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| What are three countries that are examples of federal governments? |
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| Canada, India, and Germany |
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| Who were two men with two different viewpoints on the value of American federalism? |
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| William Riker and Dainel J. Elazar |
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| What federalism, intended by the Founder, to protect? |
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| McCulloch v. Maryland grew out of refusal of what? |
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| McCulloch (cashier at the Bank of US) refused to pay a tax levied on that bank by the state of Maryland |
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| The doctrine of nullification held that a state could refuse to enofre what within its boundares it if exceeded the national government's authority? |
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| What was the most attractive feature of federal grants-in-aid? |
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| The Constitution invites elected laders to what? |
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| struggle over sovereignty |
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| Most federal mandates orginated where? |
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| Today most Americans think that the power of the state governments compared to the federal governemnt is? |
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| Who was teh Chief Justice of the Supreme Court? |
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| After the Civil War the debate about the meaning of federalism focused on the what clause of the Constitution? |
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| The use of federal money to finance state-run programs is called? |
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| What are the members of the intergovernmental lobbby are chiefly concerned wiht obtaining? |
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| The amount of welfare payment recieved by an AFDC family is? |
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| varies greatly from state to state |
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| What group of peple do not prefre categorical grants to block grants and revenue sharing? |
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| What kind of grants has grown fastest in the recent years? |
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| What government is guaranteed by US Constitution? |
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| What causes most of theh tensions in the federal system? |
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| competing demands on federal versus local officials |
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| What two Amendments caused the doctrine of dual of federalismt to be revived? |
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| What did the Reagan-era federal aid cutbacks lead to? |
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| state and local governments finding new ways to deliver old services |
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| Why was revenus sharing proved unsuccessful as a means of distributing federal money to local governments? |
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| it is a wasteful way to help poor communities |
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| What does the US government primarily regulate? |
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| What is the standard used to determine when the national government may exercise powers not specifically mentioned in the Constitution? |
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| What is the Law Enforcement Assistance Act an example of? |
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