A system in which power is divided between the national and state governments
What is Federalism
100
Federal grants given more or less automatically to states or communities to support broad programs in areas such as community development and social services
What is Block grants
100
Amendment stating that the powers not delegated to the federal gov. are reserved to the states
What is 10th Amendment
100
states are required to recognize the laws and legal documents of other states
What is Full faith and credit
100
surrender of prisoner by one state to another
What is Extradition
200
Through different grant programs, slices up the marble cake into many different pieces, making it even more difficult to differentiate the functions of the levels of government.
What is Fiscal federalism
200
Categorical grant programs in which states submit proposals for projects to the federal government and the national government chooses which to fund on a competitive basis.
What is Project grant
200
Powers specifically given to Congress in the Constitution
What is Enumerated powers
200
A clause in Article IV, Section 2, of the Constitution according citizens of each state most of the privleges of citizens of other states.
What is Privileges and immunities
200
The process whereby regions within a state demand and gain political strength and growing autonomy at the expense of the central government.
What is Devolution
300
A system of government in which both the states and the national government remain supreme within their own spheres, each responsible for some policies.
What is Dual federalism
300
Federal categorical grants distributed according to a formula specified in legislation or in administrative regulations.
What is Formula grants
300
Powers not specifically mentioned in the constitution
What is Implied powers
300
Regulating interstate commerce is a power reserved to the federal government
What is Gibbons v. Ogden
300
system of government in which all authority is placed in a central government.
What is Unitary government
400
A system of government in which powers and policy assignments are shared between states and the national government.
What is Cooperative federalism
400
include project and formula grants and aim at assisting the states in areas such as health, income security, and education
What is Categorical grants
400
Article VI of the Constitution, which makes the Constitution, national laws, and treaties supreme over state laws when the national government is acting within its constitutional limits.
What is Supremacy clause
400
An important decision of the Supreme Court in 1819 that established the key concepts of implied powers, broad construction of the Constitution, and supremacy of the national government
What is McCulloch v. Maryland
400
The entire set of interactions among national, state, and local governments.
What is Intergovernmental relations
500
Article I, Section 8, of the Constitution, which allows Congress to make all laws that are "necessary and proper" to carry out the powers of the Constitution.