Ap Gov. Chapter 3

A form of government structure in which the national government is weak and most or all power is in the hands of its components.

A Confederation

If the allocation of power in a cooperative federal system were compared to a cake it would be most like.

A marbled cake where the colors blend into each other.

A project grant is

Awarded on the basis of competitive application.

Federal grants given automatically to states or communities to support broad programs.

Block grants

Federalism is a way of organizing a nation so that

Both national and state levels of government have authority over the same land and people.

Federal grants that can be used only for specific purposes. They come with strings attached.

Categorical grants

Powers and policy assignments are shared between states and the national government.

Cooperative Federalism

Both the states and the national government remain supreme within their own spheres.

Duel Federalism

States are responsible for most public policies dealing with each of the issues EXCEPT.

Economic issues

Article I, Section 8, Authorizes congress to pall all laws "necessary and proper" to carry out the enumerated powers.

Elastic Clause

Powers of the federal government that are specifically addressed in the Constitution; for Congress. Listed in Article I, Section 8.

Enumerated Powers

Which of the following federal policies exemplifies the implied powers of Congress?

Environmental Protection Law

A legal process where a criminal offender is surrendered by the officials of one state to the state in which the crime is alleged to have committed.

Extradition

Two or more levels of government have authority over the same land and people.

Federalism

Federal categorical grants distributed according to formula specified in law.

Formula Grants

Programs such as Medicaid and Aid for Families with Dependent Children, where applicants automatically qualify for aid if they meet requirements, are examples of

Formula Grants.

Article IV Section I, each state to recognize the official documents and civil judgments rendered by the courts of other states.

Full Faith and Credit

The fact that a driver's license from one state is valid in other states is an example of

Full Faith and Credit.

The main instrument the national government uses to influence state governments is

Grant-in-aid.

Federal policies to regulate food and drugs, build interstate highways, protect consumers, try to clean up dirty air and water, and do many other things are all justified as _________ of Congress.

Implied Powers

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

Implied Powers

The Constitution's supremacy clause

Made the Constitution, the laws of the national government, and the national government's treaties the supreme law of the land.

The principle of the supremacy of federal law over state laws was affirmed in

McCulluch v. Maryland

Article IV, Section 2, The citizens of one state will be provided the rights and protections of a citizens of another state.

Privileges and immunities

Federal categorical grants given for specific purposes.

Project Grants

In cooperative federalism,

Responsibilities are mingled and distinctions are blurred between the levels of government.

Expansion of mandated programs by the national government present especially difficult funding problems for

State and Local Governments

The primary thrust of the original intent and wording of the Tenth Amendment is that

States have certain powers that the national government cannot encroach upon.

Article VI the Constitution, national law, and treaties are supreme over state law, when the national government is acting within its constitutional limits.

Supremacy Clause

Organizing a nation so all power resides in the central government.

Unitary Government