Federalism

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Federalism
CHAPTER 4

• Section 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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Section 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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Section 1 Powers and Responsibilities

• Powers of the federal government
• expressed
• implied
• inherent
• Powers of the states
• authority to establish local governments and
  school systems
• power to enact criminal and civil laws
• power to pass laws promoting public health and
  safety regulating business within state borders
  and requiring various professional licenses

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Section 1 Powers and Responsibilities

• Powers denied to the federal government
• cannot tax exports
• cannot pass laws favoring the trade of one state
  over another
• cannot spend money unless authorized by Congress
• cannot 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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Section 1 Powers and Responsibilities

• Powers denied to the states
• cannot issue their own money
• cannot make treaties
• cannot go to war unless attacked or authorized to
  do so by Congress
• cannot manage domestic or foreign trade unless
  authorized by Congress
• cannot deny people accused of crimes the right to
  trial by jury
• cannot grant titles of nobility

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Section 1 Powers and Responsibilities

• Responsibilities the federal and state
  governments have to each other
• Federal 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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Section 1 Powers and Responsibilities

• Role of the courts in the U.S. federal system
• has the authority to hear cases involving the
  Constitution U.S. laws and states disputes
• makes decisions and resolves disputes between the
  federal government and the states based on the
  rules listed in the Constitution

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Section 2 Growth of Federalism

• Objectives
• How has the federal governments 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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Section 2 Growth of Federalism

• Examples of the growth of federal governments
  involvement in states affairs
• law enforcement assistance
• funding for the National Guard
• revenue sharing
• federal grants

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Section 2 Growth of Federalism

• Effects of grants-in-aid on the growth of
  federalism
• increased federal involvement in state and local
  activities
• increased 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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Section 2 Growth of Federalism

• Role of federal mandates in federalism
• direct states and local governments to take
  action on particular issues
• provide states a choice between allowing actions
  to be carried out at the federal or state level
• set conditions that states must meet before
  federal funding is disbursed

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Section 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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Section 3 Relations Among the States

• 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 territorys residents and Congress
  approve the constitution then Congress passes an
  act of admission making the territory a state.

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Section 3 Relations Among the States

• Ways the states cooperate in the federal system
• recognizing official acts of other states
• respecting the rights of citizens from other
  states
• forming interstate compacts
• honoring requests for extradition

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Section 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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Section 4 Federalism and the Public Good

• Ways the national government promotes the public
  good
• provides a central authority
• distributes power
• balances federal and state interests

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Section 4 Federalism and the Public Good

• Ways the division of power in a federal system
  helps government serve the public good
• encourages alternate solutions
• checks the power of the federal and state
  governments
• promotes participation

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Section 4 Federalism and the Public Good

• 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-Up

• 1. 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-Up

• 5. 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