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| 83177869 | Block Grant | $ granted by Federal gov to states for a broad reason (transportation), rather than spacific (school lunch). | |
| 83177870 | Categorical Grant | $ granted for a spicific purpose (lunch program) | |
| 83177871 | Centralists | national authority over state authority | |
| 83177872 | Checks and Balances | System where the government can limit the power the other 2 branches have | |
| 83177873 | Commerce Clause | Gives congree the power to regulate commerence with states, foriegn nations, an indian tribes. | |
| 83177874 | Concurrent powers | thoes held by congress and the states making law enforcment agencies (popo)? | |
| 83177875 | Confederation | System where Sovereign statesare loosly connected to the central governemnt. | |
| 83177876 | Decentralists | Greater states authority over Naitonal | |
| 83177877 | Direct Democracy | people rule themselves (Vote for EVERYTHING) | |
| 83177878 | Elastic clause | Congress can use thoes powers that are "necessary and proper" | |
| 83177879 | Enumerated powers | thoes that are specifially granted to congress (power to tax) | |
| 83177880 | Federalism | Constitutional sharing of power between Central and state governments | |
| 83177881 | Dual federalism | national and state govs are coequal | |
| 83177882 | cooperative federalism | federal and state govs cooperate in solving probs | |
| 83177883 | New federalism | National Gov restores authority in states | |
| 83177884 | Federalist paper | 85 essays madison hamilton and jay | |
| 83177885 | Formal Amendemnt | change to the constitiution | |
| 83177886 | Implied powers | "nessicary & proper" to carry out congress | |
| 83177887 | Inherent Powers | Foreign policy held by the national gov | |
| 83177888 | Informal amendment | a change in the meaning, but not the words of the constitiuion | |
| 83177889 | Judicial review | courts ruling on the constituionality of laws and government action | |
| 83177890 | Mandates | Requirments imposed by the national gov upon the states | |
| 83177891 | Marbury v. Madison | 1803: established the power of Judicial Review | |
| 83177892 | McCulloch v. Maryland | 1819: established principal of national supremacy and validy of implied powers | |
| 83177893 | Police Powers | protect the public health, safety, morals, and welfare of the public. | |
| 83177894 | Popular Sovereighnty | the ultimate political authority is with the people. | |
| 83177895 | Reserved Powers | power held by the states from the 10th amendment | |
| 83177896 | Seperation of powers | Legislation, executive, judicial branches of government | |
| 83177897 | Shays Rebellion | 1786 revolt by massachusetts farmers | |
| 83177898 | Supermajority | a majority greater than 1/2 (2/3) |