APGOVCH3.Cecilia.Martinez Flashcards
Abraham Lincoln
Sixteenth president of the united States, the first elected Republican president, who served from 1861 to 1865.
Andrew Johnson
The seventeenth president of the United states, a republican, who served from 1865 to 1869. Johnson had served as Abraham Lincoln vice president after Lincoln’s assassination.
Barack Obama
The first African American president of the united states, a Democrat, Who served as forty-fourth president from 2009 to 2017.
Barron v. Baltimore (1833)
Supreme Court decision holding that the Bill of Rights restrained only the national government, not the states and cities.
Bill of attainder
A legislative act finding a person guilty of treason or felony without a trial, A law that declares a person, without trial, to be guilty of a crime. The state legislatures and Congress are forbidden to pass such acts, Article 1, Sections 9 and 10, of the Constitution.
Block grant
A payment that the federal government distributes to a state or local government and for which the recipient determines the specific use., Federal grants are given more or less automatically to states or communities to support broad programs in areas such as community development and social services.
Calvin Coolidge
Thirtieth president of the United States, a Republican, who served from 1923 to 1929.
Categorical grants
intergovernmental grants with specific instructions to state and local officials on how the money could be spent
Civil War
The military conflict from 1861 to 1865 in the United States between the northern forces of the union and the Southern forces of the Confederacy.
Charter
a document, issued by a sovereign or state, outlining the conditions under which a corporation, colony, city or other corporate body is organized, and defining its rights and privileges.
Concurrent powers
are powers in nations with a federal system of government that are shared by both the State and the federal government.
Confederate States of America
A republic formed in February of 1861 and composed of the eleven Southern states that seceded from the United States
Confederation
a form of government in which sovereignty is wholly on the hands of the states and local governments, so the national government is dependent in their will
cooperative Federalism
Cooperation among federal, state, &local governments; “marble cake” federalism.
Counties
The basic administrative units of local governments
Democracy
a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.
Dillon´s rule
the stipulation that the terms of a municipal charter be narrowly interpreted. Reversed by home rule charters, to some extent
Dred Scott v. Sandford ( 1857)
1857 Supreme Court decision that stated that slaves were not citizens; that living in a free state or territory, even for many years, did not free slaves; and declared the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional
dual federalism
an interpretation of the Constitution which holds that states are as supreme within their sphere of power as is the federal government within its sphere of power
Enumerated powers
17 powers explicitly given to Congress in the Constitution
Ex post fact law
A law which punishes people for a crime that was not a crime when it was committed. Congress cannot pass these laws.
Extradition Clause
the procedure by which a state or nation, upon receipt of a formal request by another state or nation, turns over to that second jurisdiction an individual charged with or convicted of a crime in that jurisdiction.