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U.S Gov
federalism
Term | Definition |
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Who established the federal system by dividing power between national and state government | Framers |
Unified system of government where the power is shared between the federal and state government | Federalism |
Framers got the ideas about governing from? | European philosophers of the eighteenth century |
which is an expressed power of the federal government not shared with the states | Declaring war |
Implied power of federal government | Regulating radio and TV stations |
Power reserved to the states | Controlling public school systems |
Creating local governments is which type of power | reserved |
power to borrow money | concurrent |
meaning of supremacy clause | If federal and state laws have a conflict, then federal laws take precedence |
Federal government is denied the power to | take away peoples freedom of speech |
Protects people who committed the crime before it was illegal | Ex-post facto law |
under the full faith and credit clause of the Constitution a state must | Honor the public acts and court proceedings of other states |
Main responsibility to resolve conflict between state and federal government lies with? | The supreme court |
State and national government had equal and distinctly different powers and influence | Dual federalism (Layered cake) |
key issue in the court case Maryland vs mcculloch | could a state tax a federal institution? |
states could refuse to obey or enforce federal laws with which they disagree | Doctrine of nullification |
States have the right to separate themselves from the union | Doctrine of succession |
How did the civil war effect federalism | war resulted in new federal power over the states |
purpose of interstate commerce act | regulating the railroad industry |
Joint and state efforts to resolve conflict during and after the New Deal | cooperative federalism |
Federal grants to lower government (with string) and if the state didnt pay back then cooperative funds were withheld | Creative federalism |
meaning of supremacy clause | If federal and state laws have a conflict, then federal laws take precedence |
Federal government is denied the power to | take away peoples freedom of speech |
Protects people who committed the crime before it was illegal | Ex-post facto law |
under the full faith and credit clause of the Constitution a state must | Honor the public acts and court proceedings of other states |
Main responsibility to resolve conflict between state and federal government lies with? | The supreme court |
State and national government had equal and distinctly different powers and influence | Dual federalism (Layered cake) |
key issue in the court case Maryland vs mcculloch | could a state tax a federal institution? |
states could refuse to obey or enforce federal laws with which they disagree | Doctrine of nullification |
States have the right to separate themselves from the union | Doctrine of succession |
How did the civil war effect federalism | war resulted in new federal power over the states |
purpose of interstate commerce act | regulating the railroad industry |
Joint and state efforts to resolve conflict during and after the New Deal | cooperative federalism |
Federal grants to lower government (with string) and if the state didnt pay back then cooperative funds were withheld | Creative federalism |
specifically listed powers of national government | Enumerated powers |
Not specifically listed power of national government | Implied powers |
why is the 16th amendment so important in the system of fical federalism | It allows for a significant increase in federal income through the income tax |
why did ronald reagan use block grant in the 1980s | he wanted to reduce the size of the federal government |
requirements imposed by federal government as a condition in recieving grant money | Federal mandates |
when congress places demands on a state without grant money | unfunded mandate |
a grant used for a specifc use ex. New airport | Categorical grants |
a grant given for a general purpose ex. welfare and public health | Block Grants |
Demands as a condition to receiving grant money | Federal mandate |
When was federalism invented | In Philadelphia 1987, constitional convention |
Powers in the national government that are not specifically listed in the Constitution | Inherited powers |
Constitution has less to say about this type of power | state powers |
Powers not given to the National government are given to the states ( if inside the constiution) | reserved powers |
collecting taxes, building roads, and conducting commerce are examples of what type of power | Concurrent powers |
Tax must be equal for all states and states are required to extradite a person | National and state regulations |
Devolution | returning power to the states |
political leaders wanted to reverse national government expansion | new federalism |
a system of taxing, spending, and providing aid in the federal system | fical federalism |
includes money/resources the government provides for the state and local activities | Grants in aid |