Key Terms
Grants
Wild
Powers
Vocabulary
100
This directs a territory to write a constitution
What is the enabling act?
100
A grant made for a specific, well-defined purpose
What is a categorical grant?
100
This is when the federal government has responsibility for foreign affairs and the states have responsibility for setting up schools.
What is federalism?
100
Division of powers between the states and federal government
What is Federalism?
100
An agreement between two states
What is interstate compact?
200
This guarantees that any American may travel or live in any state
What is the Privileges and Immunities Clause?
200
A grant made to States, local governments, or private agencies that apply for funds to carry out a project or provide training
What is a project grant?
200
This is sent to the President before a state is admitted to the Union
What is an act of admission?
200
Powers belonging to the national government alone
What is exclusive powers?
200
This says that the Constitution is above all other laws
What is the Supremacy Clause?
300
The expressed powers are exercised by these branches of the federal government
What is executive, legislative, and judicial?
300
The type of federal grant requires the states to contribute money
What is a categorical grant?
300
This is where local governments in this country get their powers
What is from the states?
300
Powers delegated to the national government of a sovereign state
What is inherent powers?
300
This term is also used to describe the republican form of government
What is a representative government?
400
Powers shared by the national and State governments
What is Concurrent Powers?
400
A grant given for a broadly defined purpose
What is a block grant?
400
The purpose of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 was to do this
What is help new states join the Union.
400
Powers specified clearly in the Constitution
What is expressed powers?
400
An act creating a new State
What is the Act of Admission?
500
Powers not given to the national government or denied to the States
What is Reserved Powers?
500
Grants of federal money or other resources to the States and their cities, counties, and other local government units
What is a grants-in-aid program?
500
This clause guarantees that when two people are married in one state, their marriage is legal in all other states
What is the Full Faith and Credit Clause?
500
Assigning some powers to the federal government and others to the States
What is division of powers?
500
Powers granted by the Constitution
What is Delegated Powers?
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