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Federalism
Unit 14 Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| federalism | a system of government in which power is divided and shared between national, state, and local government |
| Supremacy Clause | states that the U.S. Constitution is the supreme law of the land, and that national laws are supreme over state laws, found in Article VI |
| sovereignty | a government's absolute power of authority |
| abridge | to lessen or diminish |
| abatement | a deduction or lessening of something |
| cession | the act of giving something up |
| infringe | advance beyond the usual limit, encroach |
| jurisdiction | the right and power for courts to interpret and apply the law; the territory within which power can be exercised |
| revenue | money derived from income |
| vested | absolute, fixed, unconditional |