Federalism Notes

Question 1

Expressed powers

Answer 1

Power spelled out in words in the constitution (27 powers) and is shared by three branches of government.

Question 2

Implied powers

Answer 2

Powers not spelled out in constitution but suggested.

Question 3

Inherent powers

Answer 3

Powers given to national government because it represents a sovereign state in the world.

Question 4

Concurrent powers

Answer 4

Powers exercised by both national and state government.

Question 5

Reserved powers

Answer 5

Powers exercised only by state government

Question 6

Supremacy clause

Answer 6

Resolves conflicts between the two levels of government by setting up a ladder of laws.

Question 7

Supreme Court

Answer 7

Acts as the mediator of the supremacy clause.

Question 8

Dual federalism

Answer 8

Government powers that are strictly divided between national and state government.

Question 9

Cooperative federalism

Answer 9

Overlapping spheres of power and operation across the 2 levels of government.

Question 10

Revenue sharing

Answer 10

Program in which congress shared federal taxes with states.

Question 11

Grants-in-aid programs

Answer 11

250 billion dollars given by the federal government that goes to common things like education, highways, construction, health care, etc in states.

Question 12

Categorical grant

Answer 12

Money that goes to specific things like college tuition, school lunch, water treatment, etc.

Question 13

Project grant

Answer 13

Used for projects such as medical research, and private and public hospitals.

Question 14

Block grants

Answer 14

Used for large, broad programs such as welfare, Medicaid, and infrastructure repair.

Question 15

Full faith and credit clause

Answer 15

Every state has access to every other states public acts, records, and judicial proceedings.

Question 16

Privileges and immunities clause

Answer 16

No state can make unreasonable distinctions between its own residents and those of another state.

Question 17

Extradition

Answer 17

The legal process of releasing an accused criminal by one state to the rightful jurisdiction of another state.

Question 18

Enabling Act

Answer 18

The permission given to state governments by congress to create self state constitutions.

Question 19

Act of Admission

Answer 19

Congress agrees to grant statehood

Question 20

Judicial proceedings

Answer 20

Outcome of court actions (damage, wills, etc.)

Question 21

Public Acts

Answer 21

Laws of a State

Question 22

Dual system of Government

Answer 22

Two levels of government being state and national

Question 23

Interstate compact

Answer 23

An agreement among 2 or more States/foreign states dealing with worldly issues such as wildfires, air pollution, etc.

Question 24

Delegated powers

Answer 24

Powers given to national government by the constitution in three branches.