Chapter 3 covers FEDERALISM!!!
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The New Deal: President FDR
The Fair Deal: President Truman
The Great Sociey: President LBJ
Federalism
Choose a Federal Mandate
Facts On File: American History Online
Look up: Unfunded mandates
Gale: U.S. HIstory in Context
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The word FEDERALISM is NOT mentioned in the constitution.
Federal mandates are laws passed by Congress and signed by the president requiring compliance by the states under threat of legal action, sanctions or other punitive measures, and these laws override any state laws to the contrary.
FUNDED and UNFUNDED mandates
Examples: The Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, the Civil Rights Act of 1957, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Fair Labor Standards Act, The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
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