a constitutional arrangement that concentrates power in a central government.
What is a unitary system
100
Court case in which the Violence Against Women Act was struck down
What is U.S. vs. Morrison
100
The national government has the formal power to ___
What is regulate trade, declare war, create post offices, coin money, or establish national courts
100
Powers that the Constitution specifically grants to one of the branches of the national government
What are express powers
100
What event stimulated extensive national action on welfare, unemployment, and farm surpluses in the 1930s?
What is The Great Depression
200
stresses federalism as a system of intergovernmental relationships in delivering goods and services to people and calls for cooperation among various levels of government
What is cooperative federalism
200
The law that requires Congress to evaluate the impact of unfunded mandates and imposes mild constraints on Congress
What is the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
200
State governments have the formal power to take ___ for public use
What is land
200
Congressional authority extends to all commerce that affects more than one state under this clause
What is the Commerce Clause
200
The ______ _______ programs poured out grants-in-aid to state and local governments in the 1960s
What are the Greaty Society Programs
300
Where government has a mixed set of abilities in which all levels of government are engaged in a variety of issues and programs.
What is Marble Cake Federalism
300
A case in which Chief Justice John Marshall set forth the doctrine of national supremacy
What is McCulloch vs. Maryland
300
Concurrent Powers shared by the National and State governments include protecting ____, ____ and ____
What is civil rights, health and welfare
300
Because of this clause state's may not impose unreasonable requirements or withhold rights from American citizens who have recently moved into the state
What is Interstate Privileges and Immunities
300
Only the national government can supervise relationships betwen ________ _________ and their employees
What are Multinational Corporations
400
What type of nation is created through a constitutional compact, resulting in a central government with limited authority, lacking the power to regulate members directly
What is a Confederation
400
When federal law takes precedence over state or local regulations
What is preemption
400
States have the power to charter ____ governments
What is local
400
The Constitution requires states to settle disputes with one another without the use of force by means of this compact
What is Interstate Compact
400
This quote best summarizes what key conflict: "One dumb national rule is better than 50 inconsistent rules of any kind"
What are Conflicting state regulations
500
What was the effort to slow the growth of the federal government, and return some powers to the states called?
What is the Devolution Revolution
500
The eleventh amendment's guarantee of state's ___ ____ from lawsuits. Forbids state employees from suing states in Federal Court.
What is sovereign immunity
500
Overseeing education is a ____ power
What is state
500
The clause in the Constitution requiring each state to recognize the civil judgements rendered by the courts of the other states and to accept their public records and acts as valid
What is the full faith and credit clause
500
A ___ would believe that education should be a state responsibility