ch. 3

Question 1

federalism

Answer 1

a way of organizing a nation so that two or more levels of government have formal authority over the same land and people

Question 2

unitary government

Answer 2

all power resides in the central government

Question 3

confederation

Answer 3

the national gov is weak and the power is in the hands of the states

Question 4

intergovernmental relations

Answer 4

entire set of interactions among national, state, and local governments

Question 5

what 3 things spercede state laws

Answer 5

constitution, laws of the national gov, treaties

Question 6

10th amendment

Answer 6

all powers not given to us gov are reserved for the states

Question 7

11th amendment

Answer 7

prohibits states from being sued by prviate parties

Question 8

mcculloh v maryland

Answer 8

established the supremacy of the national government over state governments

Question 9

implied powers

Answer 9

powers of the federal government that g beyond those enumerated in the constitution

Question 10

enumerated powers

Answer 10

powers specifically addressed in the constitution

Question 11

elastic clause

Answer 11

implied powers

Question 12

gibbons vs ogden

Answer 12

gave congress the right to regulate interstate commerce

Question 13

supreme court cases wrt commerce

Answer 13

us vs morrison (vawa), us. v lopez (guns), seminole tribe vs fl

Question 14

full faith and credit

Answer 14

each state must recognize official documents of other states

Question 15

extradition

Answer 15

legal process by an alleged criminal offender is surrendered by state officials to the state in which it is committed

Question 16

privileges and immunities

Answer 16

citizens of each state are awarded privileges of others when in that state

Question 17

dual federalism

Answer 17

layer cake

Question 18

cooperative federalism

Answer 18

marble cake

Question 19

devolution

Answer 19

tranferring policy responsibility to state and local governments

Question 20

fiscal federalism

Answer 20

pattern of spending, taxing, and providing grants

Question 21

categorical grants

Answer 21

main source of federal aid to state and local governments

Question 22

project grant

Answer 22

awardedon basis of competitive applications (DDM)

Question 23

formula grant

Answer 23

distributed according to formula (SNAP)

Question 24

block grant

Answer 24

given automatically to support broad programs (welfare)

Question 25

unfunded mandate example

Answer 25

mcas, ada