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Chapter 3 Federalism Flashcards

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Intergovernmental relations are the complex network of interrelationships among governments, ie., political, fiscal, programmatic and administrative process by which higher units of government share revenues and other resources with lower units of government.

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True

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The United Nations is basically a federal association of nation states.

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False

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The Northwest land ordinance gave federal lands for public education in the western territories.

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True

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In McCulloch v Maryland, The Supreme Court ruled that the federal government did not have the right of eminent domain to seize state land to build a branch office of the national bank in Maryland.

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False

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Categorical grants are federal payments to state or federal or state payments to local governments for specified purposes.

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False

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The full faith and credit clause of article the places the individual as a citizen of his/her country above residency in a state.

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False

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Under the formula grant program, Congress allocated money to states and local governments based on a predetermined formula.

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True

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As adopted in 1789, the Constitution created a national government was sovereign Powers of its own-powers that one belongs exclusively to the states

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True

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Federalism is actually a hybrid combination of the Unitary and Confederative systems.

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True

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According to article IV, states are required to recognize the public acts, records and judicial proceedings of every other state.

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True

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Federal grant programs may also include cross cutting regulations to include if necessary, and an environmental impact statement.

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True

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In Cohen v Virginia, the Supreme Court ruled that states do not have the right to secede from the union.

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False

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Article I love the United States Constitution grants Congress exclusive authority to levy and collect taxes for the national government.

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True

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The supremacy clause of article IV of the United States Constitution makes the Constitution the
“supreme law of the land”

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False

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The 9th amendment to the U.S. Constitution gives the state their reserved powers.

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False

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An interstate compact is an agreement between two or more states requiring congressional approval.

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True

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John C. Calhoun believed in the compact theory of Governments whereby governments were created by and existed for the benefit of the people.

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True

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The anti-Federalist believed that the necessary and proper clause along with the supremacy clause gave the national government too much power and authority over state governments.

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True

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In Marbury v Madison, United States Supreme Court defined interstate commerce as including all navigable waters even those within a state.

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False

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Advantages of the unitary system are uniformity of public policy enforcement and a centralized government.

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True

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A Confederative System is the mode of political organization that unites separate units within an overarching political system by distributing power among general and constituent governments in a manner designed to protect the existence and authority of both.

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False

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In Cohen v Virginia (1821) The Supreme Court upheld a federal courts authority to review judicial decisions rendered by state courts.

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True

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In Texas v white, The Supreme Court ruled that Congress could tax interest earned from individual savings accounts and dividends on state and locally issue bonds.

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False

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Article I I I, section 4 of the United States Constitution places certain restrictions on both the national and state governments.

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False

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Intrastate commerce is all commerce traveling across the boundary lines.

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False

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According to the constitution, the writ of habeas corpus cannot be suspended except in the cases of rebellion and insurrection

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True

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Eminent domain is an example of a government’s proprietary function.

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True

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In plintz v United States, The Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional a federal law making it a crime to carry a gun within 1000 feet of a school.

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False

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In Garcia v San Antonio metropolitan transit authority, The Supreme Court ruled constitutional a federal mandate requiring that all state public employees be paid at least minimum wage and overtime.

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True

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Pragmatic federalism is based on the creation of empowerment zones whereby nonfederal resources are combined with modest federal cash outlays.

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False

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States rights is defined as the opposition to increasing the national government’s power at the expense of the states.

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True

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Calhoun’s concept of interposition is based on the believe that Democratic decisions should be made only with the concurrence of all major segments of society.

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False

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The national government has the authority to oversee all commercial activity that crosses any state boundary line.

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True

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Pres. George W. Bush retooled Reagan’s new federalism into his own concept entitled constrained empathetic federalism.

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False

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According to Calhoun, if the national government failed to fulfill the needs of the people of a particular state, then that State had the right to nullify its compact with the national government and form its own government.

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True

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Dual federalism is often times called marble cake federalism.

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False

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The Supremacy clause is located in _________ of the United States Constitution

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Article VI

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A _________ was a federal payment to a state or local government for a specific purpose.

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Categorical grant

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_________ is the authority to promote and safeguard the health, morals, safety and welfare of the people.

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Police powers

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____________ are given for prescribed Broader activities from healthcare to education

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Block grants

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The ___________ is one in which principal power within the political system lies at the level of a national or central government

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Unitary system

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Under the general revenue fund, _______ was a combination of federal and state money allocated on a formula basis to assist local communities to find intercity projects.

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Revenue sharing

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Created by Ronald Reagan, __________ was designed to reduce the role of national government in state and local affairs.

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New federalism

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Calhoun’s concept of __________ placed the states as the middleman or buffer zones to shield the people living in their states from harmful national mandates

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Interposition

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In federalist #45, _________ attempted to explain the relationship between the states and the national government.

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James Madison

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In ___________ (1948), The Supreme Court ruled that any state law denying women the right to practice certain occupations usually held by men were unconstitutional

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Goesaert v cleary

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A __________ System is a loose collection of states in which principal power lies at the level of the individual state rather than at the level of the central or national government

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Confederative

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In _________, The Supreme Court ruled that Congress could tax interest earned from individual savings accounts in dividends on state and local he issued bonds

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South Carolina V baker

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In ________, The Supreme Court upheld a federal courts the Dority to review decisions rendered by state courts

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Cohen V Virginia

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The necessary and proper clause of the United States Constitution is located in __________

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Article 1, section 8

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________ of the United States Constitution grants Congress the exclusive authority to levy and collect taxes for the National government

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Article I

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The necessary and proper clause is also known as the _______

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Implied powers doctrine

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The power for both the states and the national government to levy and collect taxes is an example of ________

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Concurrent powers

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In ______, the supreme court reinforced the equality of the United States by ruling that All states are admitted into the union on an equal footing.

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Coyle V smith

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Until 1932, the relationship between the states and the national government was ______ whereby autonomous national, sub national and local governments all pursue their own interest independently of each other.

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Dual federalism

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