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| What are three different systems of government? |
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Unitary
Confederation
and Federalism |
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| How does a unitary government work? |
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| The lower-level governments derive authority from central government |
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| How does a confederation government work? |
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| The central government derives authority from lower-level governments |
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| What is Federalism and how does it work? |
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| It is a hybrid of unitary and confederation. The central and state have divided authority. The power is shared across the government. The local government is still under the state |
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| Each level of government checks each other. What Article and Section says that "No state shall..." |
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| Which amendment reserves the powers for the states? |
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| What are two types federalism in America? |
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| Dual and Shared Federalism |
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| When national and state governments had different jobs. Completely separate |
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| What is shared federalism? |
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| The national and state jointly supply services |
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| What are 5 examples of Share Federalism between the state and national governments? |
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| Taxation, Charter banks and corporations, Eminent domain, Law enforcement, and Judiciary |
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| What are 5 examples of Modern problems not stopping at state boundaries? |
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| Pollution, unemployment, crime, internet, and natural disasters |
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| What are three reasons why the states need federal help? |
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| Coordination problems, prisoner's dilemma, and cutthroat competition |
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Term
| To overcome Coordination problems, prisoner's dilemma, and cutthroat competition what do states do? |
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| Delegate authority to federal government |
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Term
| How many state governments are there? State legislative chambers? |
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| What are three examples of coordination problems? |
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| Drivers license for interstate truckers (the commercial motor vehicle safety act), Energy regulation, and Hurricane Katrina |
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| What forms under prisoner's dilemma? |
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| What is pollution an example of? |
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| Is there more public good or public bad with pollution? |
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| Why is pollution considered a public bad? |
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| Because it doesn't stop at the state borders |
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| What do states use to attract businesses? |
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| What is the Race to the Bottom? |
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| When businesses try to outbid each other to get a certain business |
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| What is the most popular solution when problems transcend state borders? |
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| What are two examples of presidents going towards nationalization? |
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| FDR's New deal (Great depression transcended state borders), and LBJ's Great Society (Democrats felt that poverty transcended state borders) |
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| Who normally wins, the national or the state governments? |
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| What is it called when the supremacy clause allows the federal government to supersede state law? |
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| What is the term for how we induce states behaviors? |
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| What are two grants under carrots? |
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| Block grant and matching grant |
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| The exact amount given to states for a specific purpose |
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Term
| What is a matching grant? |
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| The federal government matches states spending in a policy area |
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| What are unfunded mandates? |
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| When the national government uses rules to require states to administer policies with limited or no financial assistance |
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Term
| What are the 4 things under the unfunded mandates? |
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Definition
| Cross-cutting requirements, crossover sanctions, Direct orders, and partial preemption |
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Term
| What are cross-cutting requirements? |
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| They apply certain rules and guidelines to a broad array of federally-subsidized state programs. |
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Term
| What are crossover sanctions? |
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| They require states to adhere to the guidelines of one program to receive funding for another, unrelated program |
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