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Question 1

delegated powers

Answer 1

powers the Constitution grants or delegates to the national government.

Question 2

expressed powers

Answer 2

powers directly expressed or stated in the Constitution by the founders. also known as the enumerated powers. In the first 3 articles of the constitution

Question 3

implied powers

Answer 3

spring from and depend upon the expressed powers. not specifically listed in the constitution, further helping the founders in things they did not see

Question 4

elastic cause

Answer 4

a “necessary and proper clause” allowing the powers of congress to stretch

Question 5

inherent powers

Answer 5

powers that the national government may exercise controlling diplomatic relations with other countries. not specifically stated in the constitution

Question 6

the federalist

Answer 6

papers james madison wrote explaining the constitution game too much power to the government. no. 45 explained how the constitution granted few and limited powers to the national government while the state’s powers were many, and broadly drawn.

Question 7

reserved powers

Answer 7

grants to the states those powers “not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states.”the states have authority over matters not found in the constitution

Question 8

supremacy clause

Answer 8

laws that state the supreme laws of the land
concurrent powers- powers that both the national government and the states have.powers to tax, maintain courts, define crimes, and appropriate private property for public use.

Question 9

denied powers

Answer 9

where the Constitution specifically denies some powers to all levels of government.

Question 10

enabling act

Answer 10

when signed by the president, enables the people of the territory interested in becoming a state to prepare a constitution.

Question 11

mcculough v maryland

Answer 11

where the Supreme Court ruled on a conflict between a state government and the national government, holding it to supreme

Question 12

“full faith and credit”

Answer 12

shall be given in each state to the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state stated by the constiution

Question 13

civil law

Answer 13

laws relating to disputes between indi-
viduals, groups, or with the state.

Question 14

“privilages and immunities”

Answer 14

however, are rights to
pass through or live in any state; use the
courts; make contracts; buy, sell, and
hold property; and marry.

Question 15

judicial proceedings

Answer 15

refers to various court actions such as judgments to pay
a debt.

Question 16

interstate compacts

Answer 16

written agreements between two or more states, preventing states from threatening the Union by making alliances among themselves.then, their terms are forcible by the supreme court

Question 17

interstate lawsuits

Answer 17

where states are unable to resolve their disputes

Question 18

nationalist position

Answer 18

favors national action in dealing with federalist matters.
cheif justice rodger p. tanney- where the supreme court often supported states’ rights against powers of the national government.

Question 19

income tax

Answer 19

levied on individual earnings, becoming the major source of money for the national government.

Question 20

civil rights act of 1964

Answer 20

forbidding racial discrimination in public accommodations
such as hotels and restaurants.

Question 21

federal grants

Answer 21

sums of money given to state or local governments to be spent for a variety of specific purposes.new roads, improve airport runways, etc:

Question 22

preemption

Answer 22

the power to assume responsibility for a state government function, in order to gain authority over a state.

Question 23

restraint

Answer 23

a requirement set by Congress that prohibits a local or state government from exercising a certain power.

Question 24

mandate

Answer 24

a federal order requiring states to provide a service or undertake an activity regulated by Congress

Question 25

sunset laws

Answer 25

require periodic checks of government agencies to see if they are still needed.

Question 26

sunshine law

Answer 26

prohibits public officials from holding closed meetings.

Question 27

bureaucracy

Answer 27

or organization of government administrators, to carry out legislation.