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honors gov unit 3

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show A way of organizing a nation so that two or more levels of government share formal authority over the same area and people  
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unitary government   show
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intergovernmental relations   show
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show The clause in Article VI of the Constitution that makes the Constitution, national laws, and treaties supreme over state laws as long as the national government is acting within its constitutional limits  
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Tenth Amendment   show
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show An 1819 Supreme Court decision that established the supremacy of the national government over state governments.  
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enumerated powers   show
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implied powers   show
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elastic clause   show
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show Supreme Court interpreted very broadly the clause in Article I, Section 8, of the Constitution and defined the power of Congress to regulate interstate commerce as encompassing virtually every form of commercial activity.  
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full faith and credit   show
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show A legal process whereby a state surren-ders a person charged with a crime to the state in which the crime is alleged to have been committed.  
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privileges and immunities   show
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dual federalism   show
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cooperative federalism   show
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show Transferring responsibility for policies from the federal government to state and local governments  
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fiscal federalism   show
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categorical grants   show
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show Federal categorical grants given for specific purposes and awarded on the basis of the merits of applications  
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formula grants   show
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show Federal grants given more or less automatically to states or communities to support broad programs in areas such as community development and social service  
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