1B Federalism

Question 1

Preamble

Answer 1

Introduction to the constitution

Question 2

Articles

Answer 2

“Body” of the constitution

Question 3

Full faith and Credit Clause

Answer 3

states must respect the federal government and states must respect other states

Question 4

amendements

Answer 4

changes to the constitution

Question 5

supremacy clause

Answer 5

found in article 6 it states that the federal government is supreme

Question 6

federalism

Answer 6

balance of power between the states and national government

Question 7

regional autonomy

Answer 7

The national government can make laws for all citizens when one common national standard is appropriate

Question 8

Laboratories of democracy

Answer 8

Different approaches to problems can be tried in different states, if they succeed they can spread to other states or national government

Question 9

Enumerated powers

Answer 9

powers listed in article 1 section 8 that only the national congress has

Question 10

reserved powers

Answer 10

powers that the states have

Question 11

concurrent

Answer 11

powers that both the states and congress have

Question 12

implied powers

Answer 12

the combination of any enumerated power with the necessary and proper clause

Question 13

commerce clause

Answer 13

congress controls all interstate commerce, that includes navigation as well as any kinds of business or trade

Question 14

McCulloch V Maryland

Answer 14

Trial due to Maryland wanted to tax the national bank in Maryland, one of the most important trials in US history because it allows the necessary and proper clause to be interpreted loosely giving congress and the national government a lot of freedom

Question 15

The civil war

Answer 15

War between North and South, addressed issue of slavery

Question 16

Dual federalism

Answer 16

also known as dual cake federalism two “separate layers of a cake” that represent the separation between national government and state governments

Question 17

Cooperative Federalism

Answer 17

“Marble cake federalism”; an overlap in states and national government

Question 18

Fiscal federalism

Answer 18

example of cooperative federalism, national government funding states for various projects in form of grants-in-aid

Question 19

conditions of aid

Answer 19

a condition that must be followed in order to receive federal funding

Question 20

Block grants

Answer 20

grants for broad purposes

Question 21

Revenue sharing

Answer 21

federal aid to states that can be used for almost any purpose that the state sees fit; ended by Reagan in 1986

Question 22

Categorical grants

Answer 22

federal aid for a specific purpose

Question 23

mandates

Answer 23

Orders by the national government-can be funded or unfunded

Question 24

devolution

Answer 24

returning government power to the state governments

Question 25

Gibbons V Ogden

Answer 25

important trial that broadened what commerce is and the commerce clause