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Am Gov 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Full Faith & Credit | Constitutions requirement that each state accepts the public acts, records & judicial proceedings of every other state |
| Expressed Powers | Powers given to national govern. that are written in the Constitution |
| Implied Powers | Powers suggested by the expressed powers set out in the Constitution that are "necessary & proper" |
| Inherent powers | Powers Constitution presumed to have delegated to the National Government because it is the govern. of a sovereign state within a world community |
| Enabling Act | Congressional act directing the people of the United States territories to frame a proposed state constitution as a step toward admission to the Union |
| Extradition | Legal process by which a fugitive from justice in one state is returned to the state in which he committed a crime |
| Obligation of National Gov. to states | (a) guarantee each state a republican form of government, (b) protect each state from invasion, and (c) when asked by the state legislature - or executive if the legislature is not in session - to protect the state against "domestic violence." |
| Act of Admission | Congressional act admitting a new state into the Union |
| Revenue Sharing | When the federal government appropriates some of its tax dollars to be shared with states |
| Interstate compacts | Formal agreement entered into with the consent of Congress between or among state, or between a state and a foreign state |
| McCullech v. Maryland | Court case challenging the "Necessary and Proper" clause of the Constitution, decided in favor of McCullech -could set up a bank and bank could not be taxed |
| Grants in aid | Grants of federal money or other resources to stated, cities, counties and local units |
| Categorical grants | One type of federal grants in aid made for some specific closely defined purpose |
| Block grants | Federal grants in aid for some particular but broadly defined area of public policy |
| Project grants | Grants in aid made for specific projects to states, localities, private agencies who apply for them |
| Concurrent Powers | Powers both state and National gov. possess and exercise |
| Powers of National govern | Control trade between states and foreign countries,create and maintain Army&Navy, Print&coin money, admit new states, declare war and peace, make laws for immigration and citizenship |
| Reserved Powers | Powers Constitution does not grant National government |
| Division of powers | Constitution assigns some powers to National govern and reserves others to the states |
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