FRQ by Elicia Hernandez https://padlet.com/982323/c4cao577dd21 Made with eyes on the prize en-us 2017-04-14 16:02:16 UTC 2025-11-19 15:12:55 UTC hello@padlet.com FRQ 982323 https://padlet.com/982323/c4cao577dd21/wish/166385242 The framers of the United States Constitution created a federal system.

]]> 2017-04-14 16:06:10 UTC https://padlet.com/982323/c4cao577dd21/wish/166385242 a) Define Federalism 982323 https://padlet.com/982323/c4cao577dd21/wish/166385526 Federalism is a system in which individuals such as states share power with a national government.]]> 2017-04-14 16:10:29 UTC https://padlet.com/982323/c4cao577dd21/wish/166385526 b) Select two of the following and explain how each has been used to increase the power of the federal government relative to the states. 982323 https://padlet.com/982323/c4cao577dd21/wish/166385561 Categorical grants is when the federal government gives states money but the states are required to spend it only on narrowly defined purposes. This gives the states less power because they don't decide on what to spend the money on, the federal government does. For example head start is preschool for toddlers and the federal government gives states the money to spend on specific stuff.
Federal mandates is when a law is a proved by congress and the states have to comply with the law. An example of federal mandate is The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, this act is required by the federal government and the states need t
o follow this law. 


]]> 2017-04-14 16:10:56 UTC https://padlet.com/982323/c4cao577dd21/wish/166385561 c) Select two of the following and explain how each has been used to increase the power of the states relative to the federal government. 982323 https://padlet.com/982323/c4cao577dd21/wish/166385667 2017-04-14 16:12:03 UTC https://padlet.com/982323/c4cao577dd21/wish/166385667 Federalism 982211 https://padlet.com/982323/c4cao577dd21/wish/166386265 2017-04-14 16:19:04 UTC https://padlet.com/982323/c4cao577dd21/wish/166386265 C). 985808 https://padlet.com/982323/c4cao577dd21/wish/166386376 Block grants gave more power to the states because the states could decide how they could use the money from the federal government with minimal guidelines. An example of a block grant would be the Welfare Reform Act of 1996. 
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