Politics 3
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- Nixon's Program was ____________________
- New Federalism, combined programs for states into "block grants" that they could use as they wanted to
- What is "Revenue Sharing"?
- Program under Nixon where money from rich states was shared with poorer states
- Clinton's Program was _______________
- New New Federalism, more power and money back to states
- Bush's Program is ___________________
- mix of power back to states, but requirement to meet federal standards (unfunded mandates)
- What is "Full Faith and Credit" clause?
- Contracts made in one state must be recognized in all states
- What is Home Rule?
- Towns are given charters to manage themselves with less state control
- What is Cooperative Federalism?
- Agreements between states to manage shared resources, such as rivers or ports
- First Ten Amendments are also known as ________
- Bill of Rights
- Federalism in which the states give only limited powers to the national government is called _________________
- State-centered federalism
- Federalism in which states give most powers to the federal government is called __________________
- nation-centered federalism
- Devolution means _____________________
- Power is devolving, or moving back, to the states
- Another name for a very limited state-centered federalism is _____________
- Confederation
- What was the first federal government in the world?
- The U.S.
- The federal system was used to limit what?
- Mischief of Factions, or mob rule
- What is the risk of federalism?
- States my try to secede if they don't like the federal goverment, as some did in the Civil War
- What three clauses in the Constitution strengthen national power?
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"Necessary and Proper"
"Implied Powers"
"Supremacy" - What is the necessary and proper clause?
- Congress may pass all laws necessary and proper to carry out its assigned powers
- What is the implied powers clause?
- If a specific power granted to Congress requires some other action, then Congress has the power to take that action also
- What is the supremacy clause?
- If the national government signs an international treaty, that treaty must be honored by the states
- What is the tenth amendment?
- Any powers not specifically given to the national government are reserved to the states and the people
- What's the significance of "McCulloch vs. MD"?
- Tested necessary and proper clause, Supreme Court decided that federal government could establish a national bank under that clause.
- Roosevelt's Program was __________________
- New Deal - expanded size and power of federal government
- Johnson's Program was _______________
- Great Society, expanded federal gov't more but gave money back to states for welfare