American Government Flashcards
Unitary system
The central government possesses all the power and rules through local governmentsq
Preemption
Occurs when the federal law overrides a similar state law what
Confederate system
A system of government in which the local governments possess all the power and delegates select the powers of the central government often rendered as a Confederacy
Federal grants
Monies that the national government gives states a local governments for some design purpose
Federal system
A system of government that divides political powers between the national government and the state governments
Privileges and immunities
The special right and protection guaranteed to the citizens of the state
Concurrent powers
Those powers given by the constitution to both the national and state government
Extradition
The surrender of an online criminal to the nation state or city from which he flat
Reserved powers
Those powers which are reserved for the constitution for the state or the people
Full faith and credit
The act of one stay honoring the civil laws and court decisions of other states
Secretary of State
Handles all the documents and records
Block granted
General-purpose grants I give the state more liberty and deciding how to use the
Item veto
Executive power of some state governors to feed only a portion of the bill
Categorical grants
Chris setter for a more specific purpose give Congress more control over the states
Federalism
A division of the power of government between the national government and the state government
Board of commissioners
The most common type of County administrative board it is usually consists of 3 to 7 elected members who hold no other offices
County
The largest unit of local government in most states
State Supreme Court
The highest court in the state
Treasurer
An executive officials who manages an appropriate state funds
Sales tax
A tax on the purchase of goods and services the most important source of revenue among the states today
Inc.
To include each other
Mayor council form
Oldest most widely used form of city government
Commission form
Form of municipal government under which members of the city Council are popularly elected
Income tax
A direct tax upon a person earnings a progressive income tax is one in which people who earn more pay a higher percentage of tax or income
Suburbs
He developed area outside of cities limits often as separately Inc. city or town
Town meeting
A form of direct democracy practiced in many New England towns
Law-enforcement
The means by which a nation state or community keeps order
County seat
The city in which a county government has its headquarters
Recall
The process by which voters of state may remove an official from office but election before his term is expired
Parrish
Another name for A county
Voice vote
A method of voting in which the presiding officer simply calls for a is a nays and make the decision based upon what he hears
Property tax
A direct tax on real property or personal property the chief source of income for countries
Mandates
Rules issued by a superior government to inferior government
