The American Democracy, 10th Edition (Patterson)

Chapter 3: Federalism: Forging a Nation

Web Links


The Federalist Papers
Archived in the Avalon Project at the Yale Law School, this is a searchable collection of The Federalist Papers.
( http://avalon.law.yale.edu/subject_menus/fed.asp )
McCulloch v. Maryland
An abstract of the Supreme Court case archived at Northwestern University's The Oyez Project.
( http://www.oyez.org/cases/1792-1850/1819/1819_0 )
McCulloch v. Maryland
The written opinion:
( http://supreme.justia.com/us/17/316/case.html )
Dred Scott v. Sandford
An abstract of the Supreme Court case archived at Northwestern University's The Oyez Project.
( http://www.oyez.org/cases/1851-1900/1856/1856_0 )
The Federalism Project Links Page
This site explores the relationship between states and the national government in the United States.
( http://www.federalismproject.org/links/ )
U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1873
From the Library of Congress, this site has a timeline of congressional documents dating from 1774 preceding the Declaration of Independence to a century later in 1873.
( http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/ )
Stateline.org
Originally intended for journalists, this website compiles daily news reports about state governments.
( http://www.stateline.org/live/ )
American Council on Intergovernmental Relations Federalism Links
This site has numerous links to sites on American and foreign federalism.
( http://govinfo.library.unt.edu/amcouncil/federalism.html )
Council of State Governments
Both a news source and a repository of basic information about the governance of each state.
( http://www.csg.org )
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