Ch. 3 Federalism

Question 1

Confederation

Answer 1

a loose association of states or territorial divisions in which very little power or no power at all is lodged in a central government

Question 2

Unitary System

Answer 2

a system in which a central government has complete power over its constituent units or states

Question 3

Federalism

Answer 3

a system in which governmental powers between a central government and smaller units, such as states

Question 4

13th Amendment

Answer 4

abolished slavery passed in 1865 following the American Civil War

Question 5

14th Amendment

Answer 5

grants citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the US which INCLUDES FORMER SLAVES passed in 1868 following the civil war

Question 6

15th Amednment

Answer 6

grants African American Men the right to vote

Question 7

Due Process Clause

Answer 7

the section of the 14th amendment that prohibits states from depriving anyone of life, liberty, or property ‘without due process of law’ a guarantee against arbitrary or unfair government action

Question 8

Equal Protection Clause

Answer 8

the section of the 14th amendment that provides for equal treatment by the government of people residing with in the United States and each of its states.

Question 9

Commerce Clause

Answer 9

constitution clause that states that Congress has the power to “regulate commerce with foreign nations and among the several states and with the Indian Tribes

Question 10

10th Amendment

Answer 10

part of the bill of rights ratifies 1791. States that the constitutions principle of federalism by providing that powers not granted to the federal government by the constitution not prohibited to the states, are reserved to the states or the people

Question 11

Elastic Clause/ necessary and proper clause

Answer 11

Article I section 8 of the Constitution also called the necessary and proper clause, gives congress the authority to make whatever laws are necessary and proper to carry out it enumerated responsibilities

Question 12

Categorical grant

Answer 12

federal aid to states and localities clearly specifying what the money can be used for

Question 13

block grant

Answer 13

federal grants to the states to be used for general activities

Question 14

mandate

Answer 14

a formal order from the national government that the states carry out certain policies

Question 15

New Deal

Answer 15

the programs of administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt . was a series of domestic programs enacted in the U.S between 1933 and 1936. programs were in response to the Great Depression and focused on Relief, Recovery, and Reform. That is Relief for the unemployed and the poor. Recovery of the economy to normal levels, and reform of the financial system to prevent a repeat depression.

Question 16

Great Society

Answer 16

set of domestic political programs in the US launched by president Johnson in 1963. main goal was the elimination of poverty and racial injustice

Question 17

Cooperative Fedaralism

Answer 17

federalism in which the powers and responsibilities of the states and the national government are intertwined and in which they work together to solve common problems; said to have characterized in the 1960’s and 1970’s

Question 18

Devolution

Answer 18

the delegation of power over and responsibilities for federal programs to state and/or local governments

Question 19

Nullification

Answer 19

an attempt bu the states to declare national laws or actions null and void

Question 20

States’ rights position

Answer 20

the view of American federalism that hold that the constitution created a system of dual sovereignty in which the national government and the state governments are sovereign in their own spheres