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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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Tax cut means what for revenue

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Less government revenue

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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
Not able to vote
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Impunity
No consequences for bad behavior
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Civil rights act 1964
Prohibits discrimination at public places
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ADA Americans with disabilities 1990 act
Federal mandate | Protects Americans with disabilities
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Conditions of aid
Federal gov will give states money if they meet the conditions given to receive aid
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Example of devolution
Welfare reform act
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Gonzales v Oregon
Death with dignity which allowed terminally ill to end lives | Stars more power
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Crisis and results | Constitutional convention
Articles of confederation
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Crisis and results | Civil war
Nullification crisis, state gov thinks federal laws shouldn’t apply to them
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Crisis and results | Great depression
Economic crisis
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Crisis and results | Civil rights
Human rights crisis
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Crisis and results | Environmental
Ecological crisis
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13th amendment
Sleepy is illegal
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14 amendment
Citizenship clause Due process clause Equal protection clause Incorporation clause
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Citizenship clause
No matter family history of servitude, given full citizen ship
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Due process clause
Given due process of law, attorney, no cruel unusual punishment
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Equal protection clause
No state can deny a citizen the security of the law as all men are created equal
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Incorporation clause
All states when making laws must incorporate the bill of rights
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15 amendment
African Americans gain suffrage rights
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Thurgood marshal
First ever supreme court African American | Argued brown v board
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Please v Ferguson
LegaliZes segregation | Separate by equal
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Brown v board
Overturns please v Ferguson | Educational facilities were inferior
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SIG
Special interest group
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NAACP
National association for the advancement of colored people
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SIG achieve goal by
Voting Donating Litigating (filing lawsuit in court)
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Wicked v filburn
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
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Elizabeth eckford
Walked 1.2 miles myself to school in mob, sat down when wasn’t let in. Part of Little Rock nine.
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Seed Scott v sandford
Americans of African descent, free or slave, not Gary reed rights of citizens. Congress couldn’t ban slavey in us
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What court case says slave owners have rights and property can’t be taken away without due process of law
Dread v Scott
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Civil rights act of 1964
Ends Jim Crow laws Prohibits discrimination Public accommodations
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Heat of Atlanta v US
Owner wouldn’t let blacks stay at hotel Says 5th amendment broken when unjustly arrested SC rules in favor of gov
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What overturned the deed Scott case
14th amendment citizenship | Clause 1860’s
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Unitary gov
All political power in one area, centralized
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Who favored devolution
Republicans
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List the articles
``` 1- legislation 2- executive 3- judicial 4- States relations 5- amendment 6- supremacy 7-ratification ```
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What court case says commerce clause is the regulation of road ways, canals, river ways
Gibbons v Ogden
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What is an example of underfunded mandate
No child left behind
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What crisis was formed with the new deal
Economic crisis of the Great Depression
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McCulloch v Maryland
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
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What crisis caused Eisenhower to send troops to the school
Little Rock nine | Civil rights movement
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What clause gay renters the rights of citizens to life liberty and property
Due process clause
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What clause says states can’t deny security of law
Equal protection clause
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What are the implied powers
Necessary proper clause | Elastic clause
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What SIG tried to get not disenfranchised
NAACP
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What are the four crisis
``` Articles of confederation Civil war Great Depression Civil Rights movement ```
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What is the 19th amendment
Woman suffrage
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What ended nullification and men lost their lives
Civil war
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What amendment is the reserved powers clause in
10
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Examples of concurrent powers
Courts Laws Taxes
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When were the civil war amendments ratified
1860’s

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