| Question | Answer |
| delegated powers | powers the constitution grants or delegates to the national government |
| expressed powers | powes directly expressed or stated in the constitution |
| implied powers | powers that the national government requires to carry out the powers that are expressely defined in the constitution |
| reserved powers | powers reserved to the states |
| inherent powers | powers that the national government may exercise simply because it is a government |
| concurrent powers | powers that both the national government and state governments have |
| denied powers | powers denied to all governments |
| public acts | civil laws passed by the states |
| civil law | laws relating to disputes between individuals, groups, or a state |
| criminal law | one that defines crime and provides for their punishment |
| public records | records of public activity like marriage and divorce |
| judicial proceedings | court action |
| extradite | return to a state |
| felon | a crime |
| enabling act | enables the people of the territory interested in becoming a state to prepare a constitution |
| mandate | a formal order given by a higher authority |
| bureacracy | government administrators |
| united states conference of mayors | official free from party affiliations for cities with a population of 30 thousand or more |
| sunshine laws | a law prohibiting public officials from holding meetings not open to the public |
| sunset laws | a law that requires periodic checks or government agencies to see if they are still needed |
| interstate compacts | agreements made between two or more states |
| sixteenth amendment | gave congress the power to tax incomes |
| war powers act | forbids the president to commit american forces to go into war for more than 60 days without congressional notification |
| full faith and credit clause | each state must recognize the laws and legal proceedings of the other states |
| privileges and immunities clause | the rights to pass, live, marry, use contracts, buy, and sell in any state |
| commerce clause | all activities concerned with the production, buying, selling, and transporting of goods |
| civil rights act of 1964 | forbidding racial discrimination in public accomodations such as hotels and restaurants |
| chief justice roger taney | under him the supreme court often supported states rights against powers of the national government |
| david levitt | a 6th grader who did something with pinellas schools to feed the homeless |
| public policy | the course of action a government takes in response to some issue or problem |
| federal grant | main way the national government provides money to the states |
| preemption laws | power to assume responsibility for a state government function, in order to gain authority over a state |
| one power that the constitution denies to the states | on state can made treaties or alliances with other countries because a state doesnt represent a nation |
| why laws differ from state to state | because different states have different needs and boundaries |
| how does the privileges and immunities act apply to nonresidents and in-state colleges | they have to pay more of a fee because they dont pay taxes which supports the colleges |
| in what two ways can congress use its taxing power to increase national governments authority | tazes may be used to regulate business and congress may use taxes to influence states to adopt certain programs |
| 3 constitutional provisions that have allowed the national government to expand its power | war power, power to regulate interstate commerce, and power to tax and spend |
| two ways congress has influenced the policies of state and local government | providing money through various federal grants and by imposing mandates that take way the ability of a state and local governments to make their own policies |
| examples of expressed powers | coin money, declare war, and interstate trade |
| examples of implied powers | bank, draft the war |
| examples of inherent powers | immigration laws |
| exs. of reserved powers | regulate public schools, control interstate commerce, pay for all national elections, and protect the publics health, welfare and morals |
| exs. of concurrent powers | taxes, borrow money, and establish courts |
| exs. denied powers | national governments cant tax imports or interfere with states and states cant make treaties, coin money, or grant titles |
| supremacy clause | acts and treaties of national government paramount to the states |
| guarantees to the states from national government | republican form of government, protect states from invasion (violence), and federal government cant invade a state(territorial integrity) |
| nonresidents can: | make contracts, pass, marry, sell, buy, and use the courts |
| nonresidents cant: | vote,hold office, or practice professions |
| federalism | allows citizens to participate at different levels of government |
