Federalism and State and Local Government

Question 1

Federal System

Answer 1

System of government where the national government and state governments share power and derive all authority from the people.

Question 2

Unitary System

Answer 2

System of government where the local and regional governments derive all authority from a strong national government.

Question 3

Confederate System

Answer 3

Type of government where the national government derives its powers from the states; a league of independent states.

Question 4

National Powers (Enumerated Powers)

Answer 4

Collect Duties, imposts and Excises.
Regulate commerce between states, nations and tribes.
Establish rules of nationalization.
Coin money.
Establish post office.
Declare and conduct war.
Provide for an army and navy.
Make laws necessary and proper.

Question 5

Implied Powers

Answer 5

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Question 6

Concurrent Powers

Answer 6

Tax.
Borrow Money.
Establish Courts.
Make and enforce laws.
Charter banks and corporations.
Spend money for the general welfare.

Question 7

State Powers (Reserved Powers)

Answer 7

Set times and places for elections.
Ratify amendments to the Constitution.
Take measures for public health, safety and morals.
Exert powers the constitution does not delegate to the national government or prohibit states from using.
Establish local governments.
Regulate commerce within a state.

Question 8

Tenth Amendment

Answer 8

The final part of the Bill of Rights that defines the basic principle of American federalism in stating that the powers not delegated to the national government are reserved to the states or to the people.

Question 9

Reserved (or Police) Powers

Answer 9

Powers reserved to the states by the Tenth Amendment that lie at the foundation of the state’s right to legislate for the public health and welfare of its citizens.

Question 10

McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)

Answer 10

The Supreme Court upheld the powers of the national government and denied the right of the state to tax the federal bank using the constitution supremacy clause. The court’s broad interpretation of the necessary and proper clause paved the way for the later rulings upholding expansive federal powers.

Question 11

Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)

Answer 11

The Supreme Court upheld broad congressional power to regulate interstate commerce. The court’s broad interpretation of the constitutions commerce clause paved the way for later rulings upholding expansive federal powers.

Question 12

Dual Federalism

Answer 12

The belief that having separate and equally powerful levels of government is the best arrangement.

Question 13

Cooperative Federalism

Answer 13

The intertwined relationship between the national state and local governments that began with the new deal.

Question 14

New Federalism

Answer 14

Federal-state relationship proposed by Reagan Administration during the 1980s; Hallmark is returning administrative powers to the state governments.