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Chapter 3: The Federal System Flashcards

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Abraham Lincoln

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16th U.S. president

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Andrew Johnson

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17th U.S. president

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Barrack Obama

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44th U.S. president

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Barron v. Baltimore (1833)

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Decided that the Bill of Rights restricts federal powers but not states’ powers

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Bill of attainder

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Act of legislature that declares (a) person(s) guilty, sometimes without trial

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Block grant

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A large sum of money granted to a state by the federal government

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Calvin Coolidge

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An american politician and the 30th president of the U.S.

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Categorical grants

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Grants issued by the United States congress to improve the overall well-being of citizens.

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Civil War

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War between Northern and Southern U.S. states

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Charter

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Lays out powers, duties and structures of govt.

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Concurrent powers

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Powers shared between states and federal government

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Confederate states of America

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Southern states that seceded in the 19th century due to disputes over slavery

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Confederation

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an organized alliance, sometimes official

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Cooperative federalism

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Where national, state, and local governments collaborate on how to better the country

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Counties

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A region of a state containing cities

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Democracy

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A system of government for the people, by the whole population or it’s elite members

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Dillon’s Rule

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A municipal government has authority to act only when : (1) the power is granted in the express words of the statute, private act, or charter creating the municipal corporation; (2) the power is necessarily or fairly implied in, or incident to the powers expressly granted

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Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)

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Court case that deemed “separate but equal’ laws and rules okay.

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Dual federalism

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Where power is divided between the federal and state governments

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Enumerated powers

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Powers granted to the government

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Ex post facto law

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Changes legal action of consequences of actions. to match current law.

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Extradition clause

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Returns a criminal back to the state where their crime was commited

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Federal system

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Combining general and regional government

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

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32nd US president

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Full faith and credit clause

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The United States have to respect the “public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state.”

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Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)

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Gave U.S. the power to regulate interstate commerce

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Great Society

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Program by L.B. Johnson that sponsored social welfare programs

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Herbert Hoover

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31st U.S. president

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Implied powers

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Powers not necessarily listed in the constitution, but still given to the federal government

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Interstate Commerce

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Exchange of goods between states

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Iroquois Confederacy

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A confederation of Native American Indians

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John C. Calhoun

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Vice president of Monroe who supported annexation of Texas

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John Marshall

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Chief justice who established Supreme Court’s role in federal government

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Lyndon B. Johnson

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36th U.S. president

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McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)

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Court case that gave the national government the power to establish a bank

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Monarchy

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A select group of dynastic individuals to run a government

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Municipalities

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A city or town that is given governmental duties by the federal government

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Oligarchy

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Power of government lies with small group of people with family ties or wealth

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Privileges and immunities clause

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All states get equal treatment

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Programmatic request

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Federal funds designated for special projects

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Progressive federalism

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Gives states more control than normal federalism

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Reconstruction

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The period of rebuilding the U.S. after the Civil War

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Reserved powers

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Powers not listed but still given to the Federal Government

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Roger B. Taney

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Chief Justice who made pro-slavery ruling in Dred Scott court case

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Ronald Reagan

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40th U.S. President

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Secession

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To formally withdraw from a group or organization

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Seventeenth Amendment

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Two senators for every state

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Sixteenth Amendment

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Congress has power to levy taxes

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Special district

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A local or regional government with responsibility for some single function

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Tenth Amendment

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Powers not given to federal government are given to states.

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Totalitarianism

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A tyrannical form on government that supports only one party’s interest

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Unitary system

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Where central government is supreme

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New Deal

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Programs and projects that were aimed to restore prosperity to Americans during the Great Depression.

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New Federalism

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Giving the majority of powers to the states

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Nullification

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The act of cancelling something

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