rvitude. Just as in the 13th and 14th, the 15th Amendment allows for enforcement of the law by Congress. The New Deal was an effort by Franklin Roosevelt and Congress to try and decrease unemployment and raise trust in the government following the stock market crash in October 1929. In addition to these goals, the New Deal had an important impact on the state of federalism that existed in the United States at the time of the crash. Through the enforcement of many new programs and agencies, the national government gained power with the ability to enforce those new agencies and programs. Programs such as the Emergency Relief Act, even though it granted aid to the states, gave the national government the power to divide up that aid to the states that needed it most. As individual programs, the acts of the New Deal did not do much for the power of the national government. But, as the number of federally mandated programs increased, so did the power of the national government. Competitive Federalism came just after the time of, and decentralized Lyndon Johnson's Great Society. The Great Society expanded the size and capacities of the national government' domestic agencies. During The period of Competitive Federalism laws such as the Highway Bill, the Equal Opportunity Act, and the Clean Air Act were passed. Fiscal Federalism came about during the years of Ronald Reagan's presidency. The central idea of Reagan's plan was devolution. This means that he wanted to return the condition of government back to what it was when the Constitution was first ratified. Reagan was in favor of giving the states more power and limiting the national government. Reagan also wanted to reform Medicare and Social Security. Another goal of Fiscal Federalism was to balance the budget. Recently, the Supreme Court of the United States has been reversing the trend of federalism and giving powers back to the states. The main reason is due to the fact that Reagan appoin...
