The Evolution of American Federalism
who obtained an exclusive license to operate steamboat ferries between New York City and New Jersey
Aaron Ogden
Is it true that the National Government has an interest in seeing that public monies are used for policy activities that advance national objectives?
True
____ have served as models for other states seeking to improve the performance of their exchanges.
Health insurance exchanges
What describes the movement of states into immigration policy domains?
Immigration federalism
Federalism
power is divided and shared between the national government and smaller regional governments
was born of necessity and lasted well into the twentieth century
Cooperative federalism
Grants require some commitment of matching funds?
True
What act caused twelve states to opt out and decide not to expand Medicaid.
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010)
What refers to a strategy in which interest groups select the level of branch government?
Venue shopping
Cooperative federalism
Both levels of government coordinated their actions to solve national problems
What Act was passes in 1981
Budget Reconciliation Act
Is it true that health-care programs decreased?
No, False.
What parties are encouraged to actively participate and help shape public policy.
Individuals, groups, and social movements
Dual Federalism
The states and national government exercise exclusive authority in distinctly delineated spheres of jurisdiction
What was the The Social Security Act of 1935 passed for
created federal subsidies for state-administered programs for the elderly; people with disabilities; dependent mothers; and children, gave state and local officials wide discretion over eligibility and benefit levels.
States compete to attract business by lowering taxes and regulations.
Race-to-the-bottom dynamics
Concurrent Powers
Shared state and federal powers that range from taxing, borrowing, and making and enforcing laws to establishing court systems
What event caused the U.S. to swing back into central federal power
9/11
Who believed, “a single courageous state may, if its citizens choose, serve as a laboratory; and try novel social and economic experiments without risk to the rest of the country.”
Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis (1932)
Elastic Clause
Article I, Section 8, which enables the national government “to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying”