Vocabulary
A process in which powers from the central government in a unitary system are delegated to subnational units
What is Devolution
is an institutional arrangement that creates two relatively autonomous levels of government, each possessing the capacity to act directly on behalf of the people with the authority granted to it by the national constitution
What is Federalism
A dynamic in which states compete to attract business by lowering taxes and regulations, often to workers’ detriment
What is Race-to-the-Bottom
the primary form of federal support to states in the early 1800s
What is Land Grants?
shared state and federal powers that range from taxing, borrowing, and making and enforcing laws to establishing court systems
What is Concurrent Powers
makes subnational governments dependent on the national government, where significant authority is concentrated.
What is Unitary System
How many elected officials does the U.S Senate contain
What is 100
Medicaid is an example of a
What is Categorical Grant?
a type of grant that comes with less stringent federal administrative conditions and provide recipients more latitude over how to spend grant funds
the last clause of Article I, Section 8 is referred as
What is Elastic clause?
state government has 7,382 elected officials
What is State legislatures
Supported the construction of roads, railroads, bridges, and canals, facilitating transportation and commerce.
What is Land Grants
a federal transfer formulated to limit recipients’ discretion in the use of funds and subject them to strict administrative criteria
What is Categorical Grant
Article IV, Section 1, referred to as
What is the Full Faith and credit clause?
the total number of elective bodies in the local government
What is 87,576
offer financial inducements to encourage states to work toward national goals
What is Intergovernmental Grants?
a doctrine promoted by John Calhoun of South Carolina in the 1830s, asserting that if a state deems a federal law unconstitutional, it can nullify it within its borders
What is Nullification
Most Important sources of revenue for local governments in 2018
What is taxes, federal and state grants, and service changes?
The system of and in our political system often prevents the federal government from imposing uniform policies across the country.
What is Checks and Balance
Workforce Investment Act program is an example of a
What is a Block Grant