Ukraine
What four NATO allies boarder Ukraine?
Poland, Romania, Hungry, Slovakia
Who called put Putin for his war crimes in Russia?
UN Secretary General Guterres
what does EFP stand for?
Enhanced Forward Presence
How much money was spent on aid during the pandemic?
$ 721 billion
What was the 16th amendment? What was the 17th amendment? what year were they passed?
16th amendment gave the National Government right to income tax
17th amendment have the people the power to elect their senators
passed in 1913
On February 20th, President Joe Biden visited Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. Why is this so important?
It was the first time since WW2 since a U.S. president visited a country thats an active war zone.
we spend more on what than we do on aid to Ukraine?
SNAPS
The EFP was created in response to what?
due to acts of aggression from Russia
What is unified government?
when the president and both chambers of congress are of the same party.
As of 1927 how much of it's budget from federal funds were states receiving?
2%
As of February 20th how many Russian tanks have been proven to be captures, destroyed, or abandoned?
1,740 tanks
what agreement of the New Start treaty is Russia not following as a result of the west providing support to Ukraine?
Russia is not allowing inspections of their nuclear power plants by the US
What year was the enhanced forward presence started?
2017
what is divided government?
When the president and at least one chamber of congress are controlled by different parties
How much of their budget to state's get from the National Government today?
as much as 1/3rd in certain policy areas
How many tanks did Russia have before the War in Ukraine? What fractionof their tanks have been lost?
3,417
they've lost more than 1/2
what does SACEUR stand for?
Supreme Allied commander Europe
What are the four original EFP countries and their corresponding NATO ally deployments?
Poland, US
Estonia, UK
Latvia, Canada
Lithuania, Germany
Give an example of Presidents having to deal with divided government
President Trump, Obama, etc
since 1950's every single republican president had to face a democratically held HOR.
what is a block grant?
when states get money proportional to population that they have to spend within a specific policy area
Why did the EU place an embargo on Russia in 2014
They shot down flight 17 thinking it was a Ukrainian carrier
it killed 190 Dutch civilians and 80 Australian civilians
What did 7 former SACEUR'S do?
they wrote letters to urge the US to send Ukraine what they need (long range rockets and fighterjets)
What new battle groups were created in response to Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine?
Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria
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When did we transition from dual federalism to cooperative federalism? explain.
We transition during the great depression, this was mainly due to some of the new policies that FDR was implementing to help ease unemployment. States were generally willing to let the National Government have a say and share powers.
define fiscal federalism
states forfeit their autonomy due to dependance on National funding in specific policy areas