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states and national governments were equal authorities operating within their own spheres of influence, as defined by a strict reading of the Constitution.
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judge with strong nationalism views, leader of the court during McCulloch vs Maryland
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bank dispute; McCulloch refused to pay national bank taxes that Maryland had imposed
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Some southern state politcians believed that states had the right to nullify national laws that they believed contradicted or clashed with state interests
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idea that states had the right to seperate themselves from the union
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13th ammendment- abolished slavery
14th ammendment- included the privileges and immunities clause
15th ammendment-voting rights for African Americans -
regulates railroad company-set restrictions on rates the railroad companies could charge
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to prevent monopolies or exclusive control of the good or service in a particular market
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Court rulled that a combination of sugar refining companies was not a monopoly under the Sherman Antitrust Act
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federalism under the New Deal
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Roosevelt's plan to end the depression(social security, more jobs etc)
The national government's first time being responsible for the social economic welfare of the people -
Created creative federalism- expanded the powers of the national government with his Great Society program, a series of initatives aimed at eliminating poverty and social inequality
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a series of intitives aimed at getting rid of poverty and social inequality
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realising national funds, in the form of grants to state and local communities, to achieve national goals
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modern era in federalism in which authority rested with thte national government is being returned to the states
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supported returning power to the states, believed the national government was less effective than state government
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worked to reduce the size of government by cutting national grant money to the states, relaxed national requirements that specified how states could use national grant money. He believed states were more effective iddentifng the needs of their citzens than the national government
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idea of returing powers to the states
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reduced the size of national government power by eliminating costly federal programs and by combing others