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14 Cards in this Set
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Federalism |
A system of government in which power is divided , by constitution, between a central government and regional governments |
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Unitary System |
A centralized government system in which lower levels of government have little power independent of the national government |
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Federal system |
A system of government in which the national government shares power with lower levels of government, such as states |
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Expressed powers |
Specific powers granted by the Constitution to Congress and the President |
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Implied Powers |
Powers derived from the necessary and proper clause of Article 1 Section 8 of the Constitution. Such powers are not specifically expressed, but are implied through the expansive interpretation of delegated powers |
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Necessary and proper clause |
Article 1 Section 8 of the Constitutiom which provides Congress with the authority to make all laws "necessary and proper" to carry out its expressed powers |
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Reserved powers |
Powers derived from the tenth amendment to the Constitution that are not specifically delegated to the national government or denied to the states |
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Police Power |
Power reserved to the state government to regulate the health, safety and morals of its citizens. |
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Concurrent powers |
Authority possessed by both state and national governments such as the power to levy taxes |
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Privileges and immunities clause |
That a state cannot discriminate against someone from another state or give its own residents special privileges |
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Home rule |
Power delegated by the state to a local unit of government to manage its own affairs |
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Dual federalism |
The system of government that prevailed in the US from 1789 to 1937, in which most fundamental governmental powers were shared between the federal and state governments. |
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States rights |
The principle that the states should oppose the increasing authority of the national government. This principle was most popular in the period before the Civil War |
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Grants-in-aid |
Programs through which Congress provides money to state and local governments on the condition that the funds be employed for purposes defined by the federal government |
