Chapter 3

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Central government = center of power State/ local governments = implement national laws

What is unitary form of government

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Those powers of Congress specifically listed in the Constitution.

What is Express powers

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Authority states utilize to protect the health and welfare of their residents

What is Police powers

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State and federal governments are distinct and autonomous

What is Dual Federalism *Also known as layer cake federalism

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Direct election of Senators (What amendment is this?)

What is Amendment XVII: (17) Before we had the direct election of Senators, state legislatures elected our senators because they couldn't trust the ordinary people to choose our senators. They thought the ordinary people were not educated.

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States and localities = sovereign Central government has limited authority

What is confederated form of government *This is the first form of government the United States had because they were afraid of a higher figure (i.e president). Then, the Congress was the mediator when states had conflicts and laws made by Congress were nullify. *List at least three weaknesses of the confederate system.* Hint: It's on your previous quiz.

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Powers specifically granted to the states

What is Reserved Powers Two examples:

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declares federal law supreme when national and state laws collide

What is the supremacy clause

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rejected authority of Congress to outlaw slavery in any part of Union

What is Dred Scott v. Sandford: What did Congress say in that ruling

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No gender discrimination in voting

What is Amendment XIX: (19)

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System in which power is shared between state and federal governments

What is a federalism form of government This is the system the United States of America has.

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Powers are denied to either or both levels of government

What is Prohibited powers

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federal government has authority to create national bank states cannot tax federal institutions

What is McCulloch v. Maryland: Two question at play here: (1) Does the federal government have the right to create a "national bank" and (2) Can states tax federal banks (or any federal institutions)? -- Remember this! elastic clause -- The elastic clause was the reason the national government won this case. What is the elastic clause?

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Abolished slavery

What is XIII (13)

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federal-state partnerships to solve public policy problems

What is Cooperative Federalism: Marble cake federalism What is medicare?

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Powers that are shared jointly by federal and state governments

What is Concurrent powers Give me at least two examples: Hint: Page 40. But don't look yet!! ^_^

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Powers not explicitly named in the Constitution but assumed to exist due to their being necessary to implement the expressed powers that are named in Article I. Simplicity: Those actions taken by Congress are necessary to carry out those expressed powers.

What is Implied powers *What are the two other terms? * One starts with an "E" The other starts with "N and P"

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Doctrine that asserted the right of states to disregard federal actions with which they disagreed.

What is Nullification

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All persons born or naturalized in the United States are citizens.

What is amendment XIV (14)

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expanded the rights of historically disadvantaged citizens

What is Creative federalism

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Powers that are specifically granted to the federal government

What is Enumerated powers *Please give me at least four examples.* Hint: Page 40. But don't look yet!! ^_^

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Mandates that those powers not delegated to the national government are retained by states and the people

What is 10th Amendment

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Upheld federal authority to regulate interstate commerce

What is Gibbons v. Ogden The commerce clause was the reason the national government won this cause. What is the commerce clause? Look in the book for this case.

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Granted African American men the right to vote

What is amendment XV (15) Full: Granted African American men the right to vote by declaring that the "right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude."

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Supreme court ruled that separate "is inherently unequal" and demanded that states tear down the barriers to equal citizenship with 'all deliberate speed." Supreme court couldn't enforce its decisions. Federal government, through the executive branch, used the national guard to enforce this law and used creative federalism

What is Brown v. Board of Education