Review Sheet- APGOPO
Federalism Test Review Sheet
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Be able to distinguish between a federal system and a unitary system.
Know the types of powers given to the national government in the Constitution.
How many countries had a federal system of government when the US adopted it?
How is the government divided under federalism?
What is the “supremacy clause”?
What Amendments deal with powers given to the national government, or the state
government?
What clause in the constitution ensures that Judicial decrees and contracts made in one state
are valid in another?
Know the different types of government grants: block grants, categorical grants, project grants,
formula grants, etc…
The movement to shift more power from federal to states is called what?
What was the first major Supreme Court case to define the relationship between federal and
state governments?
Know the basics of McCulloch v. Maryland, Gibbons v. Ogden, and U.S. v. Lopez.
What is extradition?
What type of grant used population to determine the federal allocation of dollars?
What are states’ powers?
What clause of the Constitution is potentially violated by the Defense of Marriage Act?
What model of federalism began in the 1930s?
What type of federalism is characterized by a system of separate but distinct state and national
governments?
What is “fiscal federalism”?
What is a mandate?
Know the difference between states powers and the national governments’ powers.
What is an example of a formula grant?
What examples can you give of “devolution”?
What powers are shared by states and the national government?
Types of federalism- layer cake, marble cake…
What powers are specifically denied to the states by the Constitution?
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