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FederalismFederalismSection 1: Powers and Responsibilities

Section 2: Growth of Federalism

Section 3: Relations Among the States

Section 4: Federalism and the Public Good

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FederalismSection 1: Powers and Responsibilities

Objectives:Which powers does the Constitution grant to the

federal government, and which does it reserve for the states?

Which powers are denied to the federal government, and which are denied to the states?

What responsibilities do the federal and state governments have to each other?

What role do the courts play in the U.S. federal system?


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Powers of the federal government:expressed implied inherent

Powers of the states:authority to establish local governments and school systemspower to enact criminal and civil lawspower to pass laws promoting public health and safety,

regulating business within state borders, and requiring various professional licenses


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Powers denied to the federal government:cannot tax exportscannot pass laws favoring the trade of one state over

anothercannot spend money unless authorized by Congresscannot exercise powers not mentioned or implied in the

Constitution or inherent to the governments of all nations

cannot deny people accused of crimes the right to trial by jury

cannot grant titles of nobility


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Powers denied to the states:cannot issue their own moneycannot make treatiescannot go to war unless attacked or authorized to do

so by Congresscannot manage domestic or foreign trade unless

authorized by Congress cannot deny people accused of crimes the right to trial

by jurycannot grant titles of nobility


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Responsibilities the federal and state governments have to each otherFederal responsibilities:

ensuring that states have republican governments protecting the states from acts of violence and helping them after

natural disasters respecting the states’ territories

State responsibilities: establishing districts from which members of the House of

Representatives are elected setting rules for electing members to Congress and choosing

presidential electors paying costs for running elections maintaining the National Guard


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Role of the courts in the U.S. federal system:has the authority to hear cases involving the

Constitution, U.S. laws, and states’ disputesmakes decisions and resolves disputes between the

federal government and the states based on the rules listed in the Constitution


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FederalismSection 2: Growth of Federalism

Objectives:How has the federal government’s involvement in

states’ affairs grown?How have grants-in-aid affected the growth of

federalism?What role do federal mandates play in federalism?


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Examples of the growth of federal government’s involvement in states’ affairs:law enforcement assistancefunding for the National Guardrevenue sharingfederal grants


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Effects of grants-in-aid on the growth of federalism:increased federal involvement in state and local

activitiesincreased the growth of state-run programs by

establishing funding in areas, such as education, transportation systems, housing, and programs for people in need


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Role of federal mandates in federalism:direct states and local governments to take action on

particular issuesprovide states a choice between allowing actions to be

carried out at the federal or state levelset conditions that states must meet before federal

funding is disbursed


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FederalismSection 3: Relations Among the States

Objectives:How are states admitted to the United States?In what ways do the states work together in the

federal system?


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Process in which states are admitted to the United States:A territory petitions Congress.If Congress approves the petition, it passes an

enabling act and the territory drafts a constitution.If both the territory’s residents and Congress approve

the constitution, then Congress passes an act of admission making the territory a state.


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Ways the states cooperate in the federal system:recognizing official acts of other statesrespecting the rights of citizens from other statesforming interstate compactshonoring requests for extradition


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FederalismSection 4: Federalism and the Public Good

Objectives:How does the national government in a federal system

promote the public good?In what ways does dividing the power in a federal

system help government serve the public good?How has balancing federal and state interests helped

to promote the public good?


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Ways the national government promotes the public good:provides a central authoritydistributes powerbalances federal and state interests


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Ways the division of power in a federal system helps government serve the public good:encourages alternate solutionschecks the power of the federal and state governmentspromotes participation


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How balancing federal and state interests has helped to promote the public good:increased federal government involvement in state

and local activities that affect all U.S. citizens worked to protect the rights of all U.S. citizens



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Chapter Wrap-UpChapter Wrap-Up1. What powers does the Constitution reserve to

state governments, and what powers does it grant to the federal government?

2. What powers does the Constitution deny state and federal governments?

3. How has federal involvement in states’ affairs changed?

4. How do federal grants-in-aid support state and local governments?



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Chapter Wrap-UpChapter Wrap-Up5. What three basic forms do federal mandates

take?

6. How are states admitted into the Union?

7. How do states work together in the federal system?

8. How does federalism promote the public good?

9. How does the distribution of power between state and federal governments promote the public good?

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