Ap Government Chapter 3 Quiz

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Federalism

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Organizing a nation so that two or more levels of government have suthority over the sam area.

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Unitary Governments

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All power resides in the central government (Most governments today are unitary)

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Intergovernmental relations

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enitre set of interactions among national, state and local government

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Supremacy clause

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Supreme Law: (Article VI)
1. The constitution
2. Laws of the national government
3. treaties (can only be made by the national governmnent)

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10th Amendment

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"Powers not delegated to the US by the Constitution , nor prohibited by the States are reserved by the states and the people"

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McCulloch vs. Maryland

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1819 supreme court decision that established supremacy clause

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enumerated powers

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powers specifically addressed in the constitution (for congress, Article I, section 8)

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implied powers

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Powers of the federal government that go beyond those enumerated "necessary and proper"

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elastic clause

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"necessary and proper clause

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Gibbons vs. Ogden

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1824 supreme court case gave congress the power to regulate interstate commerce

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full faith and credit

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Article IV, Section 1
requires states to recognize the official documents and civil judgemnts so rendered by the courts of other states

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extradition

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criminal is returned to state where crime was committed.

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priveleges and immunities

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Article IV, section 2
Citizens of each state have most of the privileges of citizens of other states

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dual federalism

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national and state governments remain supreme in their own sphere
(Layer Cake)

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cooperative federalism

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power and policy assignments are shared between states and the national government
(Marble Cake)

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fiscal federalism

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pattern of spending, taxing and providing grants in the federal system

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categorical grants

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federal grant can only be used for a specific purpose by state and local governments

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project grants

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Grant given for specific purpose or awarded on the basis of the merits of applications

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formula grants

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grants distributed according to a forumla spedified in legislation or in administrative regulations

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block grants

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grants more or less given automatically to states or communities to support broad prgrams.