The elastic clause translates to
a. an expansive view of government power
b. a strict view of government power.
c. a view that if powers are given to government in one area, they must be restricted in another.
d. a view that governmental powers can expand for only a given amount of time.
a
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a. A majority of Americans live in the Frostbelt. b. A majority of Americans live in rural areas and small towns. c. African Americans, Asian Americans, and Hispanic Americans combined now constitute a majority of the nation's population. d. The population is getting younger. e. A majority of Americans live in the Sunbelt.
When modern state governments have encountered the same dilemmas of collective action that prompted their 18th-century counterparts to send delegates to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, they have solved the dilemmas by shifting responsibility from which of the following?
a. from the state to local authorities b. from the federal to state authorities c. from the state to federal authorities d. from the local to state authorities