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| 5766168683 | What is federalism? | The relationships between the federal, state, and local governments and how their powers are divided | 0 | |
| 5766168684 | Who usually wins in conflict: state or federal? | Federal | 1 | |
| 5766168685 | Federal Powers | Coin money, post office, declare war, treaties, armed forces, immigration, interstate commerce, citizenship | 2 | |
| 5766168686 | Concurrent Powers | Tax, create laws, courts, eminent domain, fund education | 3 | |
| 5766168687 | Reserved Powers | Drinking, police, national guards, gambling, driving, tobacco, elections, schools, marriage, intrastate commerce, divorce laws | 4 | |
| 5766168688 | Type of federal power explicitly stated in the Constitution | Expressed | 5 | |
| 5766168689 | Type of federal power that is hinted at in the Constitution | Implied (use of Necessary and Proper Clause) | 6 | |
| 5766168690 | Type of federal power that is given to a branch of government | Delegated | 7 | |
| 5766168691 | Type of federal power bestowed to the government of a sovereign nation | Inherent | 8 | |
| 5766168692 | Federalist leader who said that no one group could control the government | James Madison | 9 | |
| 5766168693 | What three reasons appealed to Alexander Hamilton in regards to American Federalism? | Prevention of tyranny, increased political participation, and establishment of "labs of democracy" | 10 | |
| 5766168694 | Common name for "labs of democracy" | States | 11 | |
| 5766168695 | Informal way of amending the Consitution | changes in how people interpret the Constitution due to changes in social and cultural attitudes | 12 | |
| 5766168696 | Ex post facto laws | A law which punishes people for a crime that was not a crime when it was committed | 13 | |
| 5766168697 | Bill of Attainder | A law that punishes a person accused of a crime without a trial or a fair hearing in court | 14 | |
| 5766168698 | Two common processes of Constitutional amendments | 2/3 majority in Congress and 3/4 of either state legislatures or state conventions | 15 | |
| 5766168699 | Documents recognized by the Full Faith and Credit Clause | Licenses, river usage, interstate compacts, extradition | 16 | |
| 5766168700 | Privileges and Immunities Clause | Citizens of a state are rewarded states rights | 17 | |
| 5766168701 | Extradition | The release of a prisoner from one state back to their state of crime | 18 | |
| 5766168704 | McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) | Maryland tries to tax the National Bank, but National Bank refuses; National Bank wins out; overseen by Marshall Court: Supremacy Clause and technically also the Necessary and Proper Clause. | 19 | |
| 5766168705 | This is NOT a criticism of the separation of powers | prompt, but hasty, decision making | 20 | |
| 5766168706 | Gibbons v. Ogden (1828) | Gibbons has a federal steamboat license, but Ogden has a state steamboat license; Ogden sues Gibbons in New York; Supreme Court rules to Gibbons (Hudson River in New York and New Jersey): Interstate Commerce Clause!! | 21 | |
| 5766168708 | Centralists favored | National Govt much like Federalists | 22 | |
| 5766168709 | Decentralists favored | Defend the power given to the states much like the Anti-Federalists | 23 | |
| 5766168710 | Civil War Amendments | 13th, 14th, and 15th | 24 | |
| 5766168711 | 13th Amendment | Slaves are freed | 25 | |
| 5766168712 | 14th Amendment | Ex-slaves given citizenship | 26 | |
| 5766168713 | 15th Amendment | Voting rights to all men | 27 | |
| 5766168714 | Type of federalism that has a clear separation of federal and state governments | Dual "Layer-Cake" Federalism | 28 | |
| 5766168715 | Type of federalism that has intertwined federal and state governments (FDR and the New Deal) | Cooperative "Marble-Cake" Federalism | 29 | |
| 5766168716 | Type of federalism that leads to a smaller federal government and state-led grants (Nixon and Reagan) | New Federalism | 30 | |
| 5766168717 | According to your textbook, what is the main result of judicial review? | Constitution is safeguarded from popular passions | 31 | |
| 5766168718 | Marbury vs. Madison set the precedent of? | Judicial Review: The SC can determine what is constitutional. | 32 | |
| 5766168719 | Grant-in-aid programs | Federal money to state improvements | 33 | |
| 5766168720 | Block Grants | Broad topic of spending assigned; most popular with states | 34 | |
| 5766168721 | Categorical Grants | Specific spending area assigned by federal government; least popular with states | 35 | |
| 5766168722 | Two specific types of categorical grants | Formula and project grants | 36 | |
| 5766168723 | Formula Grants | Money assigned to a specific geographical area; local governments spend where necessary | 37 | |
| 5766168724 | Project Grants | Money given through bid process to work on a development (Most common) Examples: National science foundation, universities for research, support training and employment programs | 38 | |
| 5766168725 | Reagan's plan with grants-in-aid | Cut federal government and thus let states control and fund programs | 39 | |
| 5766168726 | What did the Constitution of the United States replace? | Articles of Confederation | 40 | |
| 5766168727 | What is a grants-in-aid? | Grants-in-aid: $ paid by one level of govt (usually fed) to another level of govt (states) for a specific purpose | 41 | |
| 5766168729 | Fiscal Federalism | Pattern of spending, taxing, and providing grants (sometimes competitive) in a federal system to influence state govts | 42 | |
| 5766168730 | Examples of Cooperative Federalism (Marble Cake) | GI Bill Eisenhower: troops 1957 to Ark. JFK: troops U of Miss LBJ: paratroopers 1967 Detroit race riots Bush: troops to LA Rodney King 1992 | 43 | |
| 5766168731 | No Child Left Behind | Example of Coercive Federalism | 44 | |
| 5766168733 | Republican Government | Representation and power stems from the people | 45 | |
| 5766168736 | Federal mandates | Rules imposed on states by federal government | 46 | |
| 5766168737 | Funded mandates | Money given to states to change an existing program or policy | 47 | |
| 5766168738 | Unfunded mandates | Changes must occur to continue federal funding, but no funding is given to make the change: States' Least Favorite Kind! Example: Americans with Disabilities Act | 48 | |
| 5777114557 | 10th Amendment | Any power not given to the federal government is reserved to the states | 49 |
