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Homework. Complete the Informal Assessment on the last page of the Aim # 1 packet. Aim #1: What is federalism, and how is power divided between the states and the national government in a federal system?. Do Now: Complete the chart on the first page of the handout.

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  1. Homework • Complete the Informal Assessment on the last page of the Aim #1 packet.

  2. Aim #1: What is federalism, and how is power divided between the states and the national government in a federal system? • Do Now: Complete the chart on the first page of the handout

  3. 1. Define federalism? Why did the thirteen original states want to create a system where power would be divided in this way? • Federalism: The division of power between a central government and state governments. • To ensure that there would be a strong central government to maintain a military, negotiate treaties with other countries and establish federal courts, but that the states would still have a lot of freedom and the federal government would not become too strong.

  4. 2. What do we call powers that are held by the federal government? What do we call powers that are held by the state governments? What do we call powers that the states and federal government share? • Federal Government: Expressed and Implied powers • State Government: Reserved powers • Shared Powers: Concurrent powers

  5. 3. How does the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution keep the states from ignoring laws established by the federal government? • It says that federal laws passed by Congress are superior to state laws.

  6. 4. What is the difference between the expressed powers and implied powers of the federal government? Where do the implied powers come from? • Expressed Powers: Powers that are explicitly given to the federal government in the U.S. Constitution. • Implied Powers: Powers the federal government has that are NOT expressly stated in the Constitution. They come from the “necessary and proper clause.”

  7. 5. Provide one specific example of an expressed power, and one example of an implied power. • Expressed powers • For Congress: Coining money, declaring war, establishing immigration laws. • For the President: Negotiating treaties, nominating justices to the Supreme Court, pardoning people who have committed crimes. • Implied powers • Creating a postal service website • Ending racial segregation through the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

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