Government ##2 Word Scramble

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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

Created by: Hannah P