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In comparison to the states, the power of the federal government today...
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is VASTLY more powerful
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Under a unitary system, the central(national) gov't can do what to the lower levels of gov't? Is this true of a federalism?
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Alter or eliminate. No.
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In the US, the interstate highway system and services to the unemployed are examples of gov't services seen as...
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STATE FUNCTIONS which are regulated by the federal gov't
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Under federalism, __________, which is certainly one factor in explaining the ___________.
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the costs of political participation tend to be lower, increase in political activism at the local level
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The 10th amendment was ment to ensure the powers of...?
Was this included in the original document? |
States
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No consensus existed as to what type of interstate commerce would be regulated when the _________ was written.
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constitution
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Alexander Hamilton
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Consistant supporter of a strong federal gov't
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Tomas Jefferson
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in favor of decentralizing both political and economic power
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One of the issues ultimately settled by the CIvil War...
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the source of sovreignty of the national gov't, and the source is the people
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