Ch.4 Flashcards
4 obligations the constitution places on the national government for the benefit of the states
Guarantees states a republican form of government
Protects states from foreign envisions & domestics abuse
Respects the territorial integrity of states - realizes states boundaries
Admitting new states
4 programs ( forms of federal aid) in which the national government helps assists the states
Grants - in - aid
FBI assists states and local police
Trains the national guard for the states
Takes census of states
3 state programs which the states help or assist the national government
State/ local police assist FBI
states run naturalization immigrant program
States run all national elections
3 types of federal grants
Categorical - used for specific programs - college tuition, school lunch
Block - used for broad programs - welfare and Medicare
Project - projects for medical research - prove and government agencies
2 interstate compacts
Compact for supervision of parolees and probationers
Compacts on juvenile delinquents
Ladder of laws
US constitution Acts of congress / national laws State constitution State laws City / county laws