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1980 BCE
Reagan's "New Federalism."
The administration moves to limit the power of the federal government to impose its policies on state and local governments. Republican President Ronald Reagan was also a strong advocate of new federalism. Reagan was more successful than Nixon in obtaining block grants, but Reagan’s block grants, unlike Nixon’s, were less generous to the states than the categorical grants they replaced. Under Reagan, revenue sharing was eliminated. -
Period: 1933 BCE to 1939 BCE
President Franklin D. Roosevelt introduces "New Deal"
The president expands federal authority to regulate the economy and provide social services. Although the Supreme Court initially declared Roosevelt's legislation unconstitutional, the Court reversed its position in the late 1930s. Roosevelt’s“New Deal” included large-scale emergency antipoverty programs. In addition, the New Deal introduced major new laws regulating economic activity, such as the National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933, which established the National Recovery. -
Period: 1861 BCE to 1865 BCE
American Civil War
Essentially, the Civil War brought to an extreme and violent climax the ideological debate that had been outlined by the Federalist and Anti-Federalist parties even before the Constitution was ratified.Among the 34 U.S. states in January 1861, seven Southern slave states individually declared their secession from the U.S. and formed the Confederate States of America. War broke out in April 1861 when Confederates attacked the U.S. fortress Fort Sumter. -
1824 BCE
U.S. Supreme Court rules in Gibbons v. Ogden
Chief Justice Marshall broadly defines the national government's power to regulate commerce, consequently restricting the power of the states.Marshall's expansive interpretation of the commerce clause in Gibbons v. Ogden allowed the national government to exercise increasing authority over all areas of economic affairs throughout the land. In the 1930s and subsequent decades, the commerce clause became the primary constitutional basis for national government regulation. -
1819 BCE
U.S. Supreme Court rules in McCulloch v. Maryland.
Nowhere in the United States Constitution does it say that Congress has the power to create a national bank.The Maryland government, which sought to regulate its own banks, did not want competition from a national bank and established a charge to the national bank. The national government appealed to the Supreme Court. As a result, Chief Justice Marshall broadly defined the power of the national government to regulate commerce, thereby restricting the power of states. . -
1791 BCE
Bill of Rights added to the Constitution.
The Tenth Amendment, part of the Bill of Rights, specifically addresses the issue of powers reserved to the United States. The national government can not deny such powers to the States. State powers include the right of the state to regulate trade within its borders, the power to make laws on all matters that are not prohibited to States by the Federal Constitution or by the State Constitutions, and also to those not expressly, or implicitly, delegated to the national government. -
Period: 1787 BCE to
Increased nationalism
It creates a movement in favor of a stronger national government because the articles of the Confederation are inadequate. Thus, under a new Constitution, Judge John Marshal with the Supreme Court of the United States of America defines national powers, even facing resistance from some states to this new trend. -
Federalism in the Twenty-First Century.
The Tea Party movement is an American political movement known for its conservative positions and its role in the Republican Party. Members of the movement have called for a reduction of the U.S. national debt and federal budget deficit by reducing government spending, and for lower taxes.The Tea Party emerged in part as a reaction to increased government spending at the start of the 2008 recession.
