Author Question: The era of cooperative federalism was rooted in the Great Depression struggles of the late 1930s. ... (Read 34 times)

sarasara · **on:** Jul 9, 2018

The era of cooperative federalism was rooted in the Great Depression struggles of the late 1930s. How did cooperative federalism differ from the previous era of dual federalism?

a. Cooperative federalism acted as a return to the strict doctrine of state powers.
b. Cooperative federalism allowed the possibility that the federal government might enlist state officials to implement federal policies.
c. Cooperative federalism was an arrangement whereby the state governments were allowed to approve all Supreme Court rulings.
d. The Supreme Court had no authority under the dual federalism arrangement so the state governments cooperatively granted the Court its necessary powers.
e. State supreme courts continued to be the supreme authority in the national government structure.

Question 2

In his first term, several of President Franklin Roosevelts New Deal reforms were struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court as an overreach of federal powers. What was the response of President Roosevelt to these Court rulings?

a. The Roosevelt administrations New Deal reforms were implemented anyway and the Supreme Court failed to enforce its ruling.
b. President Roosevelt proposed a court-packing plan that would increase the number of justices and allow him to appoint them.
c. The Roosevelt administration complied with the Courts federal authority based on the Supremacy Clause of Article VI.
d. The Roosevelt administration appealed the ruling to the international courts.
e. The Roosevelt administration took the cases into each of the state supreme courts.