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7432264866FederalismA way of organizing a nation so that two or more levels of government have formal authority of the same area and people.0
7432276525Unitary GovernmentsA way of organizing a nation so that all power resides in the central government.1
7432281688Intergovernmental RelationsThe workings of a federal system- the entire set of interactions among federal, state, and local government.2
7432285147Supremacy ClauseArticle VI of the Constitution, which makes the Constitution, national laws, and treaties supreme over state laws when the national government is acting within Constitutional limits3
7432285148Tenth AmendmentThe Constitutional amendment stating ¨All powers not delegated the the United States by by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.4
7432291851/McCulloch v. Maryland/An 1819 Supreme Court case decision that established the supremacy of the national government over the state governments. In deciding this case, Chief Justice John Marshall and his colleagues held that Congress had certain implied powers in addition to enumeratedFeder powers found in the constitution5
7432291904Enumerated Powers6
7432295241Implied Powers7
7432295242Elastic Clause8
7432299422/Gibbon v. Ogden/9
7432299423Full Faith and Credit10
7432303550Extradition11
7432303551Privleges and immunities12
7432306284Dual Federalism13
7432306285Cooperative Federalism14
7432310021Fiscal Federalism15
7432313725Categorical Grants16
7432313726Project GrantsFederal categorical grants given for t=specific purposes and awarded in the basis of merits of applications17
7432316731Formula GrantsFederal categorical grants distributed according to a formula specified in legislation or in administrative regulations18
7432316732Block GrantsFederal grants given more or less automatically to states or communities to support broad programs in areas such as community development and social services19

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