POLS30040 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Market Failure, Cloture, Gerrymandering
7 Sep 2016
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1787-1870 is a time period when power between the state and federal government was much more divided. We would say that the federal government is relatively weak. Under the articles of confederation, the states had a lot of power. 1870-1933 congress began to regulate commerce which limited that state"s ability to do so. Civil right movement gave the federal government more power during this time as well (13th-15th amendments) 1933-1961 is a time when the federal government had to step in during the great depression (new deal programs were installed) This lead to an increase in the federal government"s regulation. Federal government"s role in economic development played a major part in this. Installation of social security also helped grow the federal government as well. Federal government gave states money to fulfill these standard but gave them power in how the best method to address those problems was (nixon)
