Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Ch 3 Federalism
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| block grant | A federal grant that provides funds to a state or local government for a general functional area, such as criminal justice or mental-health programs. |
| categorical grant | A federal grant to a state or local government for a specific program or project. |
| commerce clause | The section of the Constitution in which Congress is given the power to regulate trade among the states and with foreign countries. |
| concurrent powers | Powers held jointly by the national and state governments. |
| confederal system | A system consisting of a league of independent states, in which the central government created by the league has only limited powers over the states. |
| cooperative federalism | A model of federalism in which the states and the national government cooperate in solving problems. |
| devolution | The transfer of powers from a national or central government to a state or local government. |
| dual federalism | A model of federalism in which the states and the national government each remain supreme within their own spheres. |
| necessary and proper clause | The clause in Article I, Section 8, that grants Congress the power to do whatever is necessary to execute its specifically delegated powers. |
| enumerated powers | A power specifically granted to the national government by the Constitution. The first seventeen clauses of Article I, Section 8, specify most of the enumerated powers of Congress. |
| federal mandate | A requirement in federal legislation that forces states and municipalities to comply with certain rules. |
| fiscal | Having to do with government revenues and expenditures. |
| fiscal federalism | A process by which funds raised through taxation or borrowing by one level of government (usually the national government) are spent by another level (typically state or local governments). |
| interstate compact | An agreement between two or more states. |
| police power | The authority to legislate for the protection of the health, morals, safety, and welfare of the people. In the United States, most police power is reserved to the states. |
| supremacy clause | The constitutional provision that makes the Constitution and federal laws superior to all conflicting state and local laws. |
| unitary system | A centralized governmental system in which ultimate governmental authority rests in the hands of the national, or central, government. |
| delegated powers | Powers only the federal government holds (coin money, declaring war) Article I |
| reserved powers | Powers reserved for the states (licenses, public education, running elections) |
| concurrent powers | Powers that both the federal and state governments hold (taxation) |
| implied powers | national government requires to carry out the delegated powers |
| inherent powers | national government powers it exercises simply because it is a government |
| Gibbons v. Ogden | Do the laws passed by the New York State Legislature violate the Constitution of the US by their attempt to regulate interstate commerce or are they permissible? |
| McCulloch v. Maryland | Did Congress have the authority to establish the bank? Did the Maryland law unconstitutionally interfere with congressional powers? (elastic clause) |
| the new deal | A series of of experimental projects designed and instituted by the Federal Government aimed at restoring stability and dignity to the economy, and society, of the United States. |
| new federalism | Nixon and Reagan efforts to devolve many policies back to the states. Block grants General revenue sharing Smaller federal spending and interference |
Created by:
zobro