Unit 1 AP Gov Flashcards

10643958385	Block Grants	A grant for general purposes instead of a specific purpose. Ex: Healthcare	0
10684337041	Categorical Grants	Grant given out by congress for a Specific Purpose with specific rules.	1
10684593278	Checks and Balances	A system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other branches in order to prevent abuse of power.	2
10684596140	Commerce Clause	The clause in the Constitution (Article I, Section 8, Clause 1) that gives Congress the power to regulate all business activities that cross state lines or affect more than one state or other nations.	3
10684601091	Concurrent Powers	Powers shared by the national and state governments.	4
10684603434	Constitutional Convention	Meeting in 1787 of the elected representatives of the thirteen original states to write the Constitution of the United States.	5
10684612714	Necessary and Proper Clause	The "implied powers" clause located in Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution. It states that aside from the enumerated powers given to the federal government, it also has the power to pass any law that can be traced back to those powers "delegated" in the Constitution.	6
10684616232	Electoral College	A group of people named by each state legislature to select the president and vice president.	7
10684727888	Elite Democracy	A political system in which the privileged classes acquire the power to decide by a competition for the people's votes and have substantial freedom between elections to rule as they see fit.	8
10684754932	Enumerated/Expressed Powers	The seventeen powers granted to the national government under Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution. These powers include taxation and the regulation of commerce as well as the authority to provide for the national defense.	9
10732921045	Faction	A small, organized, dissenting group within a larger one, especially in politics.	10
10732936208	Federalism	A system in which power is divided between the national and state governments.	11
10732941204	Great (Connecticut) Compromise	Compromise that satisfied both large states and smaller states. Senate: 2 per state House: By population	12
10732954730	Importation Compromise	Waited until 1808 to debate about taxing the slave trade.	13