Examine the various stages of federal powers, responsibilities, and limits. Which stage would witness a shift from categorical grants to block grants?(1 point)

Question

Responses
fundamental rights federalism
new federalism
enumerated powers federalism
New Deal federalism

Use the excerpt to answer the question.

“The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”

Which stage of federalism is likely to use this as a measurement for the appropriate division of state and federal powers? (1 point)

Responses
New Deal federalism
new federalism
enumerated powers federalism
fundamental rights federalism

Answer 1

1. The stage that would witness a shift from categorical grants to block grants is new federalism. This period, primarily associated with the Reagan administration in the 1980s, aimed to reduce federal control and expand state power by shifting funding mechanisms from categorical grants (which are specific and tightly controlled) to block grants (which provide more flexibility to states for how funds are spent).

2. The stage of federalism likely to use the excerpt as a measurement for the appropriate division of state and federal powers is enumerated powers federalism. This approach emphasizes the idea that the federal government has only those powers explicitly granted by the Constitution, with all other powers reserved for the states or the people.