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23 Cards in this Set
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Nixon's Program was ____________________
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New Federalism, combined programs for states into "block grants" that they could use as they wanted to
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What is "Revenue Sharing"?
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Program under Nixon where money from rich states was shared with poorer states
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Clinton's Program was _______________
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New New Federalism, more power and money back to states
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Bush's Program is ___________________
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mix of power back to states, but requirement to meet federal standards (unfunded mandates)
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What is "Full Faith and Credit" clause?
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Contracts made in one state must be recognized in all states
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What is Home Rule?
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Towns are given charters to manage themselves with less state control
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What is Cooperative Federalism?
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Agreements between states to manage shared resources, such as rivers or ports
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First Ten Amendments are also known as ________
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Bill of Rights
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Federalism in which the states give only limited powers to the national government is called _________________
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State-centered federalism
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Federalism in which states give most powers to the federal government is called __________________
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nation-centered federalism
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Devolution means _____________________
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Power is devolving, or moving back, to the states
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Another name for a very limited state-centered federalism is _____________
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Confederation
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What was the first federal government in the world?
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The U.S.
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The federal system was used to limit what?
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Mischief of Factions, or mob rule
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What is the risk of federalism?
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States my try to secede if they don't like the federal goverment, as some did in the Civil War
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What three clauses in the Constitution strengthen national power?
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"Necessary and Proper"
"Implied Powers" "Supremacy" |
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What is the necessary and proper clause?
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Congress may pass all laws necessary and proper to carry out its assigned powers
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What is the implied powers clause?
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If a specific power granted to Congress requires some other action, then Congress has the power to take that action also
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What is the supremacy clause?
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If the national government signs an international treaty, that treaty must be honored by the states
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What is the tenth amendment?
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Any powers not specifically given to the national government are reserved to the states and the people
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What's the significance of "McCulloch vs. MD"?
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Tested necessary and proper clause, Supreme Court decided that federal government could establish a national bank under that clause.
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Roosevelt's Program was __________________
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New Deal - expanded size and power of federal government
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Johnson's Program was _______________
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Great Society, expanded federal gov't more but gave money back to states for welfare
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