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Block grant

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Federal money given to states with minimal guidelines

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Categorical grants

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Federal aid given to states after they agree to adhere federal guidelines for its use

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Grant in aid

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Federal funding given to states governments to fund policies and programs

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Mandate

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A formal order or requirement as a condition of aid

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Duel federalism

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Layered cake, very clear and defined, no inner mix, distinct responsibilities

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Cooperative federalism

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Marble cake, shared powers, mixing and cooperation

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Fiscal

Federalism

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Refers to the spending of federal funds on programs run through states and local governments

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Federal grants in aid

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Federal cash payments to states and local governments to programs they administered

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CategoricL grants

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Federal government likes
Grants for specific category/ program
No discretion

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Block grant

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States like
Used for general purpose to help local governments
More state discretion

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Three types of block grants

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Operational (run programs)
Capital (buildings/services)
Entitlements (money to poor, needy)

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Mandates

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Federal orders given by federal government telling states what to do

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Unfounded mandate

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No money to states to do what is needed

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Underfunded mandate

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Not enough money to do what is needed

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How to pay for unfunded mandates

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Raise tax revenue

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Devolution

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Returning power from federal government to states

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Democrats

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Big gov to take care of people

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Republicans

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Conservative

Smaller government to devote power to states

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Federalism advantages

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Policy experimentation
Multiple levels
Citizens many opportunities for political participation

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Disadvantages

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Promotes inequality as states differ in resources and services
Creates confusion as citizens don’t know what different layers of gov to go to
Duplication of services

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21
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Tax cut means what for revenue

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Less government revenue

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22
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Great Depression creates what type of federalism

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Cooperative and fiscal

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Example unfunded mandate

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Handicapped children protection act

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When can federal government step in

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When states are unable or unwilling to provide equal protection for citizens

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Disenfranchised

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Not able to vote

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Impunity

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No consequences for bad behavior

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Civil rights act 1964

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Prohibits discrimination at public places

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ADA Americans with disabilities 1990 act

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Federal mandate

Protects Americans with disabilities

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Conditions of aid

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Federal gov will give states money if they meet the conditions given to receive aid

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Example of devolution

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Welfare reform act

31
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Gonzales v Oregon

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Death with dignity which allowed terminally ill to end lives

Stars more power

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Crisis and results

Constitutional convention

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Articles of confederation

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Crisis and results

Civil war

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Nullification crisis, state gov thinks federal laws shouldn’t apply to them

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Crisis and results

Great depression

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Economic crisis

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Crisis and results

Civil rights

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Human rights crisis

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Crisis and results

Environmental

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Ecological crisis

37
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13th amendment

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Sleepy is illegal

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14 amendment

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Citizenship clause
Due process clause
Equal protection clause
Incorporation clause

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Citizenship clause

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No matter family history of servitude, given full citizen ship

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Due process clause

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Given due process of law, attorney, no cruel unusual punishment

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Equal protection clause

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No state can deny a citizen the security of the law as all men are created equal

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Incorporation clause

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All states when making laws must incorporate the bill of rights

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15 amendment

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African Americans gain suffrage rights

44
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Thurgood marshal

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First ever supreme court African American

Argued brown v board

45
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Please v Ferguson

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LegaliZes segregation

Separate by equal

46
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Brown v board

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Overturns please v Ferguson

Educational facilities were inferior

47
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SIG

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Special interest group

48
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NAACP

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National association for the advancement of colored people

49
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SIG achieve goal by

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Voting
Donating
Litigating (filing lawsuit in court)

50
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Wicked v filburn

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Art one section 8 commerce clause
Issue was private property rights v common good
Can only grow 11.1 acres of wheat but grew 23.1
I’m

51
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Elizabeth eckford

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Walked 1.2 miles myself to school in mob, sat down when wasn’t let in. Part of Little Rock nine.

52
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Seed Scott v sandford

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Americans of African descent, free or slave, not Gary reed rights of citizens. Congress couldn’t ban slavey in us

53
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What court case says slave owners have rights and property can’t be taken away without due process of law

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Dread v Scott

54
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Civil rights act of 1964

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Ends Jim Crow laws
Prohibits discrimination
Public accommodations

55
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Heat of Atlanta v US

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Owner wouldn’t let blacks stay at hotel
Says 5th amendment broken when unjustly arrested
SC rules in favor of gov

56
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What overturned the deed Scott case

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14th amendment citizenship

Clause 1860’s

57
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Unitary gov

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All political power in one area, centralized

58
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Who favored devolution

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Republicans

59
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List the articles

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1- legislation
2- executive
3- judicial 
4-  States relations
5- amendment
6- supremacy 
7-ratification
60
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What court case says commerce clause is the regulation of road ways, canals, river ways

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Gibbons v Ogden

61
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What is an example of underfunded mandate

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No child left behind

62
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What crisis was formed with the new deal

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Economic crisis of the Great Depression

63
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McCulloch v Maryland

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Banking issue
Congress can establish bank to elastic and how the enumerated powers were helped, but states can’t tax the legitimate activities of the national government

64
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What crisis caused Eisenhower to send troops to the school

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Little Rock nine

Civil rights movement

65
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What clause gay renters the rights of citizens to life liberty and property

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Due process clause

66
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What clause says states can’t deny security of law

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Equal protection clause

67
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What are the implied powers

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Necessary proper clause

Elastic clause

68
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What SIG tried to get not disenfranchised

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NAACP

69
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What are the four crisis

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Articles of confederation
Civil war
Great Depression
Civil
Rights movement
70
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What is the 19th amendment

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Woman suffrage

71
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What ended nullification and men lost their lives

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Civil war

72
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What amendment is the reserved powers clause in

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10

73
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Examples of concurrent powers

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Courts
Laws
Taxes

74
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When were the civil war amendments ratified

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1860’s

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