AP GOV FINAL FRQ

Federal Reserve & congress relationship

CONGRESS oversees the Federal Reserve System and its entities.

Explain an action that Congress could take to respond to the Arizona v. United States decision if it disagreed with the decision.

Congress could tax the state on necessary resources to encourage it to work with Congress law. It could also not choose not to issue grants to the state.

Explain how the facts of McCulloch v. Maryland and the facts of Arizona v. United States led to a similar holding in both cases.

In McCulloch v. Maryland court case it was said that the state could not tax a federal bank. And In Arizona v. United States, it was said that the state could not regulate immigration the way that it attempted to. In both cases, states attempted to wield power that constitutionally should belong to the national government.

Identify a common constitutional principle used to make a ruling in both McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) and Arizona v. United States (2012)

The supremacy clause states that the central governments law will overpower state law. This is relevant to both McCulloch vs. Maryland and Arizona vs. United states as they both deal with conflict between state law and national law. In both cases, the supremacy clause was called upon to justify the central gocernments choice to overpower state policy.

federal reserve

central banking system of the United States. after a series of financial panics led to the desire for central control of the monetary system in order to alleviate financial crises.

republican economic beliefs

rugged individualism and laissez faire (government shouldn't get involved with economic matters)