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Unit III Lesson 3

Federalism Today

StateGovernments

NationalGovernment

Essential Questions:

• What is Federalism?

• What are the powers of state and local governments in an era of new federalism and devolution?

• What influence should the federal government have over the states?

“Delegated Powers”

“Reserved Powers”

“Concurrent Powers”

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“Federalism”

Unit I

“Delegated Powers”

1. National “Federalism”

2. States

“Anti-Federalists”

JeffersonPowers

1789

States National

(Taxes)

“Grants-in-Aid”

3.5 TRILLION Dollars“Federal Budget”

2Types

“Grants-in-Aid”

National Income Taxes

“Block Grants”

Block Grants- Money given to the states by the national government with broad guidelines; states can use the money

at THEIR discretion (“Spend it how you think it’s needed Georgia”)

“Freedom of Choice”

“Block Grants”Grants-

in-Aid

“Block Grants”

Grants-in-Aid

“Block Grant”

Categorical Grants

“Conditions of Aid”

“Categorical Grants”

Grants-in-Aid

Categorical Grants- Money given to the states by the national government with strict provisions on how it may be spent (“We’ll

TELL YOU how to spend this money Georgia”)

“Freedom of Choice”

“Categorical Grants”

106 Billion Dollars

2013

“Block Grants”

“Categorical Grants”

“Spend it however you think it should be spent Georgia!”

Adams

Washington

Franklin

Hamilton

Madison

Mason King Henry Jefferson

Federalists

AntiFederalists

StateGovernments

NationalGovernment

“Federalists”

George Washington

“Nationalists”

JamesMadison

BenFranklin

AlexanderHamilton

“Anti-Federalists”

George Mason

Rufus King

Thomas Jefferson

Patrick Henry

“Give me liberty or give me death!”

“States Rights”

Devolution- Shrinking the size of the national government and giving states more independence in developing their own policies

(Ex. Welfare, Healthcare, Job Training, etc.)

“States Rightists”

“States Rightists”

Laboratories of Democracy

Laboratories of Democracy

Laboratories of Democracy

“State’s Rights” Laboratories of

Democracy

“Nationalists”

“Nationalists”

“Nationalists”

“Nationalists”

States Rightists Nationalists

Hamilton Jefferson

States Rightists Nationalists

1787 2014

Which type of government funding allows states the most “discretion” (freedom of

choice) regarding grants-in-aid?

A. Block Grants

B. Matching Grants

C. Pell Grants

D. Categorical Grants

Republicans more so than Democrats support which of the following types of

federal grants:

A. Block Grants

B. Matching Grants

C. Pell Grants

D. Categorical Grants

Homework!!!

Textbook Pages: 49-74

Graphic Novel Pages: 20-21 and 118

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