Article One, Section Eight of the constitution listed the powers of what branch of government
What is the legislative branch?
100
A term meaning powers not specificly listed in the constitution, but needed to carry out the duties of government
What is Implied powers?
100
a system under which states and the national government each remain supreme within their own spheres
What is Dual (or Layer Cake) Federalism?
100
The Marshall court ruled that although no provision of the constitution grants the national government the expressed power to create a antional bank, the authority to do so can be implied by the necessary and proper clause.
McCulloch V. Maryland
200
The Supremacy Clause which makes the Constitution, laws of the national government (when consistent with the Constitution), and all treaties supreme is found in this article
What is Article VI?
200
The "necessary and proper" clause is sometimes called this
What is the Elastic Clause?
200
This kind of federalism involves the pattern of spending, taxing, and providing grants in the federal system
What is Fiscal Federalism?
300
The constitution directly refers to "federalism" in this section of the constitution
Trick Question! It never refers to it!
300
This event took arguments over federal power to an unprecedented level, including, but not limited to, physical violence. It's end firmly established federal power as supreme to state's rights.
What is the civil war?
300
Co-operative (Layer-Cake) Federalism, in which the national and state governments share responsibility for public policies, became the majority system for America during this time period?
What is the 1930's/The Great Depression/The New Deal?
400
Advocates of state rights often refer to this section of the constitution, claiming that it means only those powers specifically assigned by the Constitution are useable by the national government.
What is the Tenth Amendment?
400
National powers expanded after this Supreme Court case defined commerce very broadly, encompassing virtually every form of commercial activity.
What is Gibbons v Ogden?
400
This program, popular with republicans since the Reagan administration, has sought to return some powers taken by the federal government back to the states
What is Devolution?
500
This prohibits individual damage lawsuits against state officials and protects state governments from being sued against their consent by private parties in federal courts or in state courts or before federal administrative agencies.
What is the Eleventh Amendment?
500
In this supreme court case Chief Justice John Marshall wrote that "...the government of the United States, though limited in its power, is supreme within its sphere of action."
What is What is McCulloch v Maryland?
500
This program, created in the early 2000's, increased federal control of schools via a cooperative fiscal system and a series of mandates. It's not very popular.