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Grants
Federalism
Vocabulary
Powers That Be
Supreme Court Cases
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A type of grant that uses a formula defined in legislation
What is a formula grant?
100
Under this type of federalism the national and state governments share responsibilities for certain policies
What is cooperative federalism?
100
Transferring responsibilities for policies from the federal government to state and local governments
What is devolution?
100
Powers written specifically in the Constitution
What are enumerated or expressed powers?
100
This court case defined 'commerce'
What is Gibbons v. Ogden 1824?
200
A grant to a state by the federal government with only general spending guidelines
What is a block grant?
200
In this type of system of government, regional and local governments only receive authority based on what the national government gives to them
What is a unitary government?
200
The legal process where a state surrenders an alleged criminal to another state where the crime allegedly occurred
What is extradition?
200
Control over the money supply is an ________ power
What is an enumerated power?
200
This was the first Supreme Court case to define the relationship between federal and state governments
What is McCulloch v. Maryland 1819?
300
This grant is more specific in how funds MUST be used
What is a categorical grant?
300
Only _____ of 190 nations have federal systems of government.
What is 11?
300
This clause in the Constitution makes treaties, the Constitution, and national laws supreme over state and local laws.
What is the Supremacy Clause?
300
This is also called the elastic clause.
What is the necessary and proper clause?
300
The power to regulate commerce belongs to the ________ government
What is federal or national?
400
The No Child Left Behind Act and Medicaid are examples of...
What is a mandate?
400
This type of federalism is compared to a layer cake
What is dual federalism?
400
The provision in the Constitution that citizens of each state have the privileges of citizens of other states
What is the Privileges & Immunities Clause?
400
Powers that Congress can perform in order to exercise its enumerated powers
What are implied powers?
400
Interprets the Supremacy Clause
What is the Supreme Court?
500
These are awarded on the basis of merit
What is a project grant?
500
Grants-in-aid are an example of _________ federalism
What is fiscal?
500
This clause is in Article IV of the Constitution and requires each state to recognize pulbic acts, records, and judicial proceedings of other states
What is Full Faith & Credit?
500
The clause of the Constitution that the Supreme Court interpreted in McCulloch v. Maryland 1819
What is the necessary and proper clause or elastic clause?
500
This case layed the groundwork for a central bank in the U.S.
What is McCulloch v. Maryland 1819?