Chapter Three Vocab Flashcards
A governmental system in which authority is divided between two sovereign levels of government; national and regional
Federalism
The supreme (or ultimate) authority to govern within a certain geographical area
Sovereignty
A government system in which the national government alone has sovereign (ultimate) authority
Unitary system
A governmental system in which each state is sovereign within their own state governments
Confederacy
The 17 powers granted to the national government under article 1, section 8 of the constitution. These powers include taxation and the regulation of commerce as well as the authority to provide for the national defense
Enumerated (expressed) powers
Article6 of the constitution, makes national law supreme over state law when the national government is acting within its constitutional limits
Supremacy Clause
To make all laws that are necessary and proper of the implementation of it’s enumerated powers
“Necessary and proper” elastic clause
The federal governments authority to take action that is not stated directly in the constitution, but is implies
Implied powers
Powers granted to the states under the tenth amendment
Reserved powers
The process by which national authority has increased bore the course of US history as a result primarily of economic change but also of political action
Nationalization
A doctrine based on the idea that a precise separation of national power and state power is possible and desirable
Dual federalism
Authority granted by article 1 section 8 of the constitution “to regulate commerce” among the states
Commerce clause
The situation in which national, state, and local levels work together to solve problems
Cooperative federalism
Refers to spending federal funds on programs that are in part run through states and localities
Fiscal federalism
Federal cash payments to states and localities for programs they administer
Grants-in-aid
