war debts.
D) Money borrowed from citizens to pay for the New Deal programs.
E) Money allocated by the president to ʺenhance the general welfareʺ of the national
government.

8) After the New Deal, the next major effort to use significant national government resources to
remedy societal problems was
A) Harry S. Trumanʹs ʺWar for the Middle Class.ʺ
B) Dwight Eisenhowerʹs ʺMaster Plan.ʺ
C) John F. Kennedyʹs ʺAsk What Your Country Can Do For Youʺ initiative.
D) Lyndon B. Johnsonʹs ʺGreat Societyʺ program.
E) Jimmy Carterʹs ʺCompassionate Countryʺ program.

9) What did Ronald Reagan have in mind when he advocated for ʺNew Federalismʺ?
A) The national government should return power to the states.
B) The national government should expand its powers by aggressively using the commerce
clause.
C) The national government should regulate economic conditions, but state governments
should determine social policies.
D) States should shoulder a greater burden of paying for Congressional mandates.
E) A return to the relationship between the national government and the state governments
that existed during the New Deal.

10) National laws that direct state or local governments to comply with federal rules or
regulations without providing funds to defray the costs are called
A) unfunded mandates.
B) block grants.
C) the Contract with America.
D) the new federalism.
E) Reaganomics.