Flashcards in Unit 1 Vocab Deck (24)
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Money granted by fed to state for broad purpose
Block grant
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Money granted to state for narrow purpose
Categorical grant
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Money granted for transportation
Block grant
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Money granted for school lunch program
Categorical grant
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Those who favor greater national authority rather than states rights
Centralists
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System in which each branch of government can limit the power of the other two branches
Checks and balances
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Presidential veto
Checks and balances
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Gives congress the power to regulate commerce among the states, foreign nations, and Indian tribes
Commerce clause
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Granted through article 1 section 8 of the constitution
Commerce clause
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Those powers held by both congress and the state
Concurrent powers
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System in which sovereign states are only loosely tied to a central government
Confederation
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The US under the Articles of Confederation was a
Confederation
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Those who favor greater state authority rather than national authority
Decentralists
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System in which the people rule themselves
Direct democracy
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States that congress can exercise those powers that are "necessary and proper" for carrying out the enumerated powers
Elastic clause
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Those powers that are specifically granted to congress in article 1 section 8 of the constitution
Enumerated powers
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Constitutional sharing of power between a central government and state governments
Federalism
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System in which the national government and state governments are coequal, with each being dominant within it's respective sphere
Dual federalism
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System in which both federal government and state governments cooperate in solving problems
Cooperative federalism
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System in which the national government restored greater authority back to the states
New federalism
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1803 court case which est the power of judicial review
Marbury vs Madison
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1819 court case which est the principle of national supremacy and validity of implied powers
McCulloch vs Maryland
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Powers of the state to protect the public health, safety, morals, and welfare of the public
Police powers
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