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Questions
1. Explain federal grants-in-aid programs. Why do some people feel like they violate state's rights?
2. Make a list that lays out how a territory becomes a state from start to finish. Include the terms "enabling act" and "act of admission"
3. Explain the issues surrounding statehood for Puerto Rico or Washington, DC. How might statehood benefit them? How close is that area to becoming a state? Will they become states soon? What is preventing them from becoming states?
4. What are interstate compacts? Give an example.
5. Write a situation that is a violation of the Full Faith and Credit Clause.
6. Write a situation that is a violation of the Extradition Clause.
7. Write a situation that is a violation of the Privileges and Immunities Clause.
8. What is the Commerce Clause? Explain how it has been interpreted by the Supreme Court (Wickard v. Filburn) and how that impacts the power of the federal government.
9. Familiarize yourself with political cartoons from this unit (in the Unit 3, Lesson 3 folder on Schoology). Practice figuring out the topic and the message.