Federalism Pt. 2

Federalism Pt. 2

Government 3rd, 4th, and 6th Hrs. ​

Relations Between National & State Governments

Essential Question: How is power divided and shared among national, state, and local governments?

Relations Between National & State Governments

Scenario

Imagine another Covid outbreak has spread to Indiana, Illinois, and Kentucky. Imagine that you are the governor of one of the states at the center of the outbreak. You know you need a coordinated response to stop the spread of Covid. You decide to arrange a conference call to bring together ​people who can help.

Essential question: How is power divided and shared among national. state, and local governments?

​Who would you want to be involved in creating a plan for a smart response to the crisis?

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Scenario about Essential Question

Scenario Question

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Open Ended

Who would you want to be involved in creating a plan for a smart response to the crisis?

Brainstorming Activity

• Brainstorm a list of stakeholders you want to invite to the meeting. These are people with who you will collaborate to make a plan to deal with this problem

• Predict which responses or strategies each group of stakeholders might propose

• Decide who should pay for all the activities that make up the response​

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Brainstorm

Brainstorming Activity (Pt. 2)

• Now imagine the conference call has happened and you need to decide your plan. Write it down. What criteria did you use to pick the best response?

• Imagine you need to present your plan at a news conference. Which key talking points would you include in your presentation?

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Brainstorming Activity

Open Ended

Which key talking points would you include in your presentation? List at least two.

Take Notes

Use the table to list national obligations and state obligations.

Draw

Create a table to list national and state obligations.

Poll

Do you know what the words gurantee and obligation mean?

• yes

• kind of

• no

• maybe

Open Ended

What are some gurantees and obligtaions in your life? List at least two of each.

Gurantees to and Obligations of the States

• ​local, state, and regional governments must work together sometimes

• Conflict, cooperation, and compromise

• Republican form of government

  • federal protections for the states are guaranteed in Article IV, Section 4

• ​The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened) against domestic violence.

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National and State Obligations

Gurantees to and Obligations of the States ​

• ​National government must gurantee each state a republican form of government

  • voters have soverign powers

• Elected representatives exercise that power

• Congress has responsibility for enforcing guarantee

• National gove​rnement must protect states from invasion and unrest with the U.​S.

  • ​an attack by a foreign power on one state is considered an attack on the entire country

• Congress has given the president authority to sent federal troops to a state where there is civil unrest and the governor or state legislature has requested help

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National and State Obligations

Obligations of the States

• the states perform two important functions for the national government

• State and local governments conduct and pay for elections of all national government officials- senators, representatives, and presidential electors ​

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Obligation of the State

Enabling Act

• Before a territory can become a state, Congress must pass an enabling act

• Enabling Act- an act that allows the people of a territory interested in becoming a state to prepare a constitution ​

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Enabling Act