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Cooperative federalism is a model in which various levels of government
work together to solve policy problems.•
The federal government often provides some portion of the funding, which
is spent by the states or localities
.Cooperative federalism is designed to encourage states and localities to
pursue nationally defined goals.
Gibbons v. Ogden
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, 1824: The Supreme Court established the supremacy of the national
government in all matter affecting interstate commerce
- divided natl/state authority
Jim Crow Laws
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Laws designed to enforce segregation of blacks from whites
Political Efficacy
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Political efficacy is the belief that one has the ability to influence what
government does.
Civil Liberties/ Civil (equal) Rights
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Civil Liberties: areas of personal freedom const. protected from gov
interference
Civil Rights:
-obligation imposed on gov; to take positive action to protect citizens from
any illegal action of gov agencies of other private citizens
, Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965
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Civil Rights Act:
Public accommodations could no longer be inferior or segregated - aimed
at addressing discrimination by private individuals, e.g. hotels and
restaurants.
Title VI of the act strengthened the hand of the executive branch in dealing
with segregated schools.
Title VII of the act created the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
and allowed for the Justice Department to enforce fair-employment
practices.
Voting Rights Act:
Made interference with the right to vote on the basis of race a federal issue
Bans literacy tests
Preclearance requirements for specific states and regions due to extensive
record of disenfranchisement policies or attempts
Unitary/Federal/Confederal Systems
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unitary- power is centralized (France)
confederacy- sov. is held by INDEPENDENT STATES
federal- national gov shares divided power with lower levels of gov