Federalism Flashcards
What is Federalism?
-The division in sovereignty (power) between the national and state government.
What is Unitary?
-Is style of govt. in which the central govt. carries out all major functions, and provisional govt. has minor tasks.
What is Confederal?
- All states have their own power
- Resembles early America with the Articles of Conferderation
- National govt is weak
In the U.S. what does the state government control?
- public projects
- education
- prison systems
- social welfare
- water policy
In the U.S. what does the state government control?
- public projects
- education
- prison systems
- social welfare
- water policy
In the U.S. what does the national government control?
- Foreign Policy
- Fiscal Policy
- Economic
- Immigration
- Healthcare
- Social Security
What is the importance of Federalism?
- Affects populous daily lives, marriage, going to war
- The civil war was an example of federalism
- Decentralized power of central govt.
- With more levels of govt more opportunity for political participation.
What is the historical importance of supremacy clause?
-If there is clash between national and state gov. the national govt. is supreme.
What is the historical importance of Necessary Proper Clause?
- Favours national over state govt.
- Congress can create laws that are not written in the Constitution.
What is the historical importance of 10th Amendment?
- All powers not given to national government by the Constituion are reserved to the people and state’s.
- grants the state’s the right to make own laws that are not provided by national govt.
What is the historical importance of Commerce Clause?
-Gives Congress the power to regulate commerce with for foreign nations and several states.
What are two types of federalism?
- cooperative federalism
- non cooperative federalism
What are cooperative and noncooperative federalism?
- relationship between states and federal law are cohesive
- states disagree with national government
