POLS 207 1st Edition Lecture 10Outline of Last Lecture I. Liberalism II. conservatismIII. social DarwinismIV. Chapter 4A. how government evolvedOutline of Current Lecture V. different government periodsA. municipal government periodB. state intercity government periodC. federal government eraVI. growth of federal powerVII. Forms of governmentA. unitary governmentB. confederacyC. federalismVIII. federal responsibilitiesCurrent Lecture- Test review Monday 2/24/14 7-8 in HECC 200- municipal government period:o influx of European immigrants to cities causing congestiono services for water, sewage, waste, crime, health codes, building codes, mass educationo municipal government provides services o corruptiono ward heelers: helped people vote o elections- state intercity government periodo political corruption in citieso reforms imposed by states government non partisan elections: secret vote civil service system, merit vs. loyalty: jobs given based on skill and abilityo Dillion’s rule local government is a creation of the state government cities have to comply with state statutes These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.o state regulations supersede common law- federal government era: 1932 to presento great depression and WWIIo federal government responsible for managing the economy and national defenseo role of guardian and protector income for elderly disabled protect environment, workplace: FDIC quality education, eliminate discriminationo grants: help educationo national standards: states cannot have lower standards than the nationalo new federalism- growth fo federal powero scope of dometic issueso international issue WWII o States unwilling to act Claimed economy would fix itselfo Federal financial resources Without financial resources we would have never gotten out of depression Federal gov can go into debt whereas states cannot- After WWII our spending went down and then back up because of the cold war. We helped fight Russia.- Each major spending spree was because of war- Spending went up again in 2009 because of the great recession- Major trading partner is china- Johnson waned to create the great society so started a war against povertyo Food stampso Welfareo Medicare- Clinton was the lowest spending level of all- Forms of government o Unitary government Power to central government o Confederacy Articles of confederations National government gets power from states, states have all the power Constitutional convention Review article and amend articles of confederation Delegates were well educated Bill of rightso Federalism People give power to the states and federal government People vote and elect congress/executive- Federal responsibilitieso National defense Only one national armyo Space programo Postal service In constitution Problems with Saturday
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