The document summarizes various obligations and relationships between the US federal government and state governments. It discusses the Republican form of government and how the federal government ensured states recognized rights of freed slaves after the Civil War. It also covers conditions for new states being admitted to the Union, various types of federal grants to states, and requirements for states to recognize other states' acts, records, proceedings, and extradition of fugitives between states.

1. Chapter 4 Sections 2 and 3

2. Nation's Obligations to the States Republican Form of Government – came into play following the Civil War when the National Gov't refused to recognize some of the states that didn't ratify the 13th, 14th, and 15 th amendments and expand their laws to recognize rights of African-Americans.

3. Invasion and Internal Disorder – An invasion on one state is an invasion on them all. Sometimes states can't handle internal disorder (like riots) and a nation may come to help.

4. Respect for Territorial Integrity- Boundaries of the states are recognized by the National Government.

5. Enabling Act Only Congress has the power to admit new States to the Union.

6. The enabling act, is an act directing the people of the territory (that wants to be admitted) to frame a proposed State constitution.

7. Act of admission – an act creating the new state.

8. Hawaii and Alaska adopted a proposed constitution without waiting for the enabling act. They both became states in 1959.

9. Conditions for Admission Congress has often set conditions for states to be admitted.

10. Utah had to outlaw polygamy first!

11. Alaska was prohibited from claiming title to any lands legally held by any Native American.

12. Oklahoma wasn't suppose to change their capital from Guthrie for a certain amount of time.

13. Federal Grants-in-aid programs Grants of federal money or other resources to the States and/or their cities, countries, and other local units.

14. Historically these could have been in the form of land for things such as schools or colleges, roads and canals, or flood work.

15. There are more than 500 now in areas such as education, mass transit, highway construction, health care, etc.

16. Grants-in-aid blur the division of powers line in the federal government. Gives Washington a voice in the local government.