Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Federalism
- Split Powers
- Federal: In the US,
the federal
government
shares
power with
the states.
- Citizens
vote at the
federal and
state level
- Unitary: central
government has the
power, citizens vote
for representatives.
States have little to no
power
- Citizens vote
for members
of federal
government
- Confederate: States
have the majority of
the power. Can give
some power to
federal government
- Citizens vote for
state
government
officials
- Power is
divided between
federal and
state
governments
- Enumerated v.s Implied Powers
- Enumerated: Explicitly listed
- Implied Powers:
Necessary and Proper
Clause. Not explicity
stated in Constitution
but needed to carry out
enumerated powers
- The Bill of Rights
- 10th Amedment
clarifies role of
States and
Federal
government
- "The powers not delegated to
the United States by the
Constitution, nor prohibited by
it to the States, are reserved to
the States respectively, or to
the people."
- Used to placate
Antifederalists
that opposed the
Constitution
- Protects citizen's
rights and takes
away some federal
power
- Conflict
- The Supremacy Clause
- According to the
Constitution, laws of
federal government
are higher than State
laws, unless they
violate the
Constitution
- The Civil War
- Federal
Government
outlawed
slavery, but
some states
still wanted it
- Brown v. Board of Education
- Segregation in
schools: Little Rock
Five
- National League of
Cities v. Usery
- Minimum
wage and
maximum
hours
- Gay Marriage
- Changes over Time
- Core Beliefs