3.4

In section 3.4 the main learning objective is to explain how cooperative federalism led to the growth of the national government. Cooperative federalism is a term that describes the intertwined relationship among the national, state, and local governments that began with the New Deal. The New Deal was the start of new political era. Once FDR was inaugurated congress passe many new agencies and programs. These were used to put an end to the Great Depression. Just a few programs are the FHA, AAA, CCC, and the NRA. The New Deal forced the governments to work together and intertwine like a marble cake. This is when the governments began working with each other rather than having the layer cake of separated local, state, and national governments. If all the governments work together they will have someone to fall back on in time of need. The national government helps out by giving local and state governments categorical grants. A categorical grant is used to fund a certain project rather than a group of projects. An example of this is a categorical grant given to build rail roads.