Government in America Chapter 3 Flashcards
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| 3769099426 | Reserved Powers | Powers given to the States by the 10th amendment | 0 | |
| 3769099427 | Delegated Powers | Term for powers given to the national Government | 1 | |
| 3769099428 | Concurrent Powers | powers held by both national and state governments at the same time | 2 | |
| 3769099429 | Denied Powers | powers that neither state or national governments are allowed to have | 3 | |
| 3769099430 | Expressed Powers | national powers that are directly written in the Constitution | 4 | |
| 3769099431 | Implied Powers | national powers not expressly written but inferred from the elastic clause | 5 | |
| 3769099432 | inherent Powers | national powers that are naturally needed for a government | 6 | |
| 3769099433 | Supremacy Clause | Article VI of the constitution which states that all laws and treaties of the United States are Superior to those of states. | 7 | |
| 3769099434 | unitary government | a way of organizing a nation so that all power resides in the central government | 8 | |
| 3769099435 | intergovernmental relations | The workings of the federal system- the entire set of interactions among national, state, and local governments. | 9 | |
| 3769099436 | tenth amendment | 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. | 10 | |
| 3769099437 | elastic clause | Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution that gives Congress the right to make all laws "necessary and proper" to carry out the powers expressed in the other clauses of Article I | 11 | |
| 3769099438 | full faith and credit clause | Article IV, Section 1, of the Constitution requiring each state to recognize the official documents and civil judgments rendered by the courts of other states. | 12 | |
| 3769099439 | cooperative federalism | The situation in which the national, state, and local levels work together to solve problems. "Marble Cake" | 13 | |
| 3769099440 | dual federalism | A system of government in which both the states and the national government remain supreme within their own spheres, each responsible for some policies. "Layer Cake" | 14 | |
| 3769099441 | formula grants | Federal categorical grants distributed according to a formula specified in legislation or in administrative regulations. | 15 | |
| 3769099442 | unfunded mandate | a federal order mandating that states operate and pay for a program created at the national level | 16 | |
| 3769099443 | ex post facto law | a law that would allow a person to be punished for an action that was not against the law when it was committed | 17 | |
| 3769099444 | interstate compacts | agreements among states to cooperate on solving mutual problems; requires approval by Congress | 18 | |
| 3769099445 | preemption | a concept derived from the Constitution's supremacy clause that allows the national government to override or preempt state or local actions in certain areas | 19 | |
| 3769099446 | categorical formula grants | Federal grant where Congress appropriates funds for specific purposes. Tightly monitored to make sure its being used correctly. Certain requirements must be passed in order to get this grant (ex: Medicaid) | 20 | |
| 3769099447 | federalism | a division of powers between levels of government, generally between national and state | 21 |