POLS 110 1st Edition Lecture 6 Outline of Last Lecture I. Federalism National and State Sovereignty: the argument for FederalsimII. Powers delegated to the national governmentIII. Powers denied to national governmentIV. Powers delegated to the states Outline of Current Lecture I. Implications of McCulloch v. MarylandII. The Second Crisis of Federalism: Civil WarIII. The Third Crisis: The Great DepressionIV. After FDRCurrent LectureI. Implications of McCulloch v. Marylanda. First time that national law was clearly declared superior to state lawb. Established the elastic clause as legitimatec. The decision on the elastic clause would become the basis for 90% of all current federal lawd. Ground work of the case: to set federal/national government power/expansionII. The Second Crisis of Federalism: Civil Wara. Civil War was a disagreement about federalismi. Can states leave the Union?b. Redefines federalism and the relationship between the national and state governments c. It’s a question of who’s more powerful: state or national governmenti. Not just a slavery issued. After Civil War, people begin to associate as Americans, not just as Georgians, New Yorkers, etc. III. The Third Crisis: The Great Depressiona. Economic chaosb. States unable to address the issuesc. Hoover denies help to the states; loses election 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.d. The New Deali. Shifting of responsibilities ii. The national government funding of state effortsiii. States willingly gave up the power to solve the crisise. Many things led up to this:i. Stock market crash of 1929ii. Dust bowl in Midwest/plain statesf. 1932 Franklin Roosevelt: New Deal –Redefining Federalismi. Dual Federalism- before FDRii. Cooperative Federalism-under FDR’s New Dealg. The states administered the federal money (WPA)i. Hired people to make roads, etc.ii. State politicians got credit for doing good things for their state (but with national government’s money)h. Transfer of wealth gets bigger or smaller depending on which state IV. After FDRa. Great Society: Centralized Federalismb. Lyndon Johnson and Nixonc. Expanded federal influence in the 60si. Medicare, Medicaid, War on Poverty (food stamps, etc.)d. Fiscal Federalismi. Reagan Plan of 1980sii. Claimed to move power back to the statesiii. Federal government maintained financial controls e. With Great Society:i. High homeless rate of elderly goes downii. Going without medication goes to essentially
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