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| Aid to Families with Dependent Children - designed during Depression. Helped families where the main wage earner was disabled, dead, or had left the family. | ||
| Federal grants given more or less automatically to states or communities to support broad programs in areas such as community development and social services | ||
| Federal grants for specific purposes define by law | ||
| Terms set by the national government that states must meet if they are to receive certain federal funds. | ||
| A political system in which states or regional governments retain ultimate authority except for those powers that they expressly delegate to a central government. | ||
| the transfer of powers and responsibilities from the federal government to the states | ||
| A system of government in which both the states and the national government remain supreme within their own spheres, each responsible for some policies. | ||
| a government that divides the powers of government between the national government and state or provincial governments | ||
| money given by the national government to the states | ||
| the first of a series of actions | ||
| trade between two or more states | ||
| commerce occurring within one state which cannot be regulated by the federal government | ||
| state educational institutions built with the benefit of federally donated lands | ||
| The state of Maryland taxed banknotes produced by the Bank of the United States, claiming that the Bank was unconstitutional. Using implied powers, Marshall countered that the Bank was constitutional and ruled that Maryland was forbidden from taxing the Bank. | ||
| terms set by the national government that states must meet whether or not they accept federal grants | ||
| a federal and state assistance program that pays for health care services for people who cannot afford them | ||
| Constitutional clause that gives congress the power to make all laws "necessary and proper" for executing its powers | ||
| the states'-rights doctrine that a state can refuse to recognize or to enforce a federal law passed by the United States Congress | ||
| state power to effect laws promoting health, safety, and morals | ||
| the act of removing an official by petition | ||
| The name given to the political process in which the general public votes on an issue of public concern. | ||
| Giving money back to the state and local government with no strings attached | ||
| ability of a state to govern its territory free from control of its internal affairs by other states | ||
| the belief that an individual state may restrict federal authority | ||
| The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people. | ||
| a government that gives all key powers to the national or central government |
