Poly Sci Chapter 3 Vocab

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A political system in which regional governments share power with the national government

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Federalism

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The central governments is not sovereign. It receives no direct grant of power from citizens

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Confederation

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When only the central government is sovereign

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Unitary System

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Advantages of Federalism

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Dispersal of power. Accommodation of diverse Interests. Policy Experimentation.

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Disadvantages of Federalism

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Factions. Complexity and Inefficiency. Accountability

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Involved a dispute over whether the central government had the power to create a national bank

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McCulloch v. Maryland

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The authority to pass laws for the health, safety, and morals of their citizens.

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Police Powers

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Powers that both the national and state governments can exercise

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Concurrent powers

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Ensures that important civil obligations such as property rights, wills, and marriages will be valid and honored in all states

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Full Faith and Credit

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The constitutional obligation of one state to another in the area of criminal law is limited to...

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Interstate rendition

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Authorizes the residents of the territory to draft a state constitution and hold a referendum to approve it

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Enabling Act

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Authorizes the residents of the territory to draft a state constitution and hold a referendum to approve it

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Enabling Act

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the U.S. Constitution, laws passed by Congress, and treaties made by the national government shall be this

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Supreme law of the land

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the U.S. Constitution, laws passed by Congress, and treaties made by the national government shall be this

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Supreme law of the land

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Policies that shift power back to states and localities

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Devolution

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Policies that shift power back to states and localities

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Devolution

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Views federal and state governments as independent sovereign powers with separate and distinct jurisdictions

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Dual Federalism

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The act of declaring a national law null and void within a state's borders

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Nullification

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Authorizes the residents of the territory to draft a state constitution and hold a referendum to approve it

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Enabling Act

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Views federal and state governments as independent sovereign powers with separate and distinct jurisdictions

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Dual Federalism

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Recognizes an overlap in state and national responsibilities

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Cooperative Federalism

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the U.S. Constitution, laws passed by Congress, and treaties made by the national government shall be this

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Supreme law of the land

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The act of declaring a national law null and void within a state's borders

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Nullification

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A type of grant that originated in the early 1970s that comes with no strings attached

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General Revenue Sharing

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Policies that shift power back to states and localities

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Devolution

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Recognizes an overlap in state and national responsibilities

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Cooperative Federalism

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Views federal and state governments as independent sovereign powers with separate and distinct jurisdictions

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Dual Federalism

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A type of grant that originated in the early 1970s that comes with no strings attached

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General Revenue Sharing

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The act of declaring a national law null and void within a state's borders

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Nullification

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Programs that not only provide funds for a defined area of activity, but also specify how the programs are to be carried out

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Categorical grants

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Programs that not only provide funds for a defined area of activity, but also specify how the programs are to be carried out

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Categorical grants

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Provide funds for a general policy area, but allow states and localities greater discretion than categorical grants in designing the programs being funded

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Block Grants

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Recognizes an overlap in state and national responsibilities

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Cooperative Federalism

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Provide funds for a general policy area, but allow states and localities greater discretion than categorical grants in designing the programs being funded

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Block Grants

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Conditions placed on the receipt of grant money that have nothing to do with the original purpose of the grant

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Crossover sanction

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A type of grant that originated in the early 1970s that comes with no strings attached

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General Revenue Sharing

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Conditions placed on the receipt of grant money that have nothing to do with the original purpose of the grant

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Crossover sanction

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Programs that not only provide funds for a defined area of activity, but also specify how the programs are to be carried out

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Categorical grants

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Provide funds for a general policy area, but allow states and localities greater discretion than categorical grants in designing the programs being funded

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Block Grants

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And you? (formal)

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¿Y usted?

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A movement to take power from the federal government and return it to the states

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New Federalism

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Provisions in federal statutes requiring states and localities to take on certain responsibilities without covering any of hte associated expenses

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Unfunded Mandates

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The process of adopting a state or nation centered view of federalism on the basis of political ideology

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Ad Hoc Federalism