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| 14842302107 | Federalism | A system that divides power between the national and state governments. | 0 | |
| 14842318657 | unitary system | a system where the central government has all of the power over subnational government | 1 | |
| 14842331941 | confederal system | a system where the subnational government have most of the powers. | 2 | |
| 14842337871 | federal system | a system where the power is divided between the national and State governments | 3 | |
| 14842344763 | Enumerated and Expressed Powers | power explicitly granted to the national government through the Constitution; also called expressed powers | 4 | |
| 14842363774 | exclusive powers | powers only the national government may exercise | 5 | |
| 14842368450 | implied powers | powers not granted specifically to the national government but considered necessary to carry out the enumerated powers | 6 | |
| 14842376803 | Commerce Clause | grants congress the authority to regulate interstate business and commercial activity | 7 | |
| 14842385627 | Necessary and Proper Clause | grants the federal government the authority to pass laws required to carry out its enumerated powers. Also called the elastic clause. | 8 | |
| 14842398524 | Supremacy Clause | establishes the Constitution and the laws of the federal government passes under its authority as the highest laws of the land | 9 | |
| 14842411651 | Tenth Amendment | reserves powers not delegated to the national government to the states and the people; the basis of federalism | 10 | |
| 14842419776 | reserved powers | powers not given to the national government, which are retained by the states and the people | 11 | |
| 14842430560 | concurrent powers | powers granted to both states and the federal government in the Constitution | 12 | |
| 14842440219 | Full Faith and Credit Clause | Constitutional clause requiring states to recognize the public acts, records, and civil court proceedings from another state. | 13 | |
| 14842454842 | Extradition | the requirement that officials in one state return a defendant to another state where a crime was committed | 14 | |
| 14842470540 | Privileges and Immunities Clause | constitutional clause that prevents states from discriminating against people from out of state | 15 | |
| 14842481312 | Thirteenth Amendment | Constitutional amendment that outlaws slavery | 16 | |
| 14842489023 | Fourteenth Amendment | Constitutional amendment that provides that persons born in the United States are citizens and prohibits states from denying persons due process or equal protection under the law | 17 | |
| 14842506458 | Fifteenth Amendment | constitutional amendment that gave African American males the right to vote | 18 | |
| 14842516879 | Dual Federalism | A form of American federalism in which the states and the nation operate independently in their own areas of public policy | 19 | |
| 14842532771 | selective incorporation | the process through which the Supreme Court applies fundamental rights in the Bill of Rights to the states on a case-by-case basis | 20 | |
| 14842562327 | Cooperative Federalism | a form of american federalism in which the states and the national government work together to shape public policy | 21 | |
| 14842573752 | grants-in-aid | federal money provided to states to implement public policy objectives | 22 | |
| 14842580732 | Fiscal Federalism | the federal government's use of grants-in-aid to influence policies in the states | 23 | |
| 14842591284 | categorical grants | grants-in-aid provided to states with specific provisions on their use | 24 | |
| 14842599663 | unfunded mandate | federal requirements that states must follow without being provided with funding | 25 | |
| 14842615106 | block grant | a type of grant-in-aid that gives state officials more authority in the disbursement of federal funds | 26 | |
| 14842625260 | revenue sharing | when the federal government apportions tax money to the states with no strings attached | 27 | |
| 14842633407 | Devolution | returning more authority to state or local governments | 28 |
