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| Public Policy | the course of action a government takes in response to some issue or problem |
| Federalism affects public policy in two ways. | It affects how and where new policies are made. Secondly, it introduces limits on government policy making. |
| Georgia | first state to allow 18 year olds to vote |
| 26th Amendment | gave all Americans right to vote |
| Colorado pioneered | use of sunset laws |
| Sunset laws require | periodic checks of government agencies to see if they are still needed |
| California laws became a model for | national air-pollution laws. |
| Florida passes a sunshine law | prohibitin public officials from holding closed meetings. |
| Democratic Party | controlled the White House for only 5 of 12 presidential terms between 1952 and 2000 |
| Federalism increases opportunities for citizens of the U.S. | to participate in politics at the national, state, and local levels |
| Citizens work with | interest groups to influence national policies and state and local goverment agencies |
| The great increase in federal programs beginning in the mid-1930s called for a | large beauracracy |
| Beauracracy | Organization or government administrators to carry out legislation |
| Democrats | favor nationalist position favoring federal grants that are supervised by Congress |
| Republicans | favored a states' rights position and preferred relying upon the judgement of state and local authorities |
