National Powers
The States and the Nation
Interstate Relations
Section 4 Randoms
Growing National Government
100
Powers the Constitution grants or delegates to the national government.
Delegated Powers
100
The Constitution makes the acts and treaties of the United States supreme.
Supremacy Clause
100
The Constitution states that this shall be given in each state to the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state.
"full faith and credit"
100
The course of action a government takes in response to some issue or problem.
Public Policy
100
Forbidding racial discrimination in public accommodations such as hotels and restaurants.
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
200
Powers directly expressed or stated in the Constitution by the Founders. Also called enumerated powers.
Expressed powers
200
The Constitution also reserves certain powers strictly to the states.
Reserved Powers
200
Return to a state - criminals and fugitives who flee across state lines to escape justice.
Extradite
200
The Sunshine Law requires periodic checks of government agencies to see if they are still needed. True or false?
False
200
The 16th Amendment, ratified in 1913, gave Congress the power to ______ ___.
Income Tax
300
Allows the powers of Congress to stretch. Also known as the necessary and proper clause.
Elastic Clause
300
Powers that both the national government and the states have.
Concurrent Powers
300
Laws relating to disputes between individuals, group, or with the state.
Civil Law
300
Prohibiting public officials from holding closed meetings is called sunset laws. True or False?
False
300
The national government has the power to wage war. True or False.
True
400
Powers that the national government requires to carry out the powers that are expressly defined in the Constitution.
Implied Powers
400
No state law or state constitution may conflict with any form of national law.
True
400
Refers to various court actions such as judgments to pay debt.
Judicial Proceedings
400
What is an organization of government administrators, to carry out legislations?
A bureaucracy
400
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 reasoned 3 parts to it's laws name 1 of the three.
Racial discrimination by innkeepers and restaurant owners makes it difficult for the people discriminated against to ravel and thus restricts the flow of interstate commerce. Congress has the power to regulate commerce. Congres may pass laws against racial discrimination.
500
Powers that the national government may exercise simply because it is a government.
Inherent Powers
500
The Constitution specifically does this with some powers to all levels of government.
Denise Powers
500
The rights to pass through or lives in any state; use the courts; make contracts; buy, sell, and hold property; and marry.
Privileges and Immunities
500
In federalism each political party has a chance to win some elections somewhere in the system. In this way, federalism helps to lessen the risk of one political party gaining a ________ on political powers. HINT: A VERY FAMOUS GAME!!!!!!
Monopoly
500
The expansion of the national government's powers has been based on three major constitutional provision. Name one of these.
The war powers The power to regulate interstate commerce. The power to tax and spend.
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