POLS 207-LIM TAMU EXAM 1
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS;
100% CORRECT; GRADE A
_____ is when the national law beats state law -
correct answer- Supremacy clause
______and ________- are both close to average on per
capita income but are among the highest poverty states -
correct answer- Texas and Louisiana. Large
numbers of residents who are wealthy and improvished
3 actors of our Federal System - correct answer-
President and congress pass laws; State legislature and
executive create policies (laws we are most affected by);
US Supreme Court decides whether a law is constitutional
of unconstitutional
Are there any weird state in regards to per capita income
- correct answer- yes! Utah-children Alaska-oil
,Are there any weird state in regards to per capita income
yes! - correct answer- Utah-children Alaska &
Wyoming-oil
Asian population was limited by what? - correct
answer- the Chinese Exclusion Act
Do southern state typically have high or low TANF
benefits? - correct answer- low
does texas have high or low tax burden? - correct
answer- low
Does Texas have the highest number of death row
inmates? - correct answer- no
does the south have higher or lower life expectancy? -
correct answer- lower
Does the south have higher or lower life expectancy? -
correct answer- lower
, Does the south have more or less poverty crimes than the
rest of the US? - correct answer- more
Federal Government spending? - correct answer-
1. income security
2. healthcare
3. national defense
4. general public services
Federalism - correct answer- is the relationship
between the federal government and the states and how
that has changed over time. It is important to note that
the federal government does not control the states,
rather federalism is a state-centric system. The federal
government is an ever-changing majority of states
working together. The conflict in the system does not
stem from federal vs. state, but rather between the
majority and minorities of the states working to define
policy. In american federalism, no government is always
the master. States are the fundamental unit of
government in american federalism.
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS;
100% CORRECT; GRADE A
_____ is when the national law beats state law -
correct answer- Supremacy clause
______and ________- are both close to average on per
capita income but are among the highest poverty states -
correct answer- Texas and Louisiana. Large
numbers of residents who are wealthy and improvished
3 actors of our Federal System - correct answer-
President and congress pass laws; State legislature and
executive create policies (laws we are most affected by);
US Supreme Court decides whether a law is constitutional
of unconstitutional
Are there any weird state in regards to per capita income
- correct answer- yes! Utah-children Alaska-oil
,Are there any weird state in regards to per capita income
yes! - correct answer- Utah-children Alaska &
Wyoming-oil
Asian population was limited by what? - correct
answer- the Chinese Exclusion Act
Do southern state typically have high or low TANF
benefits? - correct answer- low
does texas have high or low tax burden? - correct
answer- low
Does Texas have the highest number of death row
inmates? - correct answer- no
does the south have higher or lower life expectancy? -
correct answer- lower
Does the south have higher or lower life expectancy? -
correct answer- lower
, Does the south have more or less poverty crimes than the
rest of the US? - correct answer- more
Federal Government spending? - correct answer-
1. income security
2. healthcare
3. national defense
4. general public services
Federalism - correct answer- is the relationship
between the federal government and the states and how
that has changed over time. It is important to note that
the federal government does not control the states,
rather federalism is a state-centric system. The federal
government is an ever-changing majority of states
working together. The conflict in the system does not
stem from federal vs. state, but rather between the
majority and minorities of the states working to define
policy. In american federalism, no government is always
the master. States are the fundamental unit of
government in american federalism.
