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| 899119365 | Federalism | A way of organizing a nation so that two or more levels of government have formal authority of the same area and people. A system of shared power between units of government. | 0 | |
| 899119366 | Unitary Governments | Where all power resides in central government. | 1 | |
| 899119367 | Intergovernmental Relations | Refers to the entire set of interactions among national, state, and local governments. | 2 | |
| 899119368 | Supremacy Clause | Supreme Law of the Land: 1. The Constitution 2. Law of national government (when consistent with the Constitution) 3. Treaties (which can be made by only the national government) | 3 | |
| 899119369 | Tenth Amendment | The constitutional amendment that states "The powers not delegated to the United States by the constitution, nor prohibited it by the states, are reserved to the states perspectively, or to the people." | 4 | |
| 899119370 | McCulloch v. Maryland | Supreme Court decision that established the supremacy of the national government over state governments. | 5 | |
| 899119371 | Enumerated Powers | Powers that are specifically addressed in the constitution. | 6 | |
| 899154863 | Implied Powers | Powers that go beyond those enumerated in the constitution. | 7 | |
| 899154864 | Gibbons v. Ogden | It gave congress the power to regulate interstate commerce, encompassing virtually every form of commercial activity. | 8 | |
| 899154865 | Full Faith and Credit | A clause in the Constitution requiring each state to recognize the official documents and and civil judgments rendered by the courts of other states | 9 | |
| 902441454 | Dual Federalism | A system of government in which both the national government and states remain supreme within their spheres each responsible for some policies | 10 | |
| 902441455 | Cooperative Federalism | A system of government in which both the national government and states share powers and policy assignments. | 11 | |
| 902441456 | Devolution | Transferring responsibility for polities form the federal government to state and local governments. | 12 | |
| 902441457 | Fiscal Federalism | The pattern of spending, taxing, and providing federal grants in the federal system. | 13 | |
| 902441458 | Categorial Grants | The main source of federal aid to states and local governments. | 14 | |
| 902441459 | Project Grants | Federal Categorial Grants given for specific purposes and awarded on the basis of the ments of applications. | 15 | |
| 902441460 | Formula Grants | Federal Categorial Grant distributed according to a formula specified in legislation or in administrative regulations. | 16 | |
| 902441461 | Block Grants | Federal grants given more or less automatically to states or communities to support broad programs in areas such as community development and social services. | 17 | |
| 902441462 | Extradition | A legal process whereby an alleged criminal offender is surrendered by the officials. | 18 | |
| 902441463 | Privileges and Immunities | A clause of the Constitution according to citizens of each state and most of the privileges of citizens of other states. | 19 | |
| 902441464 | Elastic Clause | A clause of the Constitution which authorizes Congress to pass all laws "necessary and proper" to carry out the enumerated powers. | 20 |
