Chapter 3

Question 1

Federal Grants given for specific purposes and awarded on the basis of the merits of applications

Answer 1

Project grants

Question 2

Federal grants that can be used only for specific purposes, or “categories” of state and local spending

Answer 2

Categorical Grants

Question 3

A pattern of spending, taxing and providing grants in the federal system; it is the cornerstone of the national governments relations with state and local governments

Answer 3

Fiscal Federalism

Question 4

Transferring responsibility for policies from the federal government to state and local governments

Answer 4

Devolution

Question 5

An 1819 Supreme Court decision that established the supremacy of the national government over state governments

Answer 5

McCullach v. Maryland

Question 6

The Constitutional amendment stating “ the powers not delegated to the US by the Constitution nor prohibited by it to the states are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people”

Answer 6

10th amendment

Question 7

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

Answer 7

Supremacy Clause

Question 8

The workings of the federal system- the entire set of instructions among national, state, and local governments

Answer 8

Intergovernmental relations

Question 9

A way of organizing a nation so that all power resides in the central government

Answer 9

unitary governments

Question 10

A landmark case decided in 1824 in which the supreme court interpreted very broadly the clause in Article I Section 8 of the constitution- regulate commerce

Answer 10

Gibbons v. Ogden

Question 11

Federal grants given more or less automatically to states or communities to support broad programs in areas such as community development and social services

Answer 11

Block granats

Question 12

Federal categorical grants distributed according to a formula specified in legislation or in administrative regulations

Answer 12

formula grants

Question 13

Powers of the government that go beyond those enumerated in the Constitution

Answer 13

Implied powers

Question 14

A clause in Article IV Section L of the constitution requiring each state to recognize the official documents rendered by the courts of other states

Answer 14

Full faith and credit

Question 15

A legal process where by a alleged criminal offender of one state to official s of the state in which the crime is alleged to have been committed

Answer 15

Extradition

Question 16

A clause in article IV section 2 of the constitution according the citizens of each state most of the privileges of citizens of other state

Answer 16

Privileges and immunities

Question 17

A way of organizing a nation so that two or more levels of government have formal authority over the same land and people

Answer 17

Federalism

Question 18

Powers of the federal government that are specifically addressed in the constitution for congress, these powers are listed in Article 1, section 8 and include the power to coin money , regulate its value, and impose taxes

Answer 18

Enumerated powers

Question 19

A system of government in which both the states and the national government remain supreme with in their own spheres, each responsible for some policies

Answer 19

Dual federalism

Question 20

A system of government in which powers and policy assignments ate shared between states and the national government

Answer 20

cooperative federalism

Question 21

The final paragraph of Article 1, Section 8 of the constitution which authorizes Congress to pass all laws “necessary and proper” to carry out the enumerated powers

Answer 21

Elastic Clause