Government - Chapter 6
Federalism
A system in which governmental power is divided into two or more levels.
Elastic Clause
An alternate name given to the necessary and proper clause.
The federal government may give or withhold aid based on a state's conformity to certain regulations. List two such regulation from you text.
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Which was partially caused by disagreement regarding the rights of states and the powers of the federal government?
the Civil War
What is the name for the region of the country experiencing population loss and crumbling industry?
the Frostbelt
One thing is NOT true of federal funding.
All states receive the same proportion of federal aid.
Grants-In-Aid
Any transfer of money from the federal government to state or local governments.
Revenue Sharing
Federal aid in which the national government allocates some of its tax proceeds to the states; used from 1972 to 1986.
Project Grants
Federal aid that allows the national government greater discretion in deciding how much aid will be given to certain programs
Block Grants
Federal aid that combines several categorical grants under a general umbrella
Categorical Grants
Federal aid that is given to state and local governments for a specific purpose and that comes with certain guidelines.
Which powers are neither given to the national government nor denied to the states?
Reserved Powers
The supremacy clause establishes certain thing that comprise the highest law of the law, what are they?
The Constitution; Laws of the National Government; Treates made by the National Government
What Amendment allowed an income tax to be instituted?
Sixteenth
What is the name for the region of the country, consisting of the old Confederate states and the Southwest, that is experiencing growth in population and new industry?
the Sunbelt
Powers that grant authority and define the limit of the national government's authority are?
Delegated Powers
What term refers to a system in which the national and state levels are sovereign within their own spheres?
Dual Federalism
What powers of the national government are specifically written into the Constitution?
Enumerated Powers
Formula Grants
Federal aid governed by demographic information in a given area.
What are the obligations of the national government toward state governments according to Article IV of the Constitution?
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President Lyndon B. Johnson's programs addressing voting rights, education, and health care were known as the?
Great Society
Which powers of the national government are not specifically stated in the Constitution but are derived from other powers?
Implied Powers
Under which early chief justice did the Supreme Court's decisions do much to expand the powers of the national government?
John Marshall
List 3 examples of restrictions that may come with categorical grants?
Minority-Hiring Quotas; Environmental-Protection Guidelines; Matching Funds Required
What are the two divisions of power in America's federal system?
National Government and State Government
Which types of governments are mentioned in the Constitution?
National and State
What clause is frequently cited when the government wishes to use implied powers?
Necessary and Proper Clause
President Franklin D. Roosevelt's programs addressing poverty and unemployment resulting from the Great Depression were know as?
New Deal
Can a state tax national institutions within its borders?
No
Why are categorical grant the most controversial form of federal aid?
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How can congress create a new state out of a currently existing state?
The need the consent of the state's legislature.
