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U.S. Constitution and law are supreme laws of the land.
What is the Supremacy Clause?
100
Terms set by the national government that states must meet whether or not they accept federal grants
What are mandates?
100
Broad grants to the states for specific activities.
What are block grants?
100
controlling trade between states; creating army; coin and printing money
What are national powers?
100
Lists enumerated powers and elastic clause
What is Article 1, Section 8?
200
Ensures that bonds and decrees made in one state are enforceable in another.
What is full faith and credit clause?
200
A form of government in which power is divided between the federal government and the states
What is federalism?
200
Contracts between states that carry the force of law i.e. driver’s licenses.
What is interstate compacts?
200
Powers granted ONLY to the states
What are reserve powers?
200
States the supremacy clause.
What is Article VI?
300
Gives Congress power to enact laws for exercising enumerated powers
What is the necessary and proper clause?
300
A law which punishes people for a crime that was not a crime when it was committed. Congress can't pass these laws.
What is ex post facto laws?
300
Compared to marble cake.
What is cooperative federalism?
300
Powers shared by both the national and state government
What are concurrent powers?
300
Confirms that powers not specifically given to national government are reserved for states (reserved powers)
What is the 10th Amendment?
400
States must return criminals to the state they were convicted in for trial.
What is extradition clause?
400
A system of government in which there is a balance of separate and equal power levels
What is dual federalism?
400
Dangers in the expansion of national powers at the expense of the states.
What are disadvantages of Federalism?
400
Powers that Congress has that go beyond those enumerated in the Constitution.
What is implied powers?
400
Each state appoints electors to vote for president in elections
What is Article II?
500
Citizens of each state have the same rights as citizens of all states
What is privileges and immunities clause?
500
A legislative act that inflicts punishment without a court trial
What is bill of attainder?
500
Case that settled the question of how national and state powers are related.
What is McCulloch v. Maryland?
500
Powers explicitly given to Congress in the Constitution
What are enumerated powers?
500
Guarantees a Republican government to states.
What is Article IV?
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