This Amendment repealed the 18th (which had to do with prohibition)....
What is the 21st Amendment
100
The principle that government is not all powerful and can only do those things that the people have given it power to do is called L_______________ G____________.
What is Limited Government.
100
The name for powers that National Governments have historically possessed simply because they are nations: I___________ powers.
What are Inherent Powers
100
This 1819 Supreme Court case had to do with a National Bank located in Maryland and the Constitutions "supremacy clause"
What is McCulloch v. Maryland
100
These powers can ONLY be exercised by the federal government: E____________ powers.
What are: Exclusive powers
200
Changes in the written words of the Constitution are called:
A________________.
What is Amendments
200
A system of government in which a written Constitution divides the powers of government between two levels such as National and the States, is called:
What is Federalism
200
The powers held by the States in the federal system are called the R___________ powers.
What are the "Reserved Powers"
200
These grants are given to state and local government by the federal government with broadly defined purposes and few strings attached.
What are Block Grants
200
Give two examples of "exclusive powers"
What are the power(s) to:
1. coin money
2. make war
3. sing treaties with foreign nations
4. declare war
300
This "clause" is found in the Constitution in Article I, Section 8, and is sometimes called the "Elastic Clause";
The N____________ and P_________ clause.
What is the Necessary and Proper clause.
300
These powers are delegated or given to the national government in so many words: E________ P_______.
What are "expressed powers"
300
Which Amendment in the Bill of Rights has to do with "powers RESERVED to the States"?
What is the 10th Amendment
300
Grants designed by Congress for closely defined, specific purposes are sometimes called: C_________ Grants.
What are: Categorical Grants
300
A legal process in which a fugitive from justice is returned to that State.
What is "Extradition"
400
An amendment to the Constitution can be proposed by either the C_________ or the S_________.
What is: the Congress or the States
400
These national powers are NOT expressly stated in the Constitution but it is Reasonable to assume that government can do these things: I__________ P________.
What are "Implied Powers".
400
Powers that both the National government and States possess are called: C____________ P_________.
What are Concurrent Powers
400
The American governmental system is like a tug of war between two spheres of power, but frequently the two levels work together to achieve a goal.....somewhat like a "marble cake".......we call this: C___________ Federalism.
What is Cooperative Federalism
400
The Full Faith and Credit Clause is found in the Constitution in A___________ number _______________.
What is Article Four (IV).
500
Since 1789, more than 10,000 resolutions calling for amendments have been introduced; but only _____ Amendments have actually been added to the Constitution.
What is 27.
500
The three distinct types of delegated powers are:
E__________, I__________ and I___________.
What are: Expressed, Implied and Inherent
500
List two concurrent powers that both the National government and the States possess:
What is 1. collect taxes
2. define crimes and set punishment
3. take private property for public use
4. borrow money
500
When one State respects the validity of another States judicial proceedings we call this: F_______ F_______ and C_________.
What is "Full Faith and Credit"
500
How many State Legislatures must approve a proposed Amendment in order to make it part of the Constitution?
What is 38 State Legislatures (or 3/4 of the States).