Name: Date: Ch.3 AP Government More Practice Questions 1. Federal officials’ perceptions of national needs came to dominate the allocation of federal grants during the A) Reagan administration. B) Great Depression. C) World War II era. D) post–Civil War era. E) 1960s and 1970s. 2. During the 1960s and 1970s‚ federal grants to states were increasingly based on A) the demands of the individual states. B) what state officials perceived to be important state needs. C) the power
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Federal Mandates Through out the 1930’s‚ Federalism began to grow along with an increased power towards federal grants and mandates due to the effects of the Depression. During the New Deal the Supreme Court ruled that national spending was not limited to just specific grants any more. The national government now had the power to grant‚ fund‚ and mandate money to any state under what conditions they choose. Currently Congress can imply considerable control over the states by placing federal money
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Over the last twenty-five years‚ federalism has transformed due to the increase in federal mandates on state and local governments. Federalism refers to a political system in which there are local units of government‚ as well as a national government‚ that can make final decisions with respect to at least some governmental activities‚ and whose existence is protected. When the Framers devised this political system their goal was to protect personal liberty and create a separation of powers. Over
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A Federal Governing system is one in which the powers of government are divided between a central government and several local governments. An authority superior to both the central and local governments makes this division of powers on a geographic basis; and that division cannot be changed by either the local or national level acting alone. Both levels of government act directly on the people through their own sets of laws‚ officials‚ and agencies. In federalism‚ there is a written constitution
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Research Paper The federal government has slowly been gaining power since this country was started. The country’s power used to be more focused on the individual states‚ this ensured that citizens could reach their governments more easily. With the majority of power under the states control it created a more flexible government‚ this allowed the states to govern accordingly and to fix any unique problems they could be having. I think that today’s federal government has too much power. Rick Perry
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Adams promote national unity and advance the authority of the federal government? George Washington and John Adams were the first two presidents of the United States. As they had just fought a civil war against their oppressive mother country‚ it was only fitting that they were federalists. Federalists believed in national unity and a strong central government. They knew that in order for the country to succeed‚ a strong central government was needed. As a result‚ their administrations were built around
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Federal Government GOVT 2305 Unit 1: Foundations of American Democracy Whitnee Branham Unit 1 Essay Federal Government 9/13/2014 United States Constitution and the Federalist Papers October 27‚ 1787 was the day when the Federalist Papers where
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National Government for the benefit of the States? • Guarantee Union a Republican Form of Government. • Protect each of them [States] from invasion and internal disorder. • Respect the territorial integrity of each of the States. 2. Explain the difference between an enabling act and an act of admission. • Enabling act: an act directing the people of the territory to frame a proposed State constitution. • Act of admission: an act creating the new State. 3. A. What is a block grant? • Block grant: one
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was the first country to adopt a federal system for their government. This form of government‚ that allows national government and the state government to share powers and obtain authority from its people‚ was created to deal with many of the problems that occurred under the Articles of Confederation. Being affected by the rule of English kings‚ the Framers feared centralizing power in one government. Therefore‚ they made both the state and the federal government responsible to the people of their
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Name __________________ AP Government Federalist Paper No. 10 and 51 Directions- Answer the following questions completely. 1. What democratic principle is Madison touting in Federalist Paper No. 10? 2. Explain Madison’s definition of faction in Federalist Paper No. 10? 3. Give two methods Madison provided for removing factions. 4. According to Madison‚ how do you control the effects of minority factions? 5. Why is a large representative republic the cure for majority
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