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Chapter 3 Vocabulary
Chapter 3 Vocabulary Words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Federalism | a way of organizing a nation so that two levels of government have formal authority over the same land and people. |
| Unitary governments | a way of organizing a nation so that all power resides in the central government. |
| Intergovernmental relations | the workings of the federal system; the entire set of interactions among national, state, and local governments. |
| Supremacy clause | Article VI of the Constitution, which makes the Constitution, national laws, and treaties supreme over state laws when the national government is acting within it's constitutional limits. |
| Tenth Amendment | the constitutional amendment stating that "the powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people. |
| McCulloch v Maryland | An 1819 Supreme Court decision that established the supremacy of the national government over state governments. |
| Enumerated powers | Powers of the federal government that are specifically addressed in the Constitution. |
| Implied powers | Powers of the federal government that go beyond those enumerated in the Constitution. |
| Elastic clause | The final paragraph of Article I, Section 8, of the Constitution, which authorizes Congress to pass laws "necessary and proper" to carry out the enumerated powers. |
| Gibbons v Ogden | A landmark case decided in 1824 in which the Supreme Court interpreted very broadly the clause in Article I, Section 8, of the Constitution giving Congress the power to regulate interstate commerce, encompassing virtually every form of commercial activity |
| Full faith and credit | a clause in Article IV, Section 1, of the Constitution requiring each state to recognize the official documents and civil judgments required by the courts of other states. |
| Extradition | A legal process whereby an alleged criminal offender is surrendered by the officials of one state to officials of the state in which the crime us alleged to have been committed. |
| Privileges and immunities | A clause in Article IV, Section 2, of the Constitution according citizens of each state most of the privileges of citizens of other states. |
| Dual federalism | A system of government in which both the states and the national government remain supreme within their own spheres, each responsible for some policies. |
| Cooperative federalism | A system of government in which powers and policy assignments are shared between states and the national government |
| Devolution | Transferring responsibility for policies form the federal government to state and local governments. |
| Fiscal federalism | The pattern of spending, taxing, and providing grants in the federal system. |
| Categorical grants | Federal grants that can be used only for specific purposes, or "categories," of state and local spending. |
| Project grants | ederal grants given for specific purposes and awarded on the basis of the merits of applications. |
| Formula grants | federal categorical grants distributed according to formula specified in legislation or in administrative regulations. |
| Block grants | Federal grants given more or less automatically to states or communities to support broad programs in areas such as community development and social services. |
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