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James William McCulloch, a Baltimore branch cashier, refused to pay the Maryland tax making the case go to Supreme Court. The state of Maryland won and the national government appealed the case to the supreme court.
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U.S. Supreme Court case establishing the principle that states cannot, by legislative enactment, interfere with the power of Congress to regulate commerce.
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Political arrangement where power is divided between the federal and state governments with state governments exercising those powers accorded to them without interference from the federal government.
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Abolition to slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment of a crime.
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Grants everyone born in the US citizenship and guarantees equal rights whether political or civil.
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Theory of the states and national government should be cooperating when solving problems.
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Incorporates the Welfare Reform, Education Reform, Affordable Care Act.In a federal system of government, both the state and federal governments derive their power and authority from their own constitutions.