AP Gov Week 4 Vocab Quiz Flashcards
Full Faith and Credit
Requires states to recognize public acts,records, and civil proceedings from another state.
Privileges and Immunities
Prevents states from discriminating against people from out of state.
Extradition
Requirements that official in one state return a defendant to another state where a crime was allegedly committed.
Fiscal Federalism
The federal government’s use of grants-in -aid to influence policies in the states.
Devolution
Returning more authority to state or local government.
Revenue Sharing
When the federal government apportions tax money to the states with no strings attached.
Block Grant
A type of grants-in-aid that gives state officials more authority in the disbursement of federal funds.
Unfunded Mandates
Federal requirements the states must follow without being provided with funding.
Grants-in-aid
Federal money provided to states to implement public policy objectives.
Cooperative Federalism
A form of American Federalism in which the states and the national government work together to shape public policy.
Selective Incorporation
The process by which the Supreme Court applies fundamental rights in the Bill of Rights to the states on a case-by-case basis.
Dual Federalism
A form of American Federalism in which the states and the nation operate independently in their own areas of public policy.
15th Amendment
Constitutional amendment that gave African Americans the right to vote.
14th Amendment
Constitutional amendment asserting that people born in the US are citizens and prohibits from denying people due process or equal protection under the law.
13th Amendment
Constitutional amendment that outlawed slavery.
