Mix
In which year was Fortnite first released?
2017
powers that are specifically given to the national government
expressed powers
The two levels of government (national and state) are part of a whole, but each has its own responsibilities.
Dual Federalism (layer cake)
Often, lawmakers tried to draw boundaries in a manner that benefited themselves or other members of their party.
gerrymandering
Citizens elect a city council (often led by a weak mayor), but the day-to-day job of running the city government is handled by a hired city manager.
Council-Manager System
What is Taylor Swift's mom's name?
Andrea
powers that both the national and state governments have
concurrent powers
A federal system with considerable sharing between national, state, and local governments.
Cooperative Federalism (marble cake)
the distribution of seats in the U.S. House of Representatives and in the state legislatures
apportionment
Government entities that may overlap geographic boundaries of cities and counties, but they operate independently from those other local units of government.
Special-Purpose Districts
Is the Great Society and evolution or devolution of federalism?
evolution
Powers kept for the states
reserved powers
Is the New Deal an evolution or devolution of federalism?
evolution (moves toward cooperative federalism)
is a fixed number of people, often a majority, must be present for an organization to conduct business.
Quorum
a form of city government led by a group of professional commissioners chosen (by the voters) for their skills and expertise. Commissioners enact ordinances.
Commission System
What is Taylor Swift's dad's name?
Scott
The Drawbacks of a Federal System
lack of consistency, U.S. Constitution does not draw clear lines between national and state powers (i.e.: who has control over certain issues)
a federal system guided by a policy of returning power to the state and local governments
New Federalism (devolution)
handle most cases that affect the daily lives of citizens.
Trial courts
The voters elect both city council members and a mayor.
Mayor-council system
Snapchat was created by students of what university?
Stanford University
There are 4 benefits of a federal system:
Federalism protects against tyranny of the majority
Federalism promotes unity without imposing uniformity
Federalism creates “laboratories” for policy experiments
Federalism encourages political participation
Is New Federalism a evolution or devolution of federalism?
devolution (moves toward federalism)
handle cases that are appealed, or requested to be reviewed in order to reverse the decision of a trial court.
Appeals courts
the town or city in which a county government is based. (E.g.: County headquarters in Polk County = BARTOW)
County Seat