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You should also note how the nature and the effects of U.S. federalism have changed throughout U.S. history and continue to change to this day. After reading and reviewing the material in this chapter, you should be able to do each of the following:  \n1. Explain the difference between federal and centralized systems of government, and give examples of each.  \n2. Show how competing political interests at the Constitutional Convention led to the adoption of a federal system, but one that was not clearly defined.  \n3. Outline the ways in which the courts interpreted national and state powers and why the doctrine of dual federalism is still alive.  \n4. State why federal grants-in-aid to the states have been politically popular, and cite what have proved to be the pitfalls of such grants.  \n5. Distinguish between categorical grants and block grants or general revenue sharing.  \n6. Explain why, despite repeated attempts to reverse the trend, categorical grants have continued to grow more rapidly than block grants.  \n7. Distinguish between mandates and conditions of aid with respect to federal grant programs to states and localities.  \n8. Define devolution and its roots.  \n9. Discuss whether or to what extent federal grants to the states have succeeded in creating uniform national policies comparable to those of centralized governments.  \nSTUDY OUTLINE  \nI. Introduction  \nA. The story of Sussette Kelo  \n1. Property condemned by city officials  \n2. Desire to redevelop area with pricey townhouses, malls and a large hotel  \n3. Supreme Court upheld the city’s decisionmaking  \na) Property can be seized for public use  \nb) Property can be seized for economic development in distressed communities  \nB. What could anyone do about it?  \nII. Why“federalism” matters  \nA. Reaction to the Kelo decision and other examples of tension and variation in policy-making  \n1. Grass roots lobbying campaigns  \n2. Thirty-four states tightened laws to make seizures more difficult  \n3. Half of the states have a minimum wage standard that is higher than the federal standard  \n4. Sometimes, but not always, the national government leads in making, administering and funding expensive public policies  \nB. Federalism  \n1. Definition: system in which the national government shares power with local governments  \n2. States have a specially protected existence and authority (not merely junior partners)  \n3. The implementation and funding of federal decisions depends upon state and local government  \n4. The impact of federalism is widespread (roads, crime, civil liberties, civil rights, etc.)  \n5. The degree and manner in which federalism has mattered has changed over time  \na) Recent highly visible attempts to scale back the national government  \n(1) Devolution  \n(2) Block grants  \nb) Long-standing tension between national and state governments  \n(1) Slavery  \n(2) Regulation of business and social welfare programs  \n(3) States rights  \n(4) Mandates  \nIII. Governmental structure and assessment  \nA. Structure and examples  \n1. Definition: political system with local governmental units, in addition to national ones, that can make final decisions  \n2. Examples of federal governments: Canada, India, and Germany  \n3. Examples of unitary governments: France, Great Britain, and Italy  \n4. Special protection of subnational governments in federal system is the result of  \na) Constitution of country  \nb) Habits, preferences, and dispositions of citizens  \nc) Distribution of political power in society  \n5. National government largely does not govern individuals directly but gets states to do so in keeping with national policy  \nB. Good or bad?  \n1. Confusion a","cbCaihCiYVmlJWQs","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaihCiYVmlJWQs","pdf",195724,22,"English","# Reviewing the Chapter\n## Chapter Focus\n## Study Outline\n# I. Introduction\n# II. Why federalism matters\n# III. Governmental structure and assessment\n# IV. The Founding\n# V. The debate on the meaning of federalism","[{\"question\":\"What is federalism, and how does it differ from centralized government?\",\"answer\":\"Federalism is a system in which the national government shares power with state and local governments, each having independently protected authority. 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