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Dual federalism is when both national and state governments are sovereign within their own spheres.
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McCulloch v. Maryland was a court case arguement in which the state of Maryland had attempted to impede operation of a branch of the Second Bank of the United States by imposing a tax on all notes of banks not chartered in Maryland
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John Marshall was the Chief Justice of the Court Case to unanimously rule in favor of the bank.
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The Doctrine of Nullification was the idea of nullifying national laws that they believed contradicted with state interests.
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The Doctrine of Secession is the idea that states had right to part from from the Union.
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The Reconstruction Amendments consists of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth amendments to the Constitution.
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The Interstate Commerce Act was passed to help regulate the railroad industry.
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The Sherman Antitrust Act was passed to prevent monopolies or control of a service in a parrticular market.
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This was a supreme court case that argued limitations of government's power to control monopolies.
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Cooperative Federalism was the idea that all levels of government should work together to solve issues such as poverty.
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The New Deal was a series of national programs to address the needs of Americans.
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Creative Federalism was the period in which the national government gave out federal funds to local governments to address problems that states could or wouldn't address.
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Lyndon Johnson, the 36th president of the United States, expanded the powers of the national government with the Great Society Program.
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The Great Society Program was a series of initiatives aimed at eliminating poverty and social inequality.
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New Federalism consisted of ideas that decreased national spending and returning power to the states would improve government.
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The Reagan Years during the 1980s was his belief of returning power to the states.
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Ronald Reagan, the 40th president of the United States, gave his first inaugaral adress.
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The Contract with America's purpose was to reduce the size and power of the national government by eliminating costly federal programs while combining others.
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Devolution is the concept of returning power to the states.
