Federalism (11 questions)

Question 1

Enumerated powers (aka expressed powers)

Answer 1

First 17 clauses

Article 1 sec 8

• Power to collect taxes
• Coin money
• declare war
• regulate commerce

Question 2

Implied powers

Answer 2

Last or 18th clause of Article 1 Sec 8

-Enable Congress “to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers”

Question 3

Reserved powers

Answer 3

Powers reserved to the states; if not covered by natl govt (10th amendment)

Question 4

Necessary and Proper clause (aka elastic clause)

Answer 4

a statement in the U.S. constitution (Article I, Section 8) granting Congress the power to pass all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the enumerated list of powers

Question 5

Supremacy clause

Answer 5

Constitution is the Nat’l law and that the laws are supreme

Question 6

Federalism (two questions)

Answer 6

• Good combination of unitary (all power to natl govt) and Confederation (regions tell natl govt what to do)
• Relates to our history
• Allows states to make decisions for their own people
• helped with diversity
• Idea that federalism creates flexibility

Question 7

Cooperative federalism (two questions)

Answer 7

State and Natl govts are very close to one another

Question 8

Dual federalism

Answer 8

Laze Faire Ecomonics; Dual federalism refers to the concept that the national government and the state governments have sovereign power in their respective spheres of authority.

Question 9

Devolution

Answer 9

Programs are removed from one level of govt by delegating it or passing it down to a lower level of govt, such as from the natl govt to the state and local govt