The founding and the debate
The U.S. Constitution replaced this earlier system of government.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
Federal funds provided to states for specific programs are called this.
What are categorical grants?
This power is shared by both the federal and state governments.
What are Concurrent powers?
Federalism allows this level of government to create policies tailored to local needs.
What are state governments?
This type of federalism is compared to a “layer cake” due to the clear separation of powers.
What is dual federalism?
This political philosopher’s ideas about separation of powers influenced the creation of Federalism.
Who is Montesquieu?
Grants given with more flexibility on how states spend the money are called this.
This clause in Article VI of the Constitution states that federal laws supersede states laws.
What is the Supremacy Clause?
Federalism increases this type of activity by allowing citizens to participate in multiple levels of government.
What is political activity?
This type of federalism is compared to a “marble cake“, it involves shared responsibilities between state and federal government.
What is cooperative federalism?
This debate in early America centered on the balance of power between national and state governments.
What is the meaning of Federalism?
This type of grant was first used to meet national needs, such as highway construction.
What are grants-in-aid?
Under this amendment, powers are reserved for the states.
What is the 10th amendment?
Federalism helps to prevent this by dividing power between federal and state governments.
What is tyranny?
The shift from dual to cooperative federalism was driven by this 1930s economic crisis.
What is the Great Depression?
This agreement at the Constitutional Convention created a federal system instead of a unitary or confederal system.
What is The Great Compromise?
This funding comes with “strings attached“.
What are federal grants?
This term describes federal and state governments sharing power independently.
What is dual sovereignty?
Federalism protects this by dividing power which prevents and single level of government from becoming too powerful.
What are individual freedoms?
These presidents championed devolution, returning power to the states.
Who are Nixon and Reagan?
This clause ensures cooperation between states by requiring states to honor the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of other states.
What is the Full Faith and Credit Clause?
This lobby consists of state and local officials advocating for federal funding without federal control.
What is the intergovernmental lobby?
States are not allowed to pass this type of law because it retroactively makes an action illegal.
What are Ex post facto laws?
The ability of states to act as “laboratories of democracy“ is an example of federalism encouraging this.
What is innovation?
The modern shift in federalism toward states taking back more power is known as this revolution.
What is the Devolution Revolution?