POL/215 Version 4 State and Local Political Processes Course Start Date: 09/25/2013 Course End Date: 10/23/2013 Group ID: NWELECT27 Campus: Northwest Learning Center Copyright © 2011‚ 2010‚ 2009‚ 2005‚ 1997 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description This course provides students with an introduction to the organization‚ administration‚ and functions of American state and local governments. The relationship between state and federal governments is also analyzed
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The American Federal system is basically a system of separated powers between national‚ state‚ and local governments who share power within the same political system. All of the separate powers regulate certain laws for all individual citizens. Before the U.S. had federalism and The Constitution in 1789‚ the U.S. first created The Articles of Confederation. The problem with the Articles of Confederation is that the states had more control than the national government. States had their own permission
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The debate of states’ rights versus federal supremacy is one that affects America today and has since the country was founded. It started with the writing of the Constitution in 1787 and the formation of Federalists and Anti-Federalists‚ who had opposing views on the document. The two major arguments were that a strong central government would eventually become tyrannical‚ and that a strong central government was needed for the nation to move forward. Years of conflict between the two sides occurred
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Jimmy Carter formed the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) by consolidating several government organizations. That same year Congress appropriated funds to transfer the Civil Defense Staff College (CDSC) and United States Fire Administration (USFA) and National Fire Academy (NFA) into FEMA. The Civil Defense Program (CDP) had been established in 1947 under the Department of Defense. Training was first offered under this authority in the spring of 1951 at three federal facilities. In 1954‚
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The federal‚ multi-branch government structure of the United States has profoundly influenced political attitudes by fostering a system of checks and balances‚ encouraging political engagement‚ and shaping the dynamics of power and policy-making. This structure‚ which includes the executive‚ legislative‚ and judicial branches‚ ensures that no single entity holds unchecked power‚ promoting a balance that is fundamental to American democracy. Firstly‚ the system of checks and balances has cultivated
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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 of organized
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confederate‚ and federal systems of government. The unitary government is often described as a centralized government. It is a government in which all powers held by the government belong to a single and central agency. The central government creates local units of government for its own convenience and needs. Most governments in the world are unitary. Great Britain is an example of a unitary government. The Parliament holds all the power of the British government. Local governments do exist but
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Federal and State Prisons Deanna Snowden 06/02/2013 Dr. John Opinski Federal and State Prisons There are so many different types of prison systems in the world these days‚ it can go from a stay of one year to a stay of life without ever having the chance to have freedom back meaning life without parole. Once the words are uttered to someone that is something that can either break you or make you realize that‚ you have not only destroyed your life as you knew it but you have destroyed your
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State and Federal Aid There are many past and rising issues involving public school finance. The public schools system is funded through federal‚ state and local taxes. Each state has different formulas to distribute funding from state and local taxes. Federal funding does contribute to the rising cost of education for each state. State and local taxes is allocated to cover the majority of educational costs. Student achievement depends upon the available funding allotted to each district. This
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency‚ or FEMA‚ was created to solve a dire need in America. Disasters‚ unfortunately‚ happen all the time‚ and we as a country need to be prepared to handle them and have a system in place to provide relief after the fact. Throughout the 1960s and 70s‚ a series of disasters struck the nation and those in charge realized that America was poorly suited to help. In 1964‚ the second most powerful earthquake ever recorded hit Alaska‚ killing 139 (Taylor). The Midwest
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