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Chapter 3
Federalism and State and Local Government
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04/19/2012

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unitary system
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system of government where the local and regional governments derive all authority from a strong national government
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confederal system
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type of government where the national government derives its powers from the states, a league of independent states
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enumerated powers
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specific powers from Article I, section 8, those powers include taxation, coinage of money, regulation of commerce, authority to provide for national defense
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implied powers
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powers derived from enumerated powers and the necessary and proper clause, These powers are not stead specifically but are considered to be reasonably implied through exercise of delegated powers/m
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concurrent powers
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authority possessed by both the state and national governments that may be exercised concurrently as long as that power is not exclusively within the scope of national power or in con flit with national law
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-reserve or police powers
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powers reserved to the states by the 10th amendment that lie at the foundation of a states right to legislate for public health and welfare of its citizens
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McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)
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supreme court upheld the power of the national government and denied the right of state to tax the federal bank using the Constitution's supremacy clause. The court's broad interpretation of the necessary and proper clause paved way for later rulings upholding expansive federal power
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Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)
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supreme court upheld broad congressional power to regulate interstate commerce. The courts broad interpretation of the USC commerce clause paved the way for later rulings.
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-dual federalism
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belief that having separate and equally powerful levels of government in the best arrangement
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-cooperative federalism
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the intertwined relationship between the national, state and local governments that began with the new deal
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-New Federalism
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federal-state relationship proposed by Reagan administration during the 1980s; hallmark is returning administrative powers to the state government
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states' reserve or police powers.
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The Tenth Amendment provides for
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passing ex post facto laws
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Which of the following powers is denied to the federal government under the Constitution?
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a bill of attainder.
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A law declaring a citizen or group of citizens guilty without a judicial trial is called
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state governments
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In the United States, who establishes local governments?
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The Court's equation of the power to tax with the power to destroy.
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Which of the following was a reason for the Marshall Court's decision in McCulloch v. Maryland?
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preemption.
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The No Child Left Behind Act is an example of
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without a strong inclination toward either federal or state rights.
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The Supreme Court under Chief Justice John Roberts appears to be deciding federalism cases
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without a strong inclination toward either federal or state rights.
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The Supreme Court under Chief Justice John Roberts appears to be deciding federalism cases
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without a strong inclination toward either federal or state rights.
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The Supreme Court under Chief Justice John Roberts appears to be deciding federalism cases
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10th amendment
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Identify the following phrase: "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."
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states had all the power at the writing of the Constitution and a list was deemed unnecessary
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The Constitution has a long list of enumerated federal powers, but few state powers are spelled out. This is because
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special district.
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The most numerous type of government in the United States is the
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McCulloch v. Maryland.
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In 1819, the Marshall Court upheld the necessary and proper clause and the supremacy clause in
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McCulloch v. Maryland.
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In 1819, the Marshall Court upheld the necessary and proper clause and the supremacy clause in
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McCulloch v. Maryland.
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In 1819, the Marshall Court upheld the necessary and proper clause and the supremacy clause in
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spending money for the general welfare.
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An example of a concurrent power is
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Roger Taney
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Under whose leadership did the Supreme Court usher in the notion of duel federalism?
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