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ch.3 Federalism
Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The effort to devolve onto the states the national government's functions in area health care, welfare, and job training is____ | Devolution |
| what are money from the national gov. for programs in certain areas that states can use at their discretion within broad guidlines by Congress? | Block Grants |
| what political system in which ultimate authority is shared between a central gov. & state or regional govs.? | Federalism |
| A soverign gov. is legally & politically independant of any gov. what means supreme or ultimate political authority? | Sovereignty |
| one in which sovereignty is wholly in the hands of the national gov., so the states & localities are dependent on its will is ___ | Unitary System |
| what system has sovereign states and the national gov. is allowed to do only what the states permit. | confederation or confederal system |
| what system has one sovereignty shared so that the national gov. is supreme and in other ways states are supreme? | federal system |
| local units of gov. have a specially protected existence and can make some final decisions over some governmental activities is called | federal regime |
| in Article 1, Sec.8, it authorizes Congress to pass all laws to carry out the enumerated powers; sometimes called the elastic clause is what? | "necessary and proper" clause |
| in 1798, James Madison and Thomad Jefferson opposed the laws sujusting that the states had the right to nullify a federal law that violated the Constitiution | nullification |
| what constitutional theory did the national & state govs. each have defines areas of authority? | dual federalsim |
| a municipal corporation or municipality that has been charactered by a state that exercises certain defined powers and provide certain specific services is called a___ | city |
| what term for a city is chartered by a state to exercise certain powers & services? | municipal corporation ot municipality |
| what applies to A city stating what that city can and can not do? | special-act charter |
| what applies to A NUMBER of cities that fall into a certain classification based on city population? | general-act charter |
| what rule named after a lawyer authorizes a municipality only those powers given, implied by, or essential to the accomplishments of its enumerated powers? | Dillon's rule |
| what rule is the opposite of Dillon's that requires a city gov. to do anything that is not prohibited by the charter or state law? | home-rule charter |
| what law passed and enforced by a city gov. | ordinance |
| What are the largest territiorial units btwn a state & a city or town? 3,000) | counties |
| who has the responsibility for some single gov. function that handles sewage treatnment, managing airports, or getting rid of mosquitoes. | special-district gov. or authorities |
| what special-district government is responsible for administering public schools? | school districts |
| what power of state promotes health, safety, and morals? | police power |
| what procedure allows voters to submit a proposed law to a popular vote by obtaining a required number of signatures? | initiative |
| what procedure enables voters to reject a measure adopted by the legislature? | referendum |
| what is it called when voters can remove an elected official from office in over 20 states? | recall |
| an illustration of how political realities modify legal aithority can be found in federal ___ | grants-in-aid |
| federal grants defined by federal law require the state or locality to put up money to "match" some parts of the federal grants is called | categorical grants |
| what law provided for the distibution of a fixed amount or share of federal tax revenues to the states for spending almost any gov. purpose? (It was intended to sned more money to poorer) | revenue sharing |
| federal rules attched to the grants that states recieve & must agree to to abide by these rules in order to recieve the grants is called ____ | conditions of aid |
| Federal gov. rules on the states as coat htnditions for obtaining federal grants or requirements that the states pay the cost s of certian nationally defined programs is called | mandates |
| what is the flow of power and responsibilty from the states to local gov.? | second-order devolution |
| the increased role of nonprofit organizations and private groups in policy implementation. | third-order devolution |
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