POL 104, American
Government
CHAPTER
2—FEDERALISM: STATES IN THE UNION
Idea of Federalism (pages 32-45)
federalism
(federal*, federal republic*, federation*)
confederation
(confederal*)
unitary
system (national government*, consolidated government*)
New
Federalism
powers—delegated,
express, implied, reserved, police*
Necessary
and Proper (“elastic” or “sweeping”) Clause (also in chapter 1)
McCulloch v. Maryland
Tenth
Amendment, states’ rights
Additional Constitutional Concepts
(these terms will be supplied in class, not in chapter two of the textbook)
Commerce
Clause*
Gibbons v. Ogden*
interstate
commerce*
intrastate
commerce*
Fourteenth
Amendment*
Gitlow v. New York*
incorporation doctrine*
nullification,
Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions (ch. 1)
Fiscal Federalism (pages 46-55 in the
9th edition)
dual
federalism
cooperative
federalism
categorical
grant-in-aid
conditions
of aid*
block
grant
mandates
and unfunded mandates
devolution*
distributional
formulas*
land
grant colleges*
revenue
sharing*