AP Gov Section 3.3 Vocab

McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)

ruled that Congress had the power to create a national bank and that states could not tax federal property

Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)

affirmed the exclusive power of Congress/the national government to regulate interstate trade

Thirteenth Amendment

(1865) outlawed slavery

Fourteenth Amendment

(1868) limits state actions by preventing states from denying people due process and citizenship, and requires that all people be treated equally under the law

Fifteenth Amendment

(1870) prohibits states from denying people voting rights based on their race, previous history of servitude, or any other discriminatory practice

Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)

a landmark case that restricted African American rights after the Civil War and affirmed states’ rights; upheld the Constitutionality of segregation

dual federalism

presumes a distinct but incomplete separation of the state and federal governments; federal and state have their own separate spheres of influence

selective incorporation

the process by which SCOTUS applies rights from the Bill of Rights to the states on a case-by-case basis; SCOTUS affirmed that almost all rights in the Bill of Rights apply to state governments

cooperative federalism

state and national governments, though they have their own separate spheres of influence, also have areas that they cooperate/work together on