The Federal - MR. ROUTH'S SOCIAL STUDIES



Segment 1: Constitutional Battle Ground StateIs it fair that a local business owner has to be caught between the laws of the state and federal government? Whom should he listen to? Who wins—state or federal power? Why? What did the Founding Fathers have in mind when they created a shared power system? How could the Commerce Clause of the Constitution apply to medical marijuana? Segment 2: The Big Bang Theory...The United States Constitution After fighting a war to leave a strong government (Britain), why did the Founding Fathers want to create a strong government? Segment 3: Philadelphia and the Constitutional ConventionWhat were the issues that were causing our new country to fall apart? What did they create? What powers did the new government have? List some of them.In this new system did they balance the power? What were some of the negative outcomes? Segment 4: Power Struggle: Tug of WarIn what ways does the federal government step on the rights of the states? Why? What is the advantage of the state government making laws for the people? What is the role of the federal government in dealing with state law? Segment 5: We Can’t Go it Alone!Why would the government concern itself with building a dam in the middle of the desert? Segment 6: Separate but NOT EqualWhat federal branch ruled that the state laws were unconstitutional? Why did the federal government need to step in? The Federal System: Got Power?Delegated/EnumeratedDefinition: Powers that are held by the federal (national government) because they are outlined in the Constitution. The federal government also has implied powers because of the Elastic Clause (Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18), but they are not spelled out like enumerated powers.ExamplesReserved3524254254500Powers that are reserved or saved for the states. Many of these are not listed but given to the states by the 9th and 10th Amendments.ExamplesConcurrent3429004318000Powers that are held by both the federal (national) government and the states. When in conflict, the federal government is always more powerful according to the Supremacy Clause in Article 6, Sec. 2 of the Constitution.ExamplesDenied2393954699000Powers that neither the federal nor the state government are permitted to have. ................
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